As Promised: Stuff That's Not a Total Bummer.

[sechan19]

First up, The Museum of Modern Tweets is an intriguing little art project by illustrator Odessa Begay. Using peculiar tweets from famous people as the basis of her works, she posts them to a blog site with the original tweet so that viewers can draw their own conclusions about the absurdity. And she accepts suggestions.

If only Formerly C. Walken would restart his tweeting...

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And here's something from everyone's favorite "Only in Japan" segment.

In Japan, the batsu game (punishment game) is a popular spectator sport. At its most basic, the batsu game involves participants squaring off against one another in a battle to avoid having some terrible consequence befall them. In the following clip, of a Japanese man attempting to count in English, the participants of the game are under strict instructions not to laugh. And if they do...

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Walken had a Twitter account? I'm rather sad I missed out on that, actually.

And I'm continually surprised by the rounds that clip has made on the internet.