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And the first story today is
I don't know what I was thinking, this is so,
it's so hot today, ah.
Ah, what was I doing okay, one second.
Okay, better.
But the actual first thing that we're gonna talk
about today, it's online entertainment.
As we have to talk about that YouTubers versus TikTokers
fight that happened over the weekend.
We got some big winners, big losers,
though to a certain degree,
I have to respect almost everyone
for putting their bodies on the line,
potentially becoming a meme in the process.
The only exception there being someone that maybe talked
a lot of smack and then did not back it up.
But what I will say is this event showcased
some big transformation.
You have AnEsonGib, a man that transformed himself
from human crab when he fought Jake Paul
to a guy that just demolished his opponent
but then got robbed by the judges.
Though actually this morning we saw that decision change
with the win going to Gib and the director
of the International Sport Karate Association
releasing a statement saying that yes
Gib won by unanimous decision and said
that it was called the majority draw because of human error.
People like Faze Jarvis, a kid I remember
because he went viral for crying
because he got banned from Fortnite.
- Just, I can't speak.
- Being the same guy that did this.
- [Announcer] As you can get, get him out of the ring.
- Of course, one of the Internet's famous transformations
being that of Brice Hall who got absolutely demolished
by Austin McBroom.
Uh, before the fight.
- I'm going to knock out Austin,
because I'm an actual fighter
- After the fight.
- I'm not a boxer. I'm not a fighter.
I've never claimed to be a fighter.
- Though, at the same time Bryce hall to a certain degree
gets the last laugh because it was still a
financial success for him.
But even with Bryce Hall becoming several sets
of memes, the pay-per-view costs $50
and reportedly he made a $5 million appearance fee.
Plus 4% of pay-per-view sales.
Though that will be a million dollars short
because he had this side bet with McBroom about a knockout.
And he lost because of a TKO.
Yeah and kind of as a final note that the YouTubers
almost completely swept the entire event.
The only person from the YouTube side
that lost was Deji losing to Vinnie Hacker.
But also at the same time, we got that kind
of YouTuber versus TikToker thing is a bit
of a shtick because I mean, even,
even people like Brice Hall
they have like 4 million YouTube subscribers
especially for those that watch the fights.
What are your thoughts regarding what happened?
Especially the AnEsonGib thing.
Then in a different kind of entertainment news
it appears that movie theaters are recovering.
With the Quiet Place Part 2
hitting a major box office milestone over the weekend
becoming the first film since the started the pandemic
to cross $100 million.
Making it there in just 15 days, which hey
prior to the pandemic would have been nothing special,
but this is a major feat today.
Also specifically with this movie
with people saying that it speaks
to exclusive theatrical releases being very strong
or you compare it to Warner brothers
releasing what was supposed to be
a major summer film In The Heights
having a pretty horrible box office weekend.
It was already forecast to just make
over $20 million this weekend
but it only brought in 11.4 million.
With of course, one of the biggest differences there being
that it was not exclusive to theaters.
It was released the same day on HBO Max.
And while there I would love to compare
and contrast the numbers, right?
Talk about the future of cinema.
HBO Max doesn't release the data
on how many people viewed a single title.
So we have to kind of guess,
but also because In The Heights is a musical,
I would say, let's, let's revisit this in a few weeks
to see how it's doing then.
Could still be the same situation
or it could be like The Greatest Showman or Moulin Rouge.
I mean, In The Heights actually had a better opening
than The Greatest Showman, which ended
up becoming a massive box office hit.
Then in random WTF news.
Let's talk about Joe Rogan kind of.
So over the weekend and if you lived in LA
and you looked to the sky
or you were just someone on Twitter
you may have seen that there was sky writing
that at first read, "Will you marry me, Molly Pratt?"
And that marriage proposal then followed
by a series of other messages.
Like "she said, yes, I love you more than anything."
"Excited to spend my life with you."
"Until death do us part"
With the messages continuing until they said,
"Got one more thing to say"
"Joe Rogan is literally five foot three"
Which in general people found pretty hilarious
because one, they were there for that Joe Rogan slander
and or two, they were just perplexed
that someone would pay thousands
of dollars to take a jab at Joe Rogan.
Who and no disrespect to my short kings out there
has previously claimed to be five foot eight.
And the two times I went on his podcast
he didn't strike me as a short guy,
but as it turns out people may have just gotten played.
Well, yes, The Wrap reported that an unidentified person
paid the company Sky Typers
more than $17,000 for 10 messages total.
After the Rogan message people reported seeing the words
"Peacocks girls 5 eva, 5YC"
A play on for your consideration,
which as it turns out is actually the show's Emmys
for your consideration campaign slogan.
