[theresonlyoneMELLO!]

Normally I’m writing posts that involve hilarious snippets about my day with some nutty kids, or I’m posting some media that’s been inspiring my world. Today, this post is one part entertainment, one part creativity, and one part education. I know, this is all so sudden.

Our nation’s in a financial bind right now. We all know that. But do we all underSTAND it?

I know I sure didn’t. Not until I watched the following two videos. It’s called “The Crisis of Credit: Visualized”. Some bro made a ten-minute long flash video explaning, in its most basic form, how we got into this whole bloody mess. Now, hear me out, I was reading over the comments on Youtube and someone made the wise acknowledgement that these videos can seem outdated almost as immediately as they are created. Yes, I agree.

But this video is like an introductory course in college – very basic and very general over a wide spectrum of topics. Yes, there are other factors that are influencing this credit crunch (like politics, in my opinion), but this is the basic stuff here. It helped me to understand something I don’t REALLY understand because credit is something not so concrete. These videos helped make it concrete. Also, it’s humorous haha, which I’m all about.

And… just for good measure, here’s something hysterical and it’s only 20 seconds long! Think of it as your reward for watching something informational. I know you’ll come away from this post only thinking about this dog, but I’m cool with that.

- [MELLO!]