Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Streaming, the cord-cutters guide to the week that was—without a cable subscription. This week, we're going to review my new favorite Twitter feud, watch the most Australian thing ever captured on television, then finish off YouTube closed captioning madness and Martin Shkreli doing what he does best—acting like a heel. 

B.o.B. vs. N.d.T.

Recommended dosage: A kk spliff and some Tang

I haven’t followed hip-hop since the turn of the millennium. To say my knowledge of the current state of hip-hop was limited would be generous. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate rap, I can still rattle off every word from “Tha Crossroads,” but I couldn’t even begin to tell you about anything popular, current, or worth a damn. Is the wheelchair dude from Degrassi still popular?

That being said, I’ve listened to more rap in the past 48 hours than I have in years. Who brought me back? Neil deGrasse Tyson.

The astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium has been connecting science and pop culture for years now. He’s been a regular guest on talk shows where he blows our minds and/or ruins our favorite movies with science facts. So it was no surprise when he responded to a series of tweets by B.o.B. about the Earth being flat with a pithy response and some facts.

What’s really surprising is that it didn’t stop there. It kept going. I have never been so enthralled over a Twitter spat. Finally it seemed like it was over when N.d.T. dropped one last dig as a sort of backhanded compliment.

@bobatl Duude — to be clear: Being five centuries regressed in your reasoning doesn’t mean we all can’t still like your music

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 25, 2016

Then hours later, B.o.B. dropped a diss track. I got around a dozen messages to links to the song from my friends. Nobody could believe what was happening. Do people really believe the Earth is flat? This has to be a joke right? 

I wish I could say I hated it. I didn’t. I actually thought it was a pretty cool song and started thinking maybe he was using the conspiracy theory as a metaphor. Maybe he’s trying to make a point about the way we intake and process information these days. Maybe it’s a take on social media. Maybe it’s about questioning the status quo. As I was discussing these ideas with friends the unthinkable happened. Neil deGrasse Tyson dropped a retaliation. He’s not the one rapping (unfortunately) and the song is basically garbage for your ears, but I love every second of it.

Now if only Wiz and Kanye would start spouting off about reptilian humanoids instead of who made it so we could wear tight jeans.

Aussie Batman & Robin

Recommended dosage: A fridge full of stubbies, Jim Beam, and your mates

Australian Today Show host Karl Stefanovic and his team are already responsible for some great viral clips. Just checked and, yep, of course Buzzfeed already has a list of all of Karl's antics. I'm a huge fan of "Long Stabby Thing" and the interview with his holiness the Dalai Lama. The Today Show has just broadcast the most Australian thing ever. I love it.

Everything about that video is amazing. The anchors laughing their faces off, the "heroes" telling the story, and the realization that the guy with his shirt off in the video is the coolest dude alive. 

I watched the video multiple times and this is the best I could come up with.

Pluggers = flip flops

Just about everything else is just utter nonsense and it's absolute fucking gold. 

Guitar Hero Scatfest

Recommended dosage: An unconscious bat and novacaine

I saw a video earlier this week where a kid got around YouTube's copyright bots by scatting all of the notes over video of him getting perfect scores. It's really not that spectacular. I got about 15 seconds into it, thought it was a funny little video and was about to close it when I had a thought. What would happen if you turned the closed captioning on? The answer, computer magic. (make sure you have the CC on)

"Operative opera but up part of the tab up top of the department of Alberta pop."

Messing with the CC feature on YouTube is nothing new. Rhett and Link have been putting up some funny videos using the CC as a gimmick for years. Here's their original.

It's always nice when someone with 24 subscribers get a couple million views over the course of a few days. 

Tha Crossroads

Recommended dosage: Some 40's to pour out

I couldn't finish this column without putting in the best video of the '90s. 

Why they kill my dog and man I miss my uncle Charles y'all
and he shoudn't be gone, in front of his home
What they did to Boo was wrong
Oh so wrong, oh so wrong
Gotta hold on gotta stay strong
When the day comes
Better believe Bone got a shoulder you can lean on (lean on) 

Ghostface Killah vs. Big Pharmah

Recommended dosage: 5000% higher cost prescription meds

Remember Martin Shkreli, the little weasel-faced douche that jacked up the prices on antiparasitic medicine a while back? He's the same guy that bought the secret Wu-Tang single pressing late last year. Well he's back in the news, relatively fresh from a recent securities fraud indictment.

The other day TMZ asked Ghostface about Mr. Shkreli. Mr.Killah didn't have kind words to say.

"He's a shithead..."

If you haven't heard, Martin Shkreli, the odds-on favorite to become our first real life super villain has made his first high scale ransom note in retaliation.

Remember when the details of the contract revealed that it would be lawful for the members of Wu-Tang (or Bill Murray) to steal it back in a heist?  

Please god, if there is anyway you can have Bill Murray and Ghostface Killah team up to steal this album back and somehow cast this man off the planet, please let it be done as it is your will. Amen.