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Weird Al parody of corporate culture
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I'm surprised the corporate culture parody song Mission Statement didn't come up. Every person who's ever been in a corporation should watch. this video
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Mission Statement (Official 4K Video)
4.3M views · Jul 22, 2014 · 4:32 · 1 HN recommender · 8 mentions · discussed 2017–2026
Weird Al's whiteboard-animated music video parodying corporate buzzword culture, from the album Mandatory Fun. The lyrics are packed with business jargon.
Why Hacker News points people here: Mostly posted as a joke in threads about corporate-speak, buzzwords and meeting culture.
What Hacker News said 8
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> Instead, I heard the Ford Motor Company described as a “mobility solutions provider” that engages in “multimodal journey planning.” People spoke about “whiteboarding” and “blue-skying” big ideas. I watched a video that described Ford’s efforts to build a “holistic, organic, interconnected system powered by a transportation operating system.” "Weird Al" Yankovic - Mission Statement: this video
“using corporate-speak”
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- Cognitive - Solutioning - Learning as a noun, as in "these are some good learnings" - Most things mentioned in Weird Al's brilliant lampoon of Judy Blue Eyes using corporate-speak: this video
“I could not distinguish this from a parody song like Weird Al Yankovic”
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Oh my god, I did not know that Poe's law applied to corporate marketing now. I could not distinguish this from a parody song like Weird Al Yankovic's - "Mission Statement" [1] [1] this video
“I'll start my brainstorming session by watching this”
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Now I want to try this. I'll start my brainstorming session by watching this: this video I can make my website here: link Now, what am I missing?
“First verse: We must all efficiently Operationalize our strategies”
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this video (Weird Al Yankovic: Mission Statement) First verse: We must all efficiently Operationalize our strategies Invest in world-class technology And leverage our core competencies
“If you train an AI on enough Teams meetings”
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If you train an AI on enough Teams meetings, it will probably eventually generate the lyrics to "Mission Statement": this video
“if you put the lyrics to”
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Good idea for a unit test for this: if you put the lyrics to "Weird Al" Yankovic's Mission Statement in, it should return the exact same text as output. this video