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The Count Censored (ORIGINAL)

6.2M views · Aug 31, 2007 · 2:08 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2016–2023

A mashup of a Sesame Street Count clip with a Lemon Demon song, where the swear words are censored in absurd ways. It is a short comedy piece about censorship.

Why Hacker News points people here: Brought up in censorship threads as a joke and as a canonical example of censorship that changes the meaning of the original.

What Hacker News said 3

CriticalprofessorplumbFeb 2023

“I've always considered this video the canonical example of intentionally misleading censorship”

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I've always considered this video the canonical example of intentionally misleading censorship: this video

in “Google will blur explicit image results for all users, requires login to disable” · view on HN
JokesofaofthedamnedAug 2016
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I love a good swear as much of any of you mangy pissflaps, but here's a gold example of how implied rudeness can be funny too. this video

in “Why swearing is good for you” · view on HN
JokejoshmarlowSep 2016
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> Edit: This just made me realize you can bump G rated content up to PG-13 just by adding beeps and blurs I can't believe I'm posting this on Hackernews but it actually is relevant - this video

in “Facebook deletes Norway PM's post as 'napalm girl' row escalates” · view on HN