Michael Drives Into A Lake - The Office US

The Office · 5.5M views · 2017-08-08 · 2:34

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Overview

A short scene from The Office US in which Michael Scott blindly follows his GPS and drives into a lake. The tagline is never trust technology.

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HN people link it as a joke about blindly trusting navigation or automated systems.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2019–2023

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Film & TV clips Stand-up & sketch comedy

What people said

behringer · 2019-06 · Recommendation
One of my favorite scenes on TV: [VIDEO] The title of the video really ruins it, but it was amazingly funny when I saw it the first time not knowing what to expect :D
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Hrun0 · 2023-06 · Joke / meme
> I've seen a few examples on youtube of people following the GPS to their own peril ( the last one being, driving in the sea directly) Was it this one? [VIDEO]
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paganel · 2022-01 · Joke / meme
> You don't fly the flight director command bars when they are telling you to stay on the ground and you're doing 215 knots. This reminds me of the (in)famous "take a right" sketch from The Office [1]. Granted, that was a TV show and they were "piloting" a car, not a 777. [1] [VIDEO]
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