VideoSift Clips of the Week - Neatorama

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	Cuttlefish Cloaking Device Ever see a cuttlefish turn on its cloaking device ... er, camouflage? It. Is. Awesome. Here's the short and sweet video clip: Link
	Afghanistan Waterfall of Rocks Danish soldiers stationed in Afghanistan filmed this crazy rockslide where boulders the size of cars were tossed around like they were nothing. Link
	Venti Does NOT Mean Large Or how to be a douchebag in Starbucks. But seriously, folks, am I the only one who (when I do rarely visit the overpriced coffee establishment) order a "large" coffee? Link
	Kid vs. Mom All right: first, watch the clip. Then tell me if this is a display of poor parenting skills or a justifiable Hulk smash action by the mom. Oh dear! Link
	Cannot ... get ... comfortuhbuhls ... Okay, let's end today's VideoSift picks with something funny (I promise, no cats): a cute little dog can't get comfy enough in its lil' bed. Link (from the ever dependable Cute Overload)

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I'm with you, Alex. I refuse to order "venti" or "grande" or whatever else they call their drinks. It's small, medium or large; if the Starbuck behind the counter doesn't understand that, there are plenty of other places to spend too much on coffee.

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The guy behind the counter at Starbucks did not write the menu, nor set the prices, nor did he decide that Starbucks coffee beans must be burnt to a crisp. He pours coffee. That's his job.

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I really hope that woman is whom bought her kid the laptop. If so, awesome.

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I think it's pretty clever of Starbucks to call their coffee "venti" or "tall" or whatever - I mean, that distracts their customers from realizing that they're paying beaucoup just a small/medium/large cup of coffee by calling it something else.

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There are no Starbucks where I live, but everywhere I've traveled and ordered one, I order a large black coffee and they give me one with no argument. Not all Starbucks employees are stupid in three languages.

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Hats off to the mama. I just hope she does NOT buy a replacement laptop.

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Miss C, I can't believe there are no Starbucks where you live!! I live in Vancouver and we have Starbucks across the street from each other. You can always find one with less than a 5 minutes walk. Luckily we have lots of local coffee shops around too, they are much better!

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now the kid should smash in her moms car windows.

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the compression goes crazy on the mudslide one - try this link which has the magic fmt=18 bit on it

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=51C7vEAVbxk&fmt=18

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sadtomato, Vancouver is a city. I don't live in a city! I live in a tiny town of about 8,000 people. We have a local coffee shop, which won't last long because people can get coffee at a diner for half as much.

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I didn't even watch the starbucks video, because they're all the same.
I work there, and while it doesn't bother me in the slightest when people order their drinks as small/large/whatever out of habit, I find it ridiculous that people do it out of principle. There's no need to be so anti-establishment. It's just coffee.

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yeah the starbucks one is from role models:]

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we had half of the starbucks shut down in my country.
the city is a whole lot more interesting now
but many friends lost their jobs within one day's notice
so pants to starbucks.

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That kid's voice..repeating the same thing in his pubescent authoritarian style..so annoying. While I tend not to devalue electronics like that and would have definitely taken it away. I admire her taking it in her own hands so to speak..must have been a final straw if that's the way he regularly acted. I bet that kid's beyond upset he lost all his angst poetry.

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christmas is coming up and it's his way of saying 'I need a new bed...plz'

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p.s. that kid probably deserved it, but maaybbbe a little harsh and I agree Miss.C - no replacements, haha

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What's really sad is the kid thinks 5 mins on his laptop is worth a) more than his mom's wishes, and b) angering his mom for. Kid got what he deserved.

GO MOM! And yeah. NO REPLACEMENT!

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I wonder if they tell starbucks employees at their training to correct people who order as s/m/l or if they just do it out of douchebagginess...?

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Btw.. laptop fatality!

