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03 Sep 2009 11:31

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Politics: Animation as politics: Why a health care public option is necessary

  • This animation follows the mold of the Obama penny videos from a while back. Clever YouTube animation used to argue a political point. This one, however, leans left.source

24 Aug 2009 11:18

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Offbeat: Lego + 8-bit pixels: This poor guy’s getting eaten by his childhood

  • The guys who made this spent 1500 hours (!) putting it together. And, oh my freaking god, it shows. Michel Gondry, hire these guys. Stat.source

09 Jul 2009 22:48

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Culture: Know Dan Deacon? He wasn’t tripping acid when he made this

  • Beyond his awesomely bizarro music career, player piano supergenius Dan Deacon is the constant target of viral videos, most famously “Drinking Out of Cups,” a Liam Lynch video based on a sonic experiment Deacon made over half a decade ago. Well, after a handful of comedians linked to this video (2.9 million views and counting), he was forced to clarify to the world: No, he wasn’t on acid when he made this. To make up for that, we were on acid when we watched it.source

23 May 2009 20:55

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Offbeat: An ironic two-sided video analysis of the evolution debate