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@goodworkmb Has the FTC gone too far? #business #news #ftc
Trending short videosSatirical news report on polyamory.
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- Length · 24 Sept 2025
- 1:11
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Satirical news report on polyamory.from @goodworkmb
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Overview
The video presents a satirical news report about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filing an antitrust lawsuit to break up a 15-person polyamorous relationship in Brooklyn for monopolizing the local dating scene. The report includes interviews with members of the "polycule" who defend their relationship using free-market principles, and an "expert" who analyzes the situation with economic theory on a whiteboard. The piece concludes with a member listing all the names in the relationship as if it's a landmark legal case.
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Simple outline
- 1Present absurd problem seriously
- 2Show opposing sides' arguments
- 3Introduce 'expert' for analysis
- 4Deliver escalating comedic climax
- 5End with a punchline
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Classification
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Hook analysis
What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Verbal hook · 70%
The FTC announced today that it will move to break up a Brooklyn polycule in a landmark antitrust case...
Visual hook · 30%
The video opens with a slightly blurry, news-style close-up of a man speaking urgently to a microphone, creating an immediate sense of a breaking news event.
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Hook template
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announced today that it will move to break up in a landmark case.
- — The Department of Transportation announced today that it will move to break up a neighborhood carpool in a landmark traffic-congestion case.
- — The Homeowners Association announced today that it will move to break up a backyard book club in a landmark zoning case.
- — The International Olympic Committee announced today that it will move to break up a group-chat fantasy league in a landmark competitive-balance case.
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Hook and payoff
The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
The video opens with the classic visual and auditory cues of a local news broadcast, immediately establishing a familiar, serious format. The hook is the narrator's first line, which introduces a completely absurd premise (the FTC breaking up a relationship) within this serious context, creating instant cognitive dissonance and humor.
Payoff
The narrative breaks the established formal structure with an unexpected, personal, or inappropriate final statement from the narrator. This breaks the fourth wall of the parody and serves as a final punchline, leaving the viewer with a laugh.
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Narrative framework
The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Satirical News Report
Applying a formal, serious genre structure (like a news report) to an absurd or niche cultural topic to create comedic juxtaposition and social commentary.
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The Official Indictment
The core conflict is established by presenting a ridiculous scenario through a formal, authoritative lens. This beat uses official-sounding language and graphics to frame the absurd problem as a legitimate news story.
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The Visual Proof
The narrative reinforces the premise's mock-legitimacy by displaying fabricated but official-looking 'evidence,' such as a government document. This visually grounds the parody and heightens the joke.
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The Defendant's Rebuttal
The subject of the 'report' is given a platform to respond. Their defense is framed using language that ironically mirrors the formal structure (e.g., using free-market economic terms to defend a relationship), furthering the satirical comparison.
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The Expert Witness
A mock expert is introduced to provide a serious, academic-sounding analysis of the absurd situation. This beat deepens the parody by treating the topic with scholarly gravity, often using visual aids like a whiteboard to enhance the effect.
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The Defiant Declaration
The subject escalates the satirical conflict by defiantly doubling down on their position, refusing to yield to the 'official' pressure.
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The Dramatic Monologue
A character delivers a speech that frames the absurd situation in overly dramatic, emotional, or historical terms. This serves as the comedic climax, pushing the premise to its most ridiculous extreme.
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The Comedic Undercut
Immediately following the dramatic climax, a small, humanizing moment occurs that deflates the built-up tension and reveals the underlying absurdity of the situation, often through a simple mistake or interaction.
Themes
Techniques
Post caption
Has the FTC gone too far? #business #news #ftc
Text overlays
branding · throughout
NEW YORK NEWS AT 2
contextual · beginning
Local Polycule Based in Bushwick, Brooklyn
informational · middle
STATEMENT ON THE BROOKLYN-BASED POLYCULE September 24, 2025 The Federal Trade Commission has issued an official ruling regarding the 15-person polyamorous relationship based in the Bushwick neighborhood of the Brooklyn Borough of New York City. The 5-0 ruling decided that this polycule must be broken up by January 1, 2026 or risk further political action. The polycule has grown out of hand, and is too powerful to control in its current state. There is no knowing just how expansive this relationship could get. They have already monopolized the dating scene in Brooklyn, and it is the FTC's belief that this could only get worse...
contextual · middle
Alex Marks Polycute Member
contextual · middle
Dr. John Rawlins PhD, Monopoly, Monogamy
contextual · end
Sam Dewel Polycute Member
Transcript
The FTC announced today that it will move to break up a Brooklyn polycule in a landmark antitrust case that could force the 15 person polyamorous relationship to split by year's end. In a statement, the FTC chair wrote that the polycule has become, quote, too powerful and monopolized the dating scene in gentrified Brooklyn. It's a free market, and we don't feel like we should be punished just because we're the best at what we do. We're gonna fight this in court. The landmark case has drawn comment from rare experts in both anti trust and anti monogamy. For most of the twenty first century, we've seen the government step back and let the free market run its course. That has led to some big winners and some big losers. And here we're seeing the government step in for the first time in a while and say, let's let some of the losers in on the action. We're not backing down. In fact, if we end up adding a fifteenth or sixteenth after going to a Fred again concert, then that's alright. That's what the market decides. Right, guys? This is a historic case. In a hundred years, everyone will be talking about The United States worse Dan, Sam, Emily, Erica, Peter, Liam, Hayden, Brady, Mapps, Sarah, Mimi, Kyle, Rebecca, and Asher. My my name is Alex. And Alex. For New York news at two, I'm in an open marriage in case anyone's into that.