Moon Zappa Valley Girl
Why Hacker News recommends it
Mostly used as a joke or reference in threads about uptalk and accents, not recommended as something to watch.
What it is
The 1982 novelty song "Valley Girl" by Moon Unit Zappa with Frank Zappa, a new wave track that became a cult classic. It parodies the speech of Southern California teenagers.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2023 to 2025.
What Hacker News said
Cites AStonesThrow · 2025-04 · on “Ask HN: Why is uptalk intonation so prevalent in ChatGPT voices?”
I freakin' hate telephones, and I always have, and the Dowager Countess of Grantham was correct in surmising that they are torture devices of the highest caliber. I always try to prefer virtual meetings with video and all the trimmings, especially screen-share capability. If not, in-person. Telephoning is like a last resort. I've pondered using TTY/TDD even though I have no physical impairments, but most agencies seem hostile to that sort of barrier and most of the time, I find myself needing to pass voice-recognizing gatekeeper AIs first. When I was promoted to "sysadmin" in my first job they set me at a desk with a computer and a PBX telephone. (It was an office at a gov't defense contract