there needs to be some kind of metric for wikipedia articles for how many steps it takes to go from a basic overview to completely incomprehensible

I started with "hair braids" and clicked two links in and now I'm lost

ahh yes, the Rounds, Whittingtons, Queens, Tittums, and Rounds.

you know at one point I wanted to go into teaching
maybe I should bring back that idea and do youtube videos where I start trying to teach a given youtube article but keep getting distracted deeper into connected links

so at t=0 I'm like "so today we're talking about braiding hair. braids (also called plaits) are a complex structure formed by interlacing two or more strands of flexible material, like hair, wire, or yarn..."

t=30s "coaxial cables have an inner conductor, an insulating cover, then a conductive shield, then finally an outer cover.
the conductive shield is made of braided cables, this is used for signal integrity while maintaining flexibility..."

t=60s "Polytetrafluoroethylene, better known as Teflon, is a synthetic polymer developed by DuPont in 1938. It's a solid fluorocarbon, and it has one of the lowest coefficients of friction of any solid material"

t=90s "Fluorocarbons are compounds containing only carbon and fluorine, usually. Some organic compounds get called fluorocarbins, and they're not just carbin+fluorine, obviously"

t=120s "Chlorofluorocarbons are chemicals containing only Carbon, Hydrogen, Chlorine, and Fluorine. The most famous of these is Freon, developed by Thomas Midgley in the 1920s..."

t=150s: "Tetraethyllead was added to gasoline in the 1920s to increase the octane rating and raise engine compression, which prevents knocking..."

t=180s "catalytic converters use a redox reaction to convert toxic pollutants in vehicle exhaust into less-toxic chemicals, and most gas cars made in the US since 1975 have them fitted"

t=210s "carbon monoxide is an invisible lighter-than-air gas which is toxic to animals which use hemoglobin as their oxygen carrier"

t=240s "crocodile icefish are the only vertebrates which lack hemoglobin in their blood as adults. Living in the atlantic and indian sectors of the southern ocean, they thrive in areas of -2 to +2 degrees celsius..."

t=270s "the Antarctic Convergence is a curve enencircling antarctica where cold antarctic waters meet the warmer waters of the subantarctic. these create mixing zones with very high marine productivity, especially for krill"

t=300s "Phytoplankton are a key part of ocean and freshwater ecosystems. They're photosynthesizing plankton which form the base of the food chain in these waters"

t=330s "Carotenoids are yellow, orange, and red organic pigments produced by plants, algae, bacteria, and fungi. They're responsible for the characteristic colors of pumpkins, carrots, corn, tomatoes, flamingos, and shrimp"

t=360s "The House of Orange-Nassau is the current reigning house of the Netherlands, playing a central role in the politics and government of the Netherlands since William the Silent organized the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule in 1581"

t=390s "The church of England was formed in 1534 after King Henry VIII couldn't get an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon so he could marry Anne Boleyn.

t=420s "The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous demonstrations by members of the LGBT community in response to police raids of the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan, New York City, on June 28th, 1969..."

t=450s "Klieg lights are intense carbon arc lights used in film making. They usually contain a Fresnel lens with a reflector to focus the light directly onto the subject"

t=480s "Morax-Axenfeld diplobacilli is a rod-shaped gram-negative bacterium, which causes one of the most common forms of catarrhal conjunctivitis. "

t=510s "The AMA Manual of Style is the style guide of the american medical association. It's written by the editors of JAMA and is published by the Oxford University Press. It's currently on its 11th edition, having been first published in 1962"

t=540 "Punchcutting is the craft used in traditional typography to cut lett punches in steel as the first stage of making metal type. Steel punches in the same of a latter would be used to stamp matricies into copper, which were locked into a mould shape to cast type"

t=670 "Antifreeze is an addictive which lowers the freezing point of a water-based liquid. Common antifreezes also increase the boiling point of the liquid, allowing higher coolant temperature"

t=700s "Oxalic acid is an organic compound with the formula HO2C−CO2H. It's name comes from the fact that it was isolated from Oxalis flowers, commonly known as wood-sorrels. It occurs naturally in many foods, but excessive ingestion can be dangerous..."

t=730s "A shamrock is a young sprig, used as a symbol of Ireland. Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saint, is said to have used it as a metaphor for the Holy Trinity. The name Shamrock comes from the Irish seamróg, the diminutive of seamair óg, meaning "young clover".

t=760s "The Triskelion is a motif consisting of a triple spiral exhibiting rotational symmetry. The spiral design can be based on interlocking archimedian spirals, or represent three bent human legs. It's found on artefacts of the European Neolithic and Bronze age, with..."

t=800s "oh sorry we're out of time. I'll pick up where we left off next time. No homework this time, since we'll be on break due to the holiday. See ya'll next Thursday!"