Satire & Parody Videos Hacker News Recommends

Satire & parody videos on HackerTube: the talks, lectures and explainers Hacker News commenters keep sharing, covering news satire, The Onion, tech parody, parody videos, mockumentary, TV satire clips like Silicon Valley, absurd skits mocking culture and politics, spoof commercials.

139 videos · ranked by HN recommendations · showing 1–48

Most recommended satire & parody videos

The ones HN returns to most often when a thread turns to this topic.

talk#119

USENIX Security '18-Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?

USENIX

“His keynote at USENIX Security 2018 is by far the best summation of the dangers of ML that I've ever seen.”

10 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

comedy#152

The Loving Trap

Ben Woodhams

“You should always acompany this documentary with a watch of this short little video.”

15 HN recommenders · 2012–2026

demo#306

NaN Gates and Flip FLOPS

suckerpinch

“Suckerpinch barely ever releases a video, but when he does they are great.”

7 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

comedy#424

Erlang The Movie II: The Sequel

gar1t

“I use Erlang the Movie and its Sequel whenever I teach my classes at Oxford Uni.”

6 HN recommenders · 2013–2025

talk#427

On The Turing Completeness of PowerPoint (SIGBOVIK)

Tom Wildenhain

“Nerding out should always be hilarious like that!”

8 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

talk#434

Chicken chicken chicken

Yoram Bauman

“The presentation is truly a humor masterpiece.”

5 HN recommenders · 2013–2026

talk#536

How to sound smart in your TEDx Talk | Will Stephen | TEDxNewYork

TEDx Talks

“spent 6 minutes talking about nothing”

6 HN recommenders · 2015–2024

explainer#547

30 Weird Chess Algorithms: Elo World

suckerpinch

“if you like this kind of thing, you'll love Elo World.”

8 HN recommenders · 2019–2026

commentary#623

The Lottery: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“this video is worth watching.”

6 HN recommenders · 2014–2023

music#713

Evo-Devo (Despacito Biology Parody) | A Capella Science

acapellascience

“A TL;DR in four minutes by A Capella Science”

6 HN recommenders · 2017–2026

comedy#726

Do Nothing- a message of motivation from Self-help Singh- (un) motivational speaker and life coach

Masood Boomgaard

“While it's meant to be funny, it actually touches some deeper philosophical truths.”

4 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

comedy#738

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

The Onion

“neatly summarizes so much of the breathless excitement of vague, detail-free scientific and entrepreneurial claims”

4 HN recommenders · 2013–2026

comedy#749

Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters [advances in derp learning]

suckerpinch

“it just keeps getting better and better as the video progresses. I laughed so hard.”

5 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

music#885

Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek - Economics Rap Battle Round Two

Radical Discourse

“this throwback to the 2008 crisis is an easily consumed primer on Keynes vs Hayek”

5 HN recommenders · 2011–2024

talk#898

Stuart Halloway - Narcissistic Design

Reaktor

“a great talk by Stuart Halloway called Narcissistic Design.”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2021

comedy#1103

Missing Teen's Friends Go On TV To Plead For Her Release, Gossip About Ugly Classmates

The Onion

“this parody made by The Onion is the best depiction I've ever seen”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2024

comedy#1115

Charlie Brooker's How to Report the News - Newswipe - BBC

BBC

4 HN recommenders · 2013–2025

explainer#1116

Chinese Invisibility Cloak Hoax DESTROYED!!!

Captain Disillusion

“My favorite video about green screens and chroma keying, from Captain Disillusion”

4 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

comedy#1232

"Turbo Encabulator" the Original

Dave Rondot

“Doug Zongker's presentation similarly instructs people how to make better presentations to peers by demonstrating what not to do”

4 HN recommenders · 2016–2026

comedy#1245

Microsoft Re-Designs the iPod Packaging

Brant Walsh

“brutal but hilarious commentary on Microsoft's inherent dysfunction when it comes to product naming and packaging”

4 HN recommenders · 2011–2026

comedy#1248

Look Around You: Season 1 Pilot - Calcium

DocShadow660

“a lot of HN readers might love it. It's a surreal but perfectly observed parody”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

comedy#1251

Leading Questions - Yes Prime Minister

LimeXd

“An excellent illustration of this”

4 HN recommenders · 2012–2025

comedy#1298

Verbatim: What Is a Photocopier? | Op-Docs

New York Times Opinion

“The New York Times did an amazing reenactment from transcripts of the legal deposition”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

music#1383

Welcome to the Internet - Bo Burnham (from "Inside" -- ALBUM OUT NOW)

boburnham

“This is one of my favourite songs now”

4 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

comedy#1391

The Daily Show - Burn Noticed

Comedy Central

“my all time favorite Daily Show clip, Burn Notice”

2 HN recommenders · 2015–2025

comedy#1556

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

The Onion

“I think the social media Onion talk ( ) is the most relevant to HN (and my favourite).”

3 HN recommenders · 2012–2022

talk#1562

James Mickens on JavaScript

tablet reader

“James Mickens is a national treasure. Go watch his talks on YouTube and read everything he writes.”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

commentary#1580

President Trump: How & Why...

Jonathan Pie

“I think Jonathan Pie encapsulated it perfectly just a few days after the election”

4 HN recommenders · 2016–2020

music#1584

Land of Lisp- The Music Video!

lisperati

“Land of Lisp is fun, and the video is a must!”

2 HN recommenders · 2013–2025

comedy#1587

SIGBOVIK 2007: Generalized Super Mario Bros. is NP-Complete

suckerpinch

“This guy is a genius and also freakin hilarious”

3 HN recommenders · 2013–2021

comedy#1588

Tim Minchin's Storm the Animated Movie

stormmovie

“The entirety of this song is a listen worth your time.”

3 HN recommenders · 2013–2026

music#1630

Nanobot (Havana Parody) | A Capella Science ft. Dorothy Andrusiak

acapellascience

“made a catchy "edutainment" song”

4 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

comedy#1667

Tom Lehrer - New Math (Animated)

Jared Khan

“My favorite Tom Lehrer song is probably New Math.”

4 HN recommenders · 2013–2025

demo#1772

WordTeX - A WYSIPCTWOTCG Typesetting Tool

Tom Wildenhain

“this one on WordTeX is excellent”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

comedy#1794

What Shopping On Amazon Feels Like

Ryan George

“it really lays bare a lot of the crazy stuff we've just got used to with amazon”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

commentary#1807

The NCAA: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“John Oliver has an excellent take on NCAA salaries issue”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2019

comedy#1883

Raiden Warned About AI Censorship - MGS2 Codec Call (2023 Version)

CYBERGEM

“which watching is in my opinion worth your time”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

comedy#1981

I Have Delivered Value... But At What Cost?

KRAZAM

“The videos on that channel are so good that they're painful to watch”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

comedy#2052

07/27/1978

lasagnacat

“I love this deep absurd analysis of a single Garfield comic.”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2026

commentary#2067

Charlie Brooker's Newswipe 25/03/09

No Unicorns

“Basically at the end the forensic psychiatrist says that giving this intense superficial coverage about the gunman only encourages more copycat killers.”

3 HN recommenders · 2012–2023