Southern food is beloved by many, and those of us raised on it just consider it dinner, not a special cuisine. But since Southern food is pretty geographical, there are plenty of Americans who haven’t had the opportunity to try authentic Southern food. There are a few soul food restaurants that get it right sprinkled across the country, but all are not created equal.
Since Southern cooking isn’t available throughout all of America, it shouldn’t be a surprise that it’s not a staple across the pond. Josh Carrott, author of “Once Upon A Time in Carrottland,” runs the YouTube channel Jolly, where he has people try new foods. He decided to invite a group of British schoolboys to try a few Southern staples. The boys are in year 9 in England, which means they’re between the ages of 13 and 14.
Since Carrott isn’t Southern, or even American for that matter, I can’t say how the food was prepared. What I can say is that my very Southern grandmother would give the sausage gravy preparation the side eye, but other than that, it looked as authentic as possible.
The boys were served biscuits that were perfectly golden, and there was immediate confusion. Apparently biscuits are flat and hard in England, so the boys were sure they were being served scones. It only took one bite for them to come around to the idea of the buttery fluffy delight that is the Southern biscuit. But the taste test for the biscuits wasn’t over—Carrott mixed up some white sausage gravy and smothered the delicious bread.
None of the boys were eager to try a meal that many Southern households eat regularly.
“Let’s call it interesting for now. I’m not going to make a judgment,” one boy says.
“It looks like a chopped-up ferret,” another lamented.
To be fair, if you’ve never seen biscuits and gravy, it doesn’t look instantly appealing, but once you try it, the dish suddenly looks amazing every time you encounter it moving forward. Maybe it isn’t everyone’s favorite thing, but being able to drive through a Whataburger and grab it to go brings me childlike joy.
After trying everything offered, all of the boys agreed that the Southern food was delicious, including the sweet tea. Several of them said they preferred it over their British hot tea—no one tell their parents. It feels like it would be as shocking as finding a Southerner who prefers unsweet tea. You can watch the entire video below.
Hey there, millennials! Welcome to the “Holy crapoly, I have real-life memories from 20 years ago!” club. It’s a strangely disorienting milestone to reach when you find yourself starting sentences with “When I was young…” or “Back in my day…” isn’t it?
Your Gen X elders have been here for a while, but even we have moments of incredulously calculating how the heck we’ve arrived at this place. Time is a tricky little jokester, isn’t he?
To highlight how much has changed for middle-aged folks since we were young, a user on Reddit asked people born before 1990 what useless skills they possess that nobody has a need for anymore. It’s both a hilarious trip down memory lane and a time capsule of life pre-Y2K. (Do kids these days even know what Y2K was? Gracious.)
If you’re down for some good-old-days nostalgia, check out people’s responses:
“I can cover a textbook with a brown paper bag.” — sourwaterbug
Oh goodness yes. And there was always that one girl in class who had the art of the brown paper bag book cover perfected. (They’re probably Pinterest influencers now.)
“Man remember actually using maps…I had an atlas with the road system in my car to navigate other states during road trips. Crazy.” – jagua_haku
How did we ever figure out how to get anywhere before GPS and Google Maps? (Two-inch thick road atlases in our car and stopping at gas stations to buy local maps while traveling, that’s how. Positively primitive.)
Memorizing phone numbers and answering the house phone
For real, though, kids these days don’t even know.
“Not only that, having to speak to your friend’s parents for a few minutes when you call their house.” —Logical_Area_5552
“How to take a message when the person they want to talk to isn’t there.” — Amoori_A_Splooge
How about dialing on a rotary phone, using a pay phone and making (or taking) a collect call?
The skillful phone shoulder hold
“Using your shoulder to hold a telephone up to your ear while doing multiple other things at once. Now, the phones are so damned small I drop them.” – Regular_Sample_5197
“I got in sooooo much trouble for stretching the phone cord into the bathroom for some privacy. Accidentally clotheslined Grandma 😬 She laughed about it but Mom was pissed!” – AffectionateBite3827
Knowing the exact name of every Crayola color because we only had so many
“I know what the color “goldenrod” is.” — ImAmazedBaybee
“That and burnt sienna were the crayolas of choice.” — Signiference
The art of the mixed tape—especially from the radio
I don’t think kids these days fully grasp how revolutionary Spotify and the like are for those of us who spent hours in front of the radio with our cassette tape recorder queued up at just the right spot waiting for the song we wanted to record to come one. And they will never, ever know the frustration of the DJ yapping right up until the lyrics start.
