Internet Gold: Best Viral Content This Week
Welcome to Only Good Internet, where — like a bloodhound that can only smell memes — I track down cool stuff from around the internet and drop it at your feet.
This week, I happened upon a case study in vibe checks. @Soellegirls on TikTok have an absolutely fantastic and extremely watchable series of videos in which they list the top men they would leave their drinks around. I'm obsessed. Maybe it's the ranking format, maybe it's the way they both solemnly nod when they agree with the other's suggestions, I dunno, but every time one pops up on my FYP, I watch the whole thing. Here's one of their rankings, and I dare you to disagree:
Pascal the chameleon from Tangled is a curveball, but where's the lie? I would trust him with my drink, even though he straight-up murdered Gothel at the end of that movie. Yeah, sure, she was already stumbling toward the window, but he'd at least get a manslaughter charge for the intentional trip, and we all know it.
Here's another ranking, and I fully agree with the start of it. Abed from Community? Absolutely. Doug Emhoff? Yeah! Gregory from Abbott Elementary? Yes indeed!
However, I have to admit I'm not enough of a Survivor watcher to weigh in on Joe from Survivor 48, so please let me know if they're still on track here.
As for the Man with the Yellow Hat, I gotta say I'd just be a tad uncomfortable with someone who needs that level of anonymity. Although having just typed that, I googled to see if he has a name, and apparently in 2006 they revealed that his name is Theodore Hans Shackleford, or 'Ted' for short. Do we still trust? Ted sounds like an ok guy, but Theodore Hans Shackleford sounds like he comes from generational wealth that started with a railroad baron. IDK, IDK.
Okay, one more, only because I think both #1s are SO correct:
Anyway, give them a follow because they do lots of other fun stuff. And you can also check out their vids on men they would NOT leave their drink around.
…That the US military gave these instructions to servicemembers who would be stationed in the UK during WWII:
I love that this mostly boils down to, 'Have some manners, idiot.' It fully tracks that Americans would show up at the Brits' doorstep, mid-war, after British citizens have been rationing and hiding underground due to airstrikes, and be like, 'Your beer sucks, dude."
I will be a forever ride-or-die for Tumblr, because every once in a while, the people on that site come together and create something absolutely beautiful, like this:
Literally everybody in that thread killed it! Like, if I read that, I would totally buy the whole site for $1.1 billion and then sell it for $3 million.
'Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's—'
'Actually, please do not look up in the sky!'
I always like to finish every week by leaving you with a little something that doesn't necessarily have a home in a BuzzFeed post or anywhere else, but I feel like I MUST share with you, because I can't get it out of my head. This week, it's all about Brian:
Please pray for the Merriam-Webster social media manager.
— Ah, customer service jobs— This is why I just never talk to anyone— This'll have you saying "The heck is THAT?!" for a bit— My god, she's done it. She's beaten weaponized incompetence— I just learned more than I ever needed to know about swim strokes
That's all for this week, see you later! And remember, if you want more like this, you can subscribe to the Only Good Internet newsletter (if you want, I mean, don't let me tell you what to do, ya know?).
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