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Tim Minchin's Storm the Animated Movie

stormmovie · 5.6M views · 2011-04-07 · 10:39

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Overview

Animated adaptation of Tim Minchin's beat poem 'Storm', in which he argues with a hippie at a London dinner party. It satirizes alternative medicine and defends science and reason.

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Quoted often for its line on alternative medicine that works being called medicine, and recommended as a full-length listen.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2013–2026

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Religion, belief & skepticismSatire & parodyMedicine & infectious disease
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BLKNSLVR · 2026-06 · Strong recommendation

"Water has memory, and whilst its memory of a long lost drop of onion juice seems infinite, it somehow forgets all the poo it's had in it." - excerpt from Storm, by Nick Minchin [VIDEO] The entirety of this song is a listen worth your time. Doubly so if you've never heard of Nick Minchin before.

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PlunderBunny · 2024-05 · Recommendation

My first thought on reading this was of Tim Minchin's epic beat poem 'Storm' [0] - jump to 3:05 if you want to hear the bit that specifically deals with this. (Warning: some language NSFW) [0] [VIDEO]

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effingwewt · 2020-12 · Recommendation

Religion can't really explain things though. If I say a floating jellyfish did it all, and we are too stupid to ever know why, that doesn't give any clarity. Tim Minchin has a great line about this in one of his songs[1] 'Science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved' [1] [VIDEO]

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