Reading List for December 29, 2017
Sex, Satanism and the 19th Century ‘War of the Magicians’ On History Answers, James Hoare writes about the intense rivalry among the occultists who claimed to be prophets and magicians in mid-19th century France, who gave rise to the satanic churches.
US Prisoner Gouged Out Eyes After Jail Denied Mental Health Care, Lawsuit Says In The Guardian, Sam Levin writes about Ryan Partridge, a Colorado man who, during an acute bout of schizophrenia, attempted suicide twice and plucked out his eyes and was beaten and tased by guards in response.
The Cutthroat World of Victorian Orchid Hunters On Modern Farmer, Andrew Amelinckx writes about the men whose incursions into the tropics in the 19th century fueled the orchid craze back in Victorian England.
Bussed Out In The Guardian, the paper’s Outside In America team writes about the policy among some major cities to offer free bus tickets to homeless people…
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Reading List for November 23, 2017
Death Trips On The Baffler, Ann Neumann writes about the rise of death doulas, non-medical professionals who assist people who are dying in order to make their death a more comfortable one, and all of the assumptions about death, faulty or wise, that profession is based on.
Time of Death: Some Patients Prefer to Die Alone On Pallimed, Lizzie Miles writes about those people who don’t feel comfortable – even in an unresponsive state – about dying with their loved ones around them and, in a way, sneak their deaths when their families leave momentarily.
Neoliberalism and the Global Financial Crisis [Automatic PDF Download] a 2009 paper, University of Wollongong researcher Sharon Beder very clearly shows exactly how the neoliberal policies created under Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher and continued today are responsible for the enriching the wealthy at the expense of the middle and lower classes. Please read this.
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What it has taken me 33 years to learn
-You can be funny and kind or funny and cruel. The second one is easier, but the first one is worth it.
-Dip the french fry in the Frosty. Go on, try it.
-Habit is a powerful force we forget about until it’s turned against us. Be careful which ones you create.
-You will remember the most embarrassing crap you do in your life forever and in perfect clarity. Everyone else will remember the kindest things you do. It all comes out in the wash.
-If you’re doing a remote podcast, it’s worth it to record audio locally and mix it together. Trust me on this one.
-You’re the only one who can let go of your grudges. It’s worth it, I promise. They’re not doing you any good.
-Doing the good, brave, kind things can feel silly if you let your internal critic get in the way. Reminder: No…
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SYSK Episodes (as of 13 Sep 2016)
NOTE: This list does not include duplicate releases (TV bonuses)
STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW EPISODES
- How Grassoline Works
- How Altruism Works
- How Lame Ducks Work
- Are Nazi War Criminals Still At Large?
- How Trolley Problems Work
- Can I feel pregnant when my wife is?
- Why Does Toothpaste Make Orange Juice Taste Bad?
- How Evolution in Isolation Works
- Are Dogs Really Man’s Best Friend?
- Does Gum Stay in your Stomach for Seven Years?
- How Antibacterial Soap Works
- Can People Really Get Hysterical Strength?
- How Contagious Yawning Works
- How The Eye of a Tornado Works
- Could salt water fuel cars?
- What’s the most expensive toilet in the world?
- How Manufacturing Water Works
- How Swearing at Work Works
- How Oil Shale Works
- How Death-Proof Cars Work
- How Murphy’s Law Works
- How Abandoned Cities Work
- How Personal Rapid Transport Works
- How Ripperology Works
- Can I Survive a Shark Attack by Gouging Out Its Eyes?
- Are Dogs a Shark’s Favorite Meal?
- How Carbon Capture Works
- Why do people blush?
- Is knife hunting the fairest way to hunt?
- Exactly what happens if we run out of water?
- Are there real-life fight clubs?
- Is there a torture manual?
- How could a cat scuba dive?
- 10 Terribly Bungled Crimes
- Are humans wired to survive?
- How Blood Pressure Works
- Will robots get married?
- What are smart mobs?
- Is there a worst way to die?
- What’s the difference between deodorant and antiperspirant?
- Is sleep that important?
- Why don’t we live underground?
- What is the ultimatum game?
- How Can I Erase My Identity and Start Over?
- Is quitting smoking contagious?
- How Graceland Works
- How Delta Force Works
- How China’s Pollution Sniffers Work
- How Entomophagy Works
- How Cannibalism Works
- Will we soon be extinct?
- How Living Off the Grid Works
- How the Bailout Works
- How do Tibetans avoid altitude sickness?
- Is a free market “free” if it’s regulated?
- How Prayer Healing Works
- Why do grooms carry brides over the threshold?
- How Mortgage-backed Securities Work
- Did the CIA test LSD on unsuspecting Americans?
- Why doesn’t the FDA regulate herbal supplements?
- How Eco-anxiety Works
- How Corporate Personhood Works
- How Albert Einstein’s Brain Worked
- How Thanksgiving Works
- How OCD Works
- How Guerrilla Gardening Works
- How the Five Day Weekend Works
- Extended Product Warranties: To Buy or Not to Buy?
- Where’s the best place on your body to get shot?
- What can be done with a dead body?
- How Flirting Works
- How to Survive a Plane Crash
- How Habeas Corpus Works
- How Midnight Regulations Work
- How Exorcism Works
- How Body Armor Works: A Special Request
- What are urban explorers?