You also had the Peacock, Twitter tweeting a joke about it.
One of the stars of the show posting a photo of it,
which I will say two things on.
One, whether they started this or they didn't
they got so much free promo from this,
but also two, this feels a little bit like
the potential kicking open of a door
for a new kind of advertising.
Where you talk smack about a celebrity in skywriting
and then you throw something branded out
or you throw out some skywriting,
that's going to be polarizing.
Like LeBron's not elite, followed by 10 minutes later
but taco bell is.
Taco Bell then gets millions of dollars of free press.
And they deny that they were the ones behind it.
Also actually on the note of advertising and marketing news
we should talk about YouTube.
And this is because YouTube announced
that they will no longer accept certain kinds
of ads for their masthead ads
or that big visible rectangle at the top of the homepage.
Those four prohibited categories include
ads that feature gambling related content,
as well as alcohol related content,
as well as ads that show prescription drug terms,
and of course the biggest one
related to elections or politics.
And notably regarding that last one,
according to Axios, who first reported this move,
ads that are endorsing a candidate for office
will be banned, noting ads that are political
in nature, like issue ads will be reviewed
on a case by case basis.
And for YouTube
this isn't really their first major move there.
I think that was the case where a lot of companies
they were kind of reviewing their policies
and for YouTube back in November
they announced that they would discontinue full-day
masthead reservations after the Trump campaign
reserved key election dates including election day,
but also a big note here is this is a change on policy
of a specific ad unit and not advertising in general.
Where this is more about not allowing a single advertiser to
dominate the homepage rather than ads in general.
Targeted ads and targeted purchases
for these four categories will still exist.
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Then in my favorite internet debate of the day.
Let's talk about this father's
Facebook posts that went viral.
So you had his dad, Chris Crawford.
He puts out this post on Facebook it has two photos
of his son in a burger king uniform
with the caption "huge shout out to this kid of mine
14 years old and has a part-time job at burger king.
Not only does he work every day he can, including weekends.
When most kids are out enjoying their summer
he goes in early and stays late almost every time he works.
He loves every minute of it making his own money,
saving for a car, being responsible in his decisions,
becoming a respectable young man.
I couldn't be more proud of him.
Some of y'all lazy grown people out there
should take notes #prouddad."
That post was then screenshot and shared
on Twitter by a user who wrote "God, this is depressing."
Just like that it goes viral.
Many quick to agree with the poster here
accusing the father and others like him of romanticizing
exploitation and advocating for child labor.
Like capitalism has literally brainwashed people to
think this is a heartwarming story.
Others noting that children actually should be out there
enjoying their childhood because they have the rest
of their lives to work.
Many even sharing regrets that they have about
working from a young age
because all of the experiences they missed out on.
With some sharing their own experiences saying, you know
I think it was seen as learning work ethic
but then adding all I got
from it was an unhealthy relationship
with work that I carry to this day.
However, at the same time
not everyone was outraged by this post.
In fact, you had others applauding the child
for having a go-getter attitude,
arguing that he's setting himself up
for bigger and better opportunities in the future
by gaining good experience at a young age.
Some even arguing that working young,
it helps teach money management, people skills,
self-sufficiency and more beneficial life tools.
So one, I would love to know where you land
in this debate and two, as far as my opinion
and separate it from your own opinion.
I am a little bit torn on this story because I worked
from a very young age and I prided myself on it.
And now I'm like, Hey, that work ethic.
And you know, that set up, it helped me get to this point,
but anyone that gets to my position in life and higher
you also have to understand that there was
a lot of luck in that.
Like if there is a multi-verse
there are many worlds where I did not get
to this same place, I failed.
So I am thankful and I'm happy that I got to work
at such a young age, but I also don't immediately think
that other people are lazy or they're,
they're shitty people.
But also at the same time,
I do think we have a little bit of a disease
in this country where we work for the sake of working.
Whereas I think in a lot of other countries
they work as a way to live.
Like I am very thankful for my job.
I get a lot of value of it,
but I get way more value by what it affords me in life.
The, the shared experiences and opportunities
with my family and friends.
And I'm not going to be that rich douche bag
that's like money doesn't matter.
Money doesn't make you happy.
Money has added a lot of happiness to my life
and money matters as someone that couldn't eat for a while
because I had no money as someone that was living
in my car for awhile, because I did not have money.
Please know that work is only one part of the equation.
Money is not everything.
And like a lot of things in life,
it is about balance that doesn't always jive.
I never use that word, but it doesn't really work
with a lot of people that have kind of black
and white views of a lot of things in life.
