Comment by Lerc
7 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.
> a bit obscure for a reference
one of the most viral videos from 2012 is obscure?
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.
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.