Dips: Like Vines, but shorter

April 1, 2015 12:43 PM

Today, April 1, Funny Or Die introduces Dips: 1.5 second looping embeddable videos.
Quite a few MeFi favorites have made dips for the launch, including: Hannibal Burress Ellie Kemper, Jon Hamm, Rachel Maddow, Paul Feig, Al "Weird Al" Yankovich, Michael B. Jordan, Bill Nye The Science Guy, Kumail Nanjani, Cookie Monster, Skrillex, Metta World Peace, and Tommy Wiseau.
posted by Going To Maine (44 comments total)

THERE IS NO H IN YANKOVIC
posted by Faint of Butt at 12:49 PM on April 1, 2015 [7 favorites]

Periscope my dip!
posted by oceanjesse at 12:49 PM on April 1, 2015

Needs Mike Myers doing zip it.
posted by Kabanos at 12:50 PM on April 1, 2015 [1 favorite]

Do you know what the secret of co-
posted by RobotHero at 12:53 PM on April 1, 2015 [2 favorites]

Counting down until the inevitable remix.
posted by mikesch at 12:54 PM on April 1, 2015

Wow isn't that annoyi. wow isn't that annoyi. wow isn't that annoyi.
posted by transient at 12:54 PM on April 1, 2015 [8 favorites]

Does it count if it's not a smooth loop? I take off points for that.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:54 PM on April 1, 2015 [7 favorites]

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posted by Atom Eyes at 12:55 PM on April 1, 2015 [7 favorites]

I'm trying to understand what Tommy Wiseau is saying and it keeps morphing every few seconds like some kind of audio kaleidoscope
posted by theodolite at 12:55 PM on April 1, 2015

Without question, I believe Rachel Maddow maintains her own LEGO miniworld.
posted by ChuraChura at 12:57 PM on April 1, 2015 [3 favorites]

LOOK AT THIS HORS
posted by Potomac Avenue at 12:58 PM on April 1, 2015

the paul feig one was a legit lol
posted by Potomac Avenue at 12:58 PM on April 1, 2015 [4 favorites]

Fuck why is Adam Scott so funny even in this short amount of time
posted by Potomac Avenue at 12:59 PM on April 1, 2015 [4 favorites]

Enshrines Ellie Kemper as comedy geniu
posted by vverse23 at 1:00 PM on April 1, 2015

Somehow Peter Jackson will figure out a way to stretch his out to 4.5 seconds.
posted by Atom Eyes at 1:01 PM on April 1, 2015 [3 favorites]

WHO IS DOUG BAYNE AND WHY ARENT WE FRIENDS
posted by Potomac Avenue at 1:02 PM on April 1, 2015 [1 favorite]

the sponsored content is a nice touch
posted by idiopath at 1:12 PM on April 1, 2015

Whoa, Haley Joel Osment is totally ready to play Joss Whedon in that new biopic.
posted by valkane at 1:16 PM on April 1, 2015

Get to the chop, indeed.
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 1:26 PM on April 1, 2015 [3 favorites]

why
posted by colie at 1:34 PM on April 1, 2015

BECAUSE
posted by poffin boffin at 1:59 PM on April 1, 2015

YOU'RE THE MAN NOW, DOG
YOU'RE THE MAN NOW, DOG
YOU'RE THE MAN NOW, DOG
YOU'RE THE MAN NOW, DOG
YOU'RE THE MAN NOW, DOG
YOU'RE THE MAN NOW, DOG
etc.,
posted by ostranenie at 2:01 PM on April 1, 2015 [7 favorites]

Distincts. Dis stinks. Some stink more than others stink. But it is not 90% crap, like normal stuff. It is 104% crap. And distincts.
posted by hexatron at 2:05 PM on April 1, 2015

Hey guys I have an idea for a new kind of video sharing where the video is only one frame long but it's really high definition and you get to look at it for as long as you want.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 2:19 PM on April 1, 2015 [19 favorites]

He puts his hand upon his hip, when Jon Hamm dips, you dip, we dip.
posted by bleep at 2:21 PM on April 1, 2015 [1 favorite]

I listened to the Hannibal Buress one on loop for 5 minutes, it's great for working to.
posted by bleep at 2:22 PM on April 1, 2015

Holy hell, there are so many of these. I felt like I had watched (and enjoyed for what they were) lots of these and then there were still like 2000 more, almost all of people I've never heard of and/or didn't really care about. Sorry, guy from Train, I do not care enough about you to watch a 1.5 second video of you doing anything, and that's a really low threshold.
posted by Copronymus at 2:34 PM on April 1, 2015 [2 favorites]

Dips: Like Vines, but dumber
posted by signal at 2:36 PM on April 1, 2015 [2 favorites]

APRIIIIILLL FOOOOO....
posted by Joey Michaels at 2:37 PM on April 1, 2015 [1 favorite]

charlie day clearly put thought into making his loop well
posted by ghostbikes at 3:27 PM on April 1, 2015 [1 favorite]

Somebody put a LOT of time and effort into this joke. A lot of time and effort was required for me to figure out it was a joke, but once I did, the tic went away, so there's a happy ending for you.
posted by merelyglib at 3:46 PM on April 1, 2015 [1 favorite]

Ha.

Ha ha.

J.K. Simmons.

If that one doesn't become a hip hop sample, the world is too boring.
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 3:49 PM on April 1, 2015

That cat in Lizzy Caplan's hates his life.
posted by axiom at 7:37 PM on April 1, 2015

Ellie Kemper and Kat Denning FTW!
posted by bitteroldman at 9:00 PM on April 1, 2015

Next up: Twitter to reduce it's character count to 20 characters...

It would be hilarious!
posted by el io at 9:06 PM on April 1, 2015 [1 favorite]

When I dip, I expect a nice mouthful of tasty. These are more like, you dip your chip and it breaks off and stays there.
posted by kinnakeet at 4:15 AM on April 2, 2015 [2 favorites]

Even better Doug Bayne.

I wish there was a search, or some kind of scrutable organization system. It took me a lot more than 1.5 seconds to finds J.K. Simmons' nostrils.
posted by sparklemotion at 6:10 AM on April 2, 2015

Is this an April Fool's joke (making fun of Vine, I guess?) or for real? Because these really don't work at all.

Conan O'Brien, Will Ferrell, and Hannibal Burress are pretty funny fellows. They ain't funny here.
posted by mrgrimm at 7:39 AM on April 2, 2015

I mean.
posted by mrgrimm at 7:41 AM on April 2, 2015

Some don't, some do. I think El P's is the one I find most memorable, if just for shock value.
posted by Going To Maine at 8:55 AM on April 2, 2015

And all five Doug Bayne ones are surreal gold. (vimeo)
posted by Going To Maine at 9:00 AM on April 2, 2015 [2 favorites]

Thank you for once again proving that Whitney Cummings is about as funny as dental work.
posted by gern at 12:44 PM on April 2, 2015 [1 favorite]

All things considered, I kinda hope they keep doing this.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 2:45 PM on April 2, 2015

I want someone to make every single one play at the same time. It would probably sound like HNAAARGH but I think I'd find that kind of soothing.
posted by h00py at 8:36 PM on April 2, 2015 [1 favorite]