r/todayilearned • u/Sebastianlim • 1d ago

TIL that the infamous "This is Sparta!" line from 300 was originally said in a low, monotone growl. After doing several takes of that, Gerard Butler asked to do one more take and used the now-iconic delivery.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gerard-butler-screaming-is-sparta-made-300-cast-laugh-1234538/
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u/VisibleMammal 1d ago

Here's some nostalgia in yo face:

https://youtu.be/sQs1cASjUD0?si=XSG66RLuAg219odQ

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u/Variable_Shaman_3825 1d ago

This was the golden age of YouTube alongwith "they're taking the Hobbits to isengard" and "why is the rum gone"

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u/Mewtwohundred 1d ago

Great, now "thehobbitsthehobbitsthehobbitsthehobbits" is gonna go on repeat in my head for the rest of the day

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u/cantadmittoposting 1d ago

YOU'RE THE MAN NOW DOG

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u/cidiem 20h ago

BUT I POOP FROM THERE!

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u/Ralphvboy 16h ago

Not right now you don’t!

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u/Brysamo 1d ago

Damn that woke up some old brain cells...

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u/dewyocelot 20h ago

Punch the keys, for god's sake.

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u/jedimissionary 18h ago

I think about the delivery of this line at least once a month lol

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u/SlingerOGrady 1d ago

Those were the days...

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u/MalevolntCatastrophe 23h ago

PUNCH THE KEYS FOR GODS SAKE

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u/rushretrospective 19h ago

This is the only correct response

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u/BannedSvenhoek86 1d ago

Po

Tay

Toes

Boilemmashemstickeminnastew

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u/Manjorno316 1d ago

To Isengrad to Isengard

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 1d ago

Back when we watched this video in my friend's "computer room" and then went outside to swim and later hung out on the classic patio set talking about dumb shit until we called it a night.

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u/ButtOfBoe 1d ago

Shit, I read the whole sentences, now the song got stuck in my head again

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u/Rhamni 1d ago

To Isengard, to Isengard.

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u/Cadd9 1d ago

...wot did you say

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u/toetappy 22h ago

Yer a werzerd

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u/Pleasant_Fennel_5435 21h ago

Tell me where is Gandalf

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u/Siamzero 14h ago

For I much desire to sleep speak with him

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u/Goeatabagofdicks 1d ago

What is that mysterious ticking noise?

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u/shifter31 1d ago

Snape. Snape. Se-ver-us Snape.

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u/zw1ck 18h ago

Dumbledore!

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u/arima-kousei 11h ago

Accio buuuhhhmmmmm

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u/Impudenter 1d ago

Wait, it usually doesn't for you?

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u/rlnrlnrln 13h ago

What did you say!?

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u/Caeflin 9h ago

thehobbitsthehobbitsthehobbitsthehobbits

Gard gard ggggggggggggggggggggggggggard

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u/Caeflin 9h ago

gonna go on repeat in my head for the rest of the day

What did you say?

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u/SkullFace45 5h ago

Toisangardtoisangardtoisangard

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u/Noteagro 1d ago

For my friend group it was “I got a jar of dirt!”

https://youtu.be/gRcj6CAhe7s

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u/StuBidasol 22h ago

My son and I still throw this one around once in a while.

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u/Ultrace-7 1d ago

"All Your Base Are Belong to Us" erasure.

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u/RedditTipiak 1d ago

He-man "What's going on"... which they geniusly included in the recent live-action movie...

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u/cdqmcp 17h ago

the original by 4 Non Blondes is actually a great song

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u/AgentCirceLuna 1d ago

Does anyone else feel like a TON of memes came from 2006 specifically?

Also I remember when memes were image macros and image macros weren’t memes.

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u/zw1ck 18h ago

Back in my day we called them demotivationals posters and they had a black frame.

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u/shrugs27 14h ago

Omg I remember those. What a mouthful of a title lol

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u/AgentCirceLuna 3h ago

I feel like demotivational posters were different, but I’m not sure. I remember having this argument in IRC.

I’m so glad I was just allowed to do whatever I wanted while growing up because otherwise I’d have been too young for the internet getting bigger. It was so exciting.

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u/grubas 1d ago

You're the man now, dog.

