[HN Gopher] The Octopus Teacher's Student
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       The Octopus Teacher's Student
        
       Author : dnetesn
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2021-05-18 22:48 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (oceans.nautil.us)
        
       | transitivebs wrote:
       | https://anilist.co/anime/20755/Assassination-Classroom/
        
       | js2 wrote:
       | Previous discussion (103 points | 33 days ago | 100 comments):
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26818464
        
       | bfuller wrote:
       | This was one of the saddest movies I've ever seen.
        
         | lisper wrote:
         | Why sad? I thought it was rather inspiring.
        
           | ggm wrote:
           | They have increadibly short lives for such intelligent
           | creatures.
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           | We eat them and in many cultures the death is horrific by any
           | standard: eviscerated, and beaten to soften the flesh in an
           | organism with a widely distributed brain.
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           | The environment they live in is fragile, damaged and
           | shrinking but is beautiful.
        
             | lisper wrote:
             | OK, fair enough, but that's not really the movie per se.
             | That's just the life of octopi in general, which I grant
             | you is very sad.
        
       | geocrasher wrote:
       | Adam Savage just posted a video the other day about his favorite
       | life experience that he didn't think he'd done if not for
       | MythBusters. And it was? Getting to know an octopus! It's a great
       | video, but I also learned something: It's "octopusses" not
       | "octopi". But after watching this, I want to meet an octopus.
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       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-0bBTuLAR8
        
       | sacomo wrote:
       | For an alternative take on the doc:
       | https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=whb4unrhy44&t=189s
        
         | ncmncm wrote:
         | This person has no interest in nature, and is interested only
         | in belittling other people, imagining that makes her bigger.
        
           | TooCleverByHalf wrote:
           | Their intonation was tough to get past I will say that.
        
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