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People recommend it as entertaining education, with a well-regarded BLEVE episode that still holds up on rewatch. One commenter called it a poor show.
People recommend it as entertaining education, with a well-regarded BLEVE episode that still holds up on rewatch. One commenter called it a poor show.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Entertaining, real education
“Education, real education, can be made entertaining.”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “Television is 100 years old today” Good BLEVE episode
“MythBusters have a good BLEVE episode.”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Chemistry behind the Garden Grove chemical tank” Interesting to rewatch
“It's very interesting to watch this old video”
Comment from 24 Aug 2026 in “DD Squad: Testing The Law of Relative Motion at 80 km/h (50 MPH) [video]”
Other TV series people recommend
The four most recommended other TV series, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halt and Catch Fire | 166 | 20 | 89% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Babylon 5 | 86 | 21 | 80% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Silicon Valley (TV series) | 52 | 1 | 98% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Andor | 52 | 5 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| MythBustersThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It's very interesting to watch this old video”
“MythBusters have a good BLEVE episode.”
“Education, real education, can be made entertaining.”
“There worst show I've seen for this was american - mythbusters.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.