I bought myself 60,000 YouTube views for Christmas
On Dec. 23, a YouTube video that I'd posted in 2008 had 473 views to its name. The video was an inside joke, a clip I shot myself of a friend talking about telegrams on a balcony. It was a parody of...
View ArticleForget QWOP: 4chan discovers the most frustrating kids' game ever
Reddit and 4chan have discovered the most difficult children's game ever created. In Winnie the Pooh Home Run Derby, you play as Pooh himself. The objective of the Disney-produced game is to get as...
View ArticleWhat's the deal with "Ancient Seinfeld"?
Throughout December, Seinfeld fans on Twitter have been tickled to the tune of Modern Seinfeld, a Twitter account run by two New Yorkers that puts the cast of comedian Jerry Seinfeld's iconic 1990s...
View ArticleWoman dances like nobody's watching (and 200,000 people watch)
Angela Trimbur is a one-woman flash mob—and she's showing up everywhere you'd most expect her. Trimbur is the leading lady behind "Dance Like Nobody's Watching: Airport," the second installment to a...
View ArticleYouTube Guide: "Blink to the Future"
With more than 72 hours of footage uploaded every minute, it’s physically impossible to keep track of the content on YouTube. But in YouTube Guide, the Daily Dot will curate its five favorite finds for...
View ArticleOn the road with Leonard Cohen
Once “the proverbial family table” is set, everyone comes to “feast,” and the meal in question is the music of Leonard Cohen. So says Cohen’s road manager Joseph Carenza III, who has presided over...
View ArticleThe Morning GIF: "Star Trek" fractal
Here at the Daily Dot, we swap GIF images with each other every morning. Now we’re looping you in. In the Morning GIF, we feature a popular—or just plain cool—GIF we found on Reddit, Canvas, or...
View ArticleDaily Fluff: Kitten's full-body cast revealed to be a tube sock
Kaylee the kitten called in sick to work on Thursday morning, telling her boss she had suffered a home injury and was confined to bed rest. As proof of her mishap, she sent along a picture of herself...
View Article9 "Seinfeld" Twitter parodies that need to happen now
By SAM WARLICK By all accounts, the past month's breakout hit on Twitter has been the viciously funny Modern Seinfeld, a re-imagining of the classic show as it might have dealt with life in 2013. Now,...
View ArticleMegan Fox joins Twitter to debunk death hoax
2013 will be the year of the Fox. After rumors swirled that Megan Fox died, the personified wet dream joined Twitter to announce that she's actually alive. Adorned with a blue verified checkmark,...
View ArticleAzealia Banks, Angel Haze drop dueling diss tracks on Twitter
It's not exactly Nas' "Ether," but it may be the best diss track that a New York City rapper has ever produced in response to a beef that originated on Twitter. 21-year-old rapper Azealia Banks took...
View ArticleYouTube Guide: Amazing facts to blow your mind
With more than 72 hours of footage uploaded every minute, it’s physically impossible to keep track of the content on YouTube. But in YouTube Guide, the Daily Dot will curate its five favorite finds for...
View ArticleWatch Arnold Schwarzenegger crush a car with a tank
Arnold Schwarzenegger still knows how to wow a crowd. While apparently doing press for his new movie The Last Stand Friday, the 65-year-old action star drove film critics around in a real-live tank....
View ArticleDotted Lines: 53 terrible jokes in 4 minutes
Every evening, the Daily Dot delivers a selection of links worth clicking from around the Web, along with the day's must-see image or video. We call it Dotted Lines.Faking your friends’ deaths to get...
View ArticleDaily Fluff: Cat ridiculed for liking all his own photos
.teaser img { display: none; } An area cat named Twiskers is facing the ire of his social media followers this evening after it was discovered that he was artificially inflating the like counts on his...
View Article"Sherlock" fans celebrate 1-year anniversary of Sherlock's death
With its two main actors landing lead roles in the Hobbit and Star Trek franchises, it’s not surprising that it’s taking a while for the third season of Sherlock to arrive. Unfortunately for the...
View ArticleBest Roof Talk Ever presents: A Northern Soul Love Story
In Spotify Essentials, the Daily Dot curates custom playlists created by some of our favorite artists, staff writers, and Web community leaders. This week, Nick Divers of Tumblr’s Best Roof Talk Ever...
View ArticleYouTube Guide: Ze Frank's seahorse facts
With more than 72 hours of footage uploaded every minute, it's physically impossible to keep track of the content on YouTube. But in YouTube Guide, the Daily Dot will curate its five favorite finds for...
View ArticleDid "Glee" rip off Jonathan Coulton's "Baby Got Back" cover?
Fox’s hit show Glee is facing backlash from fans after an Internet musician accused them of ripping off his version of a song he covered. Jonathan Coulton covered Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back" on...
View ArticleThe Morning GIF: Hail Cthulhu!
.teaser img { display: none; }Here at the Daily Dot, we swap GIF images with each other every morning. Now we’re looping you in. In the Morning GIF, we feature a popular—or just plain cool—GIF we...
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