hey, you! happyâŚSundayâŚ!
thanks for reading the eleventh issue of The Kids Are All Right, your weekly TikTok digest from the kinda gal who buys extra La Croix when itâs on sale.
enjoy,
L
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you may have noticed the newsletter is a day late today. i wish i had some Impressive Adult Reason for that, but i do not. and you, dear reader, deserve the unvarnished truth. iâve become addicted to Stardew Valley.
Stardew Valley, for those of you not yet in its clutches, is a computer game in which you play as a young adult who, fed up with your corporate job, decides to move out to the farmland youâve inherited from your grandfather. once there, you learn how to make money through farming, animal husbandry, mining, fishing, and a whole host of other activities. you can also make friends with the villagers, find out whoâs single, and marry the man or woman of your choice (regardless of your characterâs sex â so, yes, you can be gay!!!) once you interact with them enough. you go from day to day collecting things, farming, and socializing. it sounds simple, but it is so. addictive.
my character is a dude named Lee whoâs almost finished exploring the mines and is currently getting serious with the town doctor, an adorably meek and mustachioed man named Harvey who loves planes but fears heights. i have a coop with four chickens who iâve named after the detectives and prosecutors from Law & Order: SVU, and i just bought a duck who i named after one of the defense attorneys.
YOU KNOW. TOTALLY NORMAL ADULT STUFF.
so, yeah. i didnât put the newsletter outyesterday because i was literally playing a video game all day. and itâs going out late tonight because i spent my whole Sunday doing all the chores i meant to do on Saturday. but thatâs LIFE, baby!
when not wooing pixels, iâve also been:
đľ listening to: French pop, Taylor Swiftâs Fearless
đ watching: Law & Order: SVU, Black Swan, Suspiria (2018)
đ reading: Why Does He Do That? by Lundy Bancroft
The Main Event
here are some of my favorite TikToks as of late.
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Me Want Bite
this dude named Keyes (@itskeyes) writes catchy little ditties about things he finds particularly funny, interesting, or terrifying. he is best known for wanting to defy the laws of nature. his songs are also really, really catchy. click below to see for yourself.
he blew up in early January for this tune about eating cattails (which TikTok has come to lovingly refer to as âwater glizziesâ). thus, âMe Want Biteâ was born.
it inspired this sequel, âMe Would Like to Partakeâ
and finally, we recently got a third installment, which has been stuck in my head for a week. i present to you, âMe Want Squish.â
he also did a song about Big Birdâs horrifying cousin, GaribaldoâŚ
âŚand completely riffed a spin-off song about another horrifying Brazilian childrenâs character.
my personal favorite video of his, however, is this one, about a part of Yellowstone National Park where you can apparently murder with impunity
Wild Animals
having a song about a beluga whale stuck in my head all week inspired me to put together this little collection of videos in which man meets beast, man films beast, and beast goes viral for being majestic/adorable/ridiculous.
did you miss last weekâs Bird of the Week? donât worry, here it is! and hereâs this weekâs!
this week in âvery glad this was caught on video but if it was me behind the camera i would be terrifiedâ
staff members from a wildlife preserve in Louisiana present their wards with some valentines
the Tennessee Aquarium makes one of my favorite videos in recent memory by a) using a Taylor Swift song, b) making fun of their own helpless sealife, and c) memeing like a pro
Made with Love
since last weekâs newsletter went out on the 13th, i got a flood of new, adorable Valentineâs Day content on my TikTok feed afterwards. so hereâs even more sweet videos, in which people find creative ways to spread love to others.
Misc. Delightful Content
you know whatâs up.
Dancer of the Week
for sure this Swedish friend group
thatâs it for now! remember: if weâre kind and polite, the world will be right. đť