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Where's the Beef?

Jiro Su
Comedy
YouTube
Cited on HN 3 times, 2013–2022, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Used purely as a joke when a thread involves beef, the name Beef, or a lack of substance.

A one-minute clip of the famous 'Where's the Beef?' catchphrase from a classic fast food commercial.

3 jokes · Comedy

3 Hacker News comments

From the HN archive; up to 20 kept per video, favoring different commenters. Recommendations first.

@SiVal Dec 2013 Makes a joke
on HN thread Google Zeitgeist 2013
No, you're not alone. When they offer data, a lot of us think, "Oh, goodie, some interesting data!" We hustle over there to learn something new and learn it quickly. If instead we are treated to a demonstration of javascript media virtuosity that buries the actual data too deeply to be worth extracting, we get annoyed and complain: "Where's the beef?" (But I don't think there's anybody back there[1].) [1] [this video]
@lob_it Nov 2022 Makes a joke
on HN thread Meta lays off 11,000 people
"Where's the vaporware? Under the pickle...." is best portrayed by the younger types. [this video] You know why the food sucks so bad when you know who they are catering to :p

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