1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,500 Hello. 2 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:03,760 I stopped the microwave right before it beeped, 3 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:05,720 but stuff still happened. 4 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:06,440 So what's up? 5 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,720 Oopsie doopsie, we lost contact with the Voyager 2, 6 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:10,880 the sequel to Voyager. 7 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,440 OK, so you know that space probe that we sent out 8 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:15,960 that's supposed to just kind of go straight into the universe, 9 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:17,040 like forever? 10 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,040 Well, oops, we lost contact with it temporarily, 11 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:21,520 to be clear, hopefully. 12 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:23,760 So the people operating the communications with this thing 13 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:25,560 accidentally sent the wrong command, 14 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,720 and it made the dish just kind of tilt ever so slightly out 15 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,200 of the way, and now it won't talk to us anymore. 16 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:32,440 But here's the thing. 17 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,360 Scientists are smart, and they know that humans are dumb. 18 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:36,560 And so there's a failsafe. 19 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:38,360 It's going to orient itself back towards Earth 20 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,240 in a matter of months on its own. 21 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,280 But in the meantime, we're just kind of blasting 22 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,880 its general area with a, please, hey, please reply. 23 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:47,400 Voyager 2, we didn't mean it. 24 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:48,520 I'm so sorry. 25 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:49,200 Call me. 26 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:50,520 Anyway, this is legit funny. 27 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,560 Like, oops. 28 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,360 It is the scientific equivalent of hitting send on photos 29 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:56,560 that you had meant for one person, 30 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,000 and it went to somebody else. 31 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,640 You done goofed? 32 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:01,680 Going to have to wait for things to cool off a bit. 33 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:03,920 Now, while we're waiting to reestablish contact, 34 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,040 maybe we can be playing with our Switch 2, 35 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,920 because we've got some details about Nintendo's next console. 36 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:09,800 Kind of. 37 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,000 I'm going to say Switch 2. 38 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,040 We don't have confirmation that it's a Switch 2, 39 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:14,160 but here's what we do know. 40 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:15,480 It is reportedly going to come out 41 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,400 in the second half of 2024. 42 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:21,880 That's pretty soon in the grand scheme of Earth. 43 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,360 We know it's going to have some sort of portable playability, 44 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,440 which lends some credibility to it being maybe a Switch 2. 45 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,480 We know it's going to have an LCD screen, not an OLED screen, 46 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,480 and we know you're going to be able to port your Nintendo 47 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,400 account over from your Switch to it, 48 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,520 which kind of maybe implies some backwards compatibility 49 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,240 in games library. 50 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,840 But I mean, it's Nintendo, so don't hold your breath. 51 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,640 Also, expect cartridges again. 52 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:44,680 That's fine. 53 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:45,160 Who cares? 54 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,920 Now, I'm saying Switch 2, but this is Nintendo, 55 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:52,440 the creators of the Wii U and the new Nintendo 3DS XL. 56 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:53,720 So for all we know, this is going 57 00:01:53,720 --> 00:02:00,280 to be the new Nintendo Switch U us Wii edition. 58 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:01,520 But I do not give a shit. 59 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,240 As long as they release Animal Crossing, I'm fine. 60 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:08,160 Quick aside, I'm a long time Animal Crossing boy. 61 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:09,800 A long time Animal Crossing boy. 62 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:11,240 I've played all of them. 63 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:12,960 New Horizons was mid. 64 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:13,600 Don't get me wrong. 65 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:14,760 New Horizons was great. 66 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,160 It was what we needed at the time. 67 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:17,560 It was still an Animal Crossing game, 68 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,360 and all Animal Crossing games are very, very, very good. 69 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,320 But compared to the other ones, it was just fine. 70 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,240 I liked being able to put furniture everywhere. 71 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,000 I liked being able to edit my terrain, 72 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,760 but it had a lot fewer shops. 73 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,120 It had a lot less expanding of the store. 74 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,840 It just lacked a lot of the other stuff that made 75 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:35,600 it have a sense of progression. 76 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:36,520 I don't love that. 77 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,880 New Leaf had a whole downtown, and you 78 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,400 could do public works projects. 79 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,160 There was some cool stuff going on there. 80 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,880 I was also really hoping for longer term support 81 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,920 and more events and updates and stuff. 82 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:51,040 And they really just kind of fumbled that. 83 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,600 Nintendo had on their hands some incredible social phenomenon 84 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,240 gaming experience, and they just bumbled the ball, 85 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:58,440 because it's Nintendo, and they're 86 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,040 going to fuck up online play. 87 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,840 I do not feel like watching a multi-minute cut scene every 88 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:04,840 time I want to go say hi to a friend, especially 89 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,800 in the era where I can just click a button 90 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:08,440 and join my friend's game on Steam. 91 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:09,680 I'm done with this topic now. 92 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:10,400 Let's move on. 93 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:11,240 I apologize. 94 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,840 I am simply very passionate about Crossing Animals. 95 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,680 YouTube sensation and guy who should give me a lot of money, 96 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,280 MrBeast, is suing his burger people. 97 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,360 That's right, MrBeast has a line of burgers 98 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:22,680 called MrBeast Burger. 99 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,840 It was a partnership that he did with a company called 100 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,840 Virtual Dining Concepts. 101 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,640 In the depths of the pandemic, the ghost kitchen phenomenon 102 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:34,400 was going wild, where you take a restaurant 103 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,240 and you use their kitchen to prepare food 104 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:37,920 for a virtual brand. 