Thank You For Your Feedback - Don't Say Velcro
What it is
Velcro's follow-up to its "Don't Say Velcro" ad responds to viewer feedback, with a humorous take on trademark usage and alternative names for hook and loop fasteners.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends it as a delightful sequel to the original ad, brought up in threads on trademarks and the original campaign.
- 3 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 2 strong recommendations
- first 2023, last 2025
What HN commenters said
“hilarious and worth watching, as is the follow up”
Hilarious Velcro ad campaign video and its follow-up.
compiler-guy, 2023-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Don't Say Velcro (2017)”
“They also made a followup video that is just as delightful”
Delightful Velcro follow-up video, slightly more NSFW than the original.
Stratoscope, 2025-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Oracle Will Not Voluntarily Withdraw JavaScript Trademark”
“There was a follow up video, also good”
Velcro's follow-up video to its lawyer-sung ad.
FrustratedMonky, 2023-12 · Recommendation · in “Don't Say Velcro (2017)”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: velcro, trademark, advertising, hook and loop, humor
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