May 28, 2009 @ 5:44 am
Photo: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
Are you serious? This New York Times articles talks about one thing: the act of teenagers choosing to hug each other rather than the more traditional handshake, fist-bump, or high-five. The article even goes into how it’s not normal for people not to hug each other in school, and that those who don’t are often looked down upon as weird or peculiar.
Here’s a particularly funny snippet:
Girls embracing girls, girls embracing boys, boys embracing each other — the hug has become the favorite social greeting when teenagers meet or part these days. Teachers joke about “one hour” and “six hour” hugs, saying that students hug one another all day as if they were separated for the entire summer.
A measure of how rapidly the ritual is spreading is that some students complain of peer pressure to hug to fit in. And schools from Hillsdale, N.J., to Bend, Ore., wary in a litigious era about sexual harassment or improper touching — or citing hallway clogging and late arrivals to class — have banned hugging or imposed a three-second rule.
This article makes it seem like such a big deal. Aderderderderder.
December 12, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
I came across a wonderfully weird YouTube find today and I don’t quite know how to describe it to you all. So instead of trying, I’ll just point you over to TenchiAbel’s YouTube member page so that you can go ahead and view the videos that belong to that account.
Inside, I’ve included some videos as an example of why this might possibly be the funniest and weirdest YouTube channel I’ve ever come across. As my brother Norman said, it’s like the entire channel is meant for people who are learning English (with the exception of some videos). I watched almost all of the videos and it seems to me like the videos are part of a series showing exchange students in different countries coping with their new environments. Regardless of where it comes from, these dubbed videos are so awkward in terms of timing, sentence structure, and production quality. Watch all of the videos on the YouTube channel and you’ll know what I mean.
And one more thing, those Korean/English cartoons are truly bizarre (I didn’t post any after the fold, but you can see them on the YouTube channel’s page).
Anyway, check inside to see some of my personal picks. I’d save these to send to friends when they’re feeling down. If these were sent to me I’d get a kick out of them each time.
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