“Record to tape from the radio. Trying to make sure to not get the DJ/presenter talking sh-t or an ad” – Gankstajam
“‘Shut up, shut up, shut up!!! I’m trying to record my song!!!'” – tearsonurcheek
“Haha yeah and trying to tell others so they don’t make random noise or knock on the door.
How about making cassette-based mix tapes, trying to figure out to the second, how many and which types of songs in which order, that would still fit perfectly on the length of tape per side.
People who make digital recordings do not have to worry about ‘running out of tape.’
Having the first side be tempting enough that they’d flip the other side to continue listening. That’s before continual playback machines existed. Had to flip the cassette.” – CrunchyTeaTime
And there were many more, from rewinding a cassette tape with a pencil to writing in cursive to tearing the sides off of printer paper without tearing the paper itself. (Oh and of course the ability to count out change and understand what you’re supposed to do if something costs $9.91 and someone hands you $10.01.)
Gotta love it when the things that used to be totally normal now sound like historic artifacts found in a museum. Kind of makes you wonder what normal things from today we’ll be laughing about in another 20 or 30 years.
Everybody has a different temperature they enjoy when taking a shower. Some folks like them extra hot because they find the heat is deeply relaxing and great at soothing muscles and easing tension. Others may enjoy how the steam clears their airways and opens up pores.
Unfortunately, for those who love extra hot showers, Dr. Mahyar Maddahali, a medical practitioner who focuses on vascular surgery and is known as Dr. Max on TikTok, says they can be bad for your health.
His video was in response to a man complaining he couldn’t shower with his wife because she likes the water to be too hot.
“If you’re taking excessively too-hot showers, this is for you,” Dr. Max opens his video before explaining that scalding showers can wash off our bodies’ natural oils necessary for healthy skin. He adds that they can also lead to damaged hair.
Extremely hot showers can even cause people to pass out.
For those of you looking for a second opinion, New York dermatologist Robert Anolik agrees with Dr. Max. He told Vogue that the best temperature for your shower should be “lukewarm” or somewhere between 98º and 105º F.
Anolik says people should abstain from extremely hot showers mainly because of potential skin damage. “The skin barrier is made up of skin proteins and oils that prevent water from evaporating out of the skin, protecting it from the outside world,” explains Anolik. “It is one of our first lines of defense against infection and pollution.”
After years of public opinion slowly changing on the topic, it appears South Korea is ready to end its ancient tradition of eating dog meat. The combination of outside pressure and its unpopularity among the nation’s youth has pushed the government to take action.
“It is time to put an end to social conflicts and controversies around dog meat consumption through the enactment of a special act to end it,” Yu Eui-dong, policy chief of the ruling People Power Party, said at a meeting with government officials and animal rights activists, according to Reuters.
“We live in an era where there are millions of pets,” Yu continued. “In particular, dogs are not just possessions, but family members and friends that interact with people. The majority of the public is against eating dogs.”
Yu says that the party will introduce a bill to ban the sale, production and consumption of dog meat in the country and it’s expected to receive bipartisan support. The ban would provide a 3-year grace period for those who own restaurants that serve dog meat and those in the dog-meat industry to close their businesses or transition to other products.
If all goes to plan, dog meat consumption will be banned in the country by 2027.
South Korea aims to ban eating dog meat and put an end to the controversy over the ancient custom amid growing awareness of animal rights, a ruling party policy chief said https://t.co/LpI4e3LpGa
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According to government data, South Korea has 1,150 farms dedicated to dog breeding, with 34 facilities for slaughtering, and 219 companies involved in distributing the meat. Additionally, there are around 1,600 restaurants that offer dog meat on their menus.
Humane Society International claims that up to 1 million dogs are farmed and killed for human consumption each year in South Korea. However, given the change in public opinion, demand is dwindling for dog meat. There are 6 million dogs living in Korean homes as pets and polls show that 86% of South Koreans say they won’t eat dog meat in the future.
Although the vast majority of South Koreans don’t eat dog meat, many in the older generations believe that consuming it will help their body stay cool during the hot summer months and that it’s good for their stamina. Even though there have been recent dog-meat bans in Asia, over 30 million dogs a year are killed each year on the continent for consumption.
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The impending end of the dog meat industry in South Korea has been applauded by the Human Society.
