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Maker Series: Artisanal Firewood | CBC Radio (Comedy/Satire)

CBC Comedy
Comedy
YouTube
Cited on HN 4 times, 2018–2024, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

HN uses it as a punchline reference when a product or trend seems like a parody of artisanal premium goods.

A satirical CBC Radio This Is That sketch profiling a Vancouver artisanal firewood company that sells bundles of kindling for $1000.

4 jokes · Comedy

4 Hacker News comments

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

@xamuel Dec 2018 Makes a joke
on HN thread How Premium Mediocre Conquered Fashion
I guess I'm a dork, but I'll never understand beer branding. The active ingredient is alcohol, a drug that induces various desirable effects. You wouldn't pay extra for artisanal aspirin or tylenol, so why alcohol? Reminds me of this: [this video]
@odysseus Jul 2022 Makes a joke
on HN thread How I clean my glasses
I feel like this article lays the groundwork for a high quality artisanal eyeglass cleaning video. Reminds me just a touch of [this video]
@082349872349872 Dec 2024 Makes a joke
on HN thread Who can claim Aristotle?
trimming the ink sticks reminded me of nothing so much as [this video] ! > IRL the substrata (objective-C? PowerPC?) get cleaned out real artists ship, and shipping (like cherry blossoming) is ephemeral? 花の雲 鐘は上野か 浅草か

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