This week there is only one thing to know. Are you team Yanny or Laurel?
?Yanny or Laurel?
First, we had the dress that divided friends and family and now we have this. Listen to the video below.
What do you hear?! Yanny or Laurel pic.twitter.com/jvHhCbMc8I
— Cloe Feldman (@CloeCouture) May 15, 2018
And what did you hear? Yanny or Laurel? We did this in our office and we were all convinced that what we had heard was right. This is how wars start. I hear Laurel every time I listen.
https://twitter.com/markhoppus/status/996574685872644096
What is really going on?
Numerous theories have been flying around the web, but according to science, we hear different words because it is a low-quality sound clip and both of the words have the same vocal pattern. If the words Laurel or Yanny weren’t first presented, we’d probably be hearing something else. This means that our brains will hear things differently based on what we expect to hear. JUST IN: apparently if you hear Yanny you have superior younger ears. Some kids can hear both.
Perhaps you feel like this is a big waste of time.
it’s time pic.twitter.com/1Fruru61kU
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) May 16, 2018
Fuck all of you that made me waste 3 minutes of my life Googling "Yanny" and "Laurel".
— Eden Dranger (@Eden_Eats) May 16, 2018
?TED scream should totally become a thing
*deep breath* VANILLA IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX FLAVORS KNOWN TO MAN AND IT'S ONLY OVERUSE THAT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE THE BORING, SAFE CHOICE THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TED SCREAM
— Jared Pechacek 🔜 ECCC (@vandroidhelsing) May 14, 2018
Mine would go a little something like this: TURTLES AND TORTOISES ARE NOT THE SAME. TORTOISES CAN GO INTO THEIR SHELLS & HAVE FEET THAT ARE FIT FOR LAND. TURTLES HAVE FIN-LIKE FEET. THAT MEANS THE NINJA TURTLES ARE ACTUALLY TORTOISES. THANK YOU.
?This is the longest URL ever
Hotels.com booked the longest URL ever to show us that they’re not only about hotels.
And if you have no interest in reading the link, allow Captain Obvious to do so for you (it takes him 3 minutes).
Watch this video to see why at https://t.co/J4tvzOhRUP, we're more than just hotels. 2072 characters more, to be exact. pic.twitter.com/qNnPd6WVQk
— Hotels.com (@hotelsdotcom) May 3, 2018
? And finally…
The first rule of clickbait club is you don’t talk about clickbait club. But rule number 7 will shock you.
— Pundamentalism (@Pundamentalism) May 10, 2018
If you missed it, here is the latest Bytesized for your ears (podcast)