Ricky Gervais Humanity - Guitar Lessons
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN uses it as a joke or sarcastic reference, usually in reply to earnest or self-help-style posts, rather than recommending it as something to learn from.
What it is
A one-minute clip from Ricky Gervais's 2018 Netflix special in which he riffs on people getting offended by internet commentary, framed as 'guitar lessons' in humanity. It is a short stand-up excerpt.
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What Hacker News said
Cites touisteur · 2020-11 · on “Lessons from Dave Chappelle”
Ricky Gervais gave a mocking lesson-giving turn on this [this video] , and I think there's comedy in their twitter/social-media reach that we don't get to experience. They are on the other side of the firehose, and their experience doesn't relate to ours. It really must be demoralising to see how frail our ears have become. Or have always been? I mean listening to some Carlin's stand-up can be a bit hard for younger generations (I sometimes wince) and some of his jokes might not be tell-able today... Especially not at work. Or on the bus. Or on the street. Or in front of your mum. Or that friend that doesn't want to hear /some/ words (and you know the words)... Well OK you might still want to tel