The Ethics of Zoo Tycoon | a video essay Bram de Groot 2023-06-01 | More like Zoo... Wait, it's already called Zoo Tycoon? Huh, maybe that should have been a tip-off.🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/BramdeGrootYT📚 Sources:"How Do We Fix The Zoo" - Voxyoutube.com/watch?v=05nDoxdSzwY"We Need to Talk About Zoos" - SURGEsurgeactivism.org/zoos"Zoothanasia - The cruel practice of killing healthy zoo animals" - Salonsalon.com/2018/02/03/zoothanasia-the-cruel-practice-of-killing-healthy-zoo-animals_partner🗒 Chapters:00:00 - Introduction01:54 - Chapter I: Animal Wellbeing06:43 - Chapter II: Preserving Wildlife10:07 - Chapter III: The School of Nature12:34 - Chapter IV: Empathy Machines14:53 - ConclusionIf you've scrolled this far down the description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!
Star Trek: Into Darkness Is a 9/11 Truther Movie | a video essay Bram de Groot 2024-01-21 | 🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/BramdeGrootYT📚 Sources:"International Poll: No Consensus On Who Was Behind 9/11" - World Public Opinion.orgweb.archive.org/web/20081008051244/worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/international_security_bt/535.php"Spock and Awe: How 4 Lucky Post-9/11 War Vets Landed Roles in “Star Trek Into Darkness” - Mother Jonesmotherjones.com/politics/2013/05/star-trek-into-darkness-jj-abrams-iraq-war-veterans"The Time 'Star Trek' Made A 9/11 Truther Movie" - Crackedcracked.com/article_33816_the-time-star-trek-made-a-911-truther-movie.html"'Star Trek 3': Roberto Orci directing, 'Trek' fans unhappy" - Entertainment Weeklyew.com/article/2014/05/14/star-trek-3-orci-directing-rage"Cumberbatch denies playing classic villain Khan in ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’" - NMEnme.com/news/film/cumberbatch-denies-playing-classic-villain-khan-in-875633🗒 Chapters:00:00 - Introduction01:21 - Recap04:07 - Oh no05:22 - Roberto Orci: a quick introduction06:34 - Why does any of this matter09:39 - OutroIf you're actually taking the time to read this description, why not also leave a comment to boost me in the algorithm? Much obliged!
Pikmins Capitalist Wasteland | mini essay Bram de Groot 2023-07-04 | More like Olimarx amirite fellas🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/BramdeGrootYTIf you're actually taking the time to read this description, why not also leave a comment to boost me in the algorithm? Much obliged!
Star Trek: Voyagers Awful Anti-#MeToo Episode | a video essay Bram de Groot 2023-01-06 | The algorithm is almost certainly going to eat this one alive, so shares and engagement are even more welcome than usual!🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/BramdeGrootYT📚 Sources:"Almost No One Is Falsely Accused of Rape" - The Cutthecut.com/article/false-rape-accusations.html"Sex Abuse Suit Dismissed in False Memory Case" - The Washington Postwashingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/12/14/sex-abuse-suit-dismissed-in-false-memory-case/cfbf4cd6-80a7-4eb8-8c8f-e42ef43778eb"The Danger Behind the "False Memory" Myth" - Time's Uptimesupfoundation.org/newsroom/the-danger-behind-the-false-memory-myth🗒 Chapters:00:00 - Introduction02:10 - Episode Recap04:30 - The Myth of False Accusations07:36 - The Myth of Reputational Damage09:11 - The Myth of False Memory Syndrome10:40 - Closing Thoughts & OutroIf you've scrolled this far down the description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!
Are Dogs Art? | a video essay Bram de Groot 2022-11-13 | What is art? Baby, don't hurt me.🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/BramdeGrootYT📚 Sources/further reading/viewing:Philosophy Tube - Intro To Aesthetics:youtube.com/watch?v=2nLa-jF6hHYNick Zangwill, Aesthetic Creation, Oxford University Press, 2007.🗒 Chapters:00:00 - Introduction00:25 - What is art?02:48 - Essentialism/functionalism04:20 - Aesthetic creation theory05:49 - Historical theories07:07 - Institutional theories08:18 - Anti-essentialism10:00 - CreditsIf you've scrolled this far down the description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!
The Refined Tragedy of The Sims #Shorts Bram de Groot 2022-11-04 | 🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/BramdeGrootYT📢 The whole compilation: youtu.be/TXJ1juaozPcMicro essay playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf8nkNAU9qB5PkKo63WeG63LhHbwmiCMvIf you're reading this description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!
