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12 Aug 2009 22:22

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Offbeat: Hilarious breakup #2: He went to Europe, she didn’t get the memo

  • Kind of hilarious, but really, it’s tragic. We have no clue if this video is real. But we don’t care. It’s still crazy. Jay David writes/presents an interesting yarn out of a girl who didn’t listen to him say that he was leaving for Europe multiple times.source

12 Aug 2009 21:19

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Politics: Crazy town hall moment of the day: Rosa Parks + ripped poster

  • The video
  • The recap A black woman is sitting at a town hall hosted by Claire McCaskill yesterday. A reporter, whose interest has been piqued, checks out her Rosa Parks poster. Some guy sees the poster, steals it from the woman, and rips it up. Guess who gets booed and taken outside? Obvious question: How is this not racism? At some point, you have to watch these videos and shake your head. This is democracy? This isn’t people just being jerks? source

11 Aug 2009 23:17

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Music: We could post Andrew W.K. videos on the site all day

  • Our favorite ironic celebrity of all time has a new album coming out. Of solo piano playing. Called “55 Cadillac.” But based on this video, you’d think it was the soundtrack to a summer blockbuster. Awesome, kids. Just awesome.source

11 Aug 2009 11:27

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Offbeat: In this video, a little girl grabs a giant fish with her bare hands

  • Show off. We did this all the time when we were kids.source

05 Aug 2009 21:33

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Offbeat: You should watch this horse-jumping-through-car video on repeat

  • Jesus christ. Wow. We think this may be the craziest or awesomest thing we’ve ever seen. We’re not sure which. But we can’t stop watching. (The guy in the car only got minor injuries, by the way.)source

03 Aug 2009 11:28

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Offbeat: Two icons of our childhood – Lego and video games – combined

  • Someone with a lot of time on their hands created this video. And that person’s name is Mr. Awesome. Best part? He has a whole collection of these videos.source

31 Jul 2009 11:43

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Culture: The divorce entrance is just as good as the wedding entrance

  • As we noted before, Chris Brown is a lucky bastard. People are actually watching his music – virally – with zero worry about the Rihanna incident. This parody of the phenomenon isn’t as amazing as the original but it’s still worth writing home about.source
 

30 Jul 2009 20:38

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U.S.: Here’s a video of a bunch of guys drinking beer, summit-style

  • It sounds like crickets in the background, but no, it’s the clicking of hundreds of cameras attempting to shoot the biggest fake story in the history of the United States. source

27 Jul 2009 11:17

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Culture: Andrew W.K. decides to go on local TV station to WEATHER HARD

  • Let’s get a weather going! Let’s get a weather going! When it’s time to weather, we will WEATHER HARD! Let’s get a weather going! Let’s get a weather going! On the air in Tulsa, we will always WEATHER HARD! WEATHER HARD WEATHER HARD WEATHER HARD WEATHER HARD. Oh Andrew W.K., we will always adore you.source

23 Jul 2009 09:26

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Offbeat, U.S.: Ah-nold: You call that budget cuts? Well, this is a KNIFE!

  • It doesn’t even matter what Arnold Schwartzenegger said in this video. We got the idea in the first second and a half. The governor of California, fresh off $26 billion in budget cuts, is brandishing a big knife. You said it all with your actions, man.source