Fusion Posts '20 Reasons You Shouldn't Work at BuzzFeed,' Then Freaks Out and Backtracks

Video wasn't so LOL-worthy after all

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Right in the middle of the #Blizzardof2015 brouhaha on Monday, Fusion quietly dropped a glove-slap of a video making fun of BuzzFeed—prompting a mini storm on Twitter.

At around 5 p.m. Monday, as many in New York City fled for home, Fusion posted a video titled "20 Reasons You Shouldn't Work At BuzzFeed"—which quickly made the rounds.

The animated short, which was meant to be a preview of a new show called Like, Share, Die, features a room full of BuzzFeed's iconic stickers come to life and being berated by their boss, a moustachioed red "viral uplift" badge.

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