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Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

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Cited on HN 3 times, 2014–2025, never outright recommended score 0

Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

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A one-minute clip from The IT Crowd (S03E02) in which Roy and Moss memorize fake football jargon to pass as real men. The scene's punchline is the ludicrous made-up football talk.

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@tripzilch Jun 2014 Makes a joke

on HN thread How can an introvert Asian engineer like me make friends?

Source: [this video] (for people that don't know IT Crowd , go watch it, it's excellent, and not that many episodes were made)

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@chatmasta Mar 2020 Makes a joke

on HN thread I have seen things

In an effort to cut through this meta-irony, here is a link to the reference: [this video] Maybe it should be included in the bootcamp!

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@chongli Mar 2025 Makes a joke

on HN thread Who's Afraid of Tom Wolfe?

It's the American version of "Did you see that ludicrous display last night?"!!! [1] [1] [this video]

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