Comment by john_strinlai

9 hours ago

>The Melbourne Metro safety campaign this post is named after closes with “be safe around trains,” which is more actionable than anything I’ve got.

so, just be safe about it, i guess.

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Lerc  8 hours ago

I was reading though thinking that only a few of these were dumb.

I wondered if it was a reference to Dumb Ways to Die, but thought that was a bit obscure for a reference. Turns out, apparantly not.

I think if I had have gone to all that work to write this list I would have given each one a dumbness score to communicate that circumstances are not equal.

  • ZeWaka  8 hours ago

    > a bit obscure for a reference

    one of the most viral videos from 2012 is obscure?

    • Lerc  5 hours ago

      Time passes. Do you know what its like talking to a group of game developers, and finding out none of them knew what an Amiga was.

      I try to rage against the dying of the light, with limited success.

      When my daughter went into a classroom (middle school I believe is the US term) that was not her own, a surprised teacher asked "Who are you?" She immediately responded with "I'm the new number two, you are number six"

      The teacher did not get the reference, but I won parenting that day.

    • tom_  6 hours ago

      Whatever age range you have to be in to remember the most viral videos from 2012, some measurable percentage of HN's readership probably aren't in it.