In bad idea news, this is a video of engineer Allen Pan building robotic legs so a snake can experience every snake’s lifelong dream of walking. Should we be giving snakes robotic legs? Of course not, but that’s not going to stop somebody from doing it for the Youtube views,
This is a video of a spotter of the highest caliber sliding a mat under a gymnast who missed his mark by a longshot and is about to take a hard fall onto the floor. Granted the floors are already padded, but still, that was about to really suck. Possibly
This is a video of an Airbus A321neo operated by Wizz Air (like pissing in the wind) making a spectacularly low landing at Greece’s Skiathos Airport. Yikes. You know, I have friends who have traveled to Greece specifically to witness this themselves, none of which I would feel comfortable with
Presumably to celebrate my birthday over the weekend, this is a video of an elderly woman having her first hands-on experience with a Roman candle. She appears to be continually shocked whenever another shot is fired. Admittedly, it is always a little surprising. Unfortunately she did not seem to enjoy
This is a video of a proud new motorcycle owner putting the bike through its paces with a classic wall crash test. Thank goodness he was wearing his helmet. Some more info about the incident while I wonder how much the IIHS paid him to administer this test: This guy
This is an edit of Simon & Garfunkel’s classic ‘The Sound Of Silence’, but with the harmonies replaced with their mirror images (negative harmonies), for a different feel. That’s cool, but I’m partial to the original — it’s a great song to listen to when I’m brooding. Dammit, it’s just
This is a video of filthy liar/cheater Cody Miller attempting to replicate a Halo: Combat Evolved speedrun he posted online (years later revealed to have been a bunch of individual videos spliced together) as part of a 2011 Games Done Quick charity marathon. In the video he’s attempting to complete
This is a video of the crew behind Youtube channel Hacksmith dropping a massive 2-ton Thor’s hammer they constructed on a bunch of stuff from 100-feet to completely obliterate it. They crush all sorts of things: a fridge, clothes dresser, kiddy pool, piano, truck, minivan, cinder block castle — super