> I guess in lieu of making something people actually like, you can intentionally under-perform and call it really edgy satire

Amazing

That’s the whole point of Andrew Jackson Jihad. It’s just poorly executed things for the sole purpose of being “ironically satirical”. It’s taking the piss out of stuff that barely deserves it, just for the purpose of filling a hipster niche

Yeah, this doesn’t really satirize the Ok Go style because those videos actually take a tremendous amount of effort to create, and this is just intentionally lazy. The snarking tone of the article made me think the video would actually put at least some effort into it. It’s not so much skewering as it is “Well, we…

Am I the only one who feels like this video was just done as kind of a goof?

Counterpoint: OK Go is great and this sucks.

Think for yourself. I actually enjoy pretty much all of their videos, specially the last one. Also, although I can see the humor in the parody of this video, I feel they could’ve gone way further. You may not like Ok Go’s videos, but at least there’s some effort in it.

I guess in lieu of making something people actually like, you can intentionally under-perform and call it really edgy satire. I know when I’m insecure about the results of my efforts, I sometimes self-sabotage them - for example, if I’m making a piece of functional furniture and I want it to turn out way better than I…