Awesome Videos

20-year old Isaiah Austin was looking forward to be picked at the 2014 NBA Draft. Sadly, just a few days ago he had to withdraw because he was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome. The NBA did what it could to ease the heartbreaking blow.

This modern marvel of manufacturing is a Sharpe Nissin CNC tube bender, which spits out a seemingly endless variety of 3D shapes by manipulating metal tubing. It’s also Bender Bending Rodríguez’s great-grandfather.

Meet Ball Handles, the only man worthy of being called a baller. The only thing more wicked than his stone cold stares are his lightning fast hands. They didn’t have to point out the joke, but whatever. Dat face.

(NSFW: Language) An amusing short film set in the wild west, in which the all-knowing – and all-revealing – narrator’s voice can be heard by the cast of characters. Voiced by the dulcet tones of Nick Offerman. (Thanks Tommy!)

(NSFW: Language) After teaching us how to break necks and smash groins, Master Ken karate chops our brains with a brilliant way to practice open palm strikes. Or not. We call it patty cake-fu.

“Attention is the scalpel you use to cut away the fat from your life. But the Internet has robbed you of it.” CollegeHumor gets serious for 3 minutes and 5 seconds. The lesson’s obvious, but the experience may make you admit your faults.

In this commercial for Newcastle Brown Ale, comedic actor Stephen Merchant envisions what America could be like if the Brits had won the Revolutionary War. We have to agree that their swear words sound much better than ours.

Gliding across the lawn on a slip ‘n slide can be a bunch of fun, but it looks way more thrilling when the slide is placed at the top of a cliff. Leave it action videographer Devin Supertramp to bring this extreme activity to fruition.

This funky and fluffy looking otocolobus manul (otherwise known as a Pallas’s cat) decides to pop out from its hideout to check out the video camera that was placed in its habitat and goes in for the ultimate close-up. OH HAI THERE.

In this episode from Gucci Japan’s video series entitled “Hand“, Japanese woodworker Noboru Honma shows off the technique of parquetry, in which blocks of wood are assembled into intricate patterns, then shaved into razor-thin slices.

Columbusing (\kə-ˈləm-bəs-iŋ\) verb: to discover something for white people. CollegeHumor puts a name to a phenomenon that creates trends without giving their originators credit. Have you guys heard about this pea coat thing?

“Hello pigeons. My name is Rufus.” Stella Artois lends a voice to Rufus the hawk, Wimbledon’s official “Bird Scarer.” Rufus has been chasing pigeons away from the All England Club’s grounds for nearly 14 years.

If you loved Egoraptor’s breakdown of the ingenuity found in the first level of Mega Man X, check out Extra Credits’ similar study on Super Mario Bros. It’s just one of the many proofs of Shigeru Miyamoto’s genius. More here.

A man grows jealous of his Facebook friends and decides to work on his life. His online life. Director Shaun Higton’s tragic comedy reminds us not to compare ourselves to or seek validation from other people.

We love the street art-inspired style in David Barlow-Krelina’s animated short, which shows us what happens when you sneeze really, really, really, really hard. Dude, cover your face the next time you do that.

(NSFW: Language) The Internet’s grumpy uncle Maddox chastises YouTubers and websites that make up useless, superfluous or counterproductive lifehacks. TL;DW: do not eat apple stems. Just don’t.

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL! Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is too indifferent to get on a plane and fly to Brazil, so he enjoys World Cup 2014 from the relative comfort of Queens, NYC. Final score: Triumph 3 Uruguay 1.

We’re used to optical illusions, but sounds can play tricks on us too. The Pulse on WHYY demonstrates how we make sense of gibberish by providing our brains with context. Part of the Your Brain exhibit at Philly’s Franklin Institute.

After 35 years in the same studio, the folks over at ESPN reveal their new SportsCenter set here, complete with a campus tour from one of our favorite athletes: Ronnie Shalvis. Parkour and sports – what’s not to like? (Thanks everyone!)

A second helping of TV’s most memorable lines, from I Love Lucy to Game of Thrones, courtesy of Robert Jones and Tastefully Offensive. Guess who represents the gold mine of killer lines that is Westeros. Watch part one here.

An old man has a doozy of a computer problem. If the surreal humor seems familiar, you must be a fan of The Perry Bible Fellowship. Peter’s Computer was made by Big Play Films, which was founded by PBF creator Nicolas Gurewitch.

YouTuber Dawid Jankowski’s Volkswagen Golf sounds mighty feisty despite being beat up. Especially when you consider the fact that it actually has zero horsepower under the hood.

(NSFW: Language) “Your ass is you.” Webcomic creator and animator Domics shows how much we – or at least anyone who speaks English – value our behinds. And he does it without mentioning Sir Mix-A-Lot.