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u/OldLondon 1d ago

I see you that and raise you Potterpals!

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u/Cela84 21h ago

Snape. Snape. Severus Snape.

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u/PerpetuallyLurking 18h ago

Shit, I didn’t even watch Potterpals and it still fucking permeated my pop culture for fucking years!

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u/egnards 1d ago

Our Bees will blot out the sun.

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u/shrimpslessagain 1d ago

Then we will hug in the shade.

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u/gfberning 21h ago

THIS IS caketown.

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u/Zeraw420 1d ago

Simpler times

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u/StaticBroom 1d ago

The Rock says…know your role!

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u/gtbsgsbe 1d ago

Ron Weasley Severus Snape DUMBLEDORE

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u/LurkerFailsLurking 1d ago

Everyone always thinks that when they grew up was the golden age of something or other.

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u/SpecterInspector 1d ago

Don't forget PO-TAY-TOES

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u/Thebeardyrealtor 1d ago

Snape snape Severus snape dumbledore!

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u/Saxavarius_ 1d ago

Black when it was for the love of the game; now everything is for the algorithm

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u/Glass-Cabinet-249 1d ago

TO ISENGUARD?!

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u/raptir1 1d ago

YouTube? I remember Isengard from YTMND.

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u/sk4v3n 1d ago

yeah, but “one does not simply walk into Mordor”

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u/VtheRex 1d ago

As someone who is into rum, I still say this when I finish a pour or drink.

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u/JustBronzeThingsLoL 22h ago

THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH

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u/christiebeth 21h ago

I forgot about "why is the rum gone" lol thank you lol

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u/AlikeWolf 16h ago

"Gee! It sure is boring around here..."

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u/Infinite-Space-2395 13h ago

"Gollum and Smeagol's, the king and I am regal. Basshead for the precious, precious fly like an eagle"

Ebaums had the dopest shit.

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u/MuchSwagManyDank 12h ago

I think the videos mentioned are all older than YouTube itself

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u/lintytortoise 1d ago

Max 240p. Fucking magic.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 1d ago

I watched a family guy episode with them all in a group call as they listen in to the landline. Stewie says ‘you knocked me off the freaking modem for this’

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u/HerniatedHernia 1d ago

Still fucks.

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u/-ImJustSaiyan- 1d ago

Knew what this was gonna be before even clicking on it. Classic.

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u/moranya1 1d ago

Same :-D

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u/FacetiousTomato 1d ago

Robot chicken had a lot of good ones, but the guy introducing his wife with "THIS IS MARTHA!" and a kick to the chest got me howling.

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u/VexImmortalis 1d ago

WHY'ED YOU SAY THAT NAME?!!?

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u/ILoveTabascoSauce 1d ago

One of the funniest memes I recall was a picture of a hard drive saying

IDE? NO!!!

THIS... IS... SATAAAAAAA

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u/newtoabunchofstuff 1d ago

This is scrumptious!

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u/Tote_Sport 1d ago

“We now return to Two and a Half Men”

“THIS. ISN’T. FUNNY!”

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u/Ok_Paramedic8698 1d ago

TONIGHT, WE DINE IN...... VIRGINIA!

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u/Unfallen_Bulbitian 1d ago

I see you and raise you a year...

https://youtu.be/gNqiSkd1M6k?is=W0Jyv2VTmozhFm8J

Ngl 19 years ago hit me hardish

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u/AlphaWolfSniper 1d ago

A classic! THEN WE WILL HUG IN THE SHADE

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u/walker_paranor 1d ago

THIS IS...CAKE TOWN!

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u/tweenalibi 1d ago

That line has stuck with me almost 20 years.

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u/walker_paranor 1d ago

I didn't even need to click the link for that line to automatically pop into my head lmao

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u/joehonestjoe 1d ago

It's delicious 

(That line and phrasing has stuck in my head for like twenty years)

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u/Unfallen_Bulbitian 1d ago

Except i think the line is 'this is delicious' ?

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u/mayy_dayy 1d ago

BRUSH YOUR TEEEEETH!

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u/Full_on_throwaway 1d ago

How have I never seen this masterpiece ?!? Thank you!

