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Original comic source: https://www.recombinantrecords.net/docs/2009-05-Amusing-Ourselves-to-Death.html https://www.recombinantrecords.net/docs/2009-05-Amusing-O
by r721 2y ago
Original comic source: https://www.recombinantrecords.net/docs/2009-05-Amusing-Ourselves-to-Death.html https://www.recombinantrecords.net/docs/2009-05-Amusing-Ours... (archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20100111052839/http://www.recombinantrecords.net/docs/2009-05-Amusing-Ourselves-to-Death.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100111052839/http://www.recomb...)
HN discussion from 2010: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1554733 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1554733
Wikipedia entry for the book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death
- seabombs 2y agoBit of an aside, it was fun to notice the Australian references in the comic. Surprises me still to see something Australian on the "regular" internet.
- throwaway2037 2y ago> the Australian references I read the comic. Which Aus refs?
- everybodyknows 2y ago"orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy"? These are unknown to most Americans.
- 0_____0 2y agoIsn't that a reference to Brave New World?
- Jtsummers 2y agoYes.
- throwaway2037 2y agoWhy is this downvoted? Man, HN is so weird sometimes...
- dang 2y agoThanks! We've changed the URL to that first link from https://otpok.com/2014/01/03/amusing-ourselves-to-death/ https://otpok.com/2014/01/03/amusing-ourselves-to-death/. Edit: err never mind, now I see why you included the archive link. Switched to that.