Yesterday Amazon revealed that it was acquiring Twitch for $970 million, following months of rumors that Google would be purchasing the video streaming service.
Twitch Acquired by Amazon for $970 Billion
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Matt Damon's Toilet Water Challenge
Actor Matt Damon, co-founder of the nonprofit organization Water.org, dumped toilet water on his head as part of his ice bucket challenge video to raise awareness about the lack of safe drinking water in developing countries.
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Tumblr Has Found Its New Favorite Bird
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"Yee"
Today’s moment of wat brought to you by Dingo Picture’s animated feature film Dinosaur Adventure.
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#SoloYolo: Forever Alone Selfies on Instagram
Enter the “No GF/ No BF” side of Instagram where folks are forever alone and living their dreams to the fullest.
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Young Girl Accidentally Shoots Gun Instructor
This video released by Mohave County Sheriff’s officials shows a nine-year-old girl shooting an Uzi submachine gun moments before she lost control of the firearm which subsequently shot and killed instructor Charles Vacca. Should this girl have been handling such a deadly weapon in first place?
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Funny Store Signs
Since the early 2000s, these photographs of store signs have circulated through various image-hosting sites and social media platforms, often featuring humorous marquees, blackboards and other storefront displays.
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Lonk Joins the Race Roster in Mario Kart 8!
His name is Lonk and he is from Pennsylvania.
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If Geek Girls Acted Like Geek Guys...
In the latest original comedy sketch from BuzzFeed, internet comedian and columnist Gaby Dunn turns the table on the notorious fake geek girl stereotype by patronizing the hell out of an average geeky customer as a judgemental comic book store clerk.
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Coming Soon: A U.S. Federal Meme Database?
According to the latest report from the Washington Free Beacon, the National Science Foundation has granted nearly $1 million to a group of researchers at Indiana University for the development of an online database that can detect, track and catalogue “suspicious memes" circulating on Twitter, especially those relating to hate speech and smearing.
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High Speed Canyon Jetski GoPro Video
Watch this impressive footage shot with a head-mounted GoPro on a jetski riding through Mountain Sheep Canyon at Lake Powell in Arizona.
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Burning Man
This week, tens of thousands of “burners” descend upon the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada to participate in the annual Burning Man festival, which has been described as a temporary experimental community for art, “radical self-expression” and “radical self-reliance.”
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The Pentagon's "Everything Must Go" Sale
With the media attention now shifting towards the U.S. government’s 1033 program in the wake of a heavily militarized response against the protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, Reason.TV has “unearthed” the Pentagon’s never-seen-before advertisement showcasing a wide selection of military-grade arms and weaponry at crazy bargain prices)!
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Conversational English 101: Pokémon Edition
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In Defense of Spiny Blue Shells in Mario Kart
YouTube’s video game-themed web series Extra Credits presents an interesting argument as to why the Spiny Blue Shell, despite being the most hated item in Nintendo’s Mario Kart series, actually makes the game all the more interesting.
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INSA's Time Lapse Graffiti Animations
This street artist is known for producing time lapse animations of his graffiti paintings in GIF form, which he refers to as “GIF-iti.”
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Little Boy Scolds Mom for Getting Pregnant
A surprisingly articulate little boy goes off on his mother after she announces her latest pregnancy.
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Brandjacking
Hide yo hashtags, verify yo Twitter accounts, ’cause they be hijacking errything over here.
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Too Little, Too Late
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Taser Portraits in Slow Motion Photography
Sure, we’ve all seen at least one video of someone getting tasered at some point, but have you ever seen the faces of people in slow motion as they mentally prepare themselves for tens of thousands of volts to flow through their bodies?
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