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The Count Censored (ORIGINAL)

The Count Censored (ORIGINAL)

mrmagoo312
0 HN recommenders · discussed 2016–2023
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About this video

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 it appears in the archive

Brought up in censorship threads as a joke and as a canonical example of censorship that changes the meaning of the original.

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From the Hacker News discussion

sofaofthedamned · 2016-08 · joke

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. [VIDEO]

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joshmarlow · 2016-09 · joke

> 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 - [VIDEO]

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professorplumb · 2023-02 · critical

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

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