Surviving "The Graduate"
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- Points114
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#10Peak rank
2Days on list
–Score · 7d
Oct 31, 2026First seen
On Hacker News
https://archive.ph/Eqn1F
- Points
- 114
- Comments
- 35
- Submitted by
- samizdis
- Posted
- Oct 31, 2026
- Site
- newyorker.com
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Trending history
Surviving "The Graduate" was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 31, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 67 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #10 of 30, reached on Nov 1, 07:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 1, 14:37 UTC.
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Something that I was mulling on just the other day. As I grow in my career, on a day to day basis I feel like I'm failing or doing things badly. Maybe because I have no comparison frame for it, because of the growth. Maybe because it's never possible, while you're in the thick of a project, to provide that post-hoc…
As an aside, I admire Mike Nichols' ability to make gorgeous _looking_ movies. Many scenes from The Graduate, the State Island Ferry opening scene in The Working Girl, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. And even the 2003 movie Closer. That is almost a 40-year span. Atypically, he worked with 13 different…
I wonder if it's just me, or if the movie did not age well. I saw it for the first time around 10 years ago, and I was really expecting great things since I was a fan of hoffman and of simon and garfunkel. i found it a very lacklustre movie, nothing I had read about hoffman's iconic performance really landed for me,…
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Is Surviving "The Graduate" trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 1, 14:37 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Surviving "The Graduate" reached?
#10 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 1, 07:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Surviving "The Graduate" been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 31, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (67 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
114 points and 35 comments; submitted by samizdis on Oct 31, 2026.