blueyesMar 2024Recommends
Too great resources on the value of hardship: Michael Easter's The Comfort Crisis [link] A Boy Named Sue ▶ this video
in “Nvidia founder tells Stanford students their high expectations is a hindrance” · View on HN
Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (Live at San Quentin, 1969)
Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (Live at San Quentin, 1969) on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2017–2024.
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Johnny Cash's live performance of A Boy Named Sue at San Quentin in 1969, a comic country song about a man named Sue seeking revenge on his father.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Mostly invoked as a reference or joke in threads about names, the .su domain or hardship, rather than recommended.
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6 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
ChrisMarshallNYOct 2021Cites it
Oh yeah...I'm a high school dropout with a GED, and some redneck tech school training. I've managed to do OK, even with that. In fact, it has probably helped me to be much, much better at my job. I call it "the Boy Named Sue " problem[0]. I have had to deal with so damn much adversity, in my career, that it has forced me to constantly deliver , and go "above and beyond," in everything I've done. I've looked up a lot of noses, and it does make me cranky, but it has also forced me to be pretty good at what I do. No one will take me at my word. I have to show them. [0] ▶ this video
in “Is 40 the New 60?” · View on HN
augusto-mouraSep 2019Cites it
There's also aboynamed.su, that is a reference to the Jhonny Cash song [1] The domain description is actually some part of the lyrics of the song [2] [1]: ▶ this video [2]: [link]
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coldteaJul 2017Cites it
> Changing ones name may be a stupid impulse decision but sticking with it is a real choice. A stupid choice -- which makes all the difference. Sticking with something you can't change is one thing (like accepting your body if you had an accident etc). Sticking with something you've picked yourself, can change at anytime, and was BS to begin with is another -- and not to be lauded. At least the country version was better: ▶ this video
in “How changing my name to “Spider Mann” ruined my life” · View on HN
ethbr0Jul 2023Joke
> Well, I grew up quick, and I grew up mean. And my fists got hard, and my wits got keen... > He stood there looking at me, and I saw him smile, and he said, "Son, this world is rough, and if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough, and I know I wouldn't be there to help you along. So I give you that name, and I said goodbye. And I knew you'd have to get tough or die. And it's that name that helped make you strong..." ▶ this video
in “Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’” · View on HN
YeGoblynQueenneApr 2023Joke
I'm just bringint them up as an example. Anyway, what's with the assumpsions? "Lad"? A lad named YeGoblynQueenne? Not that there isn't precedent for that sort of thing [1], but, let's not jump to conclusions. ______________ [1] ▶ this video
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