The Shirk Report – Volume 592

 

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 20 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Digg, Kottke, WITI, Facebook, Twitter, and email; videos come from everywhere. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com

 

20 IMAGES

– Friday!
– Me trying to hide from my problems
– We still have much to learn from Mr. Bean
– Stop hitting yourself
– Big brain tactics
– Well played
– Existence confirmed
– Act cool
– Okay there’s a lot going on here
– Red Beach, Hormuz Island
– Kites that excite
– How to properly eat spaghetti
– SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket leaving Earth
– Advice from Dad
– Jedi sheep
– The Corona 15 is real
– Boop twice for good fortune
– Work smarter, not harder
– Look out for your friends
– Until next week

 

10 ARTICLES

– Was There a Civilization on Earth Before Humans?
– An Oral History of ‘Steamed Hams,’ the Funniest Simpsons Scene Ever Recorded
– When Women Crowdfunded Radium For Marie Curie
– 10 No-Cook Pasta Sauces for Summer
– This app could end Apple’s monopoly — and Steve Jobs would love it
– How ‘Twilight’ Ruined Google Image Search Forever
– Scientific American Turns 175: The Language of Science
– The Treasure Hunters of Block Island
– Music’s 30 Fiercest Feuds and Beefs
– The Coronavirus is Rewriting Our Imaginations

 

5 VIDEOS + your last day

 

 

 

the girl from the movie who is "different" pic.twitter.com/DeuYcBStzk

— Eva Victor (@evavictor) August 18, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE WEEKEND EXISTS!

 

 

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The Shirk Report – Volume 591

 

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 20 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Digg, Kottke, WITI, Facebook, Twitter, and email; videos come from everywhere. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com

 

20 IMAGES

– Friday!
– This camera angle
– Teamwork makes the dream work
– Can you imagine?
– Dad jokes at the Doctor’s office
– This is the greatest idea in cinematic history
– Even birds know you enter slow and exit fast
– When the teacher calls you in from recess
– How to scale a fence
– It be like that
– Try to understand
– RIP Neil
– Alright, who got into the catnip
– Nature finds a way
– The mesmerizing thousand-hand Bodhisattva dance
– The strength of a chimpanzee
– Charlize rocks
– Dinner is served
– Real friends
– Until next week

 

10 ARTICLES

– The Scramble to Pluck 24 Billion Cherries in Eight Weeks
– How the Hell Has Danielle Steel Managed to Write 179 Books?
– Inside the hidden world of competitive lockpicking
– A Tiny Nation in Outback Australia
– The Bawdy Graffiti of Pompeii and Herculaneum
– Why Do Tennis Crowds Have to Be So Quiet?
– The Strange, Short-Lived British Trend of Hiring Ornamental Hermits
– Can you hug a robot?
– Love you to death: how we hurt the animals we cherish
– The Unraveling of America (thx for sharing cdub)

 

5 VIDEOS + bane

 

Not sure who to thank for this, but it’s brilliant. Volume up. pic.twitter.com/q4OjWl4XXx

— Mark (@markaduck) August 10, 2020

 

 

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WHEEEEEE-KEND

 

 

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This Viral “Schrödinger’s Cat” Photo Took Me Way Too Long to Figure Out

 

So this was the top trending photo on reddit yesterday and I’m okay admitting that it took me a while to figure it out. At first I just assumed ‘photoshop’ but finally realized the box is on one side and the cat is simply on the other, duh! The simple reflection creates the illusion.

Anyway, on to the obligatory Wikipedia entry on Schrödinger’s cat:

 

Schrödinger’s cat is a thought experiment, sometimes described as a paradox, devised by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935, during the course of discussions with Albert Einstein. It illustrates what he saw as the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics applied to everyday objects. The scenario presents a hypothetical cat that may be simultaneously both alive and dead, a state known as a quantum superposition, as a result of being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur.
 
A cat, a flask of poison, and a radioactive source are placed in a sealed box. If an internal monitor (e.g. Geiger counter) detects radioactivity (i.e. a single atom decaying), the flask is shattered, releasing the poison, which kills the cat. The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics implies that after a while, the cat is simultaneously alive and dead. Yet, when one looks in the box, one sees the cat either alive or dead, not both alive and dead. This poses the question of when exactly quantum superposition ends and reality collapses into one possibility or the other.

