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Mitchell and Webb: "Are we the baddies?"

CrystalRoseCreations · comedy · Watch on YouTube

Stand-up & sketch comedySatire & parody

What it is

A Mitchell and Webb sketch in which two German soldiers realize their uniforms carry skulls and wonder whether they are the baddies. It is a short comedy bit about people failing to see themselves as the villains.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited constantly as a quip when a person or organization seems to be doing something morally dubious.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “this sketch from Mitchell and Webb stayed with me for years.”

    Comedy sketch about villains who don't see themselves as bad

    kjellsbells, 2025-07 · Recommendation · in “Peep Show is the most realistic portrayal of evil I have seen (2020)”

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Topics: mitchell and webb, are we the baddies, satire, moral self-awareness, british comedy

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