Time Travel TV, Unreal Humans, and Mr. T Gets Short and Stout
5 oddities to ponder and share
Hello, fellow Oddballer!
I guarantee that if you bring up one of the following oddities in mixed company, you will be deemed odd... possibly in a good way! Or possibly in a bad way. It's a mystery!
As always, links are in bold and underlined. Have fun with those. So, without further ado, here are five oddballs for your eyeballs!
Koo Koo Kanga Roo
In college, I was in a band with my buddy Trevor. We called ourselves “BURRITO.” We thought that since college garage bands were historically and notoriously bad, yet were somehow accepted and applauded, to be booed off the stage would be an incredible feat! Strangely, people actually liked our music so we gave up the fight. Koo Koo Kanga Roo, however, did not. In Trevor's words, "They took it to the next level."
In short, these guys are a couple of oddballs that make music videos for kids. They didn't start off that way as you can read on their "About Us" page. Sometimes life leads us down strange roads but, if we're earnest in our endeavors and open to opportunity, we can find our niche, however weird.
Fake Humans Faster
Our current AI revolution is filled with oddities, both good and bad. I'm filing under "eerily bad." If you're not familiar, "Unreal Engine" is software that calls itself, "The world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool." Basically, they create unbelievable 3D graphics in no time flat. And now, they can make fake human faces in the blink of an eye (no pun intended).
I don't have to tell you how bad this can turn out. Deep fakes already abound. With this, entire videos about fake people can now be produced - we won't know what's real and what isn't. For me, the oddest thing about it is that so many people are actively working to make this happen. Thoughts?
A TV That Travels Through Time
What if you could turn on a special TV and watch ANYTHING in the history of our world? You could see Jesus give the Sermon on the Mount, the arrival of the Mayflower, or see if King Tut really danced as depicted on SNL. There are people who believe such a TV exists and they call it the Cronovisor.
Personally, I don't buy it. Yeah, they talk a lot of science, but there has to be some camera-like device to capture the image. Even our eyes are such cameras in that they are at a fixed point in space, set to receive light transmission. Yet, I'm not a scientist and there are tons of things I don't understand so... who knows?
This Doll Has Bling in Her Business
I honestly can't tell you how I found this doll, but I did. Having a three-year-old makes me search for fun toys. This isn't one of them. Behold, the "Baby Born Surprise Magic Potty Surprise Purple Eyes". A product marketed with the catchy catchphrase "Doll Pees Glitter & Poops Surprise Charms!"
This toy is disturbing to me, but am I weird to think that? What am I missing? Is this doll actually a good thing, helping kids potty train? Or is something like this an indication that our culture is going down the drain?
Mr. T Tea Set
From what I can ascertain, this was some student's class project. I can't figure out what class it was from, but I would like to take that class. A quick search online yields a site that makes it look like you can purchase this set for about $15, but then it takes you to Amazon for a Mr. T coffee mug. Boo!
Of course, I have no desire to clutter up my house with such novelties. That said, if I DID have this tea set, I may be inclined to invite the neighbors over for tea. Then again, after seeing this, they may not come back. Pity the fool!
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Jason
Entertaining!!! 🤣
Thank you! Although, the fake humans are more scary than entertaining. :D