{"id":158272,"date":"2020-04-19T19:34:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T18:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=158272"},"modified":"2020-04-19T19:34:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T18:34:42","slug":"can-you-break-youtube-with-glitter-yes-but-itll-hurt-your-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=158272","title":{"rendered":"Can you break YouTube with glitter? Yes, but it&#039;ll hurt your eyes."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<div class=\"viral-video-lead\">\n<div class=\"vplayer\"><iframe allowautoplay=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BtYKDamqo2I?\" data-template=\"viralvideo - YT\" data-ytchannel=\"The Slow Mo Guys\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/lib\/aab-3e4af80fa7eef43b2c82c5f3e3a386e50b041bb6ee6b415a5a69b0c863479851.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sure, glitter can break your heart if you spill those little satan sparkles, but can it break YouTube?<\/p>\n<p>The Slow Mo Guys, Dan and Gav, try to bust YouTube&#8217;s video compression algorithm by dumping piles of glitter onto their cameras. 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