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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Oh, like you had anything better to do?
** [=Exurb1a=] off-handedly mentions "St. Fapius's Day" in "England: A Beginner's Guide."
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Not for potholing


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Armor Piercing Question is about piercing a character's armor, not just any question some people might find compelling.


* ArmorPiercingQuestion: He tackles these quite a bit.
** Why is there something rather than nothing?
** Are we in a living simulation?
** Can we ever reach the end of science?
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* TheInternetIsForPorn: All other tabs on his browser are for admiring ChristinaHendricks. Also serves as a FreezeFrameBonus.

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* TheInternetIsForPorn: All other tabs on his browser are for admiring ChristinaHendricks.Creator/ChristinaHendricks. Also serves as a FreezeFrameBonus.
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* TVTropesWillRuinYourLife: "Hardly any civilizations actually get to a post-human level. Maybe they blow themselves up first or discover TVTropes.com or something."

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* TVTropesWillRuinYourLife: "Hardly any civilizations actually get to a post-human level. Maybe they blow themselves up first or discover TVTropes.Wiki/TVTropes.com or something."
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* FunWithSubtitles: A fan uses a minute of silence in ''Quitting Smoking'' to [[spoiler:plug Exurb1a's Patreon]].

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* ShoutOut: "A Song About Rockets" makes references to ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'', ''Film/TotalRecall'' and ''ComicBook/IronMan''.

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* EsotericHappyEnding: Humanity: Good Ending. [[spoiler: Humanity merges with [=AI=] and surrenders its wills and the Earth to a greater being, which itself seeks out similar entities to grow even bigger.]]
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->''Existence is terrifying.''


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* FMinusMinus: [=Exurb1a=] gives the Standard Model an E- for not resolving gravity[[note]]Don't want to talk about it. Gravitons, maybe.[[/note]], the Higgs Boson[[note]]Show your working, please.[[/note]], and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick homoerotic undertones]][[note]]Top and Bottom Quark[[/note]].


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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Discusses {{Franchise/Dune}} in one video.

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* CountryMatters: A CurseCutShort used to describe Microsoft and a particular Windows update.


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** [[{{Literature/Dune}} Arrakis]] is an alien planet Earth interacts with in several videos.
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'''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/willunicycleforfood Exurb1a]]''' is a Website/YouTube channel run by a British physics student turned philosophy major. With a strange mix of scientific knowledge and introspective inquiry, Smith decided to combine his two talents in video format, pondering the moral implications of scientific advancement and what it means for humanity as a whole.

That said, another one of Exurb1a's draws is his wit and dry comedy. He tackles topics like the history of rocket science through song and describes the dangers of a genocidal artificial intelligence with a bingo sheet. This blend of introspection, scientific speculation and comic relief form Exurb1a's unique identity.

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'''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/willunicycleforfood Exurb1a]]''' [=Exurb1a=]]]''' is a Website/YouTube channel run by a British physics student turned philosophy major. With a strange mix of scientific knowledge and introspective inquiry, Smith decided to combine his two talents in video format, pondering the moral implications of scientific advancement and what it means for humanity as a whole.

That said, another one of Exurb1a's [=Exurb1a=]'s draws is his wit and dry comedy. He tackles topics like the history of rocket science through song and describes the dangers of a genocidal artificial intelligence with a bingo sheet. This blend of introspection, scientific speculation and comic relief form Exurb1a's [=Exurb1a=]'s unique identity.



* AIIsACrapshoot: A frequent point of discussion on the channel. Exurb1a proposes that artificial intelligence inevitably will supplant humanity as the next step in the evolution of sentience. Examples include:

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* AIIsACrapshoot: A frequent point of discussion on the channel. Exurb1a [=Exurb1a=] proposes that artificial intelligence inevitably will supplant humanity as the next step in the evolution of sentience. Examples include:



** Exurb1a off-handedly mentions "St. Fapius's Day" in "England: A Beginner's Guide."

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** Exurb1a [=Exurb1a=] off-handedly mentions "St. Fapius's Day" in "England: A Beginner's Guide."



* HypocriticalHumor: Exurb1a gives some advice on "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HolrNiKjyDw How To Quit Drugs]]," only to be seen preparing cocaine just below the frame.

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* HypocriticalHumor: Exurb1a [=Exurb1a=] gives some advice on "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HolrNiKjyDw How To Quit Drugs]]," only to be seen preparing cocaine just below the frame.

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'''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/willunicycleforfood Exurb1a]]''' is a Website/YouTube channel run a physics student turned philosophy major. With a strange mix of scientific knowledge and introspective inquiry, Smith decided to combine his two talents in video format, pondering the moral implications of scientific advancement and what it means for humanity as a whole.

