Dogs Too Scared of Cats To Pass By Them

Here at KappaD, we know what the internet wants.

Cats.
And dogs.

So we provide.





Cats are evil.


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A Unique Truck Ad

The following commercial by Volvo, featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme, was posted on Youtube about a month ago and it soon went viral.




From the "about" section of the video:

"This live test was set up to demonstrate the precision and directional stability of Volvo Dynamic Steering -- a world first technology that makes the new Volvo FM easier to drive.

Filmed in Spain on a closed-off landing field at sunrise in one take."

In one take... IN ONE TAKE? Are you kidding me?
And surely there must have been some safety equipment. A net? A rope?
I can't believe the 53-year old (although he looks older in this in my opinion) Jean-Claude Van Damme would do this type of split without making sure that all necessary safety precautions had been taken. Even at these speeds, a fall would have been nasty.

In any case, never one to be outdone, Chuck Norris (or maybe "Chuck Norris") chose to use his annual Christmas message to respond to Jean-Claude Van Damme's provocation.




I wonder how long it will take the real Chuck Norris to claim copyright infringement...

What Does the Fox Say?

I know this is old for many out there (it came out early September), but I discovered it just yesterday. 288 million views and still going (Gangnam Style, by the way, has reached 1.85 billion).

I kinda like it actually. Catchy tune.

Thankfully, it doesn't take itself seriously.
It is by Ylvis, a Norwegian comedic duo (they are in fact brothers) and is intended as a critique/parody of contemporary club/pop music. 

Agreed. Change the lyrics and this could have easily been a hit by Pitbull or Katy Perry.

New Orleans (tilt-shift)

New Orleans is the most populous city in the US state of Louisiana (but not the capital, as is so often the case).

As always, make sure to watch in HD.

I was there for a couple of days recently. It was nice. Very touristy and pretty safe. The French Quarter was interesting, but not as large as I had expected. It is cool how that area's Franco-Spanish past (the architecture at least) has been largely preserved. I tried to imagine how it would have been in the city during hurricane Katrina. In general, I think you can see it all in 2-3 days. If you're a jazz music fan (which I am not) you might appreciate it more.

Street Basketball Stereotypes

Anyone whose played street basketball can definitely relate to this video.

And I'm not only talking about recognizing these characters in your friends, but in yourself too.
I'm looking at you KappaD "My Bad" guy.

1994 Was A Good Year

In terms of pop culture at least.
And it was... aaaargh! 20 years ago...
Sniff.

It's time to reminisce with this recap by Slacktory.

All the songs and videos can be found here.

Enjoy.

Cat Overestimates Its Abilities

Music is "Sail" by AWOLNATION.

This looks like Japan (and indeed, the original cat video appears to be Japanese, where, by the way, it says in the video info that the cat was unhurt following its... predicament).

It would have been even funnier if it had said "Fail" at the right moment.

Every Tech Commercial Ever

Literally.

CollegeHumor's Favorite Funny Videos

Go Ahead. Knock yourself out...!

An anaesthesiologist lets the patient (prepped for knee surgery)... anaesthetize himself.



Oh shiiii... Yap, my thoughts exactly.

Although I know this is absolutely necessary and controlled, I still can't help not feeling a bit unnerved by it.

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All Nuclear Weapons Detonations Ever Conducted

Today I learned that since 1998 the only country to have conducted nuclear tests (3 to be exact) is North Korea.

Between 1945 and 1998, however, there had been a total of 2053 nuclear explosions/tests (of different yields, different types of bombs, underwater, underground, on the surface, in the atmosphere, etc., if there is etc.). The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT, of which North Korea is not a signatory, as well as Pakistan and India) is mainly responsible for the halt in nuclear tests.

Below is a video made by Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto showing where each nuclear test was conducted and by whom between 1945 and 1998. Apart from the two in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, which were used during war, all the rest are nuclear weapons tests.





This video made me interested in finding videos of some nuclear explosions.
I found quite a few on user's atomcentral's account on Youtube.

First off, here is the Trinity test, the first ever detonation of a nuclear device in July 1945.





Here's one from 1951 in Nevada, as seen from above.





In 1953, they even made an atomic cannon. But, it was soon made obsolete by advances in rocketry. Here you can also see the effects on nearby houses and vehicles. It appears as if the paint on vehicles evaporates.



Of course, as we know from that movie where they rape Indiana Jones (I'm looking at you "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"), all you need to do to survive a nuclear blast is go inside a fridge (a sturdy one, like the ones made in the 50s).

