If you had all the money in the world, what would you be able to do with it?
[xkcd’s What If? via The Awesomer]
Nerdy Professor Shocks High School by Speaking Gen Alpha Slang
After immersing himself in TikTok videos, polyglot Xiaomanyc dressed up as a nerdy professor to address the students of Westtown High School in their native Gen Alpha language.
“I was invited by Westtown School to give a speech—as a language expert—about the importance of learning languages, in front of a full auditorium of high school and middle school students. But instead of just telling the students why language matters…I decided to show them.
So I spent weeks secretly mastering Gen Alpha slang and then delivered the entire speech in their own linguistic native tongue, as a lighthearted prank but also to genuinely emphasize the importance of learning languages.”
Eminem – Lose Yourself (Sung By 331 Movies)
Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” as performed by 331 different movies, cut together by Ross John Fearnley.
How the US Crushed the Iraqi Army In Only 100 Hours of Combat
The Daily Mail explains the overwhelming victory of Operation Desert Storm.
“When Saddam Hussein ordered the Iraqi army to invade Kuwait in 1990, America vowed to lead a global coalition to push him back. What followed was one of the most comprehensive victories in military history, where age-old tactics and modern technology combined to crush Saddam’s army in just 100 hours of combat. In doing so, America established itself as the world’s lone superpower and helped define how modern wars would be fought.”
Coffee Break
- Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College: ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project. [NY Mag]
- Why Some Young People Are “Quitting” Music: From no-buy years to dumb phones and social media detoxes, people are rethinking their consumption. Now, some are questioning their relationship with music – is tuning out the next step in a wider movement of self-reclamation? [Dazed]
- Man Bitten by 200 Snakes Helps Scientists Create a Super Antivenom [Gizmodo]
- Lena Dunham – Why I Broke Up With New York [The New Yorker]
How Live Nation Is Devouring the Live Music Industry
The Wall Street Journal looks into the gigantic assholes ruining live music.
Jon on Trump’s First 100 Days
“Jon Stewart takes a look at Trump’s first 100 days: from plummeting approval ratings to unfulfilled promises on immigration, health, and the economy, to destroying his reputation as a shrewd negotiator with China and Ukraine.”
Pub Choir Covers “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Pub Choir is a pretty neat Australian music project where people go and learn to sing popular songs in three-part harmony as part of a large crowd. At every Pub Choir show over the last 2.5 years, each audience sang one line from Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” as a group until the whole song was complete.
The final product, featuring 102,974 singers, has finally been released.