Compost-Fueled Cars: Wouldn't That Be Great? - Onion Talks - Ep. 1

Why HN readers recommended it

HN uses it as shorthand for vague, detail-free visionary pitches and as a satirical jab at TED-style techno-utopian talks.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

The Onion

Topic

ted talk satire

Format

comedy

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

13

Recommendation years in dataset

2013–2026

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From the original HN conversations

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• If you haven't seen them, make sure to check out The Onion's TED parodies - Onion Talks: [LINK] They may be the funniest thing The Onion has ever done. =================================== Edit: of particular interest to the HN crowd would be their takedown of the "Idea …

• If you haven't seen The Onion's[1] Onion Talks and want a good satirical criticism of TED, I highly recommend them: [VIDEO] (There are more if you want to find them, I didn't want to pollute commentspace with too many links) [1] The Onion is a …

• > If he gets pulses 10,000 times faster, he says he can modify waste on an atomic level. The great thing about articles like this is that it reminds me to go rewatch the the video "Compost-Fueled Cars: Wouldn't That Be Great?"[1], which neatly summarizes …