Michael Drives Into A Lake - The Office US

The Office · 5.5M views · 2017 · 2:34

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Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people link it as a joke about blindly trusting navigation or automated systems.

What it is

A short scene from The Office US in which Michael Scott blindly follows his GPS and drives into a lake. The tagline is never trust technology.

Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2019 to 2023.

What Hacker News said

Recommends behringer · 2019-06 · on “Drivers followed a Google Maps detour and ended up stuck in an empty field”

One of my favorite scenes on TV: [this video] The title of the video really ruins it, but it was amazingly funny when I saw it the first time not knowing what to expect :D