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Using Social Media To Cover For Lack Of Original Thought - Onion Talks - Ep. 6

The Onion · comedy · Watch on YouTube

Satire & parodyProduct, marketing & sales

What it is

A four-minute Onion Talks parody in which a social media consultant pitches never putting any effort into social marketing. It lampoons TED-style talks and marketing consultants.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as the Onion Talks parody most relevant to tech and startup culture.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “This one is a masterpiece”

    Parody pitch on succeeding in the new internet economy

    codeulike, 2022-02 · Strong recommendation · in “What Was the Ted Talk?”

  2. “I think the social media Onion talk ( ) is the most relevant to HN (and my favourite).”

    Onion Talks parody most relevant to HN

    freshhawk, 2012-12 · Recommendation · in “All the TED Talks”

  3. “of particular interest to the HN crowd would be their takedown of the”

    Onion Talks parody of social media consultants

    rpm4321, 2013-03 · Recommendation · in “TEDx talks discredited: Sheldrake speaks, argues that speed of light is dropping”

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

Topics: the onion, parody, ted talks, social media marketing, satire

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