Where's the Beef?

Jiro Su · 6.2M views · 2006-05-12 · 0:31

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Overview

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

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

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2013–2022

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Arts & entertainment (other)Internet culture & memes

What people said

lob_it · 2022-11 · Joke / meme
"Where's the vaporware? Under the pickle...." is best portrayed by the younger types. [VIDEO] You know why the food sucks so bad when you know who they are catering to :p
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49para · 2020-01 · Joke / meme
Yes, why ensure that you will never be able to raise this with senior management as a serious option ? From then on you will be known as the "where's the beef guy" [VIDEO]
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SiVal · 2013-12 · Joke / meme
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] [VIDEO]
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