A Youtube video titled "THE MOST BORING VIDEO EVER MADE (Microsoft Word tutorial, 1989) has accrued over 1.5 million views despite its self-proclaimed boringness. The video, an hour and forty-seven-minute computer tutorial, appears to have been recorded in one long take. It's a time capsule to the early days of home computers and despite the monotonous, sleep-inducing narration, the instructions are quite thorough. In the video's comments, viewers point out the mind-blowing drama at minute 59 and the charming quote "no 'command m' for 'miracle.'"
1989 Microsoft Word tutorial is "the most boring video ever made"
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