Japanese Drinking Habits: The Japanese are actually way crazier drinkers than you ever imagined. Your future job prospects often depend on how you can handle your drink. Makes me glad this shit hasn’t caught on over here, but we’re not as over worked as the poor Japanese. [1]
The History of Human Rituals: Perhaps we wouldn’t have so many social problems if we were able to make more rituals that would allow people to find their place in society. [2] Continue reading →
The Cubs Win the Penant: I guess it’s news when a baseball team that hasn’t won in a century wins again. Many people said it predicted bad things to come, like Trump winning. [1] Although I claim baseball is “dying”, it’s true that their numbers are up. Still, is it actually any better? [2] For that matter, does the next generation want to play and populate it?
The De-Colonization of Science: This is the problem when people think that “narratives” define reality. It’s nothing more than a new wave religion that aims to de-legitimize the actual work people do to understand the world. If you can stomach this sort of thing, what this video.[4] It may have something to do with low graduation rates and poor passing grade there, I’m not sure. [5] Continue reading →
Child prodigy born in a bit of strange isolation. He had hives, so the doctors thought it was a good idea to isolate him during the first few months of his life. This was standard procedure back then, and it would appear that the baby was very distant and unresponsive to affection at first.During his childhood, he would “shut down” for a while, and then go into fits of rage. Continue reading →
Paramount Sues Star Trek Fan Film: After launching a successful kickstarter campaign for over 1 million dollars, the creators of Star trek “Axanar” are being sued by Paramount and CBS.[1] Trying to control one’s content however can be tricky: Paramount will need to prove that every part of their Universe is currently being exploited and profits are in danger as a result of the film [2]
Star Wars Kills Extended Universe: In order to regain controll over their content, Disney has decided to kill all the continued history that came from novels, comics and other stories. [3] Continue reading →
J.D. Salinger hated his Popularity: I mean, imagine if your book had inspired a bunch of psychos? I’d want to hide in my own shack and only release everything after I have already died. I also recommend watching the documentary “Salinger” [2] Did you want to read his new stories? I feel like the marketing department dropped the ball on this one. I had to look hard to find this link [3]
The Wild World of Tomi Ungerer: I never actually read his stories as a child, but I know I would have love the artwork. It’s so weird and dark, but in a childish way. Perfect for a man that blended the two together. [4] Continue reading →
This episode, we talk about one of the dumbest thing humans do: try and mess up their biological clock for a bunch of farmers. Tune in!
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Apple vs FBI: The speed of news is so rapid, most of us have probably forgotten all about this story, despite the terrifying consequences. Turns out that rather than get Apple to build a backdoor, the NSA found a third option, which is terrifying when you think about it. [1]
The NSA doesn’t Hire Pot Smokers (Retraction): It turns out that it’s the FBI that has this policy, not the NSA.[2] However, I did manage to find some proof that the NSA has a section that asks if the applicant has done drugs, so it could still be true. [3] Continue reading →
This episode, we talk about Generational Theory, and weird and creepy 80’s music videos. Watch this and get informed!
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Falco’s “Der Kommisar”: Maybe when it first came out, this video was cool. But time has not been kind to Falco. Apparently 4 minutes of running in front of a blue screen doesn’t age well. Who knew?[1]
Lionel Richie’s Creepy “Hello” Video: Speaking of videos that don’t age well, Lionel Richie would probably be called “problamatic” for his stalking teacher obsessed with a blind student train wreck video. A must watch.[2] Continue reading →
In this episode, we discuss the wars of ideology that always plague our species. It doesn’t help that we all think we’re smarter than we are. Tune in!
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The Dunning-Kruger effect: Ever wonder why people seem to be getting dumber AND more confident? It turns out that this is an actual phenomenon. The more you know something, the less confident about it you are. No wonder guys like Donald Trump think they know everything! [1]
The So-Called “Great War”: you might have heard somewhere that the First World War was started because of the assassination of Archduke Frans Ferdinand, which would eventually lead countries that had formed complicated alliances to war with one another. But keep in mind that it took months for people to actually give a shit, and the actual reasons for war were far more nuanced. Still you can’t say the man didn’t have an interesting life.[2] Continue reading →
Get your notebooks ready, because this one’s educational….mostly. Don’t miss out on this show!
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How a Litre is Measured: See, the metric system is kinda genius when you think about it. It’s just a measure of the volume of a decimeter squared. That’s a fancy way of saying a little cube that about 4 inches high.[1] The clumsy “Gallon”, on the other hand, was based on the volume of the weight of 8.34 pounds of water (at least in the US). Different countries have different gallons.[2] How scientific!
Science Papers are not Well Peer Reviewed: Ok, I’m not sure if my “incentivising” idea will work, but something has to be done about the fact that we are not peer reviewing enough papers![3] Continue reading →
This episode, we discuss everything from comics to Noah’s Ark. How are they related? You’ll need to tune in to find out!
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Grand Theft Auto Series: Most people forget its humble, 2D origins, but when Rockstar first got it’s start, it was just trying to make a simple yet hyper violent game. Would they be as successful if they weren’t so eager to satirise society? I doubt it. [1]
Comics Try to become Politically Correct: It would seem that the comic industry hates its own fans. They seem to think they are above the fat, lonely neckbeards that buy their shit. Well, when you turn Thor and Iron Man into women, there might be a bit of backlash.[2][3] Call me crazy, but it could be the heavy handed writing. That’s turning off their male readers [4] Continue reading →
