Comedy Central: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "The Daily Show - Burn Noticed", commenters call it a favorite Daily Show clip and link it as a ready answer to climate-skeptic arguments.
- 2 HN recommenders 3 months 2015–2025comedy videoCommenters call it a favorite Daily Show clip and link it as a ready answer to climate-skeptic arguments.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2013–2024comedy videoHN commenters point to it as a humorous but pointed look at gun control and at learning from other countries' policies.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2015–2024comedy videoHN brings it up in threads about tone getting lost in text-based communication.
- cited 4× 0 months 2017–2024comedy videoHN commenters mention it as a joke in threads about names being mispronounced or causing problems.
- cited 3× 0 months 2019–2023comedy videoHN mostly uses it as a joke or relevant comedy reference when corporate wrongdoers escape punishment that street criminals would not.
- cited 3× 0 months 2021–2025comedy videoHN uses it only as a joke when computer repair privacy comes up.
Questions
Which Comedy Central video does Hacker News recommend most?
The Daily Show - Burn Noticed: recommended in 3 different months by 2 HN users between 2015 and 2025.
Is this every Comedy Central video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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