How Star Trek: Picard Mishandles Climate Change | mini essay Bram de Groot 2022-10-27 | Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: wren.co/start/bramdegroot The first 100 people who sign up will have 10 extra trees planted in their name!This video was sponsored by Wren🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/BramdeGrootYTIf you've scrolled this far down the description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!
No, the Dutch Farmers Protests Are Not Working Class | see description Bram de Groot 2022-08-11 | Small correction: I'm not actually talking about nitrogen gas, but about nitrous oxide, a gas that is responsible for spoiling the soil and a resulting loss of biodiversity, and for a strong greenhouse effect. Cows also emit methane, another very potent greenhouse gas. While the larger point stands, I wanted to make sure to set the record straight on the details.🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/BramdeGrootYT📚 Sources:On Dutch farmers being millionaires:https://www.ed.nl/overig/gemiddelde-nederlandse-boer-lijkt-miljonair~a106e1a8/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2FOn the horrors of factory farming:thred.com/change/factory-farming-is-an-atrocity-our-generation-must-solveOn pigs being toddlers' intellectual equals:humanesociety.org/animals/pigsOn the police violence used against farmers:https://www.metronieuws.nl/in-het-nieuws/binnenland/2022/07/politie-wapen-boerenblokkades-boerenprotest-schoten/If you've scrolled this far down the description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!
The Weird Morality of Fallout: New Vegas | a video essay Bram de Groot 2022-07-22 | 🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/BramdeGrootYT📚 Articles cited:"The neuroscience of interrogation: Why torture doesn’t work" - NewScientistnewscientist.com/article/mg22830471-200-torture-doesnt-work-says-science-why-are-we-still-doing-it"How alcohol and drug treatment helps to reduce crime" - TERF Island Health Security Agencyukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2017/11/02/how-alcohol-and-drug-treatment-helps-to-reduce-crime🗒 Chapters:00:00 - Introduction01:18 - FNV's Karma System03:03 - Philosophical Lecture06:16 - FNV's Messy Ethical Framework08:54 - Relativism vs Universalism13:15 - Picking Sides: The Faction Quests15:08 - Dehumanizing Addicts17:27 - Closing WordsIf you've scrolled this far down the description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!
Dishonored: A Post-COVID* Analysis | a video essay Bram de Groot 2022-06-11 | A video about COVID-19 conspiracy theories that's nominally about Dishonored.*I'm using post-COVID in the sense that I'm analysing the game after COVID came into existence, not in the sense that the pandemic is somehow behind us now because ooh boy is it not🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/BramdeGrootYT📢 Sophie From Mars - Conspiracy on the Leftyoutube.com/watch?v=aZyIjBxxpTYWriting on Games - Dishonored in 2021 is a Different Kind of Grimyoutube.com/watch?v=i2qCjxVouek&🗒 Chapters:00:00 - Introduction01:20 - "The Great Reset"07:38 - Empty Streets08:28 - Vaccines10:37 - Closing WordsIf you've scrolled this far down the description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!
The Refined Tragedy of The Sims #Shorts Bram de Groot 2022-05-21 | #Shorts🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/BramdeGrootYT📢 The whole compilation: youtu.be/TXJ1juaozPcMicro essay playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf8nkNAU9qB5PkKo63WeG63LhHbwmiCMvIf you're reading this description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!
Was Star Treks Chekhov Actually Progressive? | mini essay Bram de Groot 2022-05-02 | Ah yes, I know this Star Trek. It was shot just outside Moscow.🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/BramdeGrootYT📢 Renegade Cut's video on the Space Race:youtube.com/watch?v=544rECBWJdQ🗒 Chapters:00:00 - Introduction02:08 - Chekhov as a Russian Stereotype04:53 - Pavel Chekhov, Teen Heartthrob05:47 - Post-TOS Chekhov07:31 - Closing WordsIf you've scrolled this far down the description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!
