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