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Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style

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Re: Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style

#11

I didn't see it! People are also amazed when I tell them I haven't seen Avatar, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. I guess I'm just different than most people.

Yea, but you're the same as all the other people who feel the need to point out they have no tv and didn't see Star Wars.

Re: Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style

#12

The comparison to completion time of the Empire State Building, the Great Pyramid of Giza, etc, are dishonest. Those weren't completed by a single individual, so it doesn't make sense to compare it to all time spent by each person watching the video.

I was thinking the same thing. First one I saw was for the Eiffel Tower, which took 300 people 2 years, so that should actually show as 600 years, not 2.

Re: Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style

#14
post #11

I didn't see it! People are also amazed when I tell them I haven't seen Avatar, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. I guess I'm just different than most people.

Yea, but you're the same as all the other people who feel the need to point out they have no tv and didn't see Star Wars.

Or someone who downloads their media and doesn't want to pay $20 a ticket for bad movies.

Re: Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style

#15
Spent, not wasted.

If you think Pop culture is a waste, then why not calculate 90%+ of YouTube multiple by # of views, time people spent in front of the television since its existence, as well as movies, Facebook, twitter, Instagram, Computer games, etc.

In fact, most of the time and bandwidth being spent on "The Internet" is a waste - according to this theory.

Re: Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style

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post #11

I didn't see it! People are also amazed when I tell them I haven't seen Avatar, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. I guess I'm just different than most people.

Yea, but you're the same as all the other people who feel the need to point out they have no tv and didn't see Star Wars.

I haven't seen Star Wars (and neither did any of my friends) but I own 3 TVs. I watch a shitload of TV shows.

Re: Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style

#20

The comparison to completion time of the Empire State Building, the Great Pyramid of Giza, etc, are dishonest. Those weren't completed by a single individual, so it doesn't make sense to compare it to all time spent by each person watching the video.

I was thinking the same thing. First one I saw was for the Eiffel Tower, which took 300 people 2 years, so that should actually show as 600 years, not 2.

Not to mention the time required to design it, the time spent by workers to collect the raw materials used to build it, the time spent in factories to produce a finished metal product that could be used in construction, etc.

Attempting to calculate the man-hours that went into almost any project of scale is absurd. There are far too many factors to consider.

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