"Weird Al" Yankovic - Mission Statement (Official 4K Video)
alyankovicVEVO1 HN recommender · recommended in 1 month, 2017–2026
music · general · evergreen · 2017–2026 on HN
Weird Al's whiteboard-animated music video parodying corporate buzzword culture, from the album Mandatory Fun. The lyrics are packed with business jargon.
Mostly posted as a joke in threads about corporate-speak, buzzwords and meeting culture.
Up next
10 mo on HNUSENIX Security '18-Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?
USENIX
10 HN recommender · 2018–2026
11 mo on HNThe Loving Trap
Ben Woodhams
15 HN recommender · 2012–2026
7 mo on HNNaN Gates and Flip FLOPS
suckerpinch
7 HN recommender · 2020–2025
6 mo on HNErlang The Movie II: The Sequel
gar1t
6 HN recommender · 2013–2025
6 mo on HNOn The Turing Completeness of PowerPoint (SIGBOVIK)
Tom Wildenhain
8 HN recommender · 2017–2025
6 mo on HNChicken chicken chicken
Yoram Bauman
5 HN recommender · 2013–2026
5 mo on HNHow to sound smart in your TEDx Talk | Will Stephen | TEDxNewYork
TEDx Talks
6 HN recommender · 2015–2024
6 mo on HN30 Weird Chess Algorithms: Elo World
suckerpinch
8 HN recommender · 2019–2026
6 mo on HNThe Lottery: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
6 HN recommender · 2014–2023
6 mo on HNEvo-Devo (Despacito Biology Parody) | A Capella Science
acapellascience
6 HN recommender · 2017–2026
4 mo on HNDo Nothing- a message of motivation from Self-help Singh- (un) motivational speaker and life coach
Masood Boomgaard
4 HN recommender · 2022–2024
4 mo on HNCompost-Fueled Cars: Wouldn't That Be Great? - Onion Talks - Ep. 1
The Onion
4 HN recommender · 2013–2026
8 comments from Hacker News
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
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
If you train an AI on enough Teams meetings, it will probably eventually generate the lyrics to "Mission Statement": ▶ this video
▶ 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
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?
- 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
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
> 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