Pop Culture Detective: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Military Recruitment and Hollywood", cited in threads about military influence on movies and American cultural exports.
- cited 4× 0 months 2017–2020commentaryCited in threads about military influence on movies and American cultural exports.
- cited 5× 0 months 2017–2023commentaryCited as a critique whenever HN discusses the show's depiction of nerd culture and STEM men.
- cited 3× 0 months 2020–2021commentaryCited as a resource on male victims of sexual assault and on prison rape jokes in media.
Questions
Which Pop Culture Detective video does Hacker News recommend most?
Military Recruitment and Hollywood: recommended in 0 different months by 0 HN users between 2017 and 2020.
Is this every Pop Culture Detective 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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