2.02.2009

Fake Science You Can Laugh At Without Ultimately Feeling Deeply Sad



This video is a clip from "Look Around You," a BBC show that was recently imported to the United States via Adult Swim. I am somewhat bummed to say that it has already been canceled in the UK, so it won't air here for more than 2 seasons. I guess the crackling-dry humor (I'm talking like Andy Kaufman-style "hold on is he kidding?" level humor) was maybe just too much even for the English. It's not a short video (9 minutes!), so don't watch it if you're like at work and not on your lunch break or if your boss might pop up over your shoulder at any minute to make sure you're busy.

I also recommend watching it at least twice, because it just gets weirder and funnier every time. My favorite quote:
But what is water? It's a difficult question because water is impossible to describe. One might ask the same about birds. What are birds? We just don't know.
As far as fake science goes, this is WAY better than Intelligent Design. Because Intelligent Design always makes you think of creationists, and even though you can laugh at the idea of someone actually believing that weird caveman-cowboy hybrids actually rode dinosaurs like horses some time about 4,000 years ago, it always does eventually make you remember that the majority of the country is still ignint.

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