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I work at Starbucks, and no they don't tell Starbucks employees to correct people; in fact they actively discourage it. No one I've ever worked with cares if people ask for a small/medium/large; I always did before I worked there. If you are ever asked if you meant grande or venti if you ordered a large, it is because sometimes customers say a large but really want a 'grande', and mention it when you give them a Venti. I assume they are just used to the medium/large/extra large menu items from other places. What I do ask about is what people mean when they order a regular coffee, as everyone seems to have a different opinion on whether it is a small or a medium.

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I've never been corrected at Starbucks and I doubt they'd want to hurt their image by enforcing that. I do agree with a previous commenter that renaming sizes confuses people into not realizing how much they're paying for a cup.

In my opinion though it's better than places that refuse to call anything small..starting with medium..where employees have actually asked me what I meant by 'small' or replying with 'medium? we have medium, large and extra large'. Now that is one of the most annoying marketing decisions ever.

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I don't know, man. Kids are going to argue with their parents. I think the mature course is to handle it without property damage.

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Yes, take the laptop away from the kid. But smashing it on the front walk is just the tip of the iceberg for her anger management issues. It wouldn't be so funny if it were Dad reacting so violently.

On the face of it, the kid may have deserved it, but that's stepping into Abusive Mom territory.

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Ever since the first computer rage video, I have been sceptically about property destruction caught on film. Without any lead in or a reason for the camera to be rolling in the first place, my conclusion is that this was staged with an already broken laptop.

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As for Starbucks, they have jumped the shark. Accounting tricks are the only reason they did not show a loss last quarter. Very shortly they will exist only provide fodder for jokes on "That 90's Show".

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Concerning rock waterfall: Whatever type of concrete was used to make that retaining wall, I want in my driveway.

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You're stupid in 3 languages ... that got me rolling!

If that mom/kid argument was real, then that's white trash parenting. But I don't have teenagers yet, so maybe I don't fully understand.

The dog one was the best though.

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Destruction of the laptop was probably not the most mature way to handle a bratty teenager but damn it's funny. I like how that kid books it as soon as his mom looks at him.

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Yeesh, I'd hate to see what happens when the dog acts up. That was a little excessive, destroying a $500-plus dollar laptop she probably bought for him because he wouldn't get off of it. I would have just takedn the battery :)

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I like the Starbucks caramel frappacino but I only get it one a month because it's a very unhealthy dessert (it's not coffee!) but I never get their coffee. It tastes like burnt old coffee grounds, yick.

The mom who destroyed the laptop is demonstrating for us why the kid doesn't listen to her in the first place. When you act like a two year old throwing a tantrum how can anyone, let alone a child, respect you? She most likely paid for that comp so throwing it is really more a punishment for her than him and it sets a terrible example for her child.

Thankfully, the puppy was a nice unicorn chaser :)

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I'm surprised there's a town left in the world that doesn't have a Starbucks. We lived in a military town in the middle of the desert in California that was only 20 square miles, an hour to the next town, one movie theatre etc and we had 2 Starbucks.

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I can't watch the Starbucks video because every time I open the link some song starts playing and I can't figure out where it's coming from! >:(

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That laptop lady is an idiot. I don't know if it's real though. What was it she wanted done now? How is breaking a laptop going to accomplish that? People, don't have kids if this is how you're gonna raise them.

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Justifiable. Sometimes need a taste of reality. And why couldn't the Starbucks near where i live have been the ones they are shutting down? For crying out loud, there are THREE Starbucks in the same mall in Norfolk!

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*edit* Justifiable. Sometimes KIDS need....

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i have a daydream where i had the following dialog at a starbucks (sb)--

me: a large cappucino, please.
sb: you mean a venti?
me: uhhh, large.
sb: venti.
me: large.
sb: venti.
me: large.
sb: sir, venti means large in italian
me: no, venti means twenty in italian. i do not want to buy twenty cappucinos.
sb: .uhhh, ok. one large cappucino.

-- then the line cleared up and i swallowed the marketingspeak just to expedite my cup of java.

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