But it feels like that's the answer.
Then while it may feel kind of late to the party.
We have a new COVID vaccine out there.
The American biotech firm Novavax announcing
this new vaccine today,
finding it highly effective in a large clinical trial.
The two shot vaccine coming in
at about 90% effective overall 100% effective
at protecting against moderate and severe disease.
Right, putting it on par with Moderna
and Pfizer and notably the company has also said
that the shot had 93% efficacy against some
of the other variants and pending regulatory approval.
Novavax plans to manufacture 100 million doses by the end
of Q3, 150 million, by the end of the year, you know
this is actually very big news for a few reasons.
One, it turns out this is actually easier to store
and transport, but also at the same time
while things here in the states are opening back up
we're seeing the numbers drop.
We have to think more broadly.
And we have to think about the future.
When you look internationally, right?
You take the whole world into account.
More people have died from COVID in 2021.
Than in 2020, though I will say the true toll
of the pandemic last year may actually be higher
because of data lags, missed cases and incomplete reports.
It's really abysmal vaccination rates internationally.
And actually regarding this Novavax has already
pledged 1.1 billion doses
and adding many of our first doses will go
to low and middle income countries.
And that was the goal to begin with,
but also even having a number of vaccines here
in the States could prove to be very beneficial.
As the New York times explained many vaccine experts expect
that with waning immunity and emerging variants
the country will need booster shots at some point.
And the protein-based technology used
in the Novavax vaccine may do a particularly good job
at amplifying protection.
Even if people have previously been vaccinated
with a different formulation.
The study also seemed to show
that this new shot may have the least intense side effects
of any of the others.
And I say, as someone who has absolutely loved
the last few weekends and actually weeks of my life.
Yes, please.
Anything that maintains normalcy.
Yes, please.
Never going back.
Then in international news we should talk about
the end of an era in Israeli politics
in kind of two ways.
One, it appears at least for now that the cycle is broken
Israel of course has had election after failed forming
of government election failed forming of government.
But as of last night, that is no longer the case
and Netanyahu for the first time in 12 years is
not prime minister.
Losing a no competence vote last 60 to 59
with one abstention.
As we talked about taking over is a loose coalition
of parties who are just so spread ideologically.
Literally one of the only things they can agree
on is Netanyahu is out.
And so what that means moving forward, right,
with this power sharing deal is you have
Naftali Bennett as the prime minister right now.
He's a far-right politician that you'd actually expect
to be in Netanyahu's camp.
However his small Yamina party has a serious dislike
of Netanyahu.
But also because this is a power sharing deal
Bennett will only be prime minister until September of 2023.
And at that point he will hand over power
to his deputy Yair Lapid who was in Yesh Atid
the largest centrist party there
and a long-time opponent of Netanyahu.
And while, yes, the vote has happened.
We are moving forward.
There is a question of can this hold?
And when I say things
like this is a diverse coalition, right?
Like Bennett supports the building of settlements
and all out annexation of the West Bank.
But also at the same time, there are allies
in this coalition that support the creation
of a sovereign Palestinian state, they could not be more
on different sides, right?
And while this coalition plans to avoid hot button issues,
topics, and instead vowing to rebuild the economy,
and focus on infrastructure, you'd also have to
be willfully dumb to believe that those issues
are going to allow themselves to be ignored.
One of the first big issues that this new coalition
is going to face is an upcoming march
by far-right pro settlement Israelis
into Palestinian neighborhoods in Jerusalem.
It's a march it's already been delayed once
a similar march has also recited by Hamas
as a reason for them launching hostilities
between Gaza and Israel recently.
And so like right out the gate Bennett needs to decide
whether to postpone the march again or approve it.
He's personally a former pro settlement guy himself
but his allies want the march canceled or rerouted.
So boom Bennett could lose support from
right-wing Israelis who see canceling the march as
surrendering to pressure, but also allowing the march to
happen could anger his left-wing and Arab allies.
And at the same time it could also spark off
more fighting with Hamas which is bound to respond.
If it does take place.
Now remember Netanyahu barely lost the vote.
And with that he's railed against the new government
calling it a dangerous coalition
of fraud and surrender promising to overthrow it quickly.
And all he really needs is one or two people to switch up.
Though there is also possibly a world where
this coalition doesn't need to last several years,
but just long enough, right?
In case you forgotten Netanyahu is actually
still facing bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges.
So if he's found guilty, he'll actually be barred
from holding office.
And as of right now he is in a weakened state
but we're gonna have to wait to see what happens from here.
And ultimately with this story, or honestly
anything else that stood out to you today
I'd love to know your thoughts in those comments down below,
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