30 Random Bits of Trivia About the Digital Age and Beyond

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30 Random Bits of Trivia About the Digital Age and Beyond
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We fully appreciate the irony of being wary of digital and social media while typing a pre-list blurb on a digital media platform that we hope you share on social media. We all have our lines though, don’t we? Like, we’re more than okay with this, but an A.I. church service seems a little freaky. 

Where’s your line? Was is the first home computer way back when, or have you not even reached it yet? 

Some of the nonsense on this list might get you to your line any minute now.

A.I. Church Service

AI takes over the pulpit. On June 9, 2023, hundreds of German Protestants gathered in Bavaria for a 40-minute church service that was almost entirely led by a ChatGPT chatbot, represented by avatars on a large screen above the altar. CRACKED

Dame Judi Dench’s TikTok Account

Dame Judi Dench danced on TikTok, in sketches written by her grandson. are 63 OLIVEBE Dench said TikTok saved my life in the lockdown - there was nothing to do, and all the days blurred together, so she did the videos her grandson wrote. CRACKED.COM

Ad Revenue on Sites That Pirate Movies

CRACKED.COM TANGLED TECH A new study claims total ad revenue on about 7000 sites and apps that stream pirated movies comes to $1.3 billion annually. Somehow I think Disney will still do just fine when it comes to making mega money.

The State Department’s Thirst for Facebook Likes

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Curated A.I. Music Feeds

CRACKED MUSIC Companies are now using AI to create recommendation feeds on music platforms like SoundCloud and Spotify. This could lead to artists making shorter, snappier songs to reach more people.

The Dad Who Went to Extreme Lengths to Keep His Kids Off Social Media

In France, one dad took out WEIRD WORLD his whole town's internet with a signal jammer. Social Netwo f Facebook Instagram Twister G+ P t Googles Pinterest Tumble in N Не was just trying to get his kids off social media at night, but he killed the whole town's Linkedin WhatsApp Messenger internet connection every night he used the jammer. CRACKED.COM

Rue Crémieux’s Instagram Problem

The residents of Rue Crémieux in Paris have urged the local council to close their street on evenings and weekends due to all the visitors looking for perfect Instagram shots that ended up disrupting their daily lives. CRACKED COM A local even set up Instagram and Twitter accounts to document visitors doing cringey poses and dance videos.

Social Credit Scores

Real-Life Dystopian Tropes SOCIAL CREDIT SCORES The social credit system is a moral ranking system that the Chinese Communist Party has been constructing for years to monitor the behavior of its enormous population. Punishments for bad behavior include travel bans and slow internet speeds. CRACKED

Smart Cities

Real-Life Dystopian Tropes FACIAL RECOGNITION IN SMART CITIES The iPhone XS's facial recognition software is seen as a stepping stone to more complex AI that will be implemented across the infrastructure of smart cities. There is concern that there is potential for abuse by police forces and targeted advertising by retailers. CRACKED

OK Go

OK Go was a pioneer in viral music videos. Their treadmill choreography in 2009's Here It Goes Again was a massive hit that led to their rube goldberg machine video for This Too Shall Pass. With a crew of 60 people, the machine synced up with the song itself and took roughly 60 takes to complete. CRACKED

Andy Samberg’s Lazy Sunday

CRACKED.COM Andy Samberg Lazy Sunday made him famous overnight. Samberg and The Lonely Island (with and without SNL) had some underground hits. Yet it was only with Lazy Sunday's viral success during the early days of Youtube that Samberg started getting recognized on the street.

The Apple I

The Apple I 167 in Grane 13 340 DAAOm VCO APPLE: COMPUTER Apple's first product was actually just a circuit board. Users had to add their own keyboards, monitors, and custom cases. CRACKED.COM

The Original Xbox

The original in Xbox in Mondensarat Grane 13 340 0600m XBOX This aluminum behemoth accompanied Bill Gates on his GDC 2000 keynote when he announced Microsoft's foray into console gaming. CRACKED.COM

The Alex from Target Meme

THE MEME: Alex from Target 28 ST After his pic went viral, he THE wound up on Ellen, dropped AFTERMATH: out of school, then went on an influencers tour. But after a couple of years of living in the spotlight, he deleted his social media and disappeared. CRACKED.COM

The Cinnamon Challenge

CRACKED TERRIBLE NETTRENDS CHOKING TO DEATH ON CINNAMON The Cinnamon Challenge has been linked to the death of a four-year-old, who choked to death after ingesting nearly a whole container of cinnamon powder.

Lorde’s Onion Ring Reviews

Lorde used to review onion rings on the Instagram account @onionringsworldwide. onionringsworldwide From the service stop Burger King near Hatfield. ] didn't actually know Burger King did onion rings. and good thing didn't because they are not good. Characteristics were a mulched onion filling with a distinct bitterness 1/5. Here's one example: eom Bareburger in New York Cty Actually pretty gOOd- thick sweet whte onion Gond flavour onthe crumh 4/$ CRACKED.COM

Social Media Gurus

BRAND Social Media Gurus BRAND are everywhere. A recent count found 181,000 of them on Twitter, alone. MARKETING @ SALES @ Unless a person has a thorough understanding of public relations, marketing, and customer service, a self-proclaimed guru will not help your business at all. No matter how much they tweet. CRACKED.COM http://www.businessinsider.com/why-i-will-never-ever-hire-a-social-medis-expert-2011-5

Posting in the 1700s

Instagram posts were already a thing in the 1700s. Social media didn't exist back then-but braggy vacation pictures did. Wealthy young men would visit far-away cities and commission vedute, which were highly detailed paintings of the place (sometimes including the visitor himself) to show his friends at home. CRACKED.COM

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Kim Kardashian’s Diet Lollipop Spam Ads

Kim Kardashian spammed social media with useless diet lollipops. Marketing sugar-filled lollipops with unproven secret ingredients as a weight loss tool may seem incongruous, but what's even less rational is posting an Instagram advertisement for such a product during Mental Health Awareness Week. kimkardashian Follow kimkardashian #ad You guys... FLATTUMMY @flattummyco just dropped a new LOLLIPOPS product. They're Appetite Suppressant LO Lollipops and they're literally unreal. Appetite Suppressont They're giving the first 500 people on their website 15% OFF so if you want to get your hands on some... you need to do it quick! #suckit Load more comments Which

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The iPhone Prototype from the 1980s

Apple wanted to make the iPhone back in the '80s. CRACKED.COM The first design of the iPhone was made back as far as 1983, which looks more like the iPad, but with an actual phone attached.

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Khaby Lame

By reacting to absurd life hacks. 002745 2 Drawan CRACKED.COM Khaby Lame quickly rose to fame recently after his videos, which are deadpan reactions to useless life hacks, went viral on TikTok. By breaking down the flaws in a myriad of DIY videos without saying a word, he was able to reach audiences regardless of what language they spoke. To date he has partnered with the likes of Netflix, food company Brilla, and fantasy sports platform Dream11.

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