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Was recommended a post titled "Gen-Z Is Going Red. Blame Sadie Sink." My first reaction was "why does literally anyone care?" followed by imagining the same article written ~20 years earlier titled "Millennials Are Going Red. Blame Emma Stone." I could write some banger useless clickbait articles.

It is well-known that Mario is named after Nintendo of America's former landlord, Mario Segale. It has been discovered that his father, Louis Segale, was actually named Luigi before changing his name during immigration, making it an astounding coincidence that the real Mario's real father is Luigi.

Mario Segale (1934-2018) was a real estate developer and landlord of Nintendo of America's warehouse in 1981, famously being the inspiration for Mario's name. Minoru Arakawa, then president of Nintendo of America, reportedly named him after Segale because Segale was so reclusive that Arakawa did not know what he looked like.
It has been discovered in 2026 by genealogy researcher Elisabeth Zetland that Segale's father, Louis Segale, was actually born Luigi Maria Segale near Genoa in Italy, before changing his name to Louis during his immigration to the United States (adopting anglicized names being common among immigrants at the time).
One of the few known photos of Mario Segale
Since this fact has not been known until now, there is no way this could have factored into the naming of Luigi, but it is still immensely notable that the real-life Mario's father turned out to have been Luigi all along.
Source: theguardian.com/games/2026/apr/18/super-mario-nintendo-luigi-inspiration

>Has a bad career in Uma "My competitive streak will not allow this to stand." >Halfway through second career attempt, is on track to be even worse "MY COMPETITIVE STREAK WILL NOT ALLOW THIS TO STAND." >A minute into third career attempt, gets hit with two rare negative events "ok never mind"

I get that language is constantly evolving and that the popular vernacular will be spread across all forms of visual content, but if I see one more recommended YouTube video tell me that something "broke" someone or that they're "crashing out," I think I might do the same.