What Netflix Dont Look Up Gets Wrong About Climate Change | a video essay Bram de Groot 2022-04-19 | More like "Don't look up if Joe Biden has actually done anything about global warming yet" amirite🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/BramdeGrootYT📢 PhilosophyTube on Protest:youtube.com/watch?v=dh4G1Gjv7bA📚 Sources/further reading:Inside Climate News - "Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago"insideclimatenews.org/news/16092015/exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warmingThe Guardian - "Shell and Exxon's secret 1980s climate change warnings"theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/sep/19/shell-and-exxons-secret-1980s-climate-change-warningsBusiness Insider - "Elon Musk, once again the world's richest person, is selling all his possessions so people know he's serious about colonizing Mars"businessinsider.com/worlds-richest-person-elon-musk-dedicate-wealth-mars-colony-2021-1?international=true&r=US&IR=TMashable - "The carbon footprint sham"mashable.com/feature/carbon-footprint-pr-campaign-shamThe Guardian - "Airlines flying near-empty ‘ghost flights’ to retain EU airport slots"theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/26/airlines-flying-near-empty-ghost-flights-to-retain-eu-airport-slotsVox - "Sucking carbon out of the air won’t solve climate change"vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/6/14/17445622/direct-air-capture-air-to-fuels-carbon-dioxide-engineeringRethink Technology Research - "Time to call bullshit on Carbon Capture"https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/time-to-call-bullshit-on-carbon-capture/If you've scrolled this far down the description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!🗒 Chapters:00:00 - Introduction01:03 - Plot Summary03:30 - The Causes of Climate Change Inaction10:47 - Don't Look Up's Proposed Solutions15:52 - The Takeaway
Spider-Cop: Police, Justice and Copaganda in Spider-Man PS4 | a video essay Bram de Groot 2022-02-13 | Saying "ACAB" is the easy part. Accepting that "ACAB" includes Spidey is the hard part.🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/OfficialBRex📢 Shout-outs to videos I took inspiration from:Verilybitchie - "Spider-Man, Class and Militarization in the Marvel Cinematic Universe"youtube.com/watch?v=I0Wpm25FaF8📚 Sources/further reading:BBC - "Sarajevo - A Street Under Siege"youtube.com/watch?v=4kuCAOlQSEABrownstoner - "The Snowpocalypse (aka the Great Blizzard of 1888) Hit Brooklyn 130 Years Ago"brownstoner.com/history/blizzard-1888-new-york-brooklyn-snow-storm-history-environmental-subwayThe Nation - "Police Kill Nearly 25 Dogs Each Day"thenation.com/article/archive/police-kill-nearly-25-dogs-each-dayThe Intercept - "Cops Crowdfunded Their K-9's Hospital Bills - Then Quietly Admitted They Had Shot Him"theintercept.com/2021/04/05/police-shot-k9-dog-arlo-gofundmeMoney - "Empty homes"money.co.uk/mortgages/empty-homesJustice Quarterly - "Welfare and Property Crime"tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07418829800093741Our World in Data - "Homicides"ourworldindata.org/homicidesBBC - "How Norway Turns Criminals Into Good Neighbours"bbc.com/news/stories-48885846Jacobin - "Rikers Island Is a Human Rights Atrocity. New York Must Close It Immediately."jacobinmag.com/2021/09/rikers-island-shut-down-covid-19-deaths-emily-gallagherThe Marshall Project - "Dispatch From Deadly Rikers Island: “It Looks Like a Slave Ship in There.”themarshallproject.org/2021/10/05/dispatch-from-deadly-rikers-island-it-looks-like-a-slave-ship-in-thereStatista - "Reported Violent Crime Rate in the USA Since 1990"statista.com/statistics/191219/reported-violent-crime-rate-in-the-usa-since-1990Institute for Justice - "John Oliver on Civil Forfeiture: “This is so much worse than we thought”ij.org/john-oliver-on-civil-forfeiture-this-is-so-much-worse-than-we-thoughtIf you've scrolled this far down the description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!🗒 Chapters:00:00 - Introduction02:03 - Empire State of Nature06:31 - Why Spidey Is a Class Traitor10:44 - Judicial Whack-A-Mole14:02 - With Great Power Comes No Accountability18:54 - Spider-Lib22:26 - Conclusion
How Animal Crossings Villager Trade Betrays the Series Ideological Core | mini essay Bram de Groot 2021-11-17 | More like Anarchist Crossing am I right📢 "Your Island is a Commune" by Nowhere Grotesk:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLntjJ-M9SWukKtzZaDHJxnz4Xy0DHiBSI🐤 My Twitter I barely use: twitter.com/officialbrexIf you've scrolled this far down the description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!
