
Maker Series: Artisanal Firewood | CBC Radio (Comedy/Satire)
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A satirical CBC Radio This Is That sketch profiling a Vancouver artisanal firewood company that sells bundles of kindling for $1000.
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HN uses it as a punchline reference when a product or trend seems like a parody of artisanal premium goods.
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From the Hacker News discussion
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: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗At first I thought this was a parody like the Artisanal Firewood video ( [VIDEO] ). It seems like a lot of this process could and should be automated to improve consistency and quality.
Read original comment ↗I feel like this article lays the groundwork for a high quality artisanal eyeglass cleaning video. Reminds me just a touch of [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗trimming the ink sticks reminded me of nothing so much as [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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