105 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,200 Restaurants were open to this because they 106 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:41,720 needed any kind of money. 107 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:43,800 And so a bunch of ghost kitchen management companies 108 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:45,440 cropped up, and they had a bunch of investors 109 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,480 to put brand names on things like MrBeast and MrBeast 110 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:49,040 Burgers. 111 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:50,240 But here's the thing. 112 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,560 It turns out they didn't do shit quality control, 113 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:53,360 because why would they? 114 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,800 They were just trying to get a quick buck off of a pandemic. 115 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,360 And so MrBeast is not particularly 116 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:58,960 happy about the quality of the burgers, 117 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,040 because he was supposed to be saying, 118 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,280 oh, these burgers are great. 119 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,080 But it turns out they were vile. 120 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,200 I'm sure that in some places they were quite good. 121 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,000 I'm sure they were perfectly capable burgers, 122 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,660 depending on the kitchen you ordered from. 123 00:04:08,660 --> 00:04:10,480 But there was no consistency whatsoever. 124 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,680 And so there was a bunch of reports of people being like, 125 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,560 my burger is like fucking frozen or covered in mold. 126 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:16,280 It's bad. 127 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:17,920 Anyway, MrBeast is now suing them, 128 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,080 because it ain't good for his brand. 129 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,960 Hey, MrBeast, can I have a, can I get like five bucks? 130 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,800 Let's talk about the ongoing coup in Niger. 131 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,440 It's actually getting kind of out of hand. 132 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,920 Africa might have a sort of continental war. 133 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:32,720 And that's not good. 134 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:33,880 So Niger has had a coup. 135 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:34,940 I've talked about that last time. 136 00:04:34,940 --> 00:04:36,260 And they're trying to essentially separate 137 00:04:36,260 --> 00:04:37,400 from Western influence. 138 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:38,720 There are countries on the continent 139 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,760 that aren't interested in separating 140 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,040 from Western influence. 141 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,620 And there are countries that are also very much interested 142 00:04:44,620 --> 00:04:46,680 in supporting Niger in their efforts. 143 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,280 So while Niger is saying, leave us alone, 144 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:49,740 let us handle our own shit, they've 145 00:04:49,740 --> 00:04:52,240 got support from some countries nearby and opposition 146 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:53,760 from other countries nearby. 147 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,440 And meanwhile, all the foreign powers 148 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:56,960 who like to play around in Africa 149 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:58,840 are pulling out and watching from afar, 150 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:01,880 because it's suddenly not convenient to be in that area. 151 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:06,520 On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence 152 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:07,800 was actually signed. 153 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:08,720 So don't get me wrong. 154 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,080 July 4th is when it was adopted, ratified, 155 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:12,280 all the important stuff. 156 00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:14,480 The actual physical signature apparently 157 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,000 didn't take place until today. 158 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,440 This is according to a letter that 159 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,600 described the situation written by Benjamin Rush in 1811. 160 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,680 Apparently the vibes in the room were pretty somber, 161 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:24,560 as people were thinking that they were essentially signing 162 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:25,680 their death certificate. 163 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,400 So much so that one signer, who was apparently particularly 164 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,600 ample, cracked a joke about how his weight would help him die 165 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,040 faster when they all get hanged. 166 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:33,640 Fun stuff. 167 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,480 The wackiest part is that joke would land in modern humor. 168 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:38,160 Lightning round. 169 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,380 So the SEC is suing Coinbase, and we knew that. 170 00:05:40,380 --> 00:05:42,380 But apparently they had previously asked Coinbase 171 00:05:42,380 --> 00:05:45,120 to stop trading all cryptocurrency besides Bitcoin. 172 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,840 There is a leprosy outbreak in Florida. 173 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:51,480 Donald Trump has been indicted again, again, again, again, 174 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,200 this time around January 6th. 175 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,360 And the indictment also includes Rudy Giuliani 176 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:56,440 and other co-conspirators. 177 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:00,200 Paul Rubin, the guy who was Pee-wee Herman, he died at age 70. 178 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,680 There's a weird looking bear at a zoo in China. 179 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,360 And it looks so strange that people 180 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:07,320 think that it's a person in a bear costume, so much so 181 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,400 that it's actually driving a 30% increase in traffic 182 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:11,120 to the exhibit. 183 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,360 BBC News is giving Macedon a try. 184 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,000 They've set up their own Macedon instance to give it a test run. 185 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,520 Meanwhile, at X slash Twitter, Elon Musk 186 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,400 is suing an online hate research group 187 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,320 for trying to do research about online hate on Twitter. 188 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,160 And finally for today, get hype, because the Euclid Space 189 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,840 Telescope is getting ready to do some space telescopery. 190 00:06:30,840 --> 00:06:33,720 This telescope is kind of analogous to the James Webb 191 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:35,240 in some way, but it's like trying 192 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,640 to figure out some secrets about dark matter, 193 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:38,400 among other things. 194 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:39,760 I mean, it's a space telescope. 195 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:40,920 But it's going to be dope. 196 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,400 Well, yes, we just lost contact with the Voyager 2. 197 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,960 We're also out here sending ridiculously powerful measurement 198 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,040 instruments into space to solve mysteries of the universe. 199 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,240 Like, I mean, I had a cinnamon roll for breakfast. 200 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,600 Thank you so much for listening to today's episode of Stuff 201 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:54,320 Keeps Happening. 202 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:58,240 Head to StuffKeepsHappening.online for sources, bonus content, 203 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,800 and landscaping services. 204 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:01,720 My name is Endeavorance. 205 00:07:01,720 --> 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