 

via vo_xv on reddit

 

 

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These NFL Ref Memes About Arguing on the Internet are Perfect

 

Memes make the world go round. They have become an Internet staple. You know what else is an Internet staple? Arguing online with a complete stranger.

Reading 300 comments of an argument on Facebook that has nothing to do with me is a daily routine at this point. And with every online argument comes an endless stream of fallacies and cliche attacks that are so commonplace, there’s memes for them 🙂

So with that, enjoy these.

 

 

1. Ad Hominem Attack

 

2. False Dichotomy

 

3. Circular Logic

 

4. False Causality

 

5. Trolling

 

6. Intimidation

 

7. Echo Chamber

 

8. Goalposting

 

9. Hedging

 

10. No Sources

 

11. Nirvana Fallacy

 

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The Shirk Report – Volume 590

 

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 20 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Digg, Kottke, WITI, Facebook, Twitter, and email; videos come from everywhere. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com

 

20 IMAGES

– Friday!
– When someone asks you how your week was
– Description is accurate
– His face at the end 😂
– Shower thoughts
– aka Friday night
– Whose Dad is this
– Kid’s a dynamo | Me
– Millionaire, meet Billionaire
– Okay none of my drives have ever looked like this
– The way he splits this rock
– Marketing at its finest
– Your turn August
– This entire exchange is perfect
– March feels like a lifetime ago
– I knew that’s what it was called!
– Reach for your goals
– Bless you Troy
– thank you 🙂
– Until next week

 

10 ARTICLES

– The Mask Slackers of 1918
– The Buick that beat a Lamborghini
– ‘Military Grade’ is Just a Marketing Ploy
– What Is the Citizenship of a Baby Born on an International Flight?
– The Challenges and Delights of Photographing the Night Sky
– How to (Actually) Change Someone’s Mind
– The 2020 Malofiej Best Infographics of the Year Winners
– Immunology Is Where Intuition Goes to Die
– He graced the cover of Forbes Africa. Now he could face 20 years in prison
– Two Lawyers, a Summer of Unrest, and a Molotov Cocktail

 

5 VIDEOS + chalk goes boom

 

 

 

Trump interviewing himself may be the best thing to ever happen to the internet… pic.twitter.com/2xMDfg7PGF

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) August 5, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER WEEKEND!

 

 

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Married For 60 Years, This Couple Finds Fun Modelling Clothes Left at Their Laundromat

 

An adorable couple in Taiwan have gone viral after a series of their ‘modelling’ photos spread online. Husband Chang Wan-ji (83) and Wife Hsu Sho-er (84), are the owners of Wansho Laundry in central Taiwan. While most customers pick up their belongings, some customers never return and the couple are left with piles of unclaimed clothes (and unpaid bills!).

In an effort to have a little fun and keep themselves busy, the couple started modelling the unclaimed threads. Their 31 year-old grandson, Reef Chang, took photos of his grandparents and created an Instagram account of them for fun. The account now boasts over 600,000 followers, and it’s clear people around the globe love this fun-loving couple that have been married for over 60 years!

For more, be sure to check them out on Instagram.

[via New York Times]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Shirk Report – Volume 589

 

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 20 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Digg, Kottke, WITI, Facebook, Twitter, and email; videos come from everywhere. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com

 

20 IMAGES

– Friday!
– Me adjusting to all of the new protocols
– I felt that
– The person’s excitement writing this sign is palpable
– Have you met the Four Horsemen? Time | Design
– This yearbook quote
– Here’s something epic
– Epic, but make it a world record
– Fake it til ya make it
– This week in the adventures of Florida Man
– How color impacts the feel of a room
– Do you even lift
– When someone tells me I’m acting like a child
– Bullseye
– So owls are just flying cats?
– Sometimes we just need a little encouragement
– Even dogs have a version of this game
– Memes for all
– Best
– Until next week

 

