Eddie Izzard - Do you have a flag?
Why Hacker News recommends it
Mostly posted as a joke in threads about flags, empires and colonial trading companies.
What it is
A one-minute Eddie Izzard comedy clip about how the British Empire claimed countries by planting flags. It riffs on the absurd rule of 'no flag, no country'.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2014 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Cites airhead969 · 2021-03 · on “The internet didn’t kill counterculture – you just won’t find it on Instagram”
> We are the counterculture. Isn't that a tad bit arrogant to stick a flag in all of it? See also: [this video] Youtube is "lame as fuck." Release everywhere to not be arbitrarily silenced because anything good is controversial, by definition. Why abuse the word "counterculture" so many times? It comes across like you're trying too hard. Good luck and I hope you find an audience rather than make at obscurity for the point of staying in obscurity.