- How Readheads Work
- Recycling and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
- How Moonshine Works
- How Comas Work
- How Hypoallergenic Cats Work
- Why do some people believe the moon landings were a hoax?
- Why is it so hard to say “toy boat” three times fast?
- How long can you go without food and water?
- How Friday the 13th Works
- How Squatting Works
- How Going Over Niagara Works
- Can people really die of fright?
- How Junk Mail Works
- Could a ‘thinking cap’ make me a genius?
- Who owns the oceans?
- How Aphrodisiacs Work
- What are microexpressions?
- Can anger be a good thing?
- How Déjà Vu Works
- Are there dead bodies on Mount Everest?
- Is the world going to end in 2012?
- Bizarre Ways to Die
- How can some centenarians lead unhealthy lives?
- How Ponzi Schemes Work
- How Money Laundering Works
- Do toads cause warts?
- How much money do I really need to live?
- How Face Transplants Work
- Is high fructose corn syrup bad for you?
- How do credit default swaps work?
- Why do humans have body hair?
- How can a lake explode?
- What causes rigor mortis?
- Is it better to buy local or organic food?
- How Lobotomies Work
- Do animals have a sixth sense?
- How Propaganda Works
- Is spontaneous human combustion real?
- What’s a brownfield remediation project?
- How Biohydrocarbons Work
- How did Nikola Tesla change the way we use energy?
- How Carbon Capture and Storage Works
- Three Innovations We Need Right Now
- What exactly is the Peter Principle?
- Can you control your dreams?
- How Body Dysmorphic Disorder Works
- How Earthquakes Work
- How can hypermiling save you gas?
- Is it possible to brainwash someone?
- How Twinkies Work
- How has toxoplasma turned the world into zombies?
- What is a body farm?
- Are stupid people happier?
- Three Gross Parasites
- What are tinnovators?
- How Whale Sharks Work
- How Agent Orange Worked
- What’s up with competitive eating?
- What are Japanese stragglers?
- Is fluoride making us stupid?
- What’s sarcopenia and what can you do about it?
- Is the Necronomicon real?
- How easy is it to steal a nuclear bomb?
- How Muppets Work
- Why is the U.S. so dependent on cars?
- What is an Ig Nobel Prize?
- What is geocaching?
- Could microlending develop the world?
- How Health Care in the United States Works Right Now
- How do dogs perceive time?
- President Obama’s Health Care Plan: Soup to Nuts
- Do zombies really exist?
- Rumors, Myths and Truths Behind Obama’s Health Care Plan
- Is Bhutan on to something with Gross National Happiness?
- Health Care Systems Around the World
- Who were the first Americans?
- How to Find the History of Your House
- What is a hangover, really?
- What is China’s one-child policy?
- How the Cannonball Run Worked
- How Witness Protection Works
- The Real How Jack the Ripper Worked
- Can you remember being born?
- How Product Placement Works
- How will the future crime database work?
- How Population Works
- What’s the deal with totem poles?
- 10 Odd Town Festivals
- What is Mutual Assured Destruction?
- How Hostage Negotiation Works
- How Food Cravings Work
- How Near-Death Experiences Work
- Will the Large Hadron Collider destroy the Earth?
- How the Hells Angels Work
- How Narco States Work
- How Kleptomania Works
- Do concussions cause early death?
- How Christmas Worked
- How Pirates Work
- How Human Experimentation Works
- How Noodling Works
- How Mercenaries Work
- How Organ Donation Works
- How the Sun Works
- Why are honeybees disappearing?
- Will the moon save humanity?
- What are ninja?
- Are there undiscovered people?
- How Swat Teams Work
- Why do we believe in urban legends?
- How Witchcraft Works
- How Braille Works
- Who are the Amish?
- Five Crazy Government Experiments
- How Bail Works
- How Bounty Hunters Work
- Was Mesopotamia the Cradle of Civilization?
- How Scabies Work
- What’s the deal with carbon trading?
- What exactly is Fascism?
- How Lotteries Work
- Who were the Vikings?
- How Urban Planning Works
- How Taxidermy Works
- What the heck is a hiccup?
- How McDonald’s Works
- How Desertification Works
- Are zoos good or bad for animals?
- How Tourette Syndrome Works
- How Castles Work
- Are there people who can’t feel pain?
- Mirror Neurons: Are there people who feel others’ pain?
- What makes a genius?
- How Cliff Diving Works
- How LEGOs Work
- How hard is it to steal a work of art?
- How Twins Work How Twins Work
- 5 Successful Counterfeiters
- SYSK’s Guatemalan Adventure, Part One
- SYSK’s Guatemalan Adventure, Part Two
- What makes a serial killer?
- Can humans start an earthquake?
- How do you clean up an oil spill?
- How Flamethrowers Work
- What’s the deal with sinkholes?
- Can your grandfather’s diet shorten your life?
- How the Innocence Project Works
- How Samurai Work
- How Ghost Prisons Work
- Can quicksand kill you?
- How Traffic Works
- Did Thomas Jefferson rewrite the Bible?
- What’s the deal with Voodoo?
- How do butterfly wings get their color?
- How Reincarnation Works
- What’s the deal with Bond, James Bond?
- Taste and How it Works
- Saunas: More Interesting Than You Think!
- Why Ticks Suck
- How Presidential Pardons Work
- How Quantum Suicide Works
- What’s so special about Route 66?
