Team Coco: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Louis C.K. Hates Cell Phones | CONAN on TBS", commenters bring it up in threads on phones, boredom, attention and children's screen use as a funny but resonant take.
- 5 HN recommenders 4 months 2013–2021comedy videoCommenters bring it up in threads on phones, boredom, attention and children's screen use as a funny but resonant take.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2014–2023interviewHN recommends it as an inspiring interview about passion, minimalism and deliberately imposing restrictions on creative work.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2014–2020comedy videoUsed as the go-to illustration of corporate-owned local newscasts reading identical scripts.
- cited 7× 0 months 2019–2024comedy videoMostly posted as a joke or amusing aside in threads about English, language learning, and swearing.
- cited 7× 0 months 2014–2023comedy videoCited as the standard example of a famous writer who prefers an old, distraction-free DOS word processor.
Questions
Which Team Coco video does Hacker News recommend most?
Louis C.K. Hates Cell Phones | CONAN on TBS: recommended in 4 different months by 5 HN users between 2013 and 2021.
Is this every Team Coco video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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