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James Acaster On The Absurdity Of The British Empire

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Cited on HN 3 times, 2022–2024, never outright recommended score 0

Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

HN cites it jokingly in threads about repatriating stolen artifacts and the British Museum.

A short stand-up clip from James Acaster's Netflix special about the British Empire and museums that display things taken from other countries in glass boxes.

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@abeppu Sep 2022 Makes a joke

on HN thread The Koh-i-Noor diamond, and why the British won’t give it back (2017)

James Acaster does a great job highlighting the absurdity of the British refusing to repatriate stuff taken from the empire. [this video]

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@suoduandao3 Feb 2024 Makes a joke

on HN thread Funimation End of Services

If the Museum originally got it from someone who stole it from somewhere else, there's a reasonable argument to be made. James Acaster's comedy bit on the british museum comes to mind: [this video]

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@virtualritz Oct 2024 Makes a joke

on HN thread The Netherlands has returned some stolen artifacts to Indonesia

There is a great comedy sketch from James Acaster that sums up the situation in- and the stance most other Western countries take on this, unfortunately: [this video]

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