Knitters unite in hate towards Hank Green
"A lack of consideration and care for the subject he’s talking about."
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Hank Green managed to piss off the entire knitting community online, the internet mourns the death of internet legend Baddie Winkle at 97 years young, and breaking down why people are talking about Etsy witches in regards to Charlie Kirk’s death.
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⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
“A tremendous disservice”: The online knitting community is calling Hank Green out for his latest SciShow video
Hank Green’s latest SciShow video, “Physicists Don’t Understand Why Knitting Works,” sparked frustration among knitters online. The episode explored how physicists study knit fabrics, but many viewers felt it minimized the technical depth and history of the craft.
In the video, Green framed knitting as simple loops and patterns. However, longtime knitters argued that the approach ignored centuries of innovation and mathematical problem-solving. As many noted, the episode oversimplified the complicated nature of knitting and how much math it involves.
“A star ascended”: Baddie Winkle, the internet’s baddest grandma, dies at 97
One of the world’s oldest internet sensations—the legendary Baddie Winkle—passed away at age 97, according to her Instagram account. Winkle rose to fame in 2014 with the help of her great-granddaughter, Kennedy Dechet, posting twerking videos on Vine and fabulous and stylish selfies on the app formerly known as Twitter.
“Feminism is back”: Jezebel’s story about hiring “some Etsy witches” to curse Charlie Kirk two days before his death goes viral
Jezebel’s latest viral story explored the idea of purchasing magical spells from Etsy, then directed that premise toward far-right commentator Charlie Kirk.
The piece highlighted Etsy’s niche marketplace for spells and curses. Jezebel’s writer joked that “I can now buy a curse as easily as I can buy a phone charger.” The author described charms for everything from stopping rain at a wedding to punishing a cheating partner with “an incurable rash” or “premature balding.”
🕸️ Crawling the Web
👀 A video editor on TikTok attempted to explain why Donald Trump’s hands glitched out in his latest video upload, attributing it to an editing/morphing effect.
🚒 A bride broke down after firefighters showed up to honor her father, who died in the September 11th attacks.
🎮 A Fallout fan on Reddit claimed to have uncovered what appeared to be new merchandise allegedly headed for Target later this year.
❌ South Park’s recent episode featuring Charlie Kirk has been pulled from streaming services for obvious reasons.
👰♀️ A soon-to-be bride shared her story of tariffs impacting the wedding lehenga that she ordered months ago—but is being delivered right now.
📺 From Lost to Westworld, these TV shows had the best first season, according to Redditors, at least.
🔥 Hot on the Dot
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➤ "Jeopardy!" legend Amy Schneider claps back at troll claiming her win was "DEI"
Ah you should know already what needs to change people need to stop bowinng down to pedophile a coward and hold him accountable because if they don't alot of people are going to be dead because they let a 79 year old do anything he wants with no accountability