Last Words | micro essay Bram de Groot 2021-10-31 | This video was made as part of The Essay Library Anthology Vol. 3, a collaborative project of 60-second micro essays by several video essayists around the topic of "death". Check the playlist for the rest of them!📢 Compilation: youtu.be/ClmkGBLHXNsPlaylist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf8nkNAU9qB5-Xs0LsnXLuX7pAZjpKGDl🐤 My Twitter I barely use: twitter.com/officialbrex#theessaylibrary
Robin Hood as a Radical Hero | mini essay Bram de Groot 2021-09-23 | Why steal from the rich to feed the poor when you could feed them to the poor directly?🐤 My Twitter I barely use: twitter.com/officialbrex🎵 Track names for the music used are in the end credits!If you've scrolled this far down the description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!
Abortion and Bodily Autonomy in Star Trek | a video essay Bram de Groot 2021-08-30 | Forced-birthers don't belong in space.🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/OfficialBRex📢 Some excellent videos on abortion and bodily autonomy:"Abortion and Philosophy Tube | Is The Discussion Over?" by Shonalikayoutu.be/DSAAxHuRewM"Abortion & Ben Shapiro" by Philosophy Tubeyoutu.be/c2PAajlHbnU🙏 Huge thanks to these people for consulting on the script!Sam (Afterthoughts)youtube.com/channel/UCt9zpXoM1RqiC9u4YYuVP5QMax Tohline (amt253)youtube.com/user/amt253📚 Sources cited in the video:The Daily Beast - "Abortion Lies Doctors Are Forced to Tell"thedailybeast.com/abortion-lies-doctors-are-forced-to-tellCBS NEWS - "Who are the 1 in 4 American women who choose abortion?"cbsnews.com/news/who-are-the-1-in-4-american-women-who-choose-abortionUniversity of Oxford - "1 in 3 women in the UK will have an abortion – so why is it so secret?"law.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-10-12-1-3-women-uk-will-have-abortion-so-why-it-so-secretUCSF - "Five Years After Abortion, Nearly All Women Say It Was the Right Decision, Study Finds"https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/01/416421/five-years-after-abortion-nearly-all-women-say-it-was-right-decision-studyIf you've scrolled this far down the description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!
How Psychonauts Casually Exposes Americas Dark Side | mini essay Bram de Groot 2021-08-02 | Imperialism is as American as apple pie, except apple pie is English.🐤 My Twitter I barely use: twitter.com/officialbrex🎵 Track names for the music used are in the end credits!🎓 Sources/further reading:"Capitalist Realism" by Mark Fisherlibcom.org/files/Capitalist%20Realism_%20Is%20There%20No%20Alternat%20-%20Mark%20Fisher.pdf"Should We End Military Recruiting in High Schools as a Matter of Child Protection and Public Health?" - Am J Public Healthncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000735"The U.S. Army Makes an Awkward Return to Twitch" - VICEvice.com/en/article/bv839a/the-us-army-makes-an-awkward-return-to-twitch"'Captain Marvel' Effect? Air Force Academy Sees Most Female Applicants in 5 Years" - Military.commilitary.com/daily-news/2020/01/05/captain-marvel-effect-air-force-academy-sees-most-female-applicants-5-years.html"The Military Views Poor Kids as Fodder for Its Forever Wars" - The New Republicnewrepublic.com/article/156131/military-views-poor-kids-fodder-forever-wars"The State of Mental Health in America" - Mental Health Americamhanational.org/issues/state-mental-health-america"ONE YEAR AFTER THE SENATE TORTURE REPORT, NO ONE’S READ IT AND IT MIGHT BE DESTROYED" - The Intercepttheintercept.com/2015/12/09/one-year-after-the-senate-torture-report-no-ones-read-it-and-it-might-be-destroyedIf you've scrolled this far down the description, you might as well leave a comment to boost engagement!
