Comedian Erik Hoffstad’s latest bout of advice from his Internet Comment Etiquette series which humorously looks at how to comment online takes on the tricky and opinion-fuelled area of medical advice. Anywhere which involves discussion of Obamacare is going to make tempers flare, so Erik shows the right way to leave a comment so full [...]

A couple of drunk Aussies in swimwear and flip flops stopped a robbery they chanced upon at a gas station by taking the keys out of the robbers’ getaway car and chasing them away. As such they became viral stars and heroes in their homeland. But their fame didn’t end there because they then appeared [...]

Customizing race cars is a pretty popular hobby for a lot of people in Japan, who take to the streets at night to race around at high speed. GoPro delve into this after-dark culture to meet the unique characters who ride around in some truly insane vehicles.

It’s probably unlikely that you’re going to get anywhere near a neutron star, but let’s just say you did because interstellar travel was suddenly made possible. You would then probably want to know what a safe distance was in terms of being close to one and would what happen should you get too near.

The Simpsons is know for its quick-fire, blink-and-you’ll-miss it gags and one industry they love paying tribute to with these is the movies. In this awesome supercut put together by Vimeo user cgmzz, 27 (there are many more) of the films the series has referenced are pointed out, along with the scenes they’re parodying.

If you want to brush up on your history of the land of the rising sun, but don’t have the time to read the entire Wikipedia entry on the country, then you could do worse than watch this brilliant condensed version by Bill Wurtz, where he lays down Japan’s past in a very entertaining and [...]

Universities, being centers of knowledge and education, would be the one place that you would think free speech was protected and allowed to flourish. Not just because of the institution’s histories but also because most people going to universities are going to be more open-minded. But perhaps that’s too simple a view.

It’s unknown what L.A. did to piss off the Galactic Empire, but they did something, because they’re on the receiving end of AT-ATs, TIE Fighters, Star Destroyers, even the Death Star is glimpsed in the skies waiting to unleash it’s powerful laser. No sign of the Rebel Alliance coming to LA’s rescue though. And certainly [...]

In the documentary ‘VISION OF A FUTURE PASSED: The Prophesy of 2001′ filmmaker Gary Leva explores Stanley Kubrick’s seminal sci-fi epic and the effects it’s had on today. From Arthur C. Clarke to Douglas Trumbull, 2001’s special photographic effects supervisor, the short doc runs the gamut from the people who made 2001 happen to the [...]

If you’re the kind of person who is not only a fan of Star Wars but also loves Mario Kart then this is going to blow your damn mind, because those two worlds collide in a brilliant mashup animation by YouTuber Dark Pixel. Set in the Mario Kart world, the Nintendo characters are given Star [...]

There’s nothing like reminiscing about the good ol’ days, when all this was fields and everything was much better than it is now, just purely because it isn’t now. But as much as it’s great to remember, nostalgia just isn’t what it used to be, is it? It just doesn’t have quite the same feel [...]