And now a little more discussing it ;)
I came here to say the same thing, so it seems we're both guilty of it as well.
Humanity wasted 14,526 years watching Gangnam Style
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#22That also means that some bad people spent less time doing bad things because of Gangnam Style.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
The Harry Potter movies are excellent, one of the heights of 21st century pop culture if you ask me. You can also download them if you like..
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#24I 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.
I haven't seen any of these films, either. I don't see how it makes anyone different. Most people watch these films as part of a social experience, anyway.
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#26Maybe, but what is the effect of singing, dancing, and laughter on humans?
Not to mention building cultural bridges...
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
This article (and the phenomenon it descibes) is likely why the GP mentioned people who don't have TVs: http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-constantly-mention...
So if you want to determine how much time you have 'wasted' related to the video, add up the time spent saying how you haven't seen it.
Edit: There is no anger involved, other than maybe a little at being called angry. :) It is just pointing out an aspect of the human condition. (I stopped watching TV for a few years around the time this article came out and this article gave me some extra self awareness.)
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#28I hate the arrogance and pretence of this site as a concept. I'm far more productive than pretty much anyone I know, but I also need downtime to recharge.
It's not about productivity. Humanity could spend these 14,526 years listening to J.S. Bach, a genius whose talent found no match in the human history and yet dedicated as much as humanly possible of his life to music.
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#29The world is all about trivialities today and escapism (let's not face reality). Especially in the West. Young men and women (in general) don't really mature until their mid 30s and some never do.
We have an entire generation of people distracted every 30 seconds by fart apps, juvenile videos and self-photos in the bathroom. We need more engineers, doctors and lawyers and serious thinkers.
Maybe I'm just getting older, but that's my honest opinion.
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#30The 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.
For a fair comparison, you should also count the time that people "waste" visiting those imperial derelicts.
In the case of the Eiffel Tower, it has received over 250 million visitors. Assume that people spend an hour per visit, that's around 30,000 years wasted visiting the Eiffel Tower.
Now that's a super interesting snippet. Despite existing for far longer than Gangnam, the Eiffel Tower has only entertained twice as long total as Gangnam. Technology has democratized access to experiences.