“News that the South Korean government is at last poised to ban the dog meat industry is like a dream come true for all of us who have campaigned so hard to end this cruelty. Korean society has reached a tipping point where most people now reject eating dogs and want to see this suffering consigned to the history books,” JungAh Chae, executive director of Humane Society International/Korea, said in a statement.
“With so many dogs needlessly suffering for a meat that hardly anyone eats, the government’s bill delivers a bold plan that must now urgently be passed by the Assembly so that a legislative ban can be agreed as soon as possible to help South Korea close this miserable chapter in our history and embrace a dog-friendly future,” Chae continued.
With “Water” singer Tyla growing in popularity after being nominated for a Grammy and collaborating with Travis Scott on the remix of the breakout hit, fans are rightfully more curious about the 21-year-old Johannesburg native than ever. However, as discussions on social media have shown, as global music becomes more popular in the United States, music fans will also be experiencing more culture shock as they encounter different perspectives from around the world (like the metric system).
One of the questions that fans have been asking since Tyla’s breakout is whether the South African singer is Black. With bios identifying her heritage as Indian, Irish, Mauritian, and Zulu, there are more than a few fans who have found confusion in the classification, especially as two different viewpoints on race clash. While in the US, the South Africa-born artist would be considered Black, which is broadly a descriptor for people of native African descent, in South Africa, she would be considered “coloured,” a somewhat dated designation reserved for people of mixed ancestry.
Although the term was enforced by a now-defunct colonial government, its impact remains in how people see themselves and classify race in South Africa (a stark reminder that race is just a construct, and a very clunky one at that). While “colored” remains a charged term in the US due to the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow, South Africa is far less removed from its history of apartheid segregation (which only ended 30 years ago). The two nations have largely separate views of race, but the one thing that both should agree on is that all people deserve respect and basic human dignity despite their origins or skin color (or whether a pencil sticks in their hair).
The important thing to focus on is Tyla’s musical success, though. She’s the first South African artist to chart in the US in over 50 years; that’s impressive no matter who someone is.
Why have one favorite show when you can have multiple shows that take place in the same universe? This is the current outlook, and it seems to be working pretty well for some. Next up, Boschwill be getting its own extended universe that your dad will love now that Blue Bloods is on its way out.
There’s the original Bosch, which ran on Amazon Prime for seven seasons, based on the long-running series by Michael Connelly, but that isn’t enough for you crime-loving folks. There’s also Bosch: Legacy as the sequel series, which just wrapped up its second season in surprisingly emotional fashion, and now there are two more shows on the docket. It’s almost as if the man loves to hear his name around him all the time.
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Here is the current list of Bosch-inspired shows.
Bosch Legacy
The current spinoff, which runs on Amazon Freevee, features Titus Welliver as Harry Bosch, a retired LAPD detective who now works as a private investigator. Season two of the series just wrapped up, with a third already ordered. The series also stars Mimi Rogers and Madison Lintz.
Untitled Ballard Spinoff
The upcoming spinoff will also be based on Connelly’s novels, this time focused on the night shift detective Renee Ballard. Ballard was first introduced in Connelly’s 2017 novel The Late Shift and appears in five more Connelly stories.
Per the official description, the currently untitled series “follows Detective Ballard, who is tasked with running the LAPD’s new cold case division—a poorly funded, all-volunteer unit with the largest case load in the city. Ballard approaches these frozen-in-time cases with empathy and determination. When she uncovers a larger conspiracy during her investigations, she’ll lean on the assistance of her retired ally, Harry Bosch, to navigate the dangers that threaten both her unit and her life.” The 10-episode series will run on Amazon.
Untitled Jerry Edgar Spinoff
Details are slim, but according to Variety, another spinoff focused on Jerry Edgar is in the works, with Jamie Hector set to reprise his role as the sharply-dressed homicide detective. Hector appeared in nearly 70 episodes of Bosch and Bosch: Legacy and over a dozen of Conelly’s novels, so there has got to be some good show-worthy stuff in there. Here’s the official synopsis:
A police drama following Harry Bosch’s former partner, Detective Jerry Edgar, who is tapped for an undercover FBI mission in Little Haiti, Miami. In this glamorous city, he is forced to balance his new life with the gritty underbelly of the city, while being chased by his mysterious past.
FX on Hulu’s sleeper hit, The Bear, did not fall into a sophomore slump and, in fact, the fire still burned hot in Season 2. Jeremy Allen White is still taking Chicago by storm, years after becoming the biggest Shameless breakout cast member. Everyone who watched his frequently agonizing portrayal of Lip Gallagher knew that White had it in him to be a massive star, and now, he’s also heading into A24 land with The Iron Claw.
