The guide to children’s culture for adults out of reach: sea huts, Ahoy!

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This week potpourri of nonsense-that-you-might-not-know takes us from whalers of the 1800s to the most popular homes of 2021, with a pit stop in Lental to catch Pokémon.

TikTok Trend of the Week: Sea Songs

Future sociologists and cultural historians will write memoirs debating why, exactly, songs originally sung by seaworkers in the 1800s are the hottest trend on TikTok this particular week. But here we are: the sea huts are the bangers of the moment.

The hype of marine ditties seems to have started with a video of Scottish mailman Nathan Evans singing “The Wellerman, And exploded from there. Others started record their own songs, adding their voices to Evans video, create parodies, Try to figure it out, and otherwise honor / cut and screw that almost forgotten musical form. But it really took off with this hilarious video from Beertheist it shows in 44 seconds how ridiculous sea huts are first, then delicious and finally irresistible.

This week in games: Pokémon Snap release date announced

Nintendo is beloved for taking their well-worn intellectual property from console to console, creating improved versions of older titles, and then releasing almost the same game on newer machines. (I’m not complaining – tthat’s all I want Nintendo to do, ever). Player favorite Pokémon Snap, although, has not been seen on a Nintendo console since the Nintendo 64, in 1999. Break missed the GameCube, DS, Wii and Wii U, but to celebrate 25 years^e Pokémon anniversary, it arrives on Nintendo Switch on April 30.

In case you haven’t read it during the day, Pokémon Snap is the best: you are a photographer and your job (I guess it’s your job?) is to travel to take pictures of Pokémon. That is just about everything. You capture shy pocket monsters in desserts, jungles, and other environments, and your photos are awarded points based on their makeup. If it’s as good as the original, it’ll be way better than anything you’ll ever do in your life. Check out the new trailer and you’ll see.

Definition of the week: “Hype house”

Andrew Yang, Meme-based presidential candidate and New York mayoral hopeful, recently said part of his plan for Gotham is to encourage “threshing houses” to move into the city. If you’re too busy ‘having a job’ and ‘living your life’ to know what a hype house is, here’s the explanation: Young influencers and social media content creators have moved into expensive homes to collaborate artistically, post tons of TikTok Videos, and otherwise annoy their wealthy neighbors. Think of it like Andy Warhol’s factory, but with less heroin and nothing quite as cool as The Velvet Underground.

“Hype house” was invented back in december, when 19 of the most influential the folks on TikTok have all moved into a Spanish-style mansion in Los Angeles and called themselves “Hype House”. Now that’s the umbrella term for one of hundreds of similar arrangements across the country, whether it’s a herd of YouTube gamers, an Instag pride.rams influencers, or a TikTok aviary. The trend for internet users living together dates back to 2014, when YouTubers took over the upscale Los Angeles neighborhoods and never left, and like everything young people do, it’s boring and terrible. Wait, I mean this is awesome and the best!

This week in Internet chats: cats vs. technology

Cats have been an Internet staple since the late 1940s, and this week our feline friends are doing a big show on Reddit. the Cats vs Tech Subreddit was originally created in 2014, but for reasons known only to the internet gods it explodes in January 2021. This fast growing subdirectory features videos and photos of cats sitting on hot laptops, understand how water coolers work, or trying to outsmart their autoloader. In other words, there are cats in it, and the cats are pretty good. Especially when they’re on the internet and I don’t have to take their shit out of a box in the laundry room.

Viral video of the week: Ultra unboxing

The viral videos that people are really sharing this week Capitol rioters bragging about committing crimes, grinning awkwardly while stealing lecterns and incitement to violence, but it’s all kinds of depressing, so instead let’s calm our shaking nerves with Unbox therapy! Unboxing videos are a weirdly hypnotic subgenre of YouTube videos where someone opens a box with a new product and shows the content, and Unbox Therapy’s latest addition is an epic. It showcased the full range of Samsung Galaxy S21 products, including the Ultra 5G S21, Galaxy S21, and S21 +, as well as their Galaxy Buds headset. It’s 22 minutes of hardcore, uncensored unpacking, where cell phones are stripped of their packaging and displayed in crystal clear HD. You can see every connector port, every charger cable, every camera lens …my god, when he peels that plastic protective sheet off the billboard …