There are few words one could use to describe the audio phenomenon which occurs at each Penny Arcade Expo, other than, of course, yucky. The video posted after the jump was captured at the first Penny Arcade panel at PAX East, in which everyone in the room simultaneously cracks their knuckles. It is really, really gross and nobody should watch it. We wish we hadn't seen it. We also wish we hadn't filmed it, and then copied it to our computer, and put it online, and put it in this post -- a process forcing us to relive that horrifying moment eight or nine times.
Reader Comments (29)
Posted: Mar 26th 2010 11:35PM Shadowbender said
Griffin calls it gross, I call it beautiful. It's the sound of POWER, my friends.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2010 11:40PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
Posted: Mar 26th 2010 11:52PM Shadowbender said
Ezio, that seriously brightened my night. Why is it that I love cats so much?
To follow up with your post, here's one of my all-time favorite vids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCaf3n3n86U&feature=related
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To follow up with your post, here's one of my all-time favorite vids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCaf3n3n86U&feature=related
Posted: Mar 26th 2010 11:40PM Shadowbender said
Pretty sure I heard sirens in the background...
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Posted: Mar 27th 2010 12:36AM DevilSei said
There's something else not spoken of either about this.
That wasn't just the sound of thousands of bones cracking in anticipation. No...
It was the sound of the earth itself, groaning out as it cracked its tectonic knuckles, the power of which enough to speed the orbit of the earth itself by mere milliseconds. That whole Chili thing? Just a cover-up of what was to come.
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That wasn't just the sound of thousands of bones cracking in anticipation. No...
It was the sound of the earth itself, groaning out as it cracked its tectonic knuckles, the power of which enough to speed the orbit of the earth itself by mere milliseconds. That whole Chili thing? Just a cover-up of what was to come.
Posted: Mar 26th 2010 11:41PM Ballistic H said
If I remember clearly, cracking your bones makes you more prone to arthritis because this motion somehow overuse or makes your bones more fragile.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2010 11:46PM Haikiba said
The Internet sez...no.
http://www.hopkins-arthritis.org/arthritis-news/2007/knuckle-cracking-and-arthritis.html
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http://www.hopkins-arthritis.org/arthritis-news/2007/knuckle-cracking-and-arthritis.html
Posted: Mar 26th 2010 11:42PM RANDOM G Joystiq Troll Slayer said
That's nothing. When the Joystiq Biomass cracks it's knuckles....people die.
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Posted: Mar 27th 2010 12:06AM TheMichaelJackson said
My fingers fall off when I crack my knuckles.
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Posted: Mar 27th 2010 12:59AM Educatedfool25 said
It's so gross........and they tell me it's gross.....but I keep rewinding it......
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Posted: Mar 27th 2010 2:06AM (Unverified) said
Yeah, being in the middle of this was really way more gross than the video can ever show.
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Posted: Mar 27th 2010 3:16AM alexmlowgmailcom said
Ah, can you hear that?
It's the sound of an orthopedists happiness.
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It's the sound of an orthopedists happiness.
Posted: Mar 27th 2010 6:11PM CHEF BOYaR G said
*looks around suspiciously to see if anyone notices*
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Posted: Mar 27th 2010 6:31PM CHEF BOYaR G said
-my mistake*
forgot to type that part. sounded too anxious
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forgot to type that part. sounded too anxious
Posted: Mar 28th 2010 5:18AM Gaddes said
I LOVE cracking my knuckles... I had even made a 3d Animated film about it in school! With Cowboys!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YTkIze-478
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YTkIze-478
Posted: Mar 28th 2010 12:08PM Edge of Blade said
That sound should be preceded by someone yelling "Finish Him!"
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