- How Grow Houses Work
- Prisons: Not as Fun as You’d Think
- Breathalyzers: Really, Really Complicated
- How the MARS Turbine Works
- How Sleepwalking Works
- How Freemasons Work
- How Cremation Works
- How are college football rankings determined?
- How Crime-Scene Clean-up Works
- How Customs Works
- How Mirrors Work
- What is biospeleology?
- Octopus, Octopi, Octopod, Octopuses
- Hypnosis: You’re Getting Sleepy
- How Roller Derby Works
- Is tone deafness hereditary?
- Why would anyone want multiple spouses?
- How Knights Work
- Is science phasing out sleep?
- How House Swapping Works
- How Gender Reassignment Works
- Can you treat mental illness with psychedelics?
- Jealous much?
- The Tomb
- Animal Migration: Where’s that gnu gnoing?
- Addiction: Why you can’t kick SYSK
- Prohibition: Turns Out That America Loves to Drink
- How Rehab Works
- Have all the good ideas already been discovered?
- Can Lifestraw save the world?
- A Rigid, Sterile Look at Kissing
- How Dreadlocks Work
- How Circumcision Works
- How the Rules of War Work
- Green Renovation and Construction
- How Hanukkah Works
- How Agritourism Works
- How Migraines Work
- Why can’t we find Amelia Earhart?
- How Homelessness Works
- How Immigration Works
- How Volcanoes Work
- Should you not eat gluten?
- How Antiques Work
- Little, Fluffy Clouds
- Does acupuncture work?
- How the Mafia Works
- Can oceans power the world?
- What has the world’s deadliest venom?
- How Munchausen Syndrome Works
- Scooby Dooby Doo, Where Are You?
- How Bartering Works
- How the Black Death Worked
- How Blood Pattern Analysis Works
- How Crime Scene Photography Works
- How Tickling Works
- What is stagflation?
- Were U.S. citizens in Japanese internment camps?
- How Fossils Work
- Who is “The Leader?” (How Cults Work)
- Is it legal to sterilize addicts?
- How Mummies Work
- Why’s that dude in that dumpster?
- How a Nuclear Meltdown Works
- That Dang-old Goat Fell Over
- How Igloos Work
- SYSK Live from SXSW: How UFOs Work
- Does oil speculation increase gas prices?
- How Molecular Gastronomy Works
- How Exploitation Films Work
- Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Me
- How Wills Work
- Do you stay conscious after being decapitated?
- How Rollercoasters Work, Minus the Fun
- How Parkour Works
- A Podcast to Remember (How Memory Works)
- What is mountaintop removal mining?
- How Con Artists Work
- Can the sun kill you?
- What is parallel evolution?
- What is terror management theory?
- How do I start my own country?
- How Nicotine Works
- How Fear Works
- How the Underground Railroad Worked
- Was Malthus right about carrying capacity?
- How Military Snipers Work
- How Curiosity Works
- How Suicide Bombers Work
- How Shrunken Heads Work
- How Asteroid Mining Could Work
- Who was America’s first murderer?
- How Hate Works
- Human Cannonballs
- Stuff You Should Know July 4th Extravaganza, Part 1: Mom
- Stuff You Should Know July 4th Extravaganza, Part 2
- Does smiling make you happy?
- How Karma Works
- How Wildfires Work
- How SPAM Works
- Can you sweat colors?
- Ethnobotany: How to Get Drugs from Plants
- What’s the future of the internet?
- Laughter: What’s so funny about that?
- How Murphy’s Law Works, the Redux
- How to Land on a Government Watch List
- How Schizophrenia Works
- The Cheesiest SYSK Episode Ever
- Cryonics: Hi, Frozen Body!
- How Lie Detectors Work
- 10 Scientists Who Were Their Own Guinea Pigs
- How the World Trade Center Memorial Works
- How Casinos Work
- How the Moon Works
- How Acne Works
- How Family Crests Work
- How Sword Swallowing Works
- How U.S. Marshals Work
- How Silly Putty Works
- How the Peace Corps Works
- A Podcast on Zoot Suits? Yes
- The Wind Cries Typhoid Mary
- The Nile IS Just a River in Egypt
- Do you lose the right to privacy when you die?
- How Anti-matter Spacecraft Will Work
- Berenice
- How the Autobahn Worked
- What Saved the American Bison
- How Gene Patents Work
- How Presidential Debates Work
- How Alcatraz Works
- How Air Force One Works
- Crossbows: They Look Cool
- How Thoroughbred Horses Work
- Cash Debit or Credit: Which is best?
- What made the donkey and the elephant political?
- How Daylight Saving Time Works
- How the Digestive System Works
- How McCarthyism Works
- How Earthworms Work
- How Pepper Spray Works
- Josh and Chuck’s Christmas Extravaganza
- What happens in the brain during an orgasm?
- Coffee: The World’s Drug of Choice
- How Yo-Yos Work
- Was there a curse on King Tut’s tomb?
- Can you vacation in Antarctica?
- What’s the deal with the Bermuda Triangle?
- Are contrails actually chemtrails?
- How Mexican Wrestling Works
- How Human Trafficking Works
- How Floods Work
- How Magic Mushrooms Work
- What’s the 10,000 Year Clock?
- Pickpockets: Artists or Crooks?