We are here today to talk about The Bear, however, because Season 3 will happen (hell yes, Chefs). FX made the announcement in early November while rhetorically asking, “Who wants another round? FX’s The Bear is returning for a third season.” Let’s discuss what we know so far.
Plot
Season 2 ended Carmy stuck in the walk-in fridge after he had offended the hell out of Claire, which I was fine with because the show does everything else well but, for some reason, manic-pixie-doctor felt out of place in Carmy’s world. Maybe that was the point. Also, the dude is busy and might not ever have time to get busy, if you catch my drift.
To be slightly more serious here, let’s get speculative. Carmy, of course, is prone to existential crises and might need to reckon with the fact that his crew carried off the restaurant “friends and family” test night just fine without him running the show. This could either be seen by him as a personal failure or a success. He brought this crew together and made sure they were prepared, inside and out, so they were determined that the show must go on. Carmy, of course, might still have a meltdown while wondering whether he isn’t needed.
As well, we could see more of Carmy and Sydney’s professional chemistry flourishing because that under-the-table finale conversation surely needs another chapter. She might need to set him straight on priorities again at some point, or perhaps she will spread her wings and fly so high that Sydney might have her own joint one day. She could rock it, and everyone knows that much.
We also definitely need to see more of Marcus’ and Richie’s personal journeys, so ideally, Season 3 will grant us those updates. Only the writers and showrunners likely know what happens at this point for sure, until we receive word that filming has begun. Once that does happen, we can expect a quick turnaround in keeping with Season 2.
In the press release announcing Season 3, FX stayed pretty mum on plot hints, other than reminding us that Season 2 saw the crew “[a]s they stripped the restaurant down to its bones, the crew undertook transformational journeys of their own, each forced to confront the past and reckon with who they want to be in the future.” So, it makes sense that Season 3 would build upon that foundation and roll into the day-to-day operations of the fancier new place.
Cast
The big three — White (as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, Ayo Edebiri (as Sydney Adamu), and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (as Richie Jerimovich) — will be back. FX hasn’t confirmed any other returning cast members yet, but we will hopefully be seeing Lionel Boyce return as Marcus, Abby Elliot as Natalie, and so on. No one would be mad to see returning cameo actors again like Jon Bernthal as Mikey, Jamie Lee Curtis as the nightmare mom, Will Poulter’s tattooed Chef, and Joel McHale as that rude, patronizing boss Chef.
Release Date
FX confirmed that Season 3 will arrive in 2024. If the show sticks to the same release schedule as Seasons 1 and 2, then we could see it happen again with a year turnaround for June 2024. Keep the faith, Chefs!
Trailer
No trailer exists yet, but do you want to watch Sydney quit again before Carmy eats donut off the floor? Sure you do.
We don’t know when The Bear return, but once that tidbit drops, we shall celebrate.
Not everyone is psyched on Thanksgiving foods. Even though the holiday has a bunch of different dishes that have remained mainstays for as long as we can remember (seriously, when was the last time something new became a staple of the holiday?), some of the foods can be incredibly polarizing. For every universally loved option like mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, and pumpkin pie, there are a few clunkers out there — canned cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, ambrosia. Also, on many occasions, the dry-ass turkey itself.
And yet… these foods remain mainstays. Why? We think cutting corners is to blame.
We get it, Thanksgiving is a stressful holiday that falls during a stressful time of the year and sometimes you just don’t have the time to brine a turkey, cook it to perfection, and make the stuffing, or make your own gravy from the meat drippings. This means you’re probably turning to boxed foods that cut the cooking time considerably. We’ve all been there. But if you want to ensure you have the best Thanksgiving possible, you really should try to make some of this stuff from scratch.
Today, we’re naming all the dishes you should put the effort into to making yourself. For some of these dishes, we’ll even point you to recipes that we’ve published in the past! Let’s cook.
MUST MAKE — Macaroni & Cheese
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Why You Should Make It Yourself
We don’t blame you for wanting to go the box route here, there are plenty of great mac & cheese brands out there, but no matter how good your favorite is, it’ll never compare to the real thing. Also, it takes maybe 5 minutes longer to make mac and cheese yourself, so it’s not like the box is saving you that much time.
The biggest benefit of making your mac & cheese is that you get to control the blend of cheeses, rather than using that salty cheese “product” that most boxes come with. What sounds better, a pouch of Velveta or a blend of cheddar, parmesan, and possibly Gruyere? Hell, throw some smoked gouda in there! Our point is that when you control the cheese blend you control the subtleties of the flavor. Great cheese makes for great mac & cheese.