All Tomorrows, Fascism and Degeneration | a video essay Bram de Groot 2021-07-13 | Fascism doesn't belong in space.📖 Read "All Tomorrows" by C.M. Kosemen here:web.archive.org/web/20061124141617/http://www.nemoramjet.com/alltomorrows.pdf🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/OfficialBRex📢 Curio's excellent video "Back when things were good":youtube.com/watch?v=MxaXUg0KP7w📚 The bare minimum of reading you should do before accusing me of not knowing what fascism is:http://www.pegc.us/archive/Articles/eco_ur-fascism.pdf
On Time, Relativity and Perspective | micro essay Bram de Groot 2021-07-11 | This video was made as part of The Essay Library Anthology Vol. 2, a collaborative project of 60-second micro essays by several video essayists around the topic of "time". Check the playlist for the rest of them!📢 Compilation: youtu.be/Meiwn6-NApkPlaylist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf8nkNAU9qB4dVJ2Oy5t-R27dMbH1A_93🐤 My Twitter I barely use: twitter.com/officialbrex#theessaylibrary
On Zelda, Oceanhorn and the Value of Derivative Art | a video essay Bram de Groot 2021-06-30 | Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but is that all it's good for?🐤 My Twitter I barely use: twitter.com/officialbrex
Monopolys Anti-Landlord Origins | a video essay Bram de Groot 2021-05-28 | Go to jail, do not collect most of your tenants' income simply for owning a building.🐤 My Twitter I barely use: twitter.com/officialbrex🎓 An incomplete list of sources:That Thomas Smith quote:Adam Smith, "On Labour, and on the Order According to Which its' Produce is Naturally Distributed Among the Different Ranks of the People. Book I: On the Causes of Improvement in the Productive Powers"The TERF Times, "The secret history of Monopoly: the capitalist board game’s leftwing origins"theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/11/secret-history-monopoly-capitalist-game-leftwing-origins?CMP=fb_guThe New York Times, "A New Monopoly Game Celebrates Women, but What About the One Behind the Original?"nytimes.com/2019/09/12/us/ms-monopoly-lizzie-magie.htmlThe World Bank, "Population living in slums (% of urban population)"(The World Bank is a very bad source on things like this, but it's biased the other way, so that would only mean that the reality is even worse)data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.SLUM.UR.ZS
On Shantae, Objectification and Lazy Lampshading | mini essay Bram de Groot 2021-05-18 | (Half-)genie of the lamp(shade).🐤 My Twitter I barely use:twitter.com/officialbrex📣 Recommended:Mexie - "How We Talk About Sex, Sex Work, and Liberation"youtube.com/watch?v=p9kxoinmLBc&t=2238sLindsay Ellis - "The Most Whitewashed Character In Literary History"youtube.com/watch?v=XrhrXTDeue0
Horizon: Zero Dawn and Climate Change | a video essay Bram de Groot 2021-04-25 | Things may seem dire in Horizon's world, but we have our own Derangement to take care of.🐤 My Twitter I barely use: twitter.com/officialbrex📣 Recommended: SuperBunnyHop's video on global warming in strategy gamesyoutube.com/watch?v=9n78WYo-SQQ&t=11s🎓 An incomplete list of sources:"Is it too late to prevent climate change?" - NASAclimate.nasa.gov/faq/16/is-it-too-late-to-prevent-climate-change"Impact of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire across western US forests" - University of Wisconsin–Madisonpnas.org/content/113/42/11770"10 Million Climate Refugees in Past Six Months: Red Cross Calls for Urgent International Help" - EcoWatchecowatch.com/climate-refugees-red-cross-2651129063.html"Climate change may doom 1 in 3 species of plants and animals in the next 50 years" - CNNedition.cnn.com/2020/02/21/weather/species-extinction-climate-trnd/index.html"Harvard Scientists Begin Experiment To Block Out The Sun" - Forbesforbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/12/05/harvard-scientists-begin-experiment-to-block-out-the-sun/?sh=7a259c0d40c2"The First Geo-Vigilante" - The New Yorkernewyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-first-geo-vigilante#ixzz29g8tF7wf"How artificially brightened clouds could stop climate change" - The shockingly transphobic BBCbbc.com/future/article/20190220-how-artificially-brightened-clouds-could-stop-climate-change"We really may have just 11 years to save the climate" - Climate Home Newsclimatechangenews.com/2019/12/06/really-might-11-years-save-climateThat 1897 article on the greenhouse effectzenodo.org/record/1431217#.YIXecZAzaM9"Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago" - Inside Climate News, a site whose logo looks weirdly similar to BP'sinsideclimatenews.org/news/16092015/exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warming"US Climate Scientists Allege White House Pressure" - Common Dreamsweb.archive.org/web/20070202012017/http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0130-10.htm"Koch Industries: Secretly Funding the Climate Denial Machine" - Greenpeacegreenpeace.org/usa/ending-the-climate-crisis/climate-deniers/koch-industries"The carbon footprint sham: a 'successful, deceptive' PR campaign" - Mashablemashable.com/feature/carbon-footprint-pr-campaign-sham
The Fallout Game that Accidentally Advocates for Eugenics | mini essay Bram de Groot 2021-03-10 | War. War only changes through proper breeding.🐤 My Twitter I barely use: twitter.com/officialbrex👍 Leave a like or a comment to feed the Algorithm, the elder god that decides my destiny!
