Quote from: Parliament on March 12, 2014, 07:25:18 AM

I hope you realize this is a comedy sketch. It's not meant to be serious.

What? You mean Conan wasn't being serious? Cool

Quote from: Elwar on March 12, 2014, 08:58:08 AM

Pretty funny.

Like trying to explain the Internet to older people when I was younger.

The biggest critique? "Why are the letters green? What an ugly color." (referring to the ANSI coloring on the BBS I was on)

Exactly. It's like trying to explain the nature of emails in the early days.

Quote from: Warren on March 12, 2014, 09:39:14 AM

That was quite funny actually and probably how a lot of people feel about it when they try to understand how it works.

Right? I can imagine viewers connecting with Conan's mock ignorance.

Quote from: rat on March 12, 2014, 10:36:55 AM

basically,

the public image of bitcoin:

aaaaaaaaaaaaaand it's gone.

Judging by the comments on YouTube, many others interpret it the way you did.