BrutalMoose - Bass Pro Shop Food

 

As the title suggests, BrutalMoose tries freeze-dried/camping food. It doesn't go great.

It's weird to me to see someone so unfamiliar with astronaut/freeze-dried ice cream. I've loved that all my life. The "sandwich" part of the ice cream sandwich is not great, but the ice cream is wonderful.

3 Comedians Roast a Dude

 

Artie Lange, Anthony Cumia and Jim Norton roast appear on a podcast. The host wants to get introspective and talk about himself, he probably wants to be "deep," but that doesn't matter. The jokes come rapid-fire and hit hard.

Start at 5:10.

The "Manners: Who Needs Them?" Rap

 

Christopher Nolan's 12 Angry Men

 

If you're confused, this is in reference to RedLetterMedia's "Oppenheimer" review.

In-fla-tion is on the Loose, Infla-tion is Loose

 

The ultimate proof that inflation has run amok: a new ThunderCats Cats' Lair playset will cost you $650.

Outrageous.

Game Grumps - The Shield

 

An instant classic as the Game Grumps play "The Shield" The Game.

I have a curiosity about "The Shield." Back in the day when the internet was telling me that "The Wire" is the greatest TV show of all-time, I saw someone online saying that "The Wire" is overhyped and "The Shield" is better. I remember this distinctly because it sounded so unlikely. But then I heard from someone else saying that it was true.

I've seen "The Wire" and it is good and I do think it's a bit overhyped but I never brought myself to check out even a single minute of "The Shield." Still curious though. But anyways, this game sucks, doesn't it?

Things are Heating Up in the Dabbleverse

 

Apparently there is a sphere of the internet that revolves around mocking Stuttering John Melendez and this sphere is known as "The Dabbleverse." The "Jupiter" of this Dabbleverse is Karl from "Who Are These Podcasts?" and there is currently a will they/won't they thing going on where Karl and John might do a show together.

I don't know Stuttering John and don't really have an opinion. The thing that I find particularly compelling is that he's recently started acting like a professional wrestler doing promos (without Mean Gene). Or a professional wrestler crossed with Howard Beal from "Network"... crossed with just general "dumb guy" off the street. That's entertainment.

JonTron - Magic Short Bus

 

By JonTron's standards, this isn't great. However, it's been 8 days and I haven't posted anything and I haven't seen anything else to post. Sorry guys, it's an entertainment famine out there.

Game Grumps - WWE 2K23

 

I'm guessing the tradition of playing new wrestling games and spending all their time customizing the characters is divisive for the audience - you either love it or hate it. I love it.

The American Color

A thought occurs: if one were to mix the colors of the United States flag, in the proportions they appear on the flag, what would be the one resultant color to represent America?

First let's get our colors. This site explains:

The exact shades of blue and red are numbers 80075 and 80180 in the Standard Color Card of America published by the Color Association of the United States. In the Pantone system the colors are: Blue PMS 282 and Red PMS 193. The RGB numbers are: #002868 (blue) and #BF0A30 (red).

But then other sites disagree. You'd think this would be a standard thing which would be easy to find. Who is authoritative? I'm not sure, but I'm going to go with the website of the US Consulates in the United Kingdom which states that the blue is "Old Glory Blue" (HEX: #002147) and "Old Glory Red" (HEX: #BB133E).

Note: The standards of the Color Association of the United States mean nothing to me, the Pantone system is not helpful, but with the Hex numbers we have something we can use later.

Now for the ratios. 

I asked ChatGPT what the ratios were for the colors of the American flag and it said 60% white, 40% red, 3.9% blue. Aside from the fact that that doesn't add to 100%, 3.9% blue sounds impossible. Thanks, ChatGPT.

So, more searching... the best source I could find is a random forum post by some random dude calling himself "Dr. No." Dr. No says:

The current USA flag is 41.5% red and as a bonus I'll throw in the fact that the other color percentages are 40.9% white and 17.6% blue.

 I'm not one to take the word of a random weirdo on the internet, but believe it or not, I've looked for alternatives and this is somehow the best source I could find. So we have the ratios... I guess.

Now to mix the exact colors in the exact correct proportion, we need an online color mixer that allows for Hex value inputs and percentages. I found dopelycolors, which doesn't allow for tenths of a percent, so I'll round. All of the ratios round up - the red has the lowest decimal so the red gets rounded down.

Taking all of this into account, the end result color of America is:

Turkish Rose (HEX: #B5768F)

What are the chances? What are the chances that The Great American Color would just happen to have another country in its name?

So there you have it. I knew it was going to be a form of purple but I was hoping for a richer purple. But the numbers are the numbers. Wear Turkish Rose and you can be patriotic in a way that communicates nothing and only confuses people if you explain it.

Wild Bill's Rocket Pop Soda

 

Celebrating Independence Day with a Wild Bill's Rocket Pop soda. As suggested by the side of the can, this is soda that's meant to taste like a Rocket Pop (or Bomb Pop) which is a name I only recently learned. Bomb Pops are the red, white and blue popsicles sometimes shaped like rockets.

Does it succeed? It does! It absolutely succeeds in simulating that Rocket Pop taste and it independently succeeds in being a great tasting soda.

If I'm being a soda critic, it comes in a taller, thinner can that's in-style these days, which I don't like and I think the carbonation could be bumped up a bit higher. It's made with sugar, which is nice and it's caffeine-free. One of the things I was curious about with a soda that's supposed to be red, white and blue is what color would it be? And it's clear, so that's as it probably should be.

Happy Independence Day to you.

8.5/10. Very good, recommended.

Ricky Gervais - Finding Leo

 

Gotta love the digital cameras of the early 2000s.

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant try to contact Leonardo DiCaprio to do a guest role on their HBO Show "Extras." The audio's a little rough and Ricky's had a few cocktails. I'd actually forgotten all about this - an absolute classic.