- How Coral Reefs Work
- How Zero Works
- How Autopsies Work
- How Spies Work
- Fasting: deadly or what?
- How Crying Works
- How SETI Works
- Duels: A guide to throwing down the gauntlet
- How Noah’s Ark Worked
- Should chimps be used for medical testing?
- How the Donner Party Worked
- How Comic Books: Live from SXSW
- How Tipping Works
- 10 Big Cases of Revenge
- How Music Sampling Works
- How Diamonds Work
- How Beer Works
- Was Atlantis a real place?
- Body Odor: You Stink
- How Whaling Works
- Social Security Numbers: Less Boring Than You’d Think
- How Air Traffic Control Works
- How Medical Marijuana Works
- How did language evolve?
- How Bullfighting Works
- Did the Dutch trade Manhattan for nutmeg?
- What is a shotgun house?
- Interpol: World Police
- What is the future of Earth?
- How Labor Unions Work
- Are we obsessed with goals?
- Do video games produce real-life violence?
- Can it rain frogs?
- How Moss Works
- Fractals: Whoa
- Should we have a fat tax?
- Whatever happened to acid rain?
- How Icebergs Work (Very Cool)
- 10 Accidental Inventions: By the Numbers
- Lying Liars: How Lying Works, Liar
- What’s the deal with Executive Orders?
- Is the Dead Sea dead?
- How Tabloids Work
- Geysers: Nature’s Innuendo
- How Lightning Works
- How Disco Works
- Did a cow start the Great Chicago Fire?
- How White-collar Crime Works
- How Time Travel Works (Live a SD Comic-Con)
- How the Musketeers Worked
- Can we build an elevator to space?
- How Ramadan Works
- How Shark Attacks Work
- The Shark Diaries
- Did Reagan’s Star Wars program win the Cold War?
- Why You Probably Have a Criminal Record
- What happens to abandoned mines?
- How the Electoral College Works
- How Flesh-eating Bacteria Work
- Can you test a nuclear weapon without a fallout?
- Bioluminescence: A Bright and Shiny Fish
- How Asexuality Works
- How Book Banning Works
- Are we all Martians?
- Why does music provoke emotion?
- Q: Are we in the midst of cyberwar? A: Yes
- Subways: HUH! What are they good for?
- How Whiskey Runners Worked
- How Fire Works
- How Rainforests Work
- How Pizza Works!
- How Black Holes Work
- How Lion Taming Works
- How Commercial Jingles Work
- Exoskeletons: How’s it coming?
- SYSK’s Halloween Horror Fiction Winner!
- Is Stockholm Syndrome real?
- Yakuza: From Samurai to Slot Machines
- What will happen when we reach the Singularity?
- How close are we to holographic environments?
- How Meth Works
- Should we be designing our children?
- Philanthropy: Humankind and Loving It
- Why do leaves change colors in the fall?
- How Caving Works
- How Vampires Work
- Will we reach peak oil?
- Why isn’t the U.S. on the metric system?
- How Condoms Work
- Lab-grown meat: Order up!
- How Barbie® Doll Works
- Josh and Chuck’s Christmas Extravaganza 2012
- How Dog Shows Work
- How Bigfoot Works
- What was America’s first terrorist threat?
- Can you outrun an alligator in a zig-zag?
- Why do men have nipples?
- How Death Masks Work
- Does the five-second rule work?
- How Alien Hand Syndrome Works
- How the Frick Fracking Works
- Fecal Transplants: You Gonna Drink That Poop?
- How Bees Work
- How Stuntmen (and -women) Work
- How Gold Works
- How Garbage-powered Cars Could Work
- How Willpower Works
- How Weather Modification Works
- How Jet Lag Works
- Myths About the Brain
- How Surfing Works
- What Would Happen If the World Stopped Spinning?
- How CPR Works
- How the Papacy Works
- What Makes a One-hit Wonder?
- Do People Really Run Off to Join the French Foreign Legion?
- How Police Sketches Work
- How the U.S. Postal Service Works
- How Apartheid Worked
- Gesundheit! How Allergies Work
- What was the most peaceful time in history?
- How No-fly Zones Work
- How the Panama Canal Works
- How Grief Works
- What’s the deal with duckbill platypuses?
- Do men and women have different brains?
- How Marriage Works
- Uses of the Insanity Defense
- How Magnets Work
- What makes us yawn?
- Is there such a thing as a truth serum?
- How Dungeons and Dragons Works
- How Fair Trade Works
- How Foot Binding Worked
- How Electroconvulsive Therapy Works
- How Aerosol Cans Work
- How Cicadas Work
- How PTSD Works
- How Police Chases Work
- How Coffins Work
- What happened to the lost colony at Roanoke?
- How do trees affect the weather?
- How Drag Queens Work
- Capgras Syndrome: You Are Not Who You Think You Are
- How Bitcoin Works
- How Ghosts Work
- What’s the deal with Rasputin’s death?
- How Burning Man Works
- How Pollen Works
- How Miranda Rights Work
- 10 Medieval Torture Devices
- How Hip-hop Works
- How Building Implosions Work
- Who owns an abandoned house?
- Why should you never scare a vulture?
- How Maps Work
- How LARP Works
- How Fingerprinting Works
- How Horseshoes Work
- How does a diving bell work?
