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The Daily Show - Gun Control Whoop-de-doo (ft. John Oliver)

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1 HN user recommended this comedy video1 month2013–2024 score 1
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HN commenters point to it as a humorous but pointed look at gun control and at learning from other countries' policies.

A Daily Show segment in which John Oliver examines the argument that gun control does not work, using Australia's experience after the Senate rejected the Manchin-Toomey amendment. It is a comedic, man-on-the-street style piece.

“you should watch John Oliver's 3 part Daily Show special on gun control.” (HN, 2013)

1 recommendations · 1 citations · 1 jokes · Comedy · partly dated

3 Hacker News comments

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@grecy Jul 2015 Cites it
on HN thread Raising Floor for Minimum Wage Pushes Economy into the Unknown
This is absurd. The results of raising the minimum wage are perfectly known. Learn from the other countries that have done it in the last 10-15-25 years. Australia, Scandinavian countries, etc. etc. Why can't America look outside it's own borders and learn from what other countries have done and are doing? i.e. watch this John Oliver video on gun control [1] where it's stated Australia is not on this planet and America can't learn anything from what they've done, because Australia is not the real world. Why do people think this way? [1] [this video]
Segment mocks dismissal of learning from other countries.
@modernpacifist May 2024 Makes a joke
on HN thread The push to ban ransom payments is gaining momentum
I don't see how banning payments would inherently create more opportunity for ransomware attacks. Assuming that the operators are already attacking as much as they can (why wouldn't they be - its more profit that way since its business after all) the only way to maintain profitability with lower per-attack yields would be to ask for more ransom per-attack which would likely drive the yields down even further. Reminds me of [this video]
Comedic clip used as punchline.

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