Word of the Day
Strident (adj., STRY-dent)
Loud, harsh, or shrill. Forcefully assertive, like the person running for President that we shall not dignify with a name (and, sadly, lots of other people running for President).
Gif of the Day
RunningCliffsInadvisable diving techniqueBiting the dustThat's gonna leave a markAt least there was water belowOwwwwooooochWhy would you do that??
Link of the Day
Russian Tank Biathlon
There are certain things we try not to cover too much here at The Dailies. Some are just due to overexposure or oversaturation (looking at you, nature videos) but others miss the cut because it's too easy to say, "Look at this crazy thing [crazy person/group] did."
Russia falls into this category. We have links to hilariously ridiculous Russian dashcams that we may post at some time but, again, Russia. Posting Russian dashcams is something Jalopnik does, and we have no intent of mining the same journalism that a Gawker site...aspires to.
But a Russian Tank Biathlon competition? One that stretches for two weeks and welcomes 250,000 people? Yes. Yes, we will indeed post this. We will definitely give you a link to watch it:
And we will absolutely post footage of that time the Kuwaiti team not only drifted a tank but drifted so hard they *flipped* it:
Absolutely bonkers. Well done, Kuwait. That is something I never thought could be done.
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