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Reggie, remind me what is the first thing you say when you count to three.
雷吉 告诉我 当你数到三的时候 首先要说什么
Number one? Number one, now some of you may have seen a video circulating from Bristol, England,
第一 第一 你们中有些人可能看过英国布里斯托尔流传的一段视频，
That shows a group of black lives matters protestors tearing down a statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston.
一群“黑人的命也是命”组织的抗议者推倒了17世纪奴隶贩子爱德华·科斯顿的雕像
Incidentally, that is also how my friends used to get me home after a long night at the pub.
顺便说一句 在酒吧度过漫漫长夜后 我的朋友们过去也是这样把我送回家的
But this isn't the only instance of something like this happening.
但是这并不是个例
All over America statues of confederate soldiers who fought to uphold racial segregation an slavery are being removed.
在美国各地 为支持种族隔离和奴隶制而战斗的南方联盟士兵的雕像正在被拆除
These statues celebrate some of the worst ideas in human history
这些雕像颂扬了人类历史上一些最糟糕的想法
Yet there are many people across America and in Britain who were upset about these statues coming down.
但是美国和英国有很多人对这些雕像的倒塌感到不安
So at this monument, of bad ideas that these people want, we have come up with some that are far less hurtful, harmful and upsetting.
所以关于纪念碑 这些人想要的不好的想法 我们想到了一些远没那么伤人的 有害的 让人不安的雕像
For example, they could build a monument to the university unloved star wars character jar jar binks
比如 他们可以为大学里不受欢迎的《星球大战》角色加加宾克斯建一座纪念碑
Or the perplexing artwork that is Ben Affleck's back tattoo.
或是本·阿弗莱克背上令人费解的纹身
Is it a dragon, is it a fish? No one knows. We just know it's probably a bad idea.
它是一条龙 还是一条鱼 没有人知道 我们只知道这可能是个坏主意
And what about a monument to perhaps the worst idea of the last five years, the Fyre festival.
为可能是过去五年最糟糕fyre音乐节的想法造个纪念碑怎么样呢
He doesn't know how he got into this bad idea, but he knows how he will try to get out of it.
他不知道他是怎么想到这个坏主意的 但是他知道他会尝试从里面出来的
So for anyone upset about these awful statues coming down, you should know that there are far better bad ideas out there to celebrate,
对那些对这些可怕雕像的倒塌感到不满的人来说 你应该知道 还有更好的坏主意值得庆祝
Reggie, what's next? Numbero two. Numberero two if you are still figuring out how to add your voice to the millions demanding social change,
雷吉 接下来是什么呢 第二 第二 如果你还在想如何加入数百万要求社会变革的人的行列
I don't want to bum you out, but a dog has just beaten you to it.
我不想打击你 但是一条狗已经抢先了
It's all well and good, unfortunately it just came out that dog sent some questionable tweets.
这很好 不幸的是 最新消息 这只狗发了一些可疑的推文
So that dog has been cancelled, yeah.
所以这只狗被删除了 是的
