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Thank You For Your Feedback - Don't Say Velcro

Thank You For Your Feedback - Don't Say Velcro on HackerTube: recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2023–2025.

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Velcro's follow-up to its "Don't Say Velcro" ad responds to viewer feedback, with a humorous take on trademark usage and alternative names for hook and loop fasteners.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a delightful sequel to the original ad, brought up in threads on trademarks and the original campaign.

people recommended it
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separate months
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strong recommendations
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discussed on HN
2023–2025
“it's hilarious and worth watching”
— compiler-guy, Dec 2023, in “Don't Say Velcro (2017)”

What HN commenters said

4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

StratoscopeJan 2025Strongly recommends

That is one of my favorite videos! Content advisory: there is one swear word in it that is bleeped out. Near the end they mention some other trademarks, and adding to the fun they bleep out those too - and even put CENSORED overlays on the singers' mouths. They also made a followup video that is just as delightful (and slightly more NSFW): ▶ this video And here is a fun article about some other companies' friendly alternatives to the traditional C&D letter: [link]

in “Oracle Will Not Voluntarily Withdraw JavaScript Trademark” · View on HN

compiler-guyDec 2023Strongly recommends

If you've never seen the video ad that went along with this campaign, it's hilarious and worth watching, as is the follow up. I love the good humor about the whole thing. And it has made their campaign stick in ways that other similar campaigns have not. [link] ▶ this video

in “Don't Say Velcro (2017)” · View on HN

FrustratedMonkyDec 2023Recommends

Great. Hope this is real. I'd be impressed if the real lawyers did this. There was a follow up video, also good ▶ this video

in “Don't Say Velcro (2017)” · View on HN

SemaphorJan 2023Cites it

Thank you, this was great. There’s also a feedback response video [0] (of course they are making fun of German, Klettverschluss is so easy to say!), and a behind-the-scene video [1] where they show you their two actual lawyers that somehow were roped into participating ;) [0]: ▶ this video [1]: [link]

in “Spaghetti-Tree Hoax” · View on HN

Topics & tags

Product, marketing & salesSatire & parodyvelcrotrademarkadvertisinghook and loophumor