Hunter S. Thompson meets a Hell's Angel, 1967 | CBC
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters cite it as evidence of how much social norms have shifted, given the audience's approval of jokes about domestic violence.
What it is
A 1967 CBC clip in which Hunter S. Thompson faces a member of the Hell's Angels on television. The studio audience's reactions are a striking window into the era.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2014 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Cites thesteamboat · 2014-10 · on “The Alice and Bob After Dinner Speech (1984)”
To be fair, the Woody Allen joke is also allegorically about domestic violence and this updated version only reinforced those references, so I don't think your reaction was off base. For even more context, around the same time as the Woody Allen stand-up Hunter S. Thompson gets confronted on CBC by a member of Hells Angels. It shows in stark contrast how much society has matured in 50 years (at least regarding public acceptance of domestic violence). You should really watch the clip, but I've again excerpted choice quotes from the Hells Angels member that the audience reacts favorably to. (At 3:24 in the video) > Junkie George is beating his old lady. Junkie George's dog bit him. To me this
Cites jgilias · 2021-07 · on “When Orcs Were Real”
We really can not know this. We can only infer from cultures and religions in the relatively short timespan covered by written history. And even then, morality has changed significantly through time. A simple example - would you think that someone telling a story about someone else beating his wife to a pulp is something to laugh about? Here, check out how the audience reacts just a bit more than 50 years ago: [this video] I think the only moral that may have been something close to universal throughout times would've been something like: "Don't kill a member of in-group without a good reason if you're not the head honcho." Everything else? We have literally no idea. EDIT: Really, watch the video
Cites JKCalhoun · 2022-03 · on “The undercover special agent who busted a dangerous biker gang”
You might enjoy this video from television, 1967: [this video] Warning, the misogyny is off the charts. So weird to be watching something from 1967 and it feels like Jerry Springer.