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I used to be with "it"

1.2M views · Apr 27, 2014 · 0:12 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2015–2020

A very short humorous clip titled 'I used to be with it', playing on the line that they changed what 'it' was. It is a brief meme-style video with no substantive content.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN uses it purely as a joke reply about being out of touch with changing trends.

What Hacker News said 3

JokeMichaelApprovedApr 2015
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> I find this worrying, really. Are we so desperate to consume that we're willing to buy shit just for sake of buying? There's no need to worry, this isn't a sign that society is going downhill. Buying Beats for something other than sound as the primary purpose is no different than buying something purely for fashion sake, which is a centuries old human practice. This comment reminds me of how every generation finds the next generation's actions worrying. edit: Grandpa Simpson nailed it: "I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it , and what's it seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you..." this video

in “How Beats by Dre played you like a fool” · view on HN
JoketreisJul 2018
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That was a really interesting piece. All I can think of after reading it is Grandpa's quote from the Simpsons: I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you! this video

in “Ice Poseidon’s Lucrative, Stressful Life as a Live Streamer” · view on HN
JokeDaiPlusPlusJul 2020
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> It was just that for the past months every time someone forwarded me a stupid video I was supposed to like, it had a TikTok logo on it. So in my view this became the source of "stupid videos people bother me with". Not exactly a charming quality. This quote comes to mind: > I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you! this video

in “Amazon says email banning TikTok from employee phones was ‘sent in error’” · view on HN