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+2 1. mikethezipper commented 14 years ago on video Nail Gun Art

It is very satisfying in a way to work in special effects (as low-key as it may be) and seeing things like this on the internet, especially when you have done something like this before. Granted, it wasn't nail-related, but chomping up a mask that covers the final product (which obviously was real) is REALLY easy to do. Think about it, what half way reasonable explanation is there for why someone would LAY the camera on a table while this was happening.... (besides the ALL of the other problems with it), if it wasn't to make it easier for guys like me? Especially since nobody EVER thinks to stabilize a camera these days, even in movies.
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-1 2. mikethezipper commented 14 years ago on video Woman Can't Park

A #12 that was the point... as in if he can park better when he isn't even allowed to drive.....
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0 3. mikethezipper commented 14 years ago on video T-shirt wars

As for "waste of time" it depends on whether those t-shirts were screen-printed or not. They probably weren't because if they were.... then absolutely nobody can argue that that was not a complete waste of time. I can't tell from the quality of the vids, but if they were just normal printed, (or done with stencils made in a z-cutter) then it isn't that impressive (compared to actual screen-printing)
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+1 4. mikethezipper commented 14 years ago on video Red Bull Stratosphere

HAHAHA wow, what an awesome video. I should make a video about how next year I will be the first man ever to be strapped to a tomohawk missile. Next year. And then put Monster logos on myself. Way cooler than a vid of me actually doing something.
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-1 5. mikethezipper commented 14 years ago on video Coca-Cola In Taiwan

I highly doubt that these bags would be ridden with bacteria as there are few bacteria that eat plastic, and the bags were obviously new. In fact, I think a pretty darn good argument could be made that any plastic bag is cleaner than the cups in ours cupboards, as they were wet and had food particulates in them.
Not to be too much of a jerk, but deposits are only on glass containers, not plastic ones. The system of 1 glass bottle and 100 plastic bags puts much less crap on the ground than the 100 plastic bottles we would use. I haven't weighed them, but I don't think it would be too much of a stretch to say that 100 bags=1 plastic bottle (weight-wise) in plastic, and the bags would break down faster thanks to their much higher surface area.
I said the "promote recycling" thing in jest, as they couldn't give less of a crap about recycling. It just comes out to be cheaper to use bags. In countries like these, making the plastic packaging ends up adding a nice premium to the price of the beverage.
Case in point: In Costa Rica, this used to be pretty normal, if not the norm. Now that the average Costa Rican's income has doubled in the past 10 years, now they use the same plastic bottle system we use here.
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+8 6. mikethezipper commented 14 years ago on video Coca-Cola In Taiwan

Ghetto? I don't think so. I've seen that in plenty enough other countries, if anything, it makes much more sense than leaving plastic bottles everywhere that never get recycled. In these countries, those bottles get used hundreds of times.
You always have the option to get it with the bottle, but that costs more. The next time you purchase a drink, you can get the drink in a bottle at no extra charge, if you exchange the now empty bottle with them. An excellent way to promote recycling if you ask me.
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-2 7. mikethezipper commented 14 years ago on video Freerunning

I don't get why freerunning is so popular compared to parkour... I enjoy parkour so much more. Thinking about how the slightest miscalcuation when amplified by a quadruple inverted flip (with a little bit of turning inside-out and then back again) equals... OHH there goes my ANKLE. Odd that I have no problem jumping from one building to another, but the idea of doing it while spinning all over the place just seems stupid. Kind of hypocritical huh?
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+8 8. mikethezipper commented 14 years ago on video Stupid Criminals

I'm sorry, but it is retarded to compare cash with a car. A car which has been registered BELONGS to somebody, that is why it is registered in their name. Cash is liquid, it does not belong to you, it is just in your possession. If you drop a $100, it isn't yours anymore.