Mythbust This

there is [non-embeddable] better version of this video, but what you're watching is a .40 caliber bullet being fired into ice and stopping before proceeding to spin like leonardo dicaprio's inception top.

and, naturally, there have been debates about things like science and physics, as well as photoshop and after effects-- but take a look. (and i recommend watching the other video as well.)

Apparently, Mythbusters is going to film a segment to test the incredible case of the spinning bullet on ice. Many people are discussing if this is possible or not. After watching it repeatedly and reading the arguments, I believe it.

Some people say that this is impossible. How can a .40 caliber bullet stop on the ice like that, losing all its forward momentum and still keep spinning? I don't know the what the physics are, but the video is pretty clear and I don't see any way of faking that, which is probably why Mythbusters is going to put it to the test.

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i don't know how i feel about mythbusters being the go-to source for all that is fact. what i do know is that i once challenged adam savage to an arm-wrestling match and he declined.

it was simple, too: i'm 130lbs when my hair is wet, and i am likely one of the world's top fifty worst arm-wrestlers alive today. i get the majority of my upper body exercise by lifting forties and high-fiving strangers.

but, i heard a myth that i could kick adam savage's ass silly at arm-wrestling.

evidently, mr. savage is not as cool as his last name advertises. he had no interest in busting the myth. in fact, he spent the majority of our phone conversation trying to find out how i even obtained his impossible-to-find and highly coveted number.

get over it, adam savage, the paparazzi doesn't even care.

where did i get your number? from you. a few weeks before my arm-wrestling proposal, you made a reservation at a restaurant and-- at the time-- i was the reservationist. now, despite what you and the rest of the diners seemed to think, i was not-- and am not-- a robot created to get you tables at restaurants. back then, i was a college student in a very unhappy relationship, with little time for anything outside of school, work, and calling celebrities that dined at the restaurant.

i quickly confirmed that you were the adam savage who makes bad jokes on mythbusters and saved your number into my phone. i still have it, btw.

i don't see the bullet-spinning video being a whole lot more than an open shot at endless magneto and neo references-- the real myth i want busted is that president wishnack could annihilate adam savage at an arm-wrestling match.

bring it.