HN treats him as a master class in salesmanship and live presentation, where how you sell matters more than what you sell.
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73 videos about arts & entertainment (other) that Hacker News commenters keep pointing each other to, ranked by how many separate months they were recommended. Part of Arts, Comedy, Music & Film.
HN applies it to job interviews and confidence, recommending the mindset of not interviewing from a place of desperation.
HN recommends it in hair-loss threads as a funny, inspiring example of accepting baldness.
Recommended as relaxing slow-TV, a long scenic video to unwind with.
It is cited as a viral example of Alamo enforcing its no-talking and no-texting rules with humor.
HN holds it up as a model of interview preparation, where thorough research on the guest impresses the interviewee.
Commenters recommend it for the movers' rigor and discipline, which they find oddly satisfying to watch.
HN cites it as the prime example of going absurdly deep on a tiny subject, and as a favorite among long YouTube videos.
Commenters bring it up in threads about life advice and aging as the best advice they have heard, namely to ignore advice and do your own thing.
HN uses it as the go-to evidence for Toyota pickup durability, and as a benchmark in discussions of truck toughness.
HN invokes it as the classic illustration of learning through repeated failure and iterating, often in startup threads.
Shared in threads about the Nurburgring and after Schmitz's death as a charming showcase of her skill.
HN commenters recommend it as one of the best short clips on YouTube for illustrating Balkan versus Central European identity.
Offered as a calming, dry, familiar broadcast, fitting for a crowd that enjoys ambient and lofi radio.
HN mentions it as an example of Lenny, the telemarketer time-waster, and of how a canned script can fool callers for a long time.
Cited in iMac G4 threads as a charming ad reminiscent of Pixar's Luxo Jr.
HN uses it to teach kids computational thinking and as a joke whenever specs, requirements, or LLM prompts are taken too literally.
Cited in threads about IE's reputation as an example of Microsoft's self-aware, funny advertising.
Remembered fondly as a fun, memorable animated explanation of how perpendicular disk storage works.
HN mentions it mostly as a joke or a pop-culture reference, and as the campaign that titles play on.
HN mentions it as a fondly remembered classic of children's educational television.
HN cites it as a demonstration of how easily bikes get stolen in public.
HN commenters cite it as the origin point of Hamilton, the clip that first showed the idea and drew a big audience reaction.
Cited as an ad worth enjoying and as an example of practical effects so good they were mistaken for CGI.
HN cites it as a model of emotional product storytelling and as inspiration for visualizing one's own search history as a narrative.
Used as an example of a viral ad that worked through humor and clever in-camera production.
Mentioned in Tom Lehrer threads as a charming example of Lehrer's song reaching a new audience.
HN commenters drop it into arguments about taste to say that differing preferences are legitimate.
Cited as the standard example of a hugely effective emotional ad that sold a brand image rather than product details.
HN cites it as an infamous example of terrible advertising, though a few mention how big a splash it made in 2009.
Used almost entirely as a joke or sarcastic aside about trusting politicians who have lied before.
Posted as a joke or 'reminds me of this' reply, not as a recommendation.
Not recommended as a watch; HN cites the ad as shorthand for orderly conformity and as an example of an ad that has aged badly.
Mostly mentioned as a joke or as an example of using humor to turn a problem into publicity.
Used as a cultural reference in discussions of children running errands alone and of Sesame Street.
HN mentions it mainly as the origin of the phrase about rebuilding a plane mid-flight, usually applied to software projects.
HN uses it purely as a joke reply about being out of touch with changing trends.
HN brings it up as a favorite Apple parody, mostly as a joke when books or Apple design come up.
Cited as an example of Apple selling feelings and status rather than specs.
HN mostly uses it as a cultural reference, either as a favorite tech ad or as irony when criticizing Apple's later restrictiveness.
Cited ironically or as a joke when Apple is accused of becoming the controlling Big Brother it once mocked.
Cited as a prescient example of predicting the future, though AT&T did not deliver it.
HN brings it up as an eerily prescient ad that foresaw on-demand streaming years before YouTube or Netflix.
Used purely as a joke when a thread involves beef, the name Beef, or a lack of substance.
HN mostly references it as a cultural touchstone, either praised as one of the most powerful ads ever or used ironically to criticize Apple's later behavior.
Cited, often ironically, in macOS security threads as Apple's mockery of permission prompts that macOS later adopted itself.
Quoted jokingly when someone's bad behavior was learned from the very people criticizing it.
HN mostly shares it as a joke and as an example of surprisingly good marketing.
HN mentions it mainly critically, as an example of Rogan spreading a claim later debunked.
Linked to show that a billionaire's price guesses are reasonable, usually in threads about out-of-touch wealthy people.
HN uses it purely as a joke about politicians' grasp of geography and science.
Used as the classic example of how easily humans anthropomorphize objects, brought up in AI and advertising threads.
Used purely as a joke or meme reference whenever a thread mentions heads, or repetitive ads.
HN cites it as a historical example of corporations using doctors and misleading advertising, drawing analogies to modern industries.
HN mentions it as evidence of how disliked Gates was in the 1990s, usually in passing or as a joke.
Cited as a famous 90s Excel ad and as a benchmark for how clear a product ad can be.
Cited as a clever precedent whenever export controls on powerful computing hardware or AI models are discussed.
HN cites it as an example of fear-based public safety messaging that sticks in memory.
Used as an example of intrusive product placement in TV shows, in threads complaining about advertising.
Mostly referenced as a funny aside when space shuttle or small cars come up.
Shared as a darkly funny moment of televised schadenfreude in threads about early audio formats and cylinder archives.
Cited as a joke or mild criticism of institutional safety culture at Los Alamos.
HN cites it as a classic example of public skepticism toward a new technology that later proved transformative.
Mostly cited as a recognizable example of antidepressant advertising in debates about pharmaceutical marketing and the serotonin theory.
HN commenters cite it only as an early example of a politically motivated drone-style attack on Kasparov.
HN commenters reference it, sometimes jokingly, in flying-car threads as an ironic sign that culture had written off the idea.
HN uses it as a nostalgic example of the promised any-media-on-demand future that never fully arrived.
Cited critically as an example of US advertising that glorifies overwork and lack of holiday time.
Cited as the source for Damon's explanation that the DVD market's collapse killed mid-budget movies, in threads on Hollywood economics.
Mostly invoked ironically, to contrast Apple's anti-Big-Brother image in 1984 with its present-day behavior.
Mostly brought up ironically, as a remembered ad or joke when browser speed claims come up.
Cited as a concise example of Apple and the wider tech industry framing devices as anything but a personal computer.
Brought up ironically in threads about Google deleting inactive accounts and tightening storage policies, as a reminder that Google once encouraged this kind of long-term use.
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