- Why was Davy Crockett king of the wild frontier?
- How Cockroaches Work
- How Ejection Seats Work
- History’s Greatest Traitors
- How Broken Bones Work
- How did 168 conquistadors take down the Inca empire?
- How the Rosetta Stone Works
- How much money is in the world?
- How Breast Implants Work
- Can you die of a broken heart?
- How IEDs Work
- How Dying Works
- How Crack Works
- Does owning a gun change your behavior?
- What’s the deal with diplomatic immunity?
- Can NASA predict natural disasters?
- Did Archimedes build a death ray?
- How Handwriting Analysis Works
- How the Maori Work
- 10 Easy Ways to Save Money
- How Guide Dogs Work
- How Revisionist History Works
- How Ouija Boards Work
- The Empty House
- What’s with the Winchester Mystery House?
- How Chess Works
- How Lewis and Clark Worked
- Some Interesting Things You Didn’t Know About Stephen Hawking
- How Werewolves Work
- How Chocolate Works
- Who killed JFK?
- Is there a scientific formula for funny?
- How Black Friday Works
- How Castration Works
- How Maglev Trains Work
- How HeLa Cells Work
- How Underwater Tunnels Work
- How Manhunts Work
- Is lethal injection humane?
- Josh and Chuck’s Warm and Cozy Christmas Extravaganza 2013
- How Fire Breathing Works
- Will solar sails take us to the stars?
- Could you live without a refrigerator?
- Your limb is torn off – now what?
- How Filibusters Work
- Was there a real King Arthur?
- How Pet Psychics Work
- Chuck and Josh Bust a Few Everyday Myths
- How the Deep Web Works
- What’s the deal with the debt ceiling?
- What are crystal skulls?
- Will computers replace doctors?
- How Sign Language Works
- Do objects or experiences make us happier?
- How Cave Dwellers Work
- How Salt Works
- How Amputation Works
- Termites: They Bore But They Aren’t Boring
- What happened at Kent State?
- How the Spanish Inquisition Worked
- How Online Dating Works
- How Skateboarding Works
- How Black Boxes Work
- Tattoos: Not Just For Dirtbags Anymore
- How Electricity Works
- How Amnesia Works
- How Landslides Work
- How 3D Printing Works
- How Income Taxes Work
- How Charles Darwin Worked
- How Natural Selection Works
- How Dissociative Identity Disorder Works
- How Burlesque Works
- How Mars Works
- Halitosis: Worst Smell Ever?
- How the ACLU Works
- How Marijuana Works
- How Gypsies Work
- How Bipolar Disorder Works
- How the Human Microbiome Project Works
- How the Paleo Diet Works
- 8 Reasons Why Your Body Is So Gross
- How Avalanches Work
- How Temper Tantrums Work
- Archaeology in a Nutshell
- Why is Venice so wet?
- How the Space Race Worked
- How the Placebo Effect Works
- Sugar: It Powers the Earth
- Is your employer spying on you?
- How Soccer Works
- How the La Brea Tar Pits Work
- How the MPAA Works
- How The Louvre Works
- How Monopoly Works
- Is brain size related to intelligence?
- How Grass Works? Yes, How Grass Works
- How Sushi Works
- How In Vitro Fertilization Works
- How Trickle-Down Economics Works
- The Skinny on Probiotics
- Is there a dark side of the moon?
- How Morgellons Disease Works
- How Play-Doh Works
- What is a Numbers Station?
- How the NSA Works
- How Ebola Works
- Going Up: Elevators
- How the Berlin Wall Worked
- What’s the deal with headstones?
- How Blimps Work
- How Pinball Works
- How TV Ratings Work
- How Stem Cells Work
- How Royalty Works
- How Socialism Works
- How Currency Works
- How Police Interrogation Works
- How Animal Domestication Works
- How Rogue Waves Work
- How Panic Attacks Work
- How Karate Works
- How Skywriting Works
- Virus Talk with Josh and Chuck
- How The Great Train Robbery Worked
- How Extinction Works
- How Animal Camouflage Works
- Is there a disease that kills by preventing sleep?
- How Haunted House Attractions Work
- SYSK’s Halloween Scare Fest
- Can Nuclear Fusion Reactors Save The World?
- How Limousines Work
- How Patents Work
- What’s the deal with crop circles?
- How the Enlightenment Works
- What is Collective Hysteria?
- How Kickstarter Works
- How Terraforming Will Work
- How Leper Colonies Worked
- How X-Rays Work
- How The Hum Works
- Homeschooling: Not Just For Hippies and Religious People Anymore
- Boomerangs: Magic Sticks of Physics
- How Cinnamon Works
- How the GED Test Works
- Josh and Chuck’s 2014 Christmas Extravaganza
- How Sea Monsters Work
- SYSK Live: How Bars Work
- How Jim Henson Worked
- How Online Gambling Works
- How the Scientific Method Works
- Juggling: What the Heck
- How the March on Washington Worked
- Nostradamus: Predictor of the future? Not so much.
- How Poison Ivy Works
- How Hot Wheels Work
- Rainbows: Delighting humanity since forever
- How Ice Cream Works
- How Feng Shui Works
- What is folklore?
- Is there treasure on Oak Island?
- How Perfume Works
- Why Do Lefties Exist?
- Some Movies That Changed Filmmaking
- How ESP Works(?)
