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Annoyed by Squid Game 2, too?

I found out why no one messes with Messi

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Andrew Safranko
January 17, 2025

This Week in Dulture…

Approx 3 minute read:

🦑 Season 3 better explain everything!

🤳 TikTok latest

🏀 The swap Wemby wants back

🥷 Don’t Messi with this man

You know how I know climate change is real?  There hasn’t been one snow day this year so far in Toronto.

We’re approaching the dead of winter and the best we got so far is -20 degrees Celsius.  You know what -20 gets you these days?  Indoor recess. 

We used to be good for at least a few snow days a year.  

And what do you do on snow days? Binge TV and movies of course.  Well, I guess you technically go outside and do snow stuff but eventually you come back in and start catching up on all that watching. 

I think it’s safe to say I’m the last person to finish Squid Game 2.  And although it was well done, I don’t know if it was because it was only 7 episodes or just the fact that they could’ve done a bit more, I was left with a bit of an empty feeling towards the show.  

Too many characters were left hanging, which I suppose is the point of ending the season on a cliff hanger.  But I also think it’s a cop-out to not have to do much else around character development for the next season.

I could be obviously wrong. 

But it’s nice to know it won’t take three years to get the next season. Also my YouTube algo is filled with these two guys now. Why aren’t North American celebrities this charming towards one another?

What in the RedNote is going on w/ Tiktok

So are Americans losing TikTok or not? It all comes down to Monday Monday Mondaaaaay *monster truck announcer voice*.

Whether or not a Tiktok miracle happens between now and Monday, a lot of users have already taken refuge in another Chinese social media app called RedNote. A lot of people are treating this mass migration as an act of defiance against the US government.

Meanwhile the Chinese users of RedNote seem to be liking this influx of American users.

A few more things about all of this Tiktok craziness:

  1. Elon Musk, Kevin O’Leary, and MrBeast have all been linked in some shape or form to buying Tiktok this week.

  2. #TiktokRefugee was trending across all social platforms earlier in the week as people sort out what they’re going to do if they can’t use TikTok.

  3. If I was a creator on Tiktok, I would’ve been also posting my content on any other social platform that will take my videos. Based on the public outcry, it doesn’t sound like these creators thought through diversifying their content very much.

  4. Why are people able to download other Chinese social media apps so easily in the US? Shouldn’t the same principle apply of American data being sent to Chinese apps? Where’s my tin-foil hat wear peoples to explain this to me?

  5. Trump has already hinted at announcing an executive order to keep Tiktok around long enough so an American deal for it can happen - apparently it’s relatively easy to “turn off” TikTok for American users and then “turn it back on again”.

Jersey Swap Turns into Yankee Swap

Part of me cringes a little at the thought of taking a game worn jersey from a professional who just sweat their life out in it for a good couple of hours. But the other part of scoffs at that thought as I’d take the sweaty, smelly jersey every single time.

In the NBA people go crazy in the stands just for someone’s headband or wrist guards, let alone if you get lucky enough to actually get a jersey (or shoes for that matter). What started as a tradition in soccer with “shirt swapping” has become a bit of a thing through the years in the NBA.

Remember when Dwayne Wade played his final year and swapped jerseys with so many guys who weren’t even playing on the same team the following season?

I don’t even remember Paul George on the Thunder…

This moment might’ve been the most interesting thing to happen to the Raptors within the past couple of years.

They knew what they were doing

In December a young fan had a fun moment when he swapped jerseys with Victor Wembanyama. I mean look at the hilarious size difference, the kid can fit in his pocket.

Well, turns out this particular jersey swap didn’t last very long as the jersey was soon found on an auction site within a day or so. I mean, the kid obviously didn’t put the jersey on the site but if Wemby really took the kid’s jersey then poor guy got nothing out of this deal.

Wemby just noticed this on Wednesday…

Messi’s Personal Bodyguard

Is there anyone that fans have ran onto the field more for than Messi? With all of these occurrences, have you ever noticed a particular guy that is always there when it happens?

Let me introduce you to Messi’s personal security guard, Yassine Chueko.

If someone runs out on the field, Yassine is there.

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If someone touches Messi, Yassine is there.

If someone looks at Messi the wrong way, Yassine is there.

Wherever Messi goes, Yassine is basically there.

His IG profile was trending this week because he evolved from showing tires being dropped on his abs to breaking a Dyson with his core.

After doing some research on this man, even if only the MMA parts are true about him, I don’t think I’d be running on the pitch trying to get a hug from Messi. In the words of the great Dana White, that’s one bad m*therf*cker. 

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