This week was pretty awful all the way around. So many weird and scary events went down. Instead of giving too many DARTS this week, we’re going to focus on positive things.
That brings us to the this-was-our-last-full-week-of-printing-for-the-semester-we’re-probably-more-sad-about-it-than-you-are edition of...
Darts & Laurels
As a response to Brad Paisley and LL Cool J’s experimentally tragic bridge-gapping song, “Accidental Racist,” Stephen Colbert premiered a new song of his own. “That’s a pretty good deal, Paisley,” said Colbert on his broadcast Wednesday night. “LL will forget 250 years of enslavement if you accept his taste in accessories.” He sang a few bars of it with actor Alan Cumming, who was the guest that episode, after calling out the hilarity and terribleness of Paisley. We highly suggest you go watch footage of the song, but bear in mind, some of the language is a little offensive — but a lot hilarious. We give a the-only-way-to-fight-fire-is-with-fire-and-the-same-goes-for-stupid-stuff LAUREL to Stephen Colbert! Nobody does it like you, sir.
A long time ago — it was reported this week — in a galaxy far, far away — this one — scientists discovered three planets that could potentially sustain life. “Astronomers have spotted more than 800 planets orbiting nearby stars in recent decades, but only a handful have been Earth-sized, ‘Goldilocks’ worlds, not too hot and not too cold for water,” according to a USA Today article. “Astronomers consider water an essential ingredient for the possibility of life on other planets.” The Kepler space telescope spotted two planets that orbit around one star, Kepler-62, and one planet that orbits Kepler-69. We give a wouldn’t-it-be-cool-to-see-what-humans-or-animals-would-look-like-on-other-planets-hope-there-are-still-tons-of-cats-on-whatever-Internet-they-have LAUREL to science!
Twitter’s trying to be more hip with the youth, apparently, as it launched a new app this week: #music. What is #music? “The platform tracks the Twitter activity of a range of acts, and highlights trending bands, singers, and rappers on its tiled homepage. In addition, you can search for ‘emerging’ artists or have Twitter recommend an act, based on the artists you already follow,” explained The Christian Science Monitor. You only get quick previews of songs, though, so it’s more of a music discovery device than it is an actual streaming service. We give a well-this-wasn’t-something-we-needed-like-at-all-but-at-least-the-interface-is-pretty DART to Twitter! Maybe y’all can work on making the actual app look a little better. Now that we’re going to waste time complaining about our smartphones.
This week, the popular website BuzzFeed was mentioned on both “The Colbert Report” and on the floor of the House of Representatives. Although most people reference the website in regards to its time-wasting aspects, it’s becoming more and more widely recognized as a source for breaking news. This week especially showed us that news sites should try to be accurate and patient before reporting something incorrectly. Combine that with the more playful aspects of the site, and it’s no wonder more people are tuning into the pop culture-y stuff as well as the news. We give a don’t-let-the-teasing-bring-you-down LAUREL to BuzzFeed.
That’s it for the last Darts & Laurels of the semester. Or should we say, Laurels & Laurels. Stay sane and safe heading into your final exams, folks. Have a good weekend, and go Gators!
