Thanks, Internet: The Best Five Things Online This Week
This week in “Thanks, Internet” — Wikipedia does GIFs, take an aural whistle stop tour of Tarantino's work, a billionaire lifestyle magazine pairs yachts with inspirational quotes, McDonald's and Burger King give birth to the McWhopper, a tax return simulator web game has a dragon to help you.
1. The sounds of Tarantino
Jacob T. Swinney has made a fast-paced, condensed whistle stop tour of Quentin Tarantino's distinct soundscape. This is sound of blood, sweat and tears. Bang, bang!
2.Wikipedia in GIF form
— GIFs of Wikipedia (@GIFsofWikipedia) August 27, 2015
An unofficial Twitter account that pulls GIFs from everyone's favorite crowd-sourced encyclopedia is just as random and surreal as Wikipedia itself. Behold: an animated eight-ball bounces, a storm rotates towards India, a CGI swimmer executes a perfect backstroke. None of it makes any sense. It’s the internet’s purest manifestation of chaos theory.
- HT, @mattfrassica
3. Yachts and Gandhi
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi pic.twitter.com/RYGvPcWLVy
— Billionaire Magazine (@BillionMagazine) August 24, 2015
The Billionaire Magazine (because contrary to popular belief, billionaires do read) has an entirely unironic Twitter feed that pairs images of yachts the size of small countries, cars that burn enough gas to drain Saudi Arabia and homes that look like Bond set design pieces with inspirational quotes from the likes of Gandhi, Winston Churchill and Benjamin Franklin. Because the grand message that unites all of their teachings is: “I’m on a boat.”
- HT, @ethanchiel who goes to town on this here.
4. The Dragon Tax Return Simulator
Not spending enough time filling out tax returns? Fill that A4 paperwork-shaped hole in your soul with a web game that simulates the process for you…with the help of a dragon. If only you had a trusty fire-breather to help you navigate the bureaucratic nightmare of dealing with the IRS IRL.
5. Behold the McWhopper
Two fast food frenemies, Burger King and McDonald's, are making a burger together in the name of world peace. They will join forces to run a restaurant selling the McWhopper, an exquisite blend of the Big Mac and the Whopper. This artistic collaboration almost trumps Taco Bell’s dystopian summer advertising campaign, which mysteriously disappeared off the internet after its critical acclaim.
