Best YouTube videos

Dave_Perkins · 2010-03-06T11:29:53.000Z

He’s such a good entertainer…

Pogo · 2010-03-06T11:53:57.000Z

Never heard of Beardyman but… damn he’s pretty awesome.

XPav · 2010-03-06T15:06:48.000Z

Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever

Strangely, it’s very much like the Washington Post buys Slate thread.

Rimbo · 2010-03-06T15:44:33.000Z

XPav:

Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever

Strangely, it’s very much like the Washington Post buys Slate thread.

Adjective expressing admiration, directed at the creator of the linked video.

Mightynute · 2010-03-06T23:15:38.000Z

Training video for the Chrysler Turbo Encabulator.

Pogo · 2010-03-06T23:22:14.000Z

I was holding in tears until he said “reciprocation dinglearm,” and then I couldn’t hold back anymore.

Rimbo · 2010-03-06T23:28:26.000Z

Mightynute:

Training video for the Chrysler Turbo Encabulator.

The most confusing thing about this is how “Bud” manages to maintain a straight face through the entire thing.

Bad_Neighbor · 2010-03-07T09:07:20.000Z

Part of the beauty is that the dialogue has been reused multiple times.

belgerog · 2010-03-07T12:30:59.000Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYktDghfoFM

Tree branch on a power line, which kind of reminds me of STALKER anomalies.

frank_austin · 2010-03-07T13:43:42.000Z

:D That was awesome!

Rimbo · 2010-03-07T23:17:56.000Z

belgerog:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYktDghfoFM

Tree branch on a power line, which kind of reminds me of STALKER anomalies.

would watch again, and again, and again

Pogo · 2010-03-07T23:23:17.000Z

That was indeed pretty awesome.

From a physics viewpoint, I’m postulating that the moisture in the bark was transmitting the current and heating up progressively until the bark was set aflame, turning it into a moisture-less crisp that no longer transferred electricity.

I’m curious about that electric humming sound that occurs after it pops, though. It seems that moisture is expelled all at once and the current continues to travel through it in midair.

jeansberg · 2010-03-08T01:17:10.000Z

belgerog:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYktDghfoFM

Tree branch on a power line, which kind of reminds me of STALKER anomalies.

Found this one in related videos.

Wow.

Jaws_au · 2010-03-08T04:06:12.000Z

Pogo:

That was indeed pretty awesome.

From a physics viewpoint, I’m postulating that the moisture in the bark was transmitting the current and heating up progressively until the bark was set aflame, turning it into a moisture-less crisp that no longer transferred electricity.

I’m curious about that electric humming sound that occurs after it pops, though. It seems that moisture is expelled all at once and the current continues to travel through it in midair.

You’re certainly right about the branch heating up - so all that noise at the start is the sap boiling away and popping. At the end though, once it’s basically burnt all the way along, it’s actually turned it a giant carbon stick, which is VERY good at conducting - so you then get a huge current flow through which basically vaporises the rest of the branch. And leaves you with that nice plasma arc (which is what’s making the “electric” noise). As it’s so hot, it rises rapidly.

The physics of plasma arcs is pretty fuzzy (as is my knowledge of them), but once it starts, it’s actually a pretty conductive path, which is how they maintain themselves longer than you’d expect. Basically they form am electrical connection through the air.

Pogo · 2010-03-08T17:09:22.000Z

Jaws_au:

You’re certainly right about the branch heating up - so all that noise at the start is the sap boiling away and popping. At the end though, once it’s basically burnt all the way along, it’s actually turned it a giant carbon stick, which is VERY good at conducting - so you then get a huge current flow through which basically vaporises the rest of the branch. And leaves you with that nice plasma arc (which is what’s making the “electric” noise). As it’s so hot, it rises rapidly.

The physics of plasma arcs is pretty fuzzy (as is my knowledge of them), but once it starts, it’s actually a pretty conductive path, which is how they maintain themselves longer than you’d expect. Basically they form am electrical connection through the air.

Ahhh, I knew someone had to have better theories than mine. I didn’t consider the tree sap angle. Very nice.

TimElhajj · 2010-03-09T17:21:08.000Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciggw9vAtaU

The chuckling of the person operating the camera makes this one.

Houngan · 2010-03-09T17:25:36.000Z

belgerog:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYktDghfoFM

Tree branch on a power line, which kind of reminds me of STALKER anomalies.

I have to wonder if I wasn’t influenced by the comments, because once it went up I involuntarily said “Awesome!!!” in my coolest voice. Awesome.

H.

Jasper_Phillips · 2010-03-10T05:34:59.000Z

Linoleum · 2010-03-10T07:45:11.000Z

Galactica: Sabotage

It’s exactly what you’d hope.

JD · 2010-03-10T09:13:26.000Z

Teddy-bears!