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How Ridiculous

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Kennedy Unthank

YouTube Channel Review

If you’ve ever thought, I wonder what would happen if … ?, this YouTube channel might be the one you’re looking for.

In one video, Scott Gaunson, Derek Herron and Brett Stanford drop a giant dart hundreds of feet, causing it to pierce a sheet of bulletproof glass. In another, they attempt to shoot a basketball off the top of a dam into the net far below. In a third, they compete in a game of frisbee golf—except they start on top of a mountain, and the goal is at the bottom.

How Ridiculous! You might think—and that would be very astute of you to do so, since that’s the name of their YouTube channel.

The three Australian friends are at it for some fun, whether that’s completing trick shots, dropping objects onto trampolines to see how high they’ll bounce or sending 200 golf balls down an Olympic ski jump just to see if one will roll into a hole at the bottom.

They may even break a Guinness World Record or two.

POSITIVE CONTENT

Obviously, you don’t click onto a channel called How Ridiculous and expect any educational content. The main point of the channel is pure fun—a lot like the immensely popular Dude Perfect channel. The three friends often lovingly compete and joke with one another. They perform largely gravity-based experiments—not to log data, but merely because it can be enjoyable to see how high a ball will bounce or to succeed on a difficult shot.

However, a couple of educational concepts are explored or referenced, including the Magnus effect (lift achieved by spinning an object through the air) or the coefficient of restitution (how bouncy an object is after collision). On a similar note, the friends often challenge each other to guess what the outcome of their experiments may be, and viewers are often encouraged to guess for themselves, too.

What’s more, Gaunson, Herron and Stanford are all Christians. On their website, they write:

“Yeah, we’ve got a few subscribers, and we are super thankful for that, but our existence isn’t to glorify How Ridiculous. Jesus Christ has been our rock and foundation from day one. His grace is the best gift we (as individuals and as a team) have ever received and we look forward to every new day as an opportunity to make videos that honour Him.”

In pursuit of that goal, the trio has offered long-time support to Compassion International, a Christian ministry that helps release children from poverty across the globe. Over the years, the guys have “helped hundreds of children get sponsored” with the program.

CONTENT CONCERNS

We heard one use of “crap,” “d–n” and “h—” each. While referencing a “whipper snipper” (the Australian term for a weed whacker), someone jokes that the name likewise describes what men do when they don’t want more children.

Other than those few instances, some of the games they play can use equipment that can be dangerous for children, such as when they use a bow and arrow to shoot balloons or when they drop bowling balls off high places. While fun to watch, parents should be mindful that their young children could potentially attempt to copy How Ridiculous’ antics, some of which might lead to adverse consequences without proper safety considerations in place.

CHANNEL SUMMARY

How Ridiculous is indeed just that: ridiculous. But a lot of those silly moments can be exciting to watch. And when your child wants to watch a little fun, it’s helpful to have a couple YouTube channels that you won’t need to worry much about.

The channel isn’t perfect: after viewing about 25 of the channel’s videos, we heard a handful of mild profanities. But those moments weren’t the norm for the rest of our viewing experience, which was squeaky clean.

But if your child does start watching How Ridiculous, we’d only caution those of you with bannisters in your home to glance up in case your kid starts dropping things from above.

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Kennedy Unthank

Kennedy Unthank studied journalism at the University of Missouri. He knew he wanted to write for a living when he won a contest for “best fantasy story” while in the 4th grade. What he didn’t know at the time, however, was that he was the only person to submit a story. Regardless, the seed was planted. Kennedy collects and plays board games in his free time, and he loves to talk about biblical apologetics. He thinks the ending of Lost “wasn’t that bad.”

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