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This bizarre treatise on the nature of cereal has to be heard to be believed

This video might change the entire way you eat breakfast. But probably not.

 

Mike Fenn

Internet Culture

Posted on Jan 5, 2015   Updated on May 29, 2021, 8:39 pm CDT

YouTube user Michael has an incredibly pressing question concerning a longtime staple of the breakfast table: Is cereal soup?

While adding milk to his cereal with more excitement than is necessary, Michael entertains the possibility that soup may be anything from a salad (with milk as the dressing) to an actual meal (with milk as a mere condiment).

From there, he delves into a full-blown linguistics lesson, discussing at length everything from our reliance on media to the “reduplication” of words.

You would never predict that cereal could launch a man on such a philosophical odyssey.

Screengrab via Vsauce/YouTube

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*First Published: Jan 5, 2015, 8:37 am CST