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'''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/willunicycleforfood Exurb1a]]''' is a Website/YouTube channel run by a British physics student turned philosophy major. With a strange mix of scientific knowledge and introspective inquiry, Smith decided to combine his two talents in video format, pondering the moral implications of scientific advancement and what it means for humanity as a whole.
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That said, another one of Exurb1a's draws is his wit and dry comedy. He tackles topics like the history of rocket science through song and describes the dangers of a genocidal artificial intelligence with a bingo sheet. This blend of introspection, scientific speculation and comic relief form Exurb1a's unique identity.






* AcceptableTargets: Sweden.



* TheSingularity: Describes this as "Humanity: Good Ending."
* TVTropesWillRuinTheirLife: "Hardly any civilizations actually get to a post-human level. Maybe the blow themselves up first or discover TVTropes.com or something."

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* TheSingularity: Describes this as in "Humanity: Good Ending."
Ending" as the best ultimate outcome of an intelligent species.
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'''exurb1a''' [[https://www.youtube.com/user/willunicycleforfood]] is a Website/YouTube channel dedicated to science and existential questions.

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'''exurb1a''' [[https://www.'''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/willunicycleforfood]] com/user/willunicycleforfood Exurb1a]]''' is a Website/YouTube channel dedicated to science run a physics student turned philosophy major. With a strange mix of scientific knowledge and existential questions.
introspective inquiry, Smith decided to combine his two talents in video format, pondering the moral implications of scientific advancement and what it means for humanity as a whole.



* AIIsACrapshoot: [[https://youtu.be/dLRLYPiaAoA 27]]
** [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in [[https://youtu.be/4kDPxbS6ofw Genocide Bingo.]]

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* AIIsACrapshoot: [[https://youtu.A frequent point of discussion on the channel. Exurb1a proposes that artificial intelligence inevitably will supplant humanity as the next step in the evolution of sentience. Examples include:
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** [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in [[https://youtu."[[https://youtu.be/4kDPxbS6ofw Genocide Bingo.]]]]"



* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Why is there something rather than nothing?

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: He tackles these quite a bit.
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Why is there something rather than nothing?nothing?
** Are we in a living simulation?
** Can we ever reach the end of science?
* CanisLatinicus: Describes the British human as "Homo Cynicus" in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KySFp0w7-hE England: A Beginner's Guide]]."


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** Exurb1a off-handedly mentions "St. Fapius's Day" in "England: A Beginner's Guide."
* DeadpanSnarker: The tone of almost every video is invariably deadpan, even when in song.


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* ExpospeakGag: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ_kMossOes How Casual Sex Should Work]] employs this as an alternative to hours of small talk that precede casual sex.


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* HypocriticalHumor: Exurb1a gives some advice on "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HolrNiKjyDw How To Quit Drugs]]," only to be seen preparing cocaine just below the frame.


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* MoodDissonance: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lArXlincfNA A Song About Rockets]]" is a cheery piano song, but it still discusses the Nazi's bombing of London, JFK's assassination and the threat of nuclear war.
* ShoutOut: "A Song About Rockets" makes references to ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'', ''Film/TotalRecall'' and ''ComicBook/IronMan''.
* TheSingularity: Describes this as "Humanity: Good Ending."
* TVTropesWillRuinTheirLife: "Hardly any civilizations actually get to a post-human level. Maybe the blow themselves up first or discover TVTropes.com or something."

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* AIIsACrapshoot: 27. [[https://youtu.be/dLRLYPiaAoA]]

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* AIIsACrapshoot: 27. [[https://youtu.be/dLRLYPiaAoA]]be/dLRLYPiaAoA 27]]
** [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in [[https://youtu.be/4kDPxbS6ofw Genocide Bingo.]]
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with [[spoiler:Gaius]].


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* EldritchAbomination: The Arthyria, [[spoiler: [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence in which humanity and artificial intelligence combine]] into one being and begins to assimilate the universe.]]
* FirstContact: [[PlayedWith Played with]] in a series of videos.
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'''exurb1a''' [[https://www.youtube.com/user/willunicycleforfood]] is a Website/YouTube channel dedicated to science and existential questions.

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!! This channel provides examples of:
* AIIsACrapshoot: 27. [[https://youtu.be/dLRLYPiaAoA]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Why is there something rather than nothing?
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Oh, like you had anything better to do?
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The earlier videos resembled the format of WebVideo/ViHart, and the snark is somewhat downplayed.
* TheInternetIsForPorn: All other tabs on his browser are for admiring ChristinaHendricks. Also serves as a FreezeFrameBonus.
**And Faye Reagan can come, too.
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