Rebecca Watson
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Skepticism
UPDATE! Mr. Beast’s #TeamSeas Fans are VERY Angry I Criticized Ocean Cleanup
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Recently I happened to check out the latest comments on my videos, because honestly life has just been too great for me and I deserve to be taken down a peg. And I noticed that for some reason there was…
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Skepticism
Study: How Conservative Think Tanks are Destroying the Planet
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! When I first got involved in the skeptic community I was under the impression that my main job was to help individuals learn to use the tools in their “bullshit detector.” I was mostly interested in topics like “how psychic…
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Skepticism
WaPo Advertises a “Maternity Ranch” (fka a Magdalene Laundry)
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: In high school, my history teacher Mr. Pitt had a large quotation written on his wall: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” attributed to the philosopher George Santayana. I always assumed it was up…
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Anti-Science
Travis Scott/Astroworld Tragedy: The Science & the Conspiracies
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Depressing topic today: the Travis Scott/Astroworld mass casualty event. If you’ve been asleep for the past week, let me tell you what happened: on Friday, November 5, eight people were killed and hundreds more were injured in a crowd surge…
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Skepticism
No Nut November: Can You Increase Testosterone & Perform Better in Sports?
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Well here we are in November already, and you know what that means: an entire month of fan fiction writers telling you about their novels, my legs getting even hairier than usual, and Redditors pretending that not having sex is…
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Skepticism
“Genius” QB Aaron Rodgers Tries to Fight Covid with Sugar Water & Dewormer Paste
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Look, I think it’s very important up front to say this: not all professional athletes are morons. Like…I A confession: I know I might seem like a giant nerd but I’m actually a jock. I love professinoal sports, especially football,…
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Skepticism
Are Shoplifters Shutting Down Businesses in San Francisco?
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Back in September I Tweeted a take that I thought was pretty lukewarm but ended up making a lot of people very upset. For the several weeks prior, I’d been getting a Wall Street Journal ad repeatedly posted on my…
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Skepticism
Shakira, The Bystander Effect & a Subway Assault
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Friends, I have some very upsetting news to report: international superstar Shakira was recently the victim of a horrific crime, and despite being surrounded by bystanders NO ONE HELPED. Here’s the video where Shakira talks about what happens (originally posted…
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