Louis CK - Everything Is Amazing and Nobody Is Happy

Patrick Reed · 114.7K views · 2016-12-17 · 3:21

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Overview

A short clip of Louis CK on Conan riffing that everything is amazing and nobody is happy, about complaining over modern wonders like air travel and wifi. The uploader added a note about the comedian's later misconduct.

On Hacker News

HN commenters bring it up as a reminder to appreciate technology instead of complaining, from Waymo to AI art to flight delays.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2020–2026

Topics

Stand-up & sketch comedy Futurism & technology and society

What people said

silisili · 2021-10 · Recommendation
Similar thought here. I don't know if it was the era or being relatively poor, but the big change in my life was giftgiving. You used to get a book or sweater or doodad and be wowed and thankful. As an adult it seems everyone has Amazon and everything they want, so what's to do but trade boring gift cards we don't need. How exciting. I will say one thing I noticed and dislike about myself is how impatient and 'privileged' I've become. I mean, we used to order from Sears or Penney's catalogues as a kid and that stuff took weeks to arrive, and we were thrilled. Today it's all instant gratification. Amazon is a day late and we(I) act perturbed. I like to watch this Louis CK clip, it really puts me back in place...for a while. [VIDEO]
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flokie · 2020-10 · Recommendation
I know the community is generally very negative/skeptic on this (at least based on the 21 comments so far below), but this is an amazing technical & business accomplishment. Congratulations! The blog post is relatively clear that ramp up will take a few weeks - "we’ll start with those who are already a part of Waymo One and, over the next several weeks, welcome more people directly into the service through our app" before you comment watch: [VIDEO]
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coldtea · 2026-01 · Joke / meme
OK, so you have the unbearable pain of using a separate terminal app to use the magic thingie that does your programming for you on prompt, and which didn't exist merely 2 years ago. [VIDEO]
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