YKS The Mag #26

Hello its another news letter for you to read. I hope you don’t mind. I hope its not too much of a bother. Even though I already know it is. I know you guys hate me so much :( I’ll just make this quick and I’ll try not to get in your way. :(

This week we had some crazy shit as well as some shit that was honestly insane. Which project made jesse go “are you serious” and then made me go “yeah im serious” ? I guess you’ll have to read on, and find out!

Sox Education

Christopher Underwood is an American sales manager and reality television personality, best known for competing on and winning Survivor: Edge of Extinction.  the 38th season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor.

And there’s some other guys too but they suck and I think one is an auctioneer or something. Bizarre. Anyway this guy and his friends are trying to launch a funny sock company with sex designs on them and one of the guys won Survivor. Pretty silly.

The survivor subreddit fried his ass up, too.

“This season introduced a new feature wherein contestants who are voted out have an option to take a boat to the titular "Edge of Extinction" rather than leave the game permanently.[3] The Edge of Extinction is a desolate, abandoned beach with even fewer amenities than the main island: contestants on the Edge of Extinction may either wait for an opportunity to re-join the main game or may choose to leave the game at any point by raising a white sail. Castaways on the Edge of Extinction were given regular correspondence by way of coded maps and letters, which led to the location of daily rice rations and advantages in the game. The remaining contestants were initially unaware of this twist; it was officially revealed at the tribal merge, at which point the remaining Edge of Extinction castaways competed in a challenge with the winner returning to the game. The losing castaways were given the opportunity to remain on the Edge of Extinction and, from that point on, all remaining Edge of Extinction inhabitants went to each Tribal Council as members of the jury.”

Oh my god that sounds so insane. Is that seriously what goes on over there on those shows. I was reading how he actually won and it’s just drivel. Just the ravings of a madman here, check it out:

“Once back in the main competition, Underwood quickly made new allies in an attempt to keep the target off his back. He gave Devens one half of a two-piece immunity idol that he had received earlier in the day, as a reward for winning the challenge. Underwood also helped fellow castaway Julie Rosenberg win immunity on Day 36. He also successfully convinced Lauren O'Connell to play her hidden immunity idol on him later that night, despite the fact that he wasn't the main target at that night's Tribal Council. The next night, Devens won individual immunity and gave back the other half of Underwood's idol, allowing Underwood to play it to save himself. On Day 38, Underwood himself won immunity, but in a shocking move, gave the immunity necklace to Rosenberg so that he could try to eliminate Devens in a fire-making challenge that would determine who would join the other castaways, Gavin Whitson and Rosenberg, in the finals. Underwood would win this challenge, sending Devens out of the game again, and onto the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, the jury questioned Underwood's worthiness of being in the finals, given that he was in the main game for only 13 days. In response, Underwood noted that because he was on the edge of Extinction for so long, he only had a few days to make big moves to show that he was deserving of the title of Sole Survivor. He went on to say that he did just that, by playing one idol correctly, flushing someone else's idol as well, and giving up immunity to compete in, and win, a fire-making battle, all in the span of just three days. Jury member Julia Carter also defended him, by pointing out that he had done more in his short time in the main game than the other finalists had done in 39 days. Underwood also stated that, in the game of Survivor, one cannot "screw around" with other people in the game nor "treat people like chess pieces;" rather, one must have real relationships with others in the game in order to get to the end and win.”

Alright. Congrats to Lauren Underwhood on her immunity idol. Woof. Oh hey and the socks are stupid, too.

The Gate: reusable airtight drinking ports for face masks

Designed for all disposable & most reusable masks. An eco-friendly upgrade for traveling, working out & going out. Keeps masks cleaner.

It’s a certified goldrush, gang ohh we love a pandemic when it lines our pockets ouuu hey this one isn’t like those other things though. This one is just a little rubber gasket thing for the hole YOU cut out of your mask. Kinda silly and maybe defeats the purpose. But who cares. Who honestly even gives a shit. God I can’t wait for this to be over. I’m not even talking about the pandemic, either. Just all of it. I mean my god. Alright! Well that’s The Gate!

Classy Gentleman™ The Brand | Do GOOD™ The Movement

“In a world where there can be so much division and where we are torn between so many different angles, we need a unifying voice, calling us to Do GOOD. We are that voice. No matter where you stand, who you are, or what you believe of others, Do GOOD. Even when it's hard. “

No idea. These dudes want to start a clothing line about positivity or something which would be sick as hell but their designs are so bad. Anyway best of luck to them. And their video is bizarre also. Really great.

Goovis Lite

Hey it’s the return of Goovis. Goovis 2: Son of Goovis. That’s what I would have called the episode. Nobody asks me though. I’m just a piece of dog shit! Just playing. Hey this is one of them what you call its, Head Mounted Displays. You just hook this joint up to your phone or laptop or what have you and whammo, you got a big screen on your face.

I started really researching this one so I could sound smart and impress you guys and I fell down a rabbit hole of terminology like freaking dpi and ppi. Pretty soon I was saying SOS! I’m joking. I suppose these are fine if you want to watch a movie on your face, which I’ve done, since i got that Valve Index. I didn’t watch porn on it or anything like that like I know you were already typing it out. Some guy asked that. Did you watch porn on it. How about getting your mind out of the gutter, stupid.

Clik That Link

No clue what this one was. I think this was Jesse’s. Does anyone else zone out when that guy talks. I mean come on. Anyway I should say something about this one. I loved it!

Emo: The Coolest AI Desktop Pet with Personality and Ideas

Hey these guys ripped off some other company and got their project pulled. Check out the copyright notification:

“Description of infringing material: The Emo robot and the entirety of the project violate and infringe the DDL copyrights and other intellectual property. In particular, the Emo robot substantially copies the facial graphics and animatronics and associated sounds of Vector and Cozmo in connection with the actions of the Emo robot”

“The confusion created, and infringement of DDL's rights, by Emo is enhanced because the owner of Emo initially sought to promote Emo as a "friend" of Vector. In particular, earlier this year, Living.Ai utilized a series of posts on the social media platforms Instagram® and Facebook®, including a Facebook® page with multiple posts indicating that “VECTOR® and EMO are friends,” while also uploading a pre-launch marketing video to YouTube®. Also, a pre-launch marketing video released by Living.Ai on its own website, YouTube® page, and Facebook® page included a segment where VECTOR®, which is exclusively owned by DDL, is placed next to EMO and EMO reacts.

DDL was successful in having these earlier posts removed based upon infringement of intellectual property rights, including trademarks and copyrights.”

Fairly ballsy of those guys to not only rip off completely, some other company’s product, but also put THAT company’s product in your marketing video. Extremely tight move by those guys.

Alright well I guess that’s all I’m contractually obligated to do here. We’ll see ya next time.