This satirical video proves the speed of the Opera web browser is faster than a boiled potato.

In response to the impressive Google Chrome video showing off the browser’s speed, the guys at Opera made a video to show the world what they’ve got – by pitting Opera’s search time against a potato waiting for water to boil. (Hey, when your competition is Google you can’t take yourself too seriously.)

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Michelle Schusterman

Michelle is a musician, writer, and teacher just trying to see the world while doing what she loves for a living. She's taught ESL in Salvador, Brazil and kindergarten in Suwon, Korea, and now she's a full-time freelance writer living in Seattle (just to keep the city alliteration going). She'll try pretty much any food once and believes coffee is its own food group.

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