- How Stonehenge Works
- How Fleas Work
- How Tea Works
- How Anesthesia Works
- Earwax: Live With It
- 10 Bizarre Medical Treatments
- How Desalination Works
- Does the body replace itself?
- Thanks, Easter Bunny! Bock Bock!
- Polyamory: When two just won’t do
- What’s the deal with blood types?
- How Slinky Works
- How Zero Population Growth Works
- How Clowns Work
- Oh No, Snakes!
- How Water Slides Work
- How Spiders Work
- How Therapeutic Hypothermia Works
- Josh and Chuck Make It Through Male Puberty
- Does the FDA Protect Americans?
- How Pinewood Derbies Work
- How Internet Censorship Works
- How Color Works
- How Junk Food Works
- How Tupperware Works
- How Street Gangs Work
- How Ocean Currents Work
- How the Wow! Signal Works
- Bridges: Nature Abhors Them
- How BASE Jumping Works
- Are You My Mother?: How Animal Imprinting Works
- How Landfills Work
- Mosquitoes: The Worst
- How Audience Testing Works
- How Circus Families Work
- How Egypt’s Pyramids Work
- How Brickfilm Works
- How the Terracotta Army Works
- That Time Nazis Invaded Florida
- How Citizen’s Arrest Works
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The Zone Cast Ep 1 Voice-to-Text Transcription
I tried using Dragon, a voice to text translation app, to help with my transcription of The Adventure Zone episodes. It didn’t work at all. What it did was turn out mind-blowing hilarity:
KS a magic sword to kill three more hit higher hound feeling thing is is that he’s got to cease just too beautiful he’s too perfect to lift his his face is just one more hand you would think that would factor into his name but well this is Griffin Matt sideburns know for weird but Burnside was that the sideburns are twice as bushy as the rest of the beer that’s so weird look what he started out cyber them and just stop okay not to be
this is Roy dad see euro which begins to stroke a double man’s workplace I love you Game stop math Iraq tacos was capable of IQ
yeah I had spellcasting abilities you didn’t even I mean that was redundant to bias or was it was capable of IQ I have a book that I can look at the get to just relax a little bit to get back in my myself what the fuck what’s the secret to book that I carry around with me to the seven habits of highly effective people are fantastic that way but he didn’t turn them down to go out I understand that he does care he carries a vanity mirror with them because Sunday he will decide to just take it back to the sideburns and he wants to be ready I understand
She was at the wine mixer and is the more time sealed our whole winter yeah it sounds disgusting really calling silly very blue jeans call Darren saying this is our game will start Tony’s grieves very blue jeans and bouncy to try bring the ingredients to create what people are just the Sopranos no cultured milk displaying the world. Our timing with the sour cream what’s you can crack the fucking middleman I’ll give it to you I will shower you with riches to talk about Nate lactose intolerant we bring food yet don’t be a Fedora that we the oxen you idiot a Wizard of Oz like him I had a very bluesy delivery okay so when you say the robber had like a day ahead yards ahead that night you sitting up in the morning
Our plastic caps I like cakes they are sure we just IR which are taking to a storefront in Finland called Parsons provisions and upon receipt they will give you payment but you got those up with some armor some blasting caps and food I’ll be sending this to go be at dropping off some supplies for traveling with it whenever you arrive safely and we’ve got the razzle adventure alliance 2000
I’m it’s funny you guys are traveling with a lot of general store good Armenia a bunch of parcels of land leather armor
you know it is a deep off and assist that you sent their asses on fire that is yet or you can write to them and smash them with you wherever the brakes were on the card there on the ground shows your assertive in the saddle driving the cart through the assertive towards the front of the card where Magness summing you up to to warn you they did horses so you’re all basically towards the front of the card… So there is not really a bus at this level I can throw when you guys still burning throughout your thoughts which I will out of character tell you these goblins probably don’t merit their caution they got your printer
action to combat H 10 essentially on your turn that you basic things you can do our move but you can do up to your speed which is a sheet they’re typically in the entity for the gameboard track position here is not as important I cannot function for gelato but I try to keep in mind like who is where it is funny too so yeah you can take moving up to speed but you do not know you could also taking action those actions might include attacking with the wind… You have casting spells be to Cantrell for a first level spell maybe you up when you finally stress you have a lot of other options you can do other than just fighting you can
if you wanted to know it is a diva innocence smash them with your Warhammer the brakes were on the car there on the ground wagon and with that she looks like upon desk door and the other colony you can see that when it’s not in the brush somewhere just stops in his tracks and is like shit and that is where he’s at Order is just blast that one of the brush how far away is what is the one on the bus about 40 feet upgrade now question do I see that one of the brush do actually do not jobs is the one who spotted you can search for the U Yunus original direction if you try to spell every night it is a bandage because you don’t exactly know where is your perception checking is determined to get a pretty good idea
said Demetrio got there pretty easily followed the guy for Dorf is big in terms of diameter so this is Jay left a definite impression in the low to the mouth of a cave that serve natural stream is flowing out of three white streams nonspecialty it’s the most goddamn beautiful thing ever seen all of you get 20 appointments break
alongside of the stream basically running to the Cape with the 21 we will probably have to light the torch this Friday
Fairview kisses for any errors is Travis you’re welcome whenever to hand it is either disbursal okay so you could give you a torsion story of the usual cast light on my asked but I was going to be just as this’ll not attacking his ass best to try to start in the darkness he is attacking this is it to Chelsea knob is asked you can use to see my dad at will girl you can turn off just make coffee for by not believing