BOTTOM LINE:
Pre-cooked mac and cheese is true trash and the boxed stuff is often middling (and looks boxed, which turns many off!). If you’re looking for a delicious homemade mac & cheese recipe, we’ve got you!
MUST MAKE — Mashed Potatoes
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Why You Should Make It Yourself
Texture, texture, texture! Real mashed potatoes have a wonderful mouthfeel whether you’re the type that leaves the skin in the mash (you should do this) or not. Instant mashed potatoes tend to have this smoothed-out puree-like consistency — they’re also way saltier, less buttery, and full of a bunch of weird preservatives.
The butter in boxed potatoes tends to taste cheap, like the butter in microwaved popcorn. The dish lacks dimension, texture, and flavor, and is generally made from russet potatoes. Russet potatoes are fine but red potatoes are better, or a mix of red and Yukon gold and Russet.
Yukon gold is going to give you a nice buttery texture, Russet will bring in some fluff, and red will add the thickness.
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Making your own mashed potatoes is incredibly easy. Grab your selected potatoes, cut them in fours, bring to a boil until tender, drain, toss in a pan with butter and cream, mash until your desired consistency, top off with salt, more butter, and black pepper to taste. You got this!
TRY TO MAKE — Cranberry Sauce
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Why You Should Make It Yourself
We named cranberry sauce as one of the all-time worst Thanksgiving sides and that’s because most people treat this dish as an after-thought and buy the canned version. But in truth, this tart and sweet dish adds a lot of complexity to your favorite savory Thanksgiving dishes, which is why you should give it the respect it deserves and make it yourself.
Luckily for you, homemade cranberry sauce is incredibly easy to make and you can make it days in advance. For the best homemade cranberry sauce, you’re going to want to turn to Uproxx’s whiskey expert Zach Johnston who makes a bourbon-infused cranberry sauce every year. In Zach’s words, “the woody spices really add a nice sharpness and dark/wintry element with a hint of bitterness. There’s a touch of sweetness… the bourbon just peeks through with an almost brandied cherry vibe with a hint of vanilla.”
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Tell us your mouth isn’t watering from reading about our homemade cranberry sauce. Has that ever happened with the canned stuff? For the bourbon-infused cranberry sauce recipe, click here.
TRY TO MAKE — Green Bean Casserole
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Why You Should Make It Yourself
This is a no-brainer, if you want your green bean casserole to be delicious, you have to make it at home. Again the real benefit of the scratch-made stuff is the texture of the dish, specifically the green beans. They get mushy and soggy and limp at the store and those are all words you just don’t want to think about when eating.
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A green bean casserole made with fresh green beans will have a superior snap to it and a more pronounced earthy and mildly sweet flavor. You’re also totally in control of what else you put in it — looking to up the umami and change the texture? Add actual mushrooms into the dish. The possibilities are endless.
You’re never going to find a box of Potatoes Au Gratin that even comes close to the real thing. Even fans of the boxed stuff will offer this caveat when talking about their favorite brand “for a box, it’s pretty good.”
But we don’t want pretty good, we want “fall all over ourselves” great. We want you to bite into a dish of potatoes au gratin and say “holy f*ck!” right next to your grandma.
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Allow us to point you in the direction of Uproxx Life Editor Steve Bramucci’s Four Cheese Potatoes Au Gratin, which are seasoned with bacon, parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. This guy grows his own thyme… we promise, you don’t have to do that. But do follow the Four Cheese Potatoes Au Gratin recipe here.
TRY TO MAKE — Stuffing
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Why You Should Make It Yourself
Look, it’s better to have boxed stuffing than no stuffing at all, but if you really want to win Thanksgiving, make your own. Everyone will appreciate the effort because homemade stuffing rules.
Like all boxed foods, pre-made stuffing has way too much sodium. Plus it’s not very inventive. And because this is a carb-rich dish that you’re going to want a lot of, going the extra mile and making it yourself results in an overall better dish that you won’t feel as much guilt about eating.
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We have your back here, we’re offering not just one stuffing recipe, but three all crafted by Uproxx’s staff as part of a cooking battle. There is an “Everything Bagel” stuffing, a “Chorizo Pecan” stuffing, and something called a “Four Times Four” stuffing that contains four dried fruits, fresh fruits, herbs, and savory elements.
