Monday, July 03, 2023

Things I learned over the weekend


. In Singapore, "A butthurt man threw a fit after a Russian restaurant couldn’t serve him after closing time." Use butthurt ten times this week to describe annoying Kens and Karens.

. If you spend two seconds on a tweet, Twitter clocks you as eye-fodder for advertisers. You have to watch YouTube for two minutes to convince the algorithm you were there.

.  Dolphins have names given by their mother, which they use to communicate, similar to beluga whales and bats. A.I. is working hard to learn even one of their names. Bob? Cindy? Fang?

. Alan Arkin's business card read:  'Actor,  Director, Musician. Can drive stick shift. Owns own tux.' Just the essentials.

. Friluftsliv (FREE′-loofts-liv) is a Norwegian term that means life in fresh air, spending time outdoors. Like the comfy hygge, it's meant to make a sad life seem intentional.

. Flowers can sense a bee nearby. Any buzz makes them sweeten their nectar. I can also hear a bee coming. I run like hell. 

. On this day in 1979, the Sony Walkman was born. Happy birthday, tape-eater.

 
 

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