In 1954, the Castle Bravo test involved the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated by the United States, a hydrogen bomb with a yield of 15 megatons of TNT. It happened at Bikini atoll in the Pacific ocean. 





Here we see five guys in 1957 enjoying themselves far too much as they stand at ground zero, while a nuclear weapon (in the form of an air-to-air missile) is detonated 10.000ft above their heads.





Finally, in 1958 an underwater detonation at Enewatak atoll in the Pacific ocean.




For no particular reason, I only used detonations by the United States here.
You can easily find ones from other countries on Youtube too.
Let's hope we never witness one first-hand.

Hey fellas! Wanna see some magic?

Back in 1997, David Blaine became famous through his Street Magic TV Specials.

Here's a taste:




You can very easily find many videos of his performances online and although they are undoubtedly very impressive, they are not the subject of this post.

Here, I bring to your attention this brilliant 4-part parody of David Blaine's Street Magic.

Enjoy!

(they're all great, but part 2 is my favorite)
(don't mind the picture quality in the first three, they are from 2006-2007)



Part 1

CollegeHumor's Favorite Funny Videos

Part 2






Part 3






Part 4

Everynone's Short Films

Everynone is a directing collective consisting of Dan Mercadante, Julius Metoyer III and Will Hoffman.

Below are three examples of their work.
I find the way they document life, weirdly intriguing and depressing at the same time.


As always, full screen, HD is recommended. 
 

Moments


Moments from Everynone on Vimeo.



Symmetry


Symmetry from Everynone on Vimeo.



LAUGHS!


LAUGHS! from Everynone on Vimeo.


Although these are the ones I like most, if you're interested, there are quite a few more in Everynone's account at Vimeo.

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Drama Queen

I'll just leave this here.
Video is self-explanatory.





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GTA V Is So Realistic...!

.. it's boring, according to this parody by CollegeHumor.

CollegeHumor's Favorite Funny Videos

I hope you bring GTA V to PC, Rockstar.
You'd better bring this to PC, Rockstar.
Don't pull a Red Dead Redemption on us, Rockstar.

I believe I've made myself clear.

Pinky and the Brain Tongue Twister

I remember seeing this as a kid, when it first came out in the early 90s.

Brilliant.





[Transcript]

0:00-1:11

KS: I am honoured by your visit.  Let me show you our assembly line.
First, sheets of sheer synthetic sheepskin are slit into several Kicky-Sack shoe shapes in 

shapely shoe sizes by six sitting sheet slitters.  

B: I only see five sitting sheet slitters. 

KS: The sixth sitting sheet slitter's sick.  His son Sammy's subbing 'til the sick sixth sitting

sheet slitter's back, sitting pretty.

P: You're not the sheet slitter?

S: No, I'm the sheet slitter's son.  

P:  Well.... You keep on slitting sheets until the sheet slitter comes. Haheheheh!  Whooohaaah.

 [View of a machine labelled "Sheet Slitter Shoe Shaper".]

KS: The Shoe Shaper then shapes the slit synthetic sheepskin sheets,
and shoots out shoes through the chute.

KS: Now, this is Mr. Plunkett, the new khaki sock plucker.  (I had to fire our previous sock plucker.

He had a bit of an attitude.)

B:  So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky-Sack sock plucker?

KS:  The second cocky khaki Kicky-Sack sock plucker I sacked since the sixth sitting sheet

slitter got sick.

[Lights dim. Machine whirs and slows down.]

KS: Whoops!  Don't worry; just an electrical problem.  One of the Kicky-Sack sack pickers will have

to flick the plug.  

P: Not the khaki sock plucker?

KS: Oh, my, no!  The Kicky-Sack sack pickers flick the plug. The khaki sock plucker can't reach

the socket over the latex child perambulator fenders we use to line the treadmill.

B: It might make more sense to have the sixth sitting sheet slitter's son flick the plug, if the sack

pickers and the sock pluckers are behind the rubber baby buggy bumpers.

[Sammy flicks the plug.  Everything whirs back up.]

KS: I never thought of that! 

1:11-1:41
 

B: Now, Pinky, here is the plan.  Remember, every step must be performed with precision!

You must slit the sixth sick sheet slitter's son's sheet, secure it next to the toy boat from 

the Hackensack Socko Kicky-Sack Sack Kickers' picnic in Secaucus, stretch it past 

the sack pickers' station and the sock plucker's chute, and pick a sack, pluck a sock, 

and flick the plug,so I can put the pea in the plucked sock with the picked sack for ballast 

and bounce it off the rubber baby buggy bumper, into the Parker Packard purple pewter pressure pump. 

Is that understood?

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