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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 October 2010 06:22:39PM 11 points [-]

I'm interested in testing what happens if you watch "8 minutes of courage":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI1FP3czJnY

Comment author: CronoDAS 10 October 2010 06:41:31PM 3 points [-]

That actually made me kind of upset.

Comment author: Alicorn 10 October 2010 06:47:53PM 6 points [-]

I couldn't even watch two minutes of it. The music was sort of cool, but the text was a distasteful blend of macho crap and meaningless, vaguely punny platitudes.

Comment author: Psy-Kosh 11 October 2010 03:30:16PM 4 points [-]

Hrm... I wonder then about the effect of absurdly over the top macho crap: Specifically, the original Powerthirst. (TURBOPUNS!)

Comment author: Alicorn 12 October 2010 10:02:42PM 0 points [-]

That's just funny. Especially "400 BABIES".

Comment author: Psy-Kosh 12 October 2010 10:21:04PM 0 points [-]

As I said, absurdly over the top. Is indeed amusing. :)

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