No shade to dinner rolls but cornbread is the ultimate Thanksgiving bread. Rather than being a neutral palate cleanser like a common dinner roll, cornbread is sweeter, more buttery, and way more savory.
Boxed cornbread is fine, but making the real stuff is just a few more steps so we highly recommend you make your own by following Uproxx’s Zach Johnston’s recipe. On his cornbread, Zach says “the flavor is a mix of bright sweet corn with a hint of buttermilk tang and plenty of grassy graininess… the crispy edge is wonderfully crunchy with that semi-grainy, semi-soft interior with a truly natural swee edge.”
BOTTOM LINE:
Pre-made cornbread is pretty okay. But if you have some time, follow Zach’s cornbread recipe here.
IF YOU HAVE TIME — Gravy
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Why You Should Make It Yourself
Great gravy is all about a savory depth of flavor and richness that elevates anything it’s poured onto. It’s excess and its finest, it’s all about giving you more, more flavor, more satisfaction, more everything! The boxed stuff, with all its extra ingredients, preservatives, and sodium just can’t compare to the real thing.
BOTTOM LINE:
For the best results make your gravy using the drippings from the turkey you’re roasting. The person making the turkey at your Thanksgiving should be making the gravy, if they aren’t you can still make a great gravy using broth or butter.
IF YOU HAVE TIME (AND LIKE TO BAKE) — Pumpkin Pie
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Why You Should Make It Yourself
Pumpkin pie is the ultimate comfort food, it’s irresistible, that’s why even after eating plate after plate of your favorite Thanksgiving foods, you’re still going to want to cap the night off with a slice of pie. And if you want a perfect slice of pie, you’re going to want to make your own. The reason we’ve singled this recipe out as “for the real pros,” is not because it is particularly difficult, but because it requires some patience and yes, at least some skill.
Once again we want to point you in the direction of Uproxx’s Zach Johnston who has his own homemade pumpkin pie recipe. Zach lived abroad for nearly twenty years, sometimes in places where he had no access to store-bought pumpkin pie so his pie is one born out of necessity. That’s a pie you can trust!
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To learn how to make a pumpkin pie from scratch, click here. Otherwise, we are pretty sure we know how to get you the best store-bought options.
Taylor Swift is the world’s most famous football fan. She’s also one of the world’s most famous people, period, but that’s besides the point. Swift has appeared at multiple Kansas City Chiefs games this season to cheer on Travis Kelce, who she has been seeing since the Hall of Fame-bound tight end had somebody in her inner circle “playing Cupid” for him. ‘Cause he’s a mastermind.
But enough about Taylor and Travis (at least until the Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles game). Let’s talk about another famous supporter of a long-time NFL team: Sam Richardson. The actor, who has been in Detroiters, I Think You Should Leave, The Afterparty, Ted Lasso, and basically all the best TV comedies of the past five years, is a big Detroit Lions fan. The Detroit-born actor and his BFF, Detroiters and ITYSL creator Tim Robinson, attended the team’s home opener at Ford Field earlier this season. Look at them.
Richardson also shows his support by tweeting the lion emoji. A lot.
It is our pleasure to announce that the orcas are at it again. After gaining notoriety for their seemingly increased attacks on ships heading into the summer (a few of which actually sunk), vessels have reportedly turned to unconventional methods to ward off the aggressive whales. Unfortunately, for the crews, those methods aren’t working.
According to HuffPost, a catamaran off the Strait of Gibaltrar attempted to scare away a pod of orcas by using heavy metal music. Despite using a specially designed playlist called “Metal for Orcas,” the metal only amped up the aquatic mammals. To the sound of thrashing riffs and guttural vocals, the orcas made a beeline for the rudder and wrecked the crap out of it, making the ship “impossible to steer.”
Turns out, blasting metal music in the water is a terrible idea.
“Initially, the playing of loud sounds underwater might mask the signature sounds of sailboats — but ultimately, the whales would catch on and use it to more easily locate vessels playing it,” marine mammal researcher Andrew Trite told Insider. On top of making it easy for the orcas to find ships (and their rudders), weaponizing sound is just a bad idea all around in regards to marine life. If the music is loud enough, it can permanently damage the hearing of nearby creatures.
“The biggest problem with blasting music underwater of any kind is that it is ultimately just adding more noise pollution to the ocean, which can have detrimental effects on other marine life,” Trite said.
So there you have it. Do not play Metallica at orcas unless you want them to use your boat for a mosh pit, which they will.
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