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The Big Impressive/Cool/Funny/Weird Videos Thread

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Taluntain, Sep 4, 2006.

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  1. Master of Nuhn

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    Hey! So there it is!

    And now for something completely different. This is not at all funny, not really weird and anything but cool, yet somehow impressive. (And the music is depressing)

    Wanted to ask if this is based on facts and where the author might have found them, but that's a whole new thread, I guess.

     
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  2. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    I assume the numbers* come from the federal statistics, which are public (I haven't checked the references listed at the end of the video, but I'd expect they got them there). Pretty much every country collects and publishes figures on the economy, people, etc. on a regular basis, so this info is readily available to anyone wanting to dig into it. But yea, the rich have been getting richer and the poor have been getting poorer... it's been that way for quite some time now. Not to turn this into a AoDA thread but if this trend continues, I think it's rather obvious that it'll end in blood once a large enough share of the population slides into inescapable poverty. The situation is largely identical in all typical modern capitalist systems so once the dominos start to fall, they won't stop for quite a while. Here in Europe, so many rights that people have fought for for decades have been eroded or minimized into virtual nothingness in the name of the bad economy that it's pushed huge segments of the population previously on the edge of poverty now well into it - especially for those who can't find jobs. We're conditioned to tolerate such downturns peacefully for a time, but I'm sure that people will at some point realize that the situation will not change from the top down unless they force it to change from the bottom up. Just like the working class of old has had to fight tooth and claw for every right that we've taken for granted for decades (at least in Europe), so will the hordes of the poor - simply to survive.

    * Funny thing about numbers and statistics is the fact that everyone seems to be able to interpret them in a way that best suits them, so I'm sure that you won't find many rich folks who'll agree with them as presented here. As usual, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
     
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  3. Master of Nuhn

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    I guess you're right!
    Now let's get less serious again. :D

    There's this guy here in Holland that's gotten himself quite a name. Actually people don't know his name (Uriah Arnhem), but most recognize him from some rather funny commercials. He made some cool music and WRONG video clips as one of The Scotty Pippens. too. And now he's trashing Kanye:

     
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    Actually, to get serious again, the major problem with that video (and others like it) is that they keep interchangeably using the terms "Wealth" and "Income" and they mean two totally separate things.

    You can be wealthy and have no income (a multimillionaire that does nothing but live off of his checking account. In a chart of wealth he will be on the far right. In a chart of income he would be on the far left with the unemployed.

    You can have a decent income and no wealth. This is very common and where charts like the ones in the video can very easily distort the truth. If you buy a house for $300K and have a mortgage on it of $295K then your wealth is $5K which is quite small. However to support the payments on the house you probably have a high income.

    If given the choice I would always pick great wealth over great income, (and many times one leads to the other), but many people live a great life without generating much in the way of wealth.
     
    The Great Snook, Nov 26, 2013
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    Batman vs. Superman!

    [profanity]

     
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    Wow! That was pretty funny. :thumb:
     
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    I have tears from laughter.

     
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    I had to watch the original video in order to understand what the heck was happening in your video Snook. I think I may be scarred for life . . .
     
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  9. Ofelix

    Ofelix The world changes, we do not, what irony!

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    Enjoy tea;

     
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    Worst 'O Holy Night' ever. EVER.

     
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    I usually find Honest Trailers to be quite amusing.

     
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    A quick trip down memory lane to one of the greatest videos I have ever seen.

     
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    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    And then Justin Bieber came along...
     
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    Oh, I remember that one from way back. Always thought that was pretty amazing.
     
    henkie, Dec 21, 2013
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    And people wonder why the terrorists hate us.

     
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  17. Splunge

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    Cows aren't too crazy about us either!
     
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    The cows are terrorists!!
     
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    Yes, but they're tastier than the Taliban! (Less stringy, too.)
     
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    Who can ask for more? Great dancing, great tricks, villains and a boss you definately wont mess with ever again! Enjoy this music video.

     
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