433K views · Mar 4, 2014 · 0:06 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2021–2024
A short Simpsons clip (S5E20) of the 'Am I so out of touch?' moment, in which Principal Skinner concludes it must be the children who are wrong.
Why Hacker News points people here: Used as a meme reply when someone's view clashes with everyone else's.
That wasn't implied to me. When people go out of their way to point out how what you said isn't what you meant to say, and you brush it off as "no no, it's you who don't understand my eloquent prose," you might want to consider taking the feedback as constructive. this video
Funny, adopting authoritianism sounds like "vote for me to be your dictator"... Do you consider yourself sane and intelligent? Ever wondered if you could also suffer from evidence bias, thinking everything from the point of view that the elite trying to force something down your throat? Or maybe you have the certainty of Principal Skinner? this video
“a reference to this Simpsons clip”
I assumed that this was intentionally a signal that you shouldn't take this too seriously and a reference to this Simpsons clip: this video