Cells behind Magnus can now see previously submitted earlier surfaces well I have dark fish six for righties see is yeah you darling me like you can reseal it further if you have the torch but 60 feet I just as much wider than to be that is always the way with the like you are leading the way not too far into the cavern you feel the path branch off to the right I guess you seek to have this beautiful light asked that in fact as you sort of get within distance of that interest that the light of your acts from your delight for your bitching exports into it you hear wrestling in there you hear the sound of metal started clinking together almost like a chain being being moved
Sound like a heavy chain chain start typically these are not much change that are in the most it’s okay so it’s up to you I want analyst I guess only what is the rate that sound like a big train or like just a regular human passages on that ahead of you but there’s basically a natural sub cavern serves for the right there that you have not really moving from love but you can hear the sounds of rustling in the chains but not a lot of changes that like it’s like there’s a WWE by wrestling match in there but Marley believes that he is brother Bieber and I tend towards accents on going down the chain hallway I like that I I am going to give you inspiration that I had them all way towards change to the to the fall and bar are you
So what are you searching up down there was going to Hell you heading Carol’s what’s what’s your position on a patient who shot you so I would advocate about this and also gave and you don’t hear you respond I’ll wear a bad gas in the bathtub guess they definitely do yeah to see if the Bethel gassy I guess I follow them okay well I know there’s actually tacos on team hang out while ago but 25 for you to get too far away come back see you the additional order so why don’t get too far away from the wisdom and 40 but I’m not stupid yeah I’m gonna go
So see me and you speak a little bit and now you just return the corner into discomfort with your ask around hoping to cast some light on the things you seen the inside you see a decent size cavern no furniture no furnishings to speak of whatsoever there are still at select type which is the one that comes up on the sidelines are you sure about that
The dinosaur stalactites or stalactites from the ceiling you see some bleaching ceiling beaching cones of rock when he walks things built into the theory and coming out of them are these big metal rod connected to chains connected to wolves three balls you like you like alight you can
Didn’t disturb them the shout of hey you be more careful I definitely definitely will come up but they’re not like growling they’re not especially violent right now I actually have a animal handling skill pretty good we should do to help your literature I’m a former carpenter with your atemoya
What is really blustery okay this is one okay will for every father wants to hear that Marissa right now are you your symmetry companion all that’s what I’m going to cautiously but confidently approach the walls EEE if anything is more important what you dealing with wolves you have a conflict because I don’t want to appear weak because they’re the the predator prey behaviors gonna kick it okay
You try closer to them they seem more agitated couples are snarling out they are there’s nothing else in the room other than these will make a perception check by 2020 unit is actually in the back of the room you see a crevice almost perfectly in the back of the room across from the entrance that at least supports almost like a natural Shanika to built into the built in to the cave there that leads up to a chamber it’s very very tight quarters it’s about 25 feet up history of billing we would be able should be up as it is straight up coming to make up the spider climbed your way up there but it would be very very difficult but the feelings of the walls them is Travis and I miss you I guess I’m gonna back back away but it’s always go first because I rushed in the room
I listen every time it once and then your brother still chilly out here if anyone’s curious Magnus is the evolution be a something that you can eat you Cassie they’re not in there with you is right there crap to play I want to play Dungeons & Dragons and tired of asking questions about the future is great you got to try this so there’s some holes down there for that let’s get going excellent well I trust your judgment okay I’m no I’m Into the Dead yeah sure alright so you can continue down the cave it’s getting very dark between the natural light that was coming in from the mouth of the cave is is really was provided
Until now basically in nature
Ask your Mac light to really around Merlin taco I was for a name and possibly you are yeah yeah yeah you can see basely just so as you are moving down DK alongside this this stream you notice across the street until it is saying is another passageway but this one is just like comfort and rubble it seems like it’s collapsed down down ways and make also perception check looking down the length of the Birthday and Jeff 912 1414
Had the outline of a overhead bridge overpass status that is suspended in the air bites connected to two entrances on the second story level it looks at connecting to passageways higher up in the cave a second story biscuit all you know about that that that shimmying up chimney thing will really help the sale probably put us on the second level maybe you also see the outline of a figure sitting on top of the bridge all up call out to him hello friend you’re using, I’m assuming today that they will wish Jessica is underground so you hear a questioning grow like and then after I get him to try getting gobbled it’s very good
Okay what are you hello friend is there a little bit I am you don’t sound like anybody I know we’re just exploring we take a wrong turn you certainly have you I would actually heartily recommend you turn around this is not a great place for tourism for proposals he does not have him that’s just closer sure yourself to come closer come closer to the overpass this is a good guy with the company illusion magic I will born you were very dangerous so we may be no hard I would not suggest launching an attack on us how dangerous are you just talk little update