10 ARTICLES

– An Op-Ed by John Lewis Shortly Before His Death | His Wikipedia page for those unfamiliar
– There’s No Such Thing as Family Secrets in the Age of 23andMe
– The Mysterious Life of Birds Who Never Come Down
– Clients loved this designer’s work. Turns out, he was an AI
– ‘Success Addicts’ Choose Being Special Over Being Happy
– The rush to claim an undersea mountain range
– Why America Is Afraid of TikTok
– Hedonism Leads to Happiness
– A Massive Leak of Nintendo Source Code Is Causing Chaos in Video Games
– How the world’s smelliest fruit could power your phone

 

5 VIDEOS + Mars

 

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HERE’S TO TAKING YOUR WEEKENDS BACK

 

 

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This Artist Keeps Painting Himself, Painting Himself, Painting Himself…

Artwork by Seamus Wray

 

It started with a little oil on canvas. Artist Seamus Wray called it: ‘a self portrait painting myself’. The reception was positive on both reddit and Instagram.

“We need to go deeper”, an often quoted line from the film Inception, reverberated throughout the comment section on both social networks. So Seamus obliged and a series was born.

 

Artwork by Seamus Wray

 

This type of recursive painting is known as the Droste effect and is described as:

“The Droste effect, is the effect of a picture recursively appearing within itself, in a place where a similar picture would realistically be expected to appear, creating a loop which theoretically could go on forever, but realistically only goes on as far as the image’s quality allows. [source]

 

Artwork by Seamus Wray

 

Artwork by Seamus Wray

 

Artwork by Seamus Wray

 

Bonus

Artwork by Seamus Wray

 

SEAMUS WRAY
Instagram | Prints

 

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People are Making Amazing Medieval Style Covers of Pop Songs and Calling It Bardcore

 

Two months ago, a YouTube channel by the name of Hildegard von Blingin’, uploaded a Medieval style cover of ‘What is Love’ by Haddaway. Not only did they recreate the instrumental in a Medieval style but they rewrote the lyrics in a Medieval style too.

Somebody clever heard it and called it ‘Bardcore’ and here we are, with a new whimsical style that has found a fun and creative way to reimagine hit songs we all know and (mostly) love.

While some earlier versions of this idea can be found online, Hildegard von Blingin’ has really stepped to the forefront of this emerging genre with each successive release generating millions of views and plays.

Below you will find the YouTube covers embedded and you can also listen to them on Soundcloud. Enjoy!

 

 

“Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye
Bardcore Medieval Remix

 

 

“Creep” by Radiohead
Bardcore Medieval Remix

 

 

“Pumped Up Kicks” by Foster the People
Bardcore Medieval Remix

 

 

“Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga
Bardcore Medieval Remix

 

 

“Jolene” by Dolly Parton
Bardcore Medieval Remix

 

 

“What is Love” by Haddaway
Bardcore Medieval Remix

 

 

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The Shirk Report – Volume 588

 

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 20 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Digg, Kottke, WITI, Facebook, Twitter, and email; videos come from everywhere. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com

 

20 IMAGES

– Friday!
– Nailed it
– The moment the evening turned magical
– Yao Ming is tall, a triptych
– Just sayin’
– Unprecedented times
– I want something to paint just so I can try this brush
– Swishhhhhhh
– Okay, now I really have no excuse
– When your restaurant can only serve alcohol with the purchase of food
– Did we just become best friends?
– Before parkour, there was Jackie Chan
– Also parkour
– Take me there
– I don’t think she understands how VR works
– That one handed trick was smooth
– ‘Bian Lian’, the ancient performance art of face-changing
– Warning, hot take ahead
– A perfect day
– Until next week

 

10 ARTICLES

– Covid-19 Live Vaccine Tracker
– Defining the ’90s Music Canon
– Sports Have Been on Pause. It’s Time for a Reboot.
– German scientists are hosting a pop concert for 4,000 people to study how the coronavirus spreads in large groups and how to combat it
– This Four-Year-Old, $150M Mall in San Francisco Has Never Seen a Customer
– Meet the Ultra-Black Vantafish
– The Million Dollar Next-Gen Mask Challenge for 15-24 year olds
– A Small Needful Fact
– The “free speech debate” isn’t really about free speech
– The Other Women in Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Harvard Law Class

 

5 VIDEOS + Moms are the best

 

 

 

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HERE’S TO A WEEKEND LIKE NO OTHER

 

 

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