Line #10 WebVideo/Exurb1a


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2	[[caption-width-right:200:Universe is weird, yo.]]
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4	->''Existence is terrifying.''
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6	'''[[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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8	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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12	!! This channel provides examples of:
13	* 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:
14	** "[[https://youtu.be/dLRLYPiaAoA 27]]"
15	** "[[https://youtu.be/4kDPxbS6ofw Genocide Bingo.]]"
16	** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with [[spoiler:Gaius]].
17	* AlcubierreDrive
18	* CanisLatinicus: Describes the British human as "Homo Cynicus" in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KySFp0w7-hE England: A Beginner's Guide]]."
19	* CountryMatters: A CurseCutShort used to describe Microsoft and a particular Windows update.
20	* DeadpanSnarker: The tone of almost every video is invariably deadpan, even when in song.
21	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The earlier videos resembled the format of WebVideo/ViHart, and the snark is somewhat downplayed.
22	* EldritchAbomination: The Arthyria, [[spoiler: [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence in which humanity and artificial intelligence combine]] into one being and begins to assimilate the universe.]]
23	* 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.]]
24	* 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.
25	* FirstContact: [[PlayedWith Played with]] in a series of videos.
26	* 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]].
27	* FormulaBreakingEpisode: Discusses {{Franchise/Dune}} in one video.
28	* FunWithSubtitles: A fan uses a minute of silence in ''Quitting Smoking'' to [[spoiler:plug Exurb1a's Patreon]].
29	* 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.
30	* TheInternetIsForPorn: All other tabs on his browser are for admiring Creator/ChristinaHendricks. Also serves as a FreezeFrameBonus.
31	** And Faye Reagan can come, too.
32	* 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.
33	* ShoutOut:
34	** "A Song About Rockets" makes references to ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'', ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' and ''ComicBook/IronMan''.
35	** [[{{Literature/Dune}} Arrakis]] is an alien planet Earth interacts with in several videos.
36	** "Hardly any civilizations actually get to a post-human level. Maybe they blow themselves up first or discover Website/TVTropes.com or something."
37	* TheSingularity: Describes this in "Humanity: Good Ending" as the best ultimate outcome of an intelligent species.
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