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Did you know that not all heroes wear capes, some just wear an unfortunate shade of green for days? Let’s take a moment to celebrate one of this week’s most unintentionally colorful individuals: a man who tried to Hulk out for an event in Thailand and ended up, well, stuck in his own transformation. Picture this: you get invited to a pop culture festival with a dress code that says "comic book characters," and you decide, hey, it’s my moment—the Hulk it is. So you get up early, you slather yourself in the brightest green paint you can find, you practice some roaring in the mirror, and you step outside with all the confidence of a gamma-irradiated scientist whose pants somehow fit no matter how big he gets.
Here’s the twist: somewhere between channeling your rage and making small talk with Spiderman in the snack line, you discover that the magical green paint you bought was, to be polite, profoundly water-resistant. That’s right, the universe decided you should be green a bit longer than planned—a bit as in, for several days. You can only imagine this guy at home, probably googling "how to remove Hulk makeup" while fielding questions from neighbors about whether he's considering a new career as a lawn gnome. He’s out there buying every bottle of acetone and coconut oil the grocery store stocks, but all he gets is the faint aroma of disappointment.
Now let’s move to China, where a contest took the search for leisure to new horizontal heights. The "Lying Flat" competition is exactly what it sounds like: dozens of people just lying down, not moving, for as long as possible. There are judges, there’s an audience, and the winner—aged 23—stayed so perfectly still for 33 hours that the crowd practically needed smelling salts just to stay awake. It’s basically the Olympics, if gravity were the official sponsor. The rules? No phones, no sleeping, no sneaky scrolling through TikTok. You just have to be, well, supremely horizontal. The victor strolled out with a cash prize and enough bragging rights to nap through family gatherings until further notice.
Meanwhile, over in Japan, a man who won $3.8 million in the lottery turned the whole "sharing is caring" ethos on its head by deciding he’d just, you know, keep it under wraps from his wife. In an age where people post their breakfast on Instagram, this guy sat on a multi-million dollar secret with all the stoicism of a Zen monk hiding a really shiny rock. When asked, he reportedly told the press that he wanted "peace at home"—as if millions of yen could disrupt his partner’s inner feng shui more than finding a stray lottery ticket in the sock drawer.
Back home, fashion managed to get weirdly historical, with a hoodie themed after the 2008 global financial crisis selling out at $180 a pop. There’s just something poetic about wrapping yourself in fiscal anxiety, especially during holiday shopping. It’s a real conversation starter: "Why are you wearing a hoodie with the Lehman Brothers logo?" "Oh, you know. Just reliving the magic of economic collapse."
Last, let’s toast the Thai woman who, having been declared dead, woke up in her coffin moments before cremation. I know, you didn’t need to know this today, but imagine the look on everyone’s face when the dearly non-departed sits up and wonders why no one’s offering her tea. It’s the ultimate "I’m not dead yet!" scenario—and probably the only time someone’s family went from mourning to awkward celebration in less than sixty seconds.
So there you have it—this week in news you absolutely don’t need, featuring involuntary body paint, professional lying down, covert millions, memorialized meltdowns, and one really bad day at the crematory. Why these stories exist, I can’t say, but I do know that somewhere out there is a green man praying for rain, a lying champion still in repose, and a lottery winner practicing his most casual whistle.
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