ack. try my "MINK begs for saves here" playlist.

In reply to this comment by jonny:
Turns out it was a dupe. Got something else you want saved? I'll hit it up on monday so it doesn't drop into obscurity over the weekend.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
woop!

omg. i didn't mean it as a joke, it just got that way.

and trying to add one tweak without fixing the overall aims of the site is retarded anyway, i shouldn't bother suggesting bitty solutions like this with no aims to measure them against, no big picture.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
No, he's saying let them sit in the queue until they get voted out - which is also a terrible idea. While you meant this to be a joke, MINK, it would be good if there was an "expired" list so you can see what didn't get attention.

no, i want to see the full thing for sure, although it looks a bit over the top, but hey, it's an extreme situation.

In reply to this comment by jonny:
I intend to - that was actually one of my earliest submissions - got all of 3 votes the first time around. Have you seen it?

In reply to this comment by MINK:
keep requeueueuing

you like planes? we're practically brothers then.

In reply to this comment by xxovercastxx:
As several other people, I was trying to assess the risk as I watched. I would imagine that dipping your landing gear into the water a little too far would likely cause the plane to smack right into said water, possibly followed by a less-than-graceful somersault flourish.

It seems possible, however, that the landing gear might just snap off. Remember that actual landing isn't done at anything near top speed, so the gear doesn't need to handle the horizontal force during landing that it would be subject to as it dips too far into the water.

It's interesting to keep in mind when you watch this that as a plane nears the ground (or water surface), the air being forced down off the wings creates a buffer that pushes the plane back up into the air. Even at normal landing speeds, this can make the last vertical 10' or so a bit tricky as the plane resists ground contact. At full speed that force would be far greater, so holding steady like this, despite the smooth appearance, would be something of a wrestling match.

hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahaah
he's a genius.

In reply to this comment by gorilla_squad:
i think bill bailey got pretty close:

"We have strong prevailing south westerly winds. 52% of our days are overcast so as a nation we're infused with a wistful melancholy, but we remain a relentlessly chipper population. Prone to mild eccentricity, binge drinking and casual violence. Breakfast is served 7-9."

In reply to this comment by MINK:
yeah you can make the best of it, and it's not a warzone. i just didn't understand your point. thanks

In reply to this comment by gorilla_squad:
i was addressing you. bill bryson is utterly mawkish about britain and most of what he said in the vid is bollocks, but then so is your rant.

I've been living in london on a modest wage for years and have a great time, so I thought I'd add some balance to bryson's indulgence and your bitterness.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
errrr.... not sure who you are addressing with that comment

i left england, and i am not so sentimental about it.

if you were agreeing with me, then yeah! haha

In reply to this comment by gorilla_squad:
jesus, turn down the sentimentality. england's not all that.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
as another englishman who left that ridiculous island... i can say this is bollocks.
you need a LOT of money to like the UK...

...maybe the kind of money you would get if you wrote a cozy book about how great the UK is.

ok so people DO apologise if you hit them carelessly in a crowded place, big woop.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7184400.stm

i smell bullshit. what a surprise.

yeah you can make the best of it, and it's not a warzone. i just didn't understand your point. thanks

In reply to this comment by gorilla_squad:
i was addressing you. bill bryson is utterly mawkish about britain and most of what he said in the vid is bollocks, but then so is your rant.

I've been living in london on a modest wage for years and have a great time, so I thought I'd add some balance to bryson's indulgence and your bitterness.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
errrr.... not sure who you are addressing with that comment

i left england, and i am not so sentimental about it.

if you were agreeing with me, then yeah! haha

In reply to this comment by gorilla_squad:
jesus, turn down the sentimentality. england's not all that.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
as another englishman who left that ridiculous island... i can say this is bollocks.
you need a LOT of money to like the UK...

...maybe the kind of money you would get if you wrote a cozy book about how great the UK is.

ok so people DO apologise if you hit them carelessly in a crowded place, big woop.

errrr.... not sure who you are addressing with that comment

i left england, and i am not so sentimental about it.

if you were agreeing with me, then yeah! haha

In reply to this comment by gorilla_squad:
jesus, turn down the sentimentality. england's not all that.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
as another englishman who left that ridiculous island... i can say this is bollocks.
you need a LOT of money to like the UK...

...maybe the kind of money you would get if you wrote a cozy book about how great the UK is.

ok so people DO apologise if you hit them carelessly in a crowded place, big woop.

hehehehe

you don't have to be heterosexual to live here, but it helps.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Best. Sift. Ever.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
I just loved your last bit. But what am I? Am a conspiracy basher, but I also think that Bush is a douche.

You need to satisfy the two halves of your conscience.

Well, most new science seems crazy, so people who have invested their whole lives into one way of thinking will tend to dismiss it.

Tampering with experiment results is a big no no.
But... doing the experiment is not stupid or crazy.

And I do believe "prayer" works... it's just nobody invented the prayerometer yet.

The placebo effect does exist, right?


In reply to this comment by rembar:
Glad I could catch your attention. I generally just have precious little patience for pseudoscience.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
that's better. more like what i was looking for.

The title is the title. I'm not changing it. If people need the word "Putin" in the title before they click, they can fuck off.

I think the main reason why people don't upvote is that it's long and it requires brainpower to appreciate. Simple as that. The Sift has a bias towards short comedy instead.

Yes i am becoming a videosift snob, i am pretty sick of finding gems that don't sift because of length and complexity.

dag doesn't seem interested in doing anything about it, on the basis that it would be unfair to lolcats.

Oh well.


In reply to this comment by Farhad2000:
Keep requeue it till it makes it! I suggest changing the title a little bit to fit the video more, I think alot of people are missing the actual point of the video via the name. Maybe something like "Democracy in Russia - Tsar, Faith and Putin" - that other title for it.

Very good sift, I wonder if there are more Why Demcoracy series up on Google Video

In reply to this comment by MINK:
*requeue
there's nothing else like this on the Sift.

yo info required! this video was literally amazing. see comments.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Those are Marines. Can you please correct that in the description, Farhad?
[Edit] Thanks

fire. tornado. what were you thinking?

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Damn. To think I passed on sifting this.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Confessions-of-an-Economic-Hitman

here's a good one about the American Empire, it's long but he quickly gets into how Bechtel, banks et al fuck up a country quietly. believe it or not.

first they bankrupt you and take your resources, if you protest they try to start a revolution in your country, if that doesn't work they send the army.