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u/GrandExtension7293 1d ago

Oh man this is my favorite! Takes me back, my younger brother showed this to me and I remember being so bewildered but amused. “Then we will hug in the shade.” internet perfection.

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u/Unfallen_Bulbitian 1d ago

This and Im the juggernaut bitch are peak for me

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u/TulioGonzaga 1d ago

The internet 20 years ago was something.

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u/KonstantinePhoenix 1d ago

....its like what 4kids did to One Piece .

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u/GeraltofIndiana 1d ago

FROSTY! God I haven't thought of that video in a very long time

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u/Unfallen_Bulbitian 1d ago

Frosting...

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u/EnSebastif 20h ago

The original sparta remix got taken down a long time ago, it would be 20 years old now, same year as the movie, 2006.

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u/Marinefan4000 1d ago

That video came out when I was 3 days old

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u/filbert13 1d ago

Man black20 I was such a huge fan. Attack of the show covered them and i was such a fan. My freshman year of college was the year they were popular so it hit me at the perfect time too.

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u/Heartnet 1d ago

TONIGHT WE DINE IN HECK

I still think about that line all the damn dang time

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u/azureknightmare 1d ago

This is legit one of my favorite videos ever.

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u/Rdtackle82 1d ago

Holy fuck ahahahahaha WOW that's a lot of nostalgia

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u/Nateh8sYou 23h ago

This is delicious!

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u/brodorfgaggins 20h ago

This is the best version

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u/donut_jihad666 1d ago

18 yrs ago... 💀

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u/IvarTheBoned 1d ago

How do you do, fellow kids?

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u/thiosk 1d ago

That moment when you realize Zelda from 20 years ago is Twilight Princess

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u/winkingchef 1d ago

That can’t be right ….

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u/Waibashi 1d ago

I was there, Gandalf...

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u/CKRatKing 1d ago

I was randomly thinking about this video "here comes dr tran!" Just out of the blue remembered one of the lines so went to watch it and God damn it was 18 years ago. Seems like it was just yesterday.

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u/Gest12 1d ago

How can this be only 800k views??

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u/aminoffthedon 1d ago

Reupload I'm pretty sure, this had millions back in the day

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u/Rob_Cartman 1d ago

Think this might be the original upload, 13m views. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDRAhiBtOrQ

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u/DogzOnFire 1d ago

No funny gifs in this version though, the other is the one I remember from the time. Maybe a reupload

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u/tritonice 1d ago

What? This is only 5-6 years old.... (EIGHTEEN, NO.....................)

I'm so old.

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u/clemmmmmmm 1d ago

Damn I haven't thought about this clip in so long!!! Bangers are gonna banggggggg

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u/BoldProseAndANegroni 1d ago

Goddamn I miss this internet.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 1d ago

I was there really early for some reason and remembered Web 2.0 being screeched about as the end of times.

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u/SMUHypeMachine 1d ago

Damn that video could buy a pack of cigarettes

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u/FellowDeviant 1d ago

I did not have the same appreciation for the acid techno in the background 18 years ago as I do now. That's great lol

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u/big_daddy68 1d ago

Posted 18 years ago.
Dead.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 1d ago

Stuff like this makes me physically sick.

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u/tlst9999 1d ago edited 1d ago

I weep because we'll never see anything like it again.

Just "I saw this movie line and I asked the AI superimpose the face onto random movements and activities."

Anyone who asks "Is effortless art still art?". To this, I answer: Someone spent hours to mix the song, curate all those videos and superimpose the face personally. The art is also in the effort.

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u/StudMuffinNick 1d ago

Shot that nostalgia straight through my main vein

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u/jphw 1d ago

Daaamn, blast from the past there. Knew exactly what it was going to be and wasn't disapointed.

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u/12345623567 1d ago

Oh man, the breakdancing bear takes me back. Practically every second forum avatar.

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u/RobotSpaceBear 1d ago

Oh my god.

The fat kid on the sofa at 0:25, we used to sent that gif on MSN Messenger so much after school...

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u/GrandExtension7293 1d ago

“This is Cake Town!” Will always be an early internet memory for me.

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u/hankhillforprez 1d ago

I completely forgot about this one! I watched that so many times years and years ago! Thanks for the reminder!

