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One Creepy Telemarketer

One Creepy Telemarketer

Blogger Jessica Gottlieb recently took a call from a telemarketer and recorded the entire conversation. Upon letting “Mark” know she was doing this, things got really weird, really fast. It’s so good, it’s already a meme. (Thanks Joe!)

Alternatives to Idioms

Alternatives to Idioms

(PG-13 Language) The professional idiot GradeAUnderA takes common sense to its limit by complaining about commonly used idioms such as, “the pot calling the kettle black” and suggesting alternate phrases.

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Misconceptions about Video Games

Misconceptions about Video Games

Mental Floss debunks myths about video games, from it being primarily a children’s hobby to making gamers violent or desensitized to violence. And no, blowing into cartridges doesn’t really work and could actually damage the cart.

Key & Peele: Pirate Chantey

Key & Peele: Pirate Chantey

(PG-13 Language) “We say yo ho, but we don’t say ho! ‘Cause ho is disrespectful yo!” Key & Peele‘s band of pirates may look like they live in the sewers, but their hearts are pure and clean.

Man vs. Captcha

Man vs. Captcha

(PG-13 Language) Videogamedunkey can’t enjoy his new online membership until he figures out the website’s anti-spam riddle. But this is no ordinary Captcha. Brace yourselves. This is more intense than an entire season of 24.

NASA: New Horizons Pluto Flyby

NASA: New Horizons Pluto Flyby

What’s up Pluto? We come in peace! Launched in 2006, NASA’s New Horizons probe finally flew past Pluto as part of its over 3 billion mile journey. It took us 50 years, but we’ve now flown by all of the classic planets in our solar system.

Lip Sync Battle: Alison Brie

Lip Sync Battle: Alison Brie

Will Arnett was in this Lip Sync Battle episode too, but he chose his songs poorly and set himself up for a beat down. Skip to 2:28 for Alison’s Shoop in the first video and to 1:35 for her Bang Bang in the second video.

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Forging The Bride’s Katana

Forging The Bride’s Katana

“When we let things convey unto us, that is true artistic expression. But when we try to convey ourselves onto things, that is delusion.” Man at Arms Reforged made a katana from scratch using traditional Japanese tools and techniques.

Nike Flyease

Nike Flyease

Inspired by a young Nike fan with cerebral palsy, the Flyease is a wrap-around zipper around the heel that lets you wear shoes using one hand. The first model with Flyease, the LeBron 8 Soldier Flyease, drops 7/16/15 on Nike.com.

Tom Cruise’s MI: Rogue Nation Stunt

Tom Cruise’s MI: Rogue Nation Stunt

Tom Cruise may not be as crazy as Jackie Chan, but he’s awfully close. He didn’t have a double for his airplane stunt in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, which took them eight takes to get right. It should be named MI: Balls of Steel.

Expectation vs. Reality: Water Slide

Expectation vs. Reality: Water Slide

Like getting drunk, water slides are not always as awesome as commercials and YouTube slow mos make them out to be. Chances are the weather won’t cooperate, and you’re not as agile or graceful as you imagine.

Steven Brundage vs. Penn & Teller

Steven Brundage vs. Penn & Teller

Magician Steven Brundage performed his way out of a speeding ticket. But can he fool the great Penn and Teller? Watch as he manipulates and solves Rubik’s Cubes in ridiculous ways. He explained his performance a bit on Reddit.

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How Jurassic World Should’ve Ended

How Jurassic World Should’ve Ended

How It Should Have Ended knows how Idiots vs. Dinosaurs should’ve ended: badly. So if you somehow end up in a dinosaur park, follow these tips. You’ll probably die anyway, but at least you won’t be remembered as a moron.

If Sports Drink Ads Were Honest

If Sports Drink Ads Were Honest

After mocking fast food commercials, Cracked is back to tell us what they really think of so-called sports drinks, which are generally packed with stuff that’s really not very good for us. But it’s not like they call them “health drinks,” right?

McAvoy & Fassbender’s Love Story

McAvoy & Fassbender’s Love Story

James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender know that the bond between Magneto and Professor X in the X-Men reboots is certainly special. But they’re not as into it as a McBender fan who made a sweet montage of their scenes.

Graphic Design Before Photoshop

Graphic Design Before Photoshop

With the increasingly digital world of image creation, Sean Adams of Lynda.com revisits just what it took to create layouts before tools like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Quark Express existed. Who remembers Letraset rub-ons?

An Unfortunate Teaser

An Unfortunate Teaser

Netflix is turning Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events into a series. In anticipation, fan Eleanora Poe created this short that captures the spirit of Daniel Handler’s books wonderfully. We’d be happy if this were the title sequence.

Arcade Drum Master

Arcade Drum Master

Machinima maker and game developer James McVinnie saw this dude in Tokyo wilding out to a drumming arcade game. He’s not quite god-level, but he danced and posed for James, and made it a point not to look at the game’s screen.

Bikes on a Bobsled Track

Bikes on a Bobsled Track

Watch these mountain bikers hit speeds up to 39mph down an abandoned bobsled track built for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. Sure, it would be faster coated with ice, but they probably wouldn’t make it to the first bend.

Hadfield & Savage as Astronauts

Hadfield & Savage as Astronauts

Adam Savage loves to attend the San Diego Comic-Con in full costume. This year he went as a 2001: A Space Odyssey astronaut with a very special guest: retired astronaut Chris Hadfield. Skip to 9:50 for their “spacewalk.”

Prophetic Tease

Prophetic Tease

(PG-13 Language) A slingshot ride attendant jokes to a pair of nervous passengers that “the ropes are looking a little frayed” as he straps them in. Then his joke became reality. Luckily, it happened before the ride left the ground.

Waffle Iron All the Things

Waffle Iron All the Things

You might think that a waffle iron was designed to make, uhm, Belgian waffles. But you’d be wrong. If the guys from ChefSteps are to be trusted, the waffle iron is the single most versatile (and messy) appliance in your kitchen.

Girl of My Dreams

Girl of My Dreams

If you’re feeling pretty bad about your life, model Jay Alvarrez’s video will only make you feel worse. It’s dedicated to his out of this world girlfriend Alexis Ren and their constant travels, but really it’s a slap to all of our faces.

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