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Prejudice by Tim Minchin

Tim Minchin · music · Watch on YouTube

Stand-up & sketch comedyMusic performance & songs

What it is

Tim Minchin performs Prejudice, a comedic song about the power of words and the language used to abuse and demean.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it in arguments about the force of words, including the long debates over the GIMP name and username filtering.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Tim Minchin wrote a brilliant and insightful song about the power of words and the language of prejudice.”

    Insightful song about the power of words

    DonHopkins, 2022-08 · Recommendation · in “Gimp development release 2.99.12 includes initial CMYK support”

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Topics: tim minchin, comedy song, language, taboo words, prejudice

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