Ok so yesterday I went to the gym and my iPod is dead so i watched the news during my 40 minute workout and I became aware of a few very weird and interesting things.
One story that caught my eye was about animals getting swine flu. When you go to fairs and things of that nature there are usually farm animals that are waiting to race, or be judged for prizes or just there for an adorable petting zoo for people of all ages. So this means that when you go to look and pet the animals they are in a large pen of some sort behind a metal fence. Now farmers and animal owners are worried about the animals getting swine flu from children and other people. So now if you visit a farm or a fair where there are animals on display they are behind a glass case. How mean is that! Not only is it mean for the animals who have to be confined to this glass case all day and who knows even maybe all night, but it really is not fair to the people who are there to visit the animals. If the farmers and animal owners are so concerned with the animals getting sick, then maybe they should forgo being at that event this year. Just dont bring the animals at all. The children and people at the fair will get over not seeing the animals for one year I'm sure. And if they can't seem to get over it then I guess they have some serious farm animal issues they need to figure out sooner than later. But on the serious side of this, the animals will be safe if they are kept at their home and away from all the swine flu infected people walking around petting them.
Another weird and funny thing mentioned in yesterdays news was that apparently, multitasking is ruining our brains. That's right folks, if you are a professional multitasker, our brains will start leaking out of ears fairly soon. A study was done that showed college students who multitask too much had really horrbile memories. Ok not only does this seem like it could be slightly true but also kind of silly. Not to mention the fact that if multitasking rots your brain, then theres a lot of people out there who are going to wind up mentally retarded. For example, anyone (such as me) who is a computer/social media multitasker. That means that me, all the youtube stars out there, most celebrities, and anyone who works in an office. All of us will eventually have terrible memories, and our knowledge will deteriorate until we can no longer function. OK that last part was kind of an exaggeration but you get my point. For me, at my office I am constantly doing a million things at once. I listen to Pandora, watch YouTube videos, update twitter, mess around on Facebook, answer emails, print out documents, chat on Aim and most of these programs are up and running all at the same time all day long. Hence my prediction of my brain oozing out of my ears at any moment should this continue on for the next year.
I know if any of my friends are reading this they are so sick of me talking about YouTube but, you'll have to get over it for a minute. All the YouTube "stars" are constantly on their own many forms of social media and they have to be to keep up their fan base. All the ones I watch such as Shane Dawson, Charles Trippy, ShayCarl, Phil Defranco, etc. all update twitter constantly, I'm sure they are editing videos constantly, watching TV, going on the internet for research, etc. That is their job so basically what the news is saying, that for people like the YouTube stars their jobs are making their brains deteriorate. For what its worth YouTube stars: I have enjoyed watching you for the time being and should your brains rot anytime soon, just know that you were loved and watched by millions :)
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