Friday, November 22, 2019
Tuvalu
I honestly never expected to watch an entire 18 minute YouTube video, but I jumped in at three minutes and watched this YouTuber's vacation travelogue of Tuvalu. It's a gorgeous place with friendly people, and I couldn't stop watching. He runs into a subscriber at about 12 minutes. See, he searched for the world's least visited country, and went there. Since the island is not used to tourists, the residents took him in like he was a new resident. If you've got the time, this would make a really pleasant break for you.
Danger
Dogs are always on the alert. Being suspicious in your service is their duty. This scenario is from Hey Buddy Comics. (via reddit)
13 Twists on Traditional Thanksgiving Dishes
My new post for Considerable is up! It's a list of the weird recipes people have concocted to modernize Thanksgiving dishes, from the merely tweaked to the truly horrifying. Check out 13 twists on traditional Thanksgiving dishes.
(Image credit: Reynolds Kitchen)
(Image credit: Reynolds Kitchen)
True Facts: Stinkhorns
Ze Frank's True Facts series normally focuses on animals, but this time he takes a left turn to a fungus, specifically the stinkhorn mushroom. Why? Because footage of stinkhorns and mushrooms in general give him the opportunity for unlimited double entendres and horrifying grossness at the same time. While this video is technically safe for work, adults will understand his non-stop raunchy allusions. (via Laughing Squid)
Miss Cellania's Links
One of the World’s Most Popular Love Songs was Actually a Resignation Letter. It's the story of Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner. (via Digg)
Controlling Crystal Structures and Emulsions is the Key to Good Chocolate. A dive into the crystallization of chocolate can help us understand why factories with their chemists and experienced chocolatiers produce a consistently better product than a home cook, but there are ways that anyone can learn to temper chocolate with practice. (via Metafilter)
Nightmare Film Shoots: 20 of the Most Grueling Films Ever Made.
Infant Skeletons Wearing ‘Helmets’ Made of Other Children’s Skulls Stun Archaeologists.
Watch a cult ritual played out on the floor. Turn the sound up!
Seven Doctors on What They Do When They Get Sick.
A dog named Bear is working to save koalas from the fires in Australia. That's a good dog. (via Metafilter)
On Frozen 2 and Disney’s nostalgia problem.
A blast from the past (2012): 10 Clever Dalek Mashups.
What's for Dinner?
Three years later, this remix of a snippet from Shirley Caesar is still delightful, and can still make you hungry. If you are curious about the original, here it is.
Tweet of the Day
Twitter needs this 😊 pic.twitter.com/sQUVsP9OTW— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) November 16, 2019
We know where that baby learned to carry toys like that. (via Nag on the Lake)
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Zero Gravity Pit Stop
The Red Bull Formula 1 pit crew set a world record for the fastest pit stop three times this year, the last time at 1.82 seconds. When you've made it to this elite team, there's no limit to what you might be in for. In September, the crew was sent up in a Russian vomit comet to attempt a zero-gravity tire change. You can see a behind-the-scenes documentary about this marketing stunt here. https://www.redbull.com/int-en/videos/zero-gravity-pitstop-bts (via reddit)
A Word Men Have Never Heard
Language and its usage are quirky things, and we rarely notice what we are already used to, but standup comics rely on observing those things the rest of us miss. James Acaster has a story that illustrates one of these quirks. The laughter comes when you realize how absolutely right he is. Also when he says, "You don't need to know why."
Musical Trump
somebody on twitter today: trump's weird hand-scrawled denial today sounds like a ramones song.— Alex Kliment (@SaoSasha) November 21, 2019
me: pic.twitter.com/mynZjx0E0M
Emo Trump recites poem on White House lawn pic.twitter.com/rAD3xRjX4L— Nick Lutsko (@NickLutsko) November 20, 2019
.@pattonoswalt made a tweet that showed Trump’s handwritten notes and the caption was simply “Morrissey voice:”.— RuPaul Giamatti (@BenJamminAsh) November 21, 2019
Needless to say, I got inspired and put WAY to much effort into this. pic.twitter.com/heOiOhl90P
Pick your style. (via Metafilter)
The Rise and Fall of the TV Dinner
What do you do with 260 tons of turkey? Make frozen dinners! And so the TV dinner was created as the response to an emergency situation at Swanson. Cheddar has the full story.
Miss Cellania's Links
Sweet Cat Walks Extra Slow To Stay Next To His Best Friend On Crutches. (via Fark)
A Calvinesque and Hobbesian Look at Impeachment. From Tom the Dancing Bug.
Song of the South: the difficult legacy of Disney's most shocking movie.
Patients Missing One Brain Hemisphere Show Surprisingly Intact Neural Connections. (via Boing Boing)
The Flathead Beacon police blotter is a treasure trove of comedy. (Thanks, A different Carol!)
The economic debate over the minimum wage, explained. A higher wage does not reduce jobs because businesses are working with the minimum possible staff already.
Human Put in Suspended Animation for the First Time.
The Saga of the Cannibal Ants in a Soviet Nuclear Bunker. They inadvertently play out an illustration of heaven and hell.
A blast from the past (2012): 8 Thanksgiving Flowcharts.
Drunk History on Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman is the subject of the new movie Harriet, which is partially fictionalized. Meanwhile, the only fictional part of Drunk History is the drunk part. Wait, no, the narrator is honestly drunk, which lends a certain looseness to the story, but it's a true story. I love Drunk History. In this segment, Harriet Tubman is played by Octavia Spencer, a wonderful choice. Keep in mind that this is only one small chapter in Tubman's long life of fearless action. (via a comment at Boing Boing)
Tweet of the Day
And now, with music. pic.twitter.com/I9NFtGmnOn— John Aravosis🇺🇸 (@aravosis) November 20, 2019
Devin Nunes looks as if his world is falling apart after Gordon Sondlund's testimony at the impeachment hearings.
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