Britney Learns 'Gangnam Style' and a Math Nerd's Take on the 'Hunger Games'

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Alexander Abad-Santos 6,320 Views Sep 11, 2012

 

We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:

At this point, there's no hope to stopping PSY and his earworm of a song "Gangnam Style." So just give in, like Britney Spears and Ellen DeGeneres did.  There, there, don't you feel better?

And from one unshakeable phenomenon to another, we now bring you a math nerd's salute to the Hunger Games. Mind you, it's one snarky math nerd, but a math nerd (with AMAZING SHARPIE skills) nonetheless. 

Also, we hope we live long enough to have Tom Hanks speak at our funeral (and RIP Michael Clarke Duncan). 

And now we'll sit back and remember the day that was today with this cat. Come join us: 

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