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How Could A Sniper "Prank" Possibly Go Wrong?

There is a Japanese game show called Panic Face King where the goal is to make someone have the most panicked face possible. And whoever does that is the king. Of that. I guess. Anyway, in a clip that is...  CONTINUE READING HOW COULD A SNIPER "PRANK" POSSIBLY GO WRONG?»

Posted on October 14, 2009 in , , (27 comments)
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Slow Motion Goofball Jogging Japanese Hip Hop Video

This is mesmerizing. If I had just one criticism to make it would be needs more Japanese blackface Louis Armstrong talkshow impersonations. (Via TheDailyWhat.)...  CONTINUE READING SLOW MOTION GOOFBALL JOGGING JAPANESE HIP HOP VIDEO»

Posted on October 12, 2009 in (20 comments)
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Good Morning, More Nightmares, Sir?

I'm pretty sure if they ever wanted to make A Nightmare on Elm Street Jr. (someone, or something, is killing all the toddlers in their sleep!), they could just hire these guys. Terrifying. Also, it's weird that Hollywood is...  CONTINUE READING GOOD MORNING, MORE NIGHTMARES, SIR?»

Posted on September 29, 2009 in (15 comments)
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This Man's Hair Looks Like A Hat

I'm not going to lie to you. The video after the jump features a man whose hair is styled to look like a hat. At first you're like, "there is something about that man's hat." And then you are like...  CONTINUE READING THIS MAN'S HAIR LOOKS LIKE A HAT»

Posted on September 23, 2009 in (32 comments)
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What We Nightmare About When We Nightmare About Love

In some ways, he's right, though. This is kind of what an adult kiss is like. I've said too much. (Thanks for the tip, Edith.)...  CONTINUE READING WHAT WE NIGHTMARE ABOUT WHEN WE NIGHTMARE ABOUT LOVE»

Posted on July 30, 2009 in (27 comments)
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Neat Magic Trick

The song that has been stuck in my head is now stuck in your head. Magic! "Illusions, dad, you don't have time for my illusions." I am up in your gutz, Criss Angel. No sorcero. (Thanks for the tip,...  CONTINUE READING NEAT MAGIC TRICK»

Posted on July 16, 2009 in (42 comments)
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Japanese Poop Fairy Can't Pay His Hospital Bills!

Huh? Please explain, this blog: "Unko-san," a new anime series about a brown turd-shaped fairy with lots of luck, is fast becoming the rage among high school girls in western Japan. Short episodes of the anime are now showing in...  CONTINUE READING JAPANESE POOP FAIRY CAN'T PAY HIS HOSPITAL BILLS!»

Posted on June 11, 2009 in (18 comments)
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That's Your Videogame: Muscle March

You guys want to come over and play some Muscle March? SHIRTS OPTIONAL. We'll split up into two teams, as we always do, Pants and No Pants. Obviously, this is always problematic since everyone wants to be on Team...  CONTINUE READING THAT'S YOUR VIDEOGAME: MUSCLE MARCH»

Posted on May 18, 2009 in (18 comments)
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What Can We Learn From The Sad Robot?

I think this interpretive robot mime act is supposed to teach us that even a mercenary robot war machine can understand that war is bad if he discovers that human babies exist, but instead I learned that disembodied baby voices...  CONTINUE READING WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE SAD ROBOT?»

Posted on April 28, 2009 in (12 comments)
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For Holy Shit WTF? Times, Make It Suntory Time

This is an ad for a special kind of tea to reduce high blood pressure. Or it is an ad for nightmares. I am not sure. I like how by the end, the part where the two businessmen try to...  CONTINUE READING FOR HOLY SHIT WTF? TIMES, MAKE IT SUNTORY TIME»

Posted on April 27, 2009 in , (6 comments)
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The Gay Agenda Is Going Viral

The following video is basically NSFW. So quit your job because you need to watch it. Oh, shoot, I should have mentioned this beforehand, but you're gay now. Yeah, sorry. From ChristWire (via GoldenFiddlr): The Gays Use Japanese Music and...  CONTINUE READING THE GAY AGENDA IS GOING VIRAL»

Posted on February 27, 2009 in (18 comments)
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Drunken Japanese Finance Minister Forced To Resign/Explain Chaos Theory

As you may have heard, Japan's Finance Minister, Shoichi Nakagawa, has quit after appearing drunk at this weekend's G7 Summit in Rome. Reports the New York Times: The minister, Shoichi Nakagawa, raised eyebrows for slurred speech, muddled answers and appearing...  CONTINUE READING DRUNKEN JAPANESE FINANCE MINISTER FORCED TO RESIGN/EXPLAIN CHAOS THEORY»

Posted on February 17, 2009 in , , (6 comments)
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Japanese Blackface Obama Magician Almost Makes It Not Worth It

Barack Obama, you guys. So far so good. He throws snowballs and talks about Jessica Simpson AND he makes bold steps towards a logical energy policy and changing the Muslim world's attitude about America. When they talk generically about "the...  CONTINUE READING JAPANESE BLACKFACE OBAMA MAGICIAN ALMOST MAKES IT NOT WORTH IT»

Posted on February 11, 2009 in (11 comments)
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Duh Aficionado Magazine: Holy Shit, Japanese Culture Is Insane!

I'm not talking about the insane endurance game shows or the vending machines that sell used schoolgirl panties. For one thing, those game shows would be mad popular over here, so we can cut it out with the tittering benignly-xenophobic...  CONTINUE READING DUH AFICIONADO MAGAZINE: HOLY SHIT, JAPANESE CULTURE IS INSANE!»

Posted on January 8, 2009 in (27 comments)
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I Want To Wad This Video Up Into My Life

I have never cared more about the problems of Japanese food production! They are such cute looking problems! (thanks for the tip, Edith) I don't even know what that video is about, but it's so entrancing. It's like if they...  CONTINUE READING I WANT TO WAD THIS VIDEO UP INTO MY LIFE»

Posted on October 24, 2008 in (9 comments)
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This Rock-Hurling Naked Man Is Your Boyfriend

You've had a lot of boyfriends and they've all been silly. But the naked man who led Tokyo police on a 2-hour chase as he swam naked around the Imperial Palace moat and climbed up walls naked and threw rocks...  CONTINUE READING THIS ROCK-HURLING NAKED MAN IS YOUR BOYFRIEND»

Posted on October 7, 2008 in (5 comments)
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