# Required viewing you would mandate. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 10, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078 "2014-09-10T16:17:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/1 "2014-09-10T16:17:57Z")
List videos that you would require certain people to watch. Feel free to either keep it a surprise for the person clicking through or describe it so they know what they’re getting into. Comedy or drama? It don’t matter. Just be sure to give fair warning if NSFW. [Anyone expecting a child.](https://screen.yahoo.com/baby-names-000000664.html) [Every teenager.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik) ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/2 "2014-09-10T18:11:41Z")
Should be mandatory viewing by everyone, everywhere. Chris Rock - How Not to Get Your Ass Kicked by the Police [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/P2plo4FOgIU/hqdefault.jpg "Chris Rock - How Not To Get Your Ass Kicked By The Police! [NAPISY PL]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2plo4FOgIU) Sure its culturally specific in places and played for laughs but theres a lot of truth in it as well. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/3 "2014-09-10T18:31:09Z")
Yup. Chris Rock. ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/4 "2014-09-10T19:21:26Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > [Every teenager.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik) That was awesome! ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/5 "2014-09-11T10:17:51Z")
As I’ve grown older, one of the beliefs I’ve done a complete “180” on is obesity. This [video](https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_attia_what_if_we_re_wrong_about_diabetes) by a doctor on cause/effect is pretty moving. I don’t have a weight problem but I’ve become very sympathetic to those who do. This is a very moving account from a doctor who arrived at the same conclusion. Summary from the site: \*As a young surgeon, Peter Attia felt contempt for a patient with diabetes. She was overweight, he thought, and thus responsible for the fact that she needed a foot amputation. But years later, Attia received an unpleasant medical surprise that led him to wonder: is our understanding of diabetes right? Could the precursors to diabetes cause obesity, and not the other way around? A look at how assumptions may be leading us to wage the wrong medical war. \* ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/6 "2014-09-11T11:35:39Z")
It should mandatory for every citizen to watch every legal execution performed in the country. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/7 "2014-09-11T13:44:17Z")
_Team America: World Police_. Every American must view this movie in entirety at least once a year. Twice if you’re military or a politician. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/8 "2014-09-11T13:54:41Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > It should mandatory for every citizen to watch every legal execution performed in the country. Just put it on PPV and we could balance the budget. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/9 "2014-09-11T15:10:43Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > List videos that you would require certain people to watch. Feel free to either keep it a surprise for the person clicking through or describe it so they know what they’re getting into. Comedy or drama? It don’t matter. Just be sure to give fair warning if NSFW. > > [Every teenager.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik) Okay. I gotta ask. What sort of kid are you raising if you have to advise him to keep his mouth shut and get a good criminal attorney? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/10 "2014-09-11T15:48:33Z")
I had my kids watch Scent of a Woman for the ending portion at the Prep school. They were having issues with the idea of protecting some so-called friends who were actually screwing them over. They got the message. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/11 "2014-09-11T16:03:47Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Okay. I gotta ask. What sort of kid are you raising if you have to advise him to keep his mouth shut and get a good criminal attorney? I have a Dean’s list, Honor program, community engaged son who I’ve told this to since he was a young teen. If the police stop him I tell him to cooperate, not get argumentative, give the police no reason to think he’s resisting arrest and to say nothing except confirm his identity and to please call his parents (when he was a minor) or please call his attorney. He’s a really good kid, but life isn’t always fair and really good kids get screwed sometimes. My job is to protect him. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/12 "2014-09-11T17:32:22Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > He’s a really good kid, but life isn’t always fair and really good kids get screwed sometimes. My job is to protect him. Now I feel like I’m failing as a parent. ☹ All I taught my kids was what to do if the dashboard lights up like a christmas tree. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/13 "2014-09-11T17:40:06Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Now I feel like I’m failing as a parent. ☹ > > All I taught my kids was what to do if the dashboard lights up like a christmas tree. That’s ok- you can ask my son to enumerate the countless ways I screwed up. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![yarblek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/71e660/32.png) [@yarblek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yarblek)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/14 "2014-09-11T18:13:36Z")
[Superstition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWo3kTYb8W0&list=UUc_xdkOBgSYLmXTn-VSQ4uA) [Random video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAIpRRZvnJg) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/15 "2014-09-11T18:50:16Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Just put it on PPV and we could balance the budget. In my world, it would not be optional. It would be compulsory, a la Clockwork Orange, if necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/16 "2014-09-11T18:59:15Z")
If it’s required, isn’t mandating it redundant? Just sayin’. Anyway. Embrace Life(seatbelt PSA). ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/17 "2014-09-12T02:41:49Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Okay. I gotta ask. What sort of kid are you raising if you have to advise him to keep his mouth shut and get a good criminal attorney? A teenager. Another one for [any teenager learning to drive](http://www.wernerherzog.com/index.php?id=128). ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/18 "2014-09-12T03:03:40Z")
Tim Minchin was awarded an honorary doctorate by The University of Western Australia. His speech at the commencement should be seen: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yoEezZD71sc/maxresdefault.jpg "9 Life Lessons - Tim Minchin UWA Address") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoEezZD71sc) > [@](#): > > Point being, I’m not an inspirational speaker. I’ve never lost a limb on a mountainside, metaphorically or otherwise. And I’m certainly not here to give career advice, cos… well I’ve never really had what most would call a proper job. > > However, I have had large groups of people listening to what I say for quite a few years now, and it’s given me an inflated sense of self-importance. So I will now – at the ripe old age of 38 – bestow upon you nine life lessons. To echo, of course, the 9 lessons and carols of the traditional Christmas service. Which are also a bit obscure. > **[Occasional Address](https://www.timminchin.com/2013/09/25/occasional-address/)** > > Tim Minchin is a comedian, actor, composer, songwriter, pianist and director. > [@](#): > > … > > 1. Don’t Seek Happiness > Happiness is like an orgasm: if you think about it too much, it goes away. Keep busy and aim to make someone else happy, and you might find you get some as a side effect. We didn’t evolve to be constantly content. Contented Australophithecus Afarensis got eaten before passing on their genes. > > 2. Remember, It’s All Luck > You are lucky to be here. You were incalculably lucky to be born, and incredibly lucky to be brought up by a nice family that helped you get educated and encouraged you to go to Uni. Or if you were born into a horrible family, that’s unlucky and you have my sympathy… but you were still lucky: lucky that you happened to be made of the sort of DNA that made the sort of brain which – when placed in a horrible childhood environment – would make decisions that meant you ended up, eventually, graduating Uni. Well done you, for dragging yourself up by the shoelaces, but you were lucky. You didn’t create the bit of you that dragged you up. They’re not even your shoelaces. > > I suppose I worked hard to achieve whatever dubious achievements I’ve achieved … but I didn’t make the bit of me that works hard, any more than I made the bit of me that ate too many burgers instead of going to lectures while I was here at UWA. > > Understanding that you can’t truly take credit for your successes, nor truly blame others for their failures will humble you and make you more compassionate. > > Empathy is intuitive, but is also something you can work on, intellectually. > > … ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/19 "2014-09-12T14:43:04Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > If it’s required, isn’t mandating it redundant? Just sayin’. Now you see why I don’t teach English. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078/20 "2014-09-16T00:02:50Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > It should mandatory for every citizen to watch every legal execution performed in the country. …And every citizen who believes that abortions should be legal should be forced to watch an actual abortion taking place. In real time. Fun times! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-viewing-you-would-mandate/698078.md?page=2)