The Impossible 80s of Wolfenstein: Youngblood | a video essay Bram de Groot 2021-02-19 | Apparently, conservatives burning their own possessions to own the libs has always been a thing.🐤 My Twitter I barely use: twitter.com/officialbrex
The Sims (2000) as Anti-Capitalist Critique | a video essay Bram de Groot 2021-02-03 | Say the Simlish equivalent of goodbye to capitalism🐤 My Twitter I barely use: twitter.com/officialbrex🎓 Sources:"Sims like us"https://www.theage.com.au/national/sims-like-us-20041218-gdz793.html"Will Wright: Inspired to make The Sims after losing a home"berkeleyside.com/2011/10/17/will-wright-inspired-to-make-the-sims-after-iosing-a-home"Wikipedia: Why is the common knowledge resource still neglected by academics?"ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6889752"On the Share of Inheritance in Aggregate Wealth: Europeand the USA, 1900–2010"http://www.piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/AlvaredoGarbintiPiketty2017.pdf"The Productivity–Pay Gap"epi.org/productivity-pay-gap
Hot Fuzz: Taking Jokes Full Circle (Montage) Bram de Groot 2016-12-09 | Edgar Wright's Hot Fuzz would have been a good movie by its jokes alone, but the way they play into the film's last act elevates it to a great one.
BB-8 vs R2-D2. Epic Rap Battles of History. Parody Bram de Groot 2015-12-29 | The most Epic Rap Battle yet, between two generations of iconic Star Wars droids. Who won? Who's next? You decide!TWITTER: http://bit.ly/15F5AwVFACEBOOK: http://on.fb.me/11dVsUT
Game Theory Parody: Frogger is DEAD?!? Bram de Groot 2015-04-30 | Frogger: harmless children's game or PURGATORY SIMULATOR?Back with a vengeance, bitches! Even though I make fun of the Theorists, I love every single one of them. Go subscribe to them:The Game Theorists: http://bit.ly/1jPOmPJGaijin Goombah: http://bit.ly/1EGEhlSTrailer Drake: http://bit.ly/1zkGAYmDigressing & Sidequesting: http://bit.ly/1PbgVX4FootofaFerret: http://bit.ly/1JEqu2xTWITTER: http://bit.ly/15F5AwVFACEBOOK: http://on.fb.me/11dVsUT
Anders Nilsen - Sansa Daenerys (Game of Thrones Salsa Tequila Parody) Bram de Groot 2014-09-21 | The one and only summer (or fall) jam for Game of Thrones fans! TULLY!TWITTER: http://bit.ly/15F5AwVFACEBOOK: http://on.fb.me/11dVsUT This song is a parody of Anders Nilsen's "Salsa Tequila", check it out here: youtube.com/watch?v=77Ms1oCiDH4The rest of the music used is believed to either be in the public domain or royalty-free, courtesy of RoyalTrax.comThe video fragments in this video are from the TV show Game of Thrones, and its rights belong to Home Box Office Inc. and George R.R. MartinI'm now going to post the lyrics to this song, even though you can read them on the screen, because it will influence search resultsLYRICS:(intro)Khaleesi, Theon GreyjoyTULLY!(chorus)Sansa, Daenerys, Oberyn, Khal Drogo, Winter's comingSansa, Daenerys, Oberyn, Khal Drogo, Winter's comingSansa, Daenerys, Oberyn, Khal Drogo, Winter's comingSansa, Daenerys, Oberyn, Khal Drogo, Winter's coming(verse)Joffrey, Iron IslandsVarys, Tyrell, The OthersThe Iron Bank of BraavosViserys, dragons, wildlingsValyrian, David BenioffThe Eyrie, Petyr BaelishNed Stark, King's Landing, DragonstoneLannister, Red Wedding(bridge)Catelyn Tully! Melisandre! Jorah Mormont! You know nothing!Samwell Tarly! Lots of incest! By the old gods! And the new ones!Peter Dinklage! Littlefinger! Lady Stoneheart! Theon Greyjoy!When you play the Game of Thrones, you either win or die!TULLY!(chorus)(verse)Free cities, lots of bastardsWinterfell, The MountainIron Throne, The ChildrenThe Lord of Light, TyrionCarice van Houten, boobiesRiverrun, Lord Renly1,2,3,4If you're a Stark, I'm sorry(bridge)(chorus)1, 2, 3, EUNUCHS!(chorus)(outro)Yeah, winter is coming!Ours is the fury!Hear me roar!Fire and blood!I never read the books!If you were expecting to find something funny at the bottom of this description, I honestly don't know what to tell you.
