Internet cultureIt’s hard to keep up with Internet culture, but don’t worry – every week we’ll tell you the best of what you need to know.this week potpourri of nonsense-that-you-might-not-know takes us from whaling ships in the 1800s to the most popular fashion houses of 2021, with a pitstop at Lental to capture some Pokémon.
TikTok trend of the week: marine huts
Future sociologists and cultural historians will write dissertations to discuss why, exactly, the songs originally sung by marine workers in the 19th century are the hottest trend in TikTok this week in particular. But here we are: sea huts are the dangers of the moment.
It looks like the sailors’ advertising machine started with a video of Scottish postman Nathan Evans singing “The Wellerman“And it exploded from there. Others began recording their own songs, adding his voice to Evans ’video, creating parodies, trying to figure it outand, otherwise, honor / chop and screw this musical form, albeit forgotten. But it really gained strength this hilarious Beertheist video this demonstrates in 44 seconds how sea huts are at first ridiculous, then delicious and ultimately irresistible.
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This week in games: Pokémon Snap release date has been announced
Nintendo is loved for taking its smart intellectual properties from console to console, creating more sophisticated versions of old titles, and publishing almost the same game on newer machines. (Don’t complain — this is all I want Nintendo to do, never). The favorite player Pokémon Snap, But, has not been seen on a Nintendo console since the Nintendo 64, as early as 1999. Snap I missed the GameCube, DS, Wii i Wii U, but to celebrate the 25thth Pokémon’s birthday, will arrive on Nintendo Switch on April 30.
In case you don’t play it during the day, Pokémon Snap it’s the best: you’re a photographer and your job (I guess it’s your job?) is to travel by taking Pokémon photos. That’s pretty much it. Catch shy pocket monsters in desserts, jungles and other environments, and your photos get points depending on the composition. If it’s as good as the original, it will be so much better than anything you do in your life. Watch the new trailer and see.
Definition of the week: “Hype house”
Meme’s presidential candidate and the hopeful mayor of New York City, Andrew Yang, recently said that part of his plan for Gotham involves encouraging “advertising houses” to move to the city. If you’re too busy “having a job” and “living your life” to know what an advertising house is, here’s the explanation: young influencers and social media content containers have been moving to expensive mansions together to collaborate artistically, posting tons of Make TikTok videos and annoy your wealthy neighbors. Think of it as Andy Warhol’s factory, but with less heroin and nothing as fun as The Velvet Underground.
“Hype house” coined in december when 19 of the most influential the people of TikTok moved to a Spanish-style mansion in Los Angeles and it was called “Hype House.” It’s now the generic term for any of the hundreds of similar arrangements across the country, whether it’s a player game on YouTube, an Instag pride.bouquet influencers, or a TikTok aviary. The trend of internet coexistence goes back to 2014, when YouTubers invaded stylish neighborhoods in Los Angeles and never left, and like everything young people do, it’s annoying and terrible. Wait, I mean it’s amazing and the best!
This Week in Internet Cats: Cats Vs. technology
Cats have been a staple of the internet since the late 1940s, and this week our feline friends are putting on a big show at Redit. He Subreddit Cats Vs. Technology was originally formed in 2014, but for reasons known only to the gods of the Internet, it exploded in January 2021. This fast-growing subreddit includes videos and photos of cats sitting on warm laptops, find out how water coolers work, o trying to trick your automatic feeder. In other words, there are cats and cats are pretty good. Especially when they’re on the internet and I don’t have to take the shit out of a laundry box.
Viral Video of the Week: Ultra unboxing
The viral videos that people have really sharing this week there are Capitol riot police bragging about committing crimes, smiling ridiculously while stealing lectern. and incite violence, but this is all kind of depressing, so instead, we will calm the nervous nerves with some Unbox therapy! Unboxing videos are a strangely hypnotic subgenre of YouTube videos where someone opens a box with a new product and displays the content, and The latest from Unbox Therapy is an epic one. It included the entire Samsung Galaxy S21 product line, including the Ultra 5G S21, Galaxy S21, and S21 + models, in addition to its Galaxy Buds headphones. It’s 22 minutes of hardcore, uncensored unboxing, where cell phones are removed from their packaging and is displayed in very clear HD format. You can see all the connector ports, every charger cable, all the camera lenses …My God, when you peel that plastic protective sheet off the board …