Well played I was just trying to establish rapport well to be fair to be fair world doesn’t speak bubbling in the video I just got the seven €50 gold sorry it will dissolve where are we really do want to hide out you were making extremely uncomfortable I don’t know who you are what you’re doing your recruits but like I seen you was my name is taco a friend of ours was taken and his horses were killed was so yeah we did dad hey guys got your cigarettes from the space you need at the butt as he yells he writes his weapons so glad Rona ship? The thing with Richie and I got everything that you go to Kroger for or editing 10 and the taco got a form for Yankees is that with your modifiers yes we’re just gonna get give me the numbers the motivational on the I got 17 Jesus okay that’s very good that’s a 2+2 = 4 okay this one goblin on the overpass and after his word of warning and eventually branched two is a either by the two
Stream Lee loud you hear voices saying something taco you can understand is one of them says the two voices talking you here Wednesday really analysis the order and then you hear a banging almost like someone is hitting something against something else you can exactly seeing you can really tell with the with the noises with you here pretty terrible sound coming from down there until the order is Magnus so I am gonna pull up in that if they’re coming from behind us they’re coming from nobody’s coming usually determines the voices you are actually coming from in front of you behind the overpass the rest
Addis is deeper. The move to the front of the overpass to the opening where what is the voices are coming from I want to be ready for the first E certain position yourself in front of you move under the underpass to the other side waiting for whatever’s coming down in the Reading attacker for what is the first person to come down the hallway using a military so when I am by the way I’ve got my shields online and explain you can ready in action as an action to say what you’re going to do and what the trigger is so maybe you’re not in a position to do something right now but you will be closer to you you can ready that action and then using basically as soon as the trigger pops so you post up there next to be ordered is Merle cast she’ll say around around this kinks but it does
Descending through together we have it if it’s something is firing serve the arrow then it’s reached yeah you got a damn nice day damage he takes all that are not him back a little bit but he maintains his footing on the basket looks like she’s about to kick it she looks real bad that is the end of the rounds from the back of the hallway the traps just ran up really late to defend you hear her six pieces falling over and then immediately after that you hear the telltale sound of rushing water color it is it is back to madness be heavily shielded very very brave fine or I was worried about your self your body gotcha well it seems pretty limited in what I can do so via streaming next US also just picked up a little bit so that God’s timing to step to the side what I am so glad you’re coming over the bridge and that’s been sitting in front of correct you’re basically a little bit in front of being under the overpass at the Villa great head back okay everybody this and then I’m gonna shoot the little goblin with my short okay I’m is there something else I can do know you’re you’re just gonna Servicenter got 2323 that is a hit with the 635
Would euro 1414 Alateen you just like you. Miss Crystal is Lucco you scurry up the up the rocks and you you manage to climb on top of this bridge if you feel its way and shake a little bit underneath you as you get up there but didn’t hold fast that is the end of the round suddenly a horrifying wave of water a wall of water comes hurtling down the cave and it’s basically blast into our heroes that are on the ground level first idiots madness and then shortly thereafter Clyde took Merle who is still on his ass it starts to sweep you away see you can make a dexterity saving throw to try and not get flushed by this so this wall of water that thrush gave us to be so you’re going to Brohl a D 20 and add your dexterity modifier to it and you want to be to a target that it was gonna tell you I have 1313 to 16 okay so that we manage to grab onto the wallet justices with water hits you tries to pull you away unsuccessfully there’s a lot of water though so you’re sort of having to fight against the stream holding onto these rocks that he supposed to also make a string sitting through to make sure that you could hold onto this rock the whole time talking you just watching this this charade take place for safe start laughing but you are amused to see how it goes I got
I got a taco from down the cavern in the goblin you are plenty of this taco dealer to her certitude for a way to be got to say when you hear it but you here I am answering goblin taco just start live
No way to go down there is a cool cool Joire everywhere Teresa I got to the follicular I get the new Cuban shuffle off either sound of footsteps moving
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10 years!
My Honest Review of Things I Bought at Sheetz (TIBAS)
I don’t care about food reviews. I’ve never watched the Food Network, and I hate cooking. I also don’t have a Sheetz near where I live. That being said, TIBAS truly is the best food review show out there, and it’s the only one I’ll watch. (No cooking required.)
*Spoilers to follow*
Like anything, it’s not perfect: A wonderful plot line about Dwight and Justin’s engagement/marriage/honeymoon was abandoned and never explained. Some complained the show went off course from reviewing food. (I didn’t actually care about that, as you’ll understand from what I wrote at the beginning.)
No, it’s not perfect, but that doesn’t matter. Was I mad that the marriage plot was abandoned without explanation? Yes. (My brain processes things as black or white, so something like this is frustrating.) However, now I see that abandoning that plot line wasn’t a big deal. It drew in viewers, and it was good viewing. (Special guest appearance by Clint McElroy!)
Justin recently returned from the dead, which is unrealistic, but this is an internet show we’re talking about. It’s not supposed to be realistic. It’s supposed to be entertaining, and that it is.
TIBAS will never fail to amaze you. Everything that’s happened so far has been nothing short of ingenious.
Will I ever eat at a Sheetz? Probably not. (Well, I guess you don’t sit there and eat anyway.) I will, however, continue to watch this glorious show that is both silly and capable of changing the way my brain works.
You’ll probably want to start from the beginning, so go visit www.sheetzshow.com or look up Things I Bought at Sheetz on YouTube. There’s also a Facebook group, a Twitter account, and merchandise.
Things I Bought at Sheetz is a food review show unlike any other by Justin McElroy and Dwight Slappe. To date, there are 24 episodes.
Jill Hurley
@genealogy_jill
15 Aug 2015
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