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The Count Censored (ORIGINAL)

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mrmagoo312

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Cited on HN 3 times, 2016–2023, never outright recommended score 0

Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Brought up in censorship threads as a joke and as a canonical example of censorship that changes the meaning of the original.

A mashup of a Sesame Street Count clip with a Lemon Demon song, where the swear words are censored in absurd ways. It is a short comedy piece about censorship.

1 critical · 2 jokes · Comedy

Satire & parodyStand-up & sketch comedy Comedy Arts, Comedy, Music & Film

3 Hacker News comments

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@professorplumb Feb 2023 Pushes back

on HN thread Google will blur explicit image results for all users, requires login to disable

I've always considered this video the canonical example of intentionally misleading censorship: [this video]

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@sofaofthedamned Aug 2016 Makes a joke

on HN thread Why swearing is good for you

I love a good swear as much of any of you mangy pissflaps, but here's a gold example of how implied rudeness can be funny too. [this video]

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@joshmarlow Sep 2016 Makes a joke

on HN thread Facebook deletes Norway PM's post as 'napalm girl' row escalates

> Edit: This just made me realize you can bump G rated content up to PG-13 just by adding beeps and blurs I can't believe I'm posting this on Hackernews but it actually is relevant - [this video]

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