“This story about two cities… divided by a great ocean – united by hope and hunger.” With such words begins one of the most inspired videos I’ve seen in a long time. Authored by Jason van Genderen, “Mankind is no Island” was the Tropfest NY 2008 winner. If you’ve never watched this video, brace yourself to see a powerful and moving message that reminds us how our tiny hearts can fill a heart as big as the ocean. And loving is sometimes as simple as not looking away.

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What can I say? When a video is watched by over 16 million people, there must be something nice about it, right? I would outright say it would easily be regarded as a highly inspired video. With that said, check this out if you either need inspiration or you’re big on bicycles:

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With a style reminiscent to that video about the dude who could catch sunglasses with his face, here’s another video that will problably bring about a bunch of “ooohs” and “ahhs” from the crowd. This time around, it looks like two Russian friends teamed up with their favored national alcoholic beverage to bring about previously unexploited levels of vodka-flavored coolness. Well, naturally there’s a good chance this video is a result of some rather clever and ingenious video editing + visual effects, but I guess there’s no point dwielling in such thoughts… after all life can be so much more interesting when one is able to suspend his disbelief every once in a while, right?

In fact, life can be remarkably enticing when you suceed in suspending your vodka along with your disbelief in mid-air, as to effectively gulp in down in a swift motion… like this:

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