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Tea Consent

Blue Seat Studios · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Social issues & culture

What it is

A three-minute animated video that explains sexual consent through the analogy of offering someone a cup of tea. It is based on a blog post by Emmeline May.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Used as the classic analogy for consent, applied to opt-out data collection and privacy practices.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “This video does a pretty good job of explaining consent”

    Tea analogy explaining sexual consent clearly.

    jobu, 2015-08 · Recommendation · in “Assange, the law of limitation, and the next eight days”

  2. “Have people seen the Tea consent video?”

    Classic tea consent explainer.

    bergstromm466, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “Microsoft duplicates data from Firefox without asking”

  3. “Here’s a very educational video on how giving consent works”

    Educational explanation of how giving consent works.

    WhyNotHugo, 2021-07 · Recommendation · in “Console Do Not Track – Proposal for a standard environment variable”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: consent, analogy, animation, opt-in vs opt-out

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