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Hilarious. This video reminds me of the CollegeHumor parody of startups - http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6507690/hardly-working-sta...

I love all the bland, platitudinal aphorisms and vague "x for y" explanations. It feels like a lot of startups do this without realizing.

They covered the basic buzzword list:

* "disrupt"

* "change the way you interact/think/work"

* "like x for y"

* "pivot"

* "what if you could..."

etc...etc...etc...

⬐ vorg

Pivotal disrupts different by adding G to the names of competitors' products when naming their own clones: GRooby, GRails.

⬐ angersock

Er, I may or may know somebody who has done some work under a name inspired by one of their company names. It's one of those things that seemed a hell of a lot funnier at the time, until you're trying to pitch work with a straight face.

I would be beyond content if this was nothing more than 30 minutes of the Start-up Guys [1] with Mike Judge creating buzzword fusion words for company names. [1] http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6507690/hardly-working-sta...

I saw one that said "A hyperlocal social photo bookmarking site for mobile" and immediately thought of http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6507690/hardly-working-sta... .

Definitely use a less douchey description in your actual YC app. Or at least name your company Devil's Deuce Interactive.

⬐ sharqnetwork

NO BRAND CUFFS

⬐ klochner

I'm pretty sure you just got trolled - their website is a 404.

⬐ rpm4321

Now there's a Webvan one. I kind of don't get it. It seems like YC is one of the least deserving targets if you're going to mock the Valley hype machine.

⬐ rpm4321

And now it's filling up with garbage data and more shitty attempts at humor. I genuinely had no idea that if you removed the possibility of a down vote there would be that many dicks on HN.

⬐ mattmaroon

Oh, well in that case, kudos to whoever did it!

⬐ pg

Yes, that one is fake. I had to check though.

⬐ danielsiders

removed, thanks

⬐ None

None

I bet these dudes were there http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6507690/hardly-working-sta...

⬐ dag11

That is definitely one of the better CollegeHumor videos.

⬐ zalew

from the internet-themed, I prefer this one http://www.collegehumor.com/video/2563451/internet-commenter...

CollegeHumor did a better parody over a year ago. http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6507690/hardly-working-sta...

⬐ coldskull

i love the vooza video...much more understated. The collegehumor video is good too :)

Startup guys is still my favorite: http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6507690/hardly-working-sta...

This would not typically be appropriate for HN, but it is relevant:

http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6507690/hardly-working-sta...

http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6507690/hardly-working-sta...

⬐ rabidonrails

I wish I could up-vote this multiple times.

⬐ eogas

I love this sketch. I'll never get over Devil's Deuce Interactive. On a related note, I just found this:

http://www.angeldump.com/