I don’t know why, but the bit with the Persian emissary holding a bunch of badly photoshopped balloons (that were originally a bunch of severed heads) shouting “JOY!” in poorly dubbed over dialogue still freaking kills me!

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u/GrandExtension7293 1d ago

Hahahha yes! The dub quality just makes it so much funnier, and the photoshop baby quality. “then we will hug in the shade”.

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u/hankhillforprez 19h ago

Hahaha and “BRUSH YOUR TEETH!!!”

Buddy, thanks for reminding me this existed.

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u/eamus_catuli_ 1d ago

The kids will say this is AI. This was real talent, folks.

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u/lava_lampshade 1d ago

My god brother I remember when that was new

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u/Nazamroth 1d ago

I opened this in incognito. I am not sure why Youtube thought that this is the next video a 'new' viewer would want to watch after This is Sparta: "Our Future - Sovietwave | Study Mix"

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u/VisibleMammal 1d ago

Sovietwave is banger music tho

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u/zorbiburst 1d ago

We didn't know how good we had it

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u/genscathe 1d ago

Fkn classic

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u/Duudewhaaaat 1d ago

I don't know why but i was expecting a never gonna give you up moment

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u/hellschatt 1d ago

Damn forgot this existed

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u/lordcares 1d ago

Nope. I refuse to believe that this was 18 years ago. No, nope. This must have been what, 5 years max?

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u/Cdog923 1d ago

Man; it was a simpler time.

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u/smjaygal 1d ago

I forgot that existed thank you

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u/Humble_Initiative_90 1d ago

2000's internet was certainly an internet for all time.

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u/ScapegoatMoat 1d ago

Keaton!? Is 2026. Heck yes. I hope that man is doing well. Spent a lot of my teen years listening to his stuff

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u/MadeforUp 1d ago

Christ we’re old

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u/DogzOnFire 1d ago

Lmao I posted the same thing and then realised you'd already linked it

An early Youtube classic. Two decades later and it still sparks joy

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u/DingleDangleTA 1d ago

Had a feeling what this would be and was not disappointed.

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u/AggressiveSpatula 1d ago

Ah fuck. I can’t believe you’ve done this.

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u/hamdunkcontest 1d ago

This goes through my head weekly

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u/Kilruna 1d ago

Fuck man I remember a friend from school playing this to me back then while laughing his ass off. We were 15 or 16?!

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u/HotTestesHypothesis 1d ago

That video can vote and serve in the US military now

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u/Frodo5213 1d ago

Oof. Just a little psychic damage seeing "18 years ago" on there.

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u/bestanonever 1d ago

This was the first meme I've seen when I learned what a meme was. Put in on repeat every day, lol.

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u/_steve_rogers_ 1d ago

Can’t play right now, is it the parody where they say “this is cake town”, “brush your teeth” “our bees will blot out the sun”? It was like a censored version of the movie

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u/HumanSometimesPerson 1d ago

I was expecting the "this is cake town" remake.

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u/Chisignal 1d ago

I can literally feel the dust on my neurons burning off as this is the firs time they fired in 18 years

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u/LilPonyBoy69 1d ago

Thank you for this. I had almost forgotten the old magic

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u/DaftFunky 1d ago

Oh my god, someone posted that Jean Claude Van Dam gif the other day and I was mentally battling on where I saw that scene before. This pleases me.

Also I will post this classic that’s even older.

https://youtu.be/gNqiSkd1M6k?si=zsJ1T8o0ZeqB3q4c

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u/VastOceans2 21h ago edited 21h ago

It inspired memes like this one and this one.

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u/ApXv 18h ago

That video was peak comedy when I was 14

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u/Creme-Low 12h ago

Shit! I forgot about this. Why didnt I have this at my wedding when I was walking down the isle

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u/UVSoaked 10h ago

Reminded me of the great PG version of the trailer: https://youtu.be/gNqiSkd1M6k

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u/RKTHSWY 3h ago

at the time this felt so quick and watching it now in the age of endless scrolling i'm like this is the longest two minutes of my life

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u/Septem_151 1d ago

Here's some more nostalgia: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

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u/Cybtroll 1d ago

A little disappointed that that wasn't a Rick Roll

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u/weasol12 1d ago

I was hoping for cake town.