31 October 2020

Divertimento #184 (gifs)

A millionaire's yacht vs. billionaire's yacht
A young man creates a vlog entry about being a father.
Harvesting salt
How tequila is made
Decorating a gourd with electricity (note the comments)
Carpet-cleaning videos are satisfying to watch
Hair preparation and makeup for Beijing opera
Manufacturing boats using a blow mould
Minesweeper finds a mine
This plastic thingy is a cellphone jail


Nature and Science
Thunderstorm generates a red sprite

Animals
Child loses food to bird.  Amazingly fast.
Inversion of a video of hanging bats
A moose walks by
Kids playing on a Volvo
Otters have pockets


Impressive or clever
Splitting a large boulder
Caterpillar creates a rolled leaf as a refuge from predators
The immense power of the Beirut explosion.  More here, with aftermath
Awesomely complicated antique lockbox
Pulling a post out of the ground
Expert-level sleight of hand explained (gif)
Surprisingly smart cow


Sports and athleticism
Dancer from the 1940s doing flips
Four-year-old hits a hole-in-one in golf
Superb bowl
Long disc golf hole-in-one

Fails and wtf
Police mistake a family's SUV for a stolen motorcycle
White student tells black student "go pick my cotton"
Three-year-old child tangled in a kite string [no injury] [another view] [third]
Unattended candle starts house fire
Man cuts down a tree.  House breaks its fall.
Texas trump supporters in trucks harass Biden/Harris campaign bus on highway.


Humorous or cheerful
Crab doesn't want to be someone's dinner
Little girl sees father without his beard
Swan tells lady to put her damn mask on


The embedded images are not actual book covers.  They are artist Matt Stevens' conception of modern movies as vintage books.  Dozens more examples at the link.  Impressive graphic art skills.

3 comments:

  1. Why does Otter war make me want to scream "MARCO!"

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  2. Sorry but THIS is harvesting salt --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs7ybs3NA9c

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  3. Those movie covers are amazing. I've ordered the book. Thanks for the tip!

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