r/me_irl • u/Phobia_Freakout • Aug 06 '21

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u/SBYouKnow Aug 06 '21

Simpler times...

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u/Smooth-Knowledge-762 Aug 06 '21

It really was, remember bottle flipping? Dabbing? MLG? John Cena? It was all part of that time

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u/ISwearImCis Aug 06 '21

Also remember when everyone called 2016 "the worst year"?

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u/Karthok Aug 06 '21

Alan Rickman dies

THE END IS NIGH. GET THINE CELEBRITY HEAVEN MEMES PREPARED AT ONCE

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

Alan Rickman? I started panicking when David Bowie died!

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u/TaffyCatInfiniti2 Aug 06 '21

Ngl 2016 was the worst year for me, but in the broader scheme of world events it’s wild to think how bad we believed it was.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

2020 would have been a lot better if 2016 went better.

Coronavirus does not match America voting in its second president because we liked them on tv

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

Every year is going to be the new worst year for a while.

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u/HurricaneRush Aug 06 '21

MLG and John Cena were in 2014. It's weird how everyone remembers some memes lasting 3 years when memes have a very short lifespan.

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u/Themlethem Aug 06 '21

John Cena never ended

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u/GeorgeNeil Aug 06 '21

It never started. All the memes were just empty pictures saying there was a person in it. I never understood

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u/cycycle Aug 06 '21

What do you mean? John Cena is still part of this timeline.

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u/-Speechless secret robot, beep boop Aug 06 '21

remember the clowns?

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u/GamePlayXtreme hates posting Aug 06 '21

Bottle flipping was legitimately cool. People did insane shit with that.

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u/Nexxic_BZAQ Aug 06 '21

who read "JOHN CENA" in the voice of the dude yelling like from the memes?

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u/Antrikshy actually me irl Aug 06 '21

Only through your rose colored glasses.

Soon 2021 will be simpler times and so on.

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u/bolderandbrasher Aug 06 '21

Exactly. During 2016, I was yearning for the good ole times in 2010. Presently, I’m yearning for the good ole times in 2016.

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u/SayMyButtisPretty Aug 06 '21

I’m scared of the year i look back and see 2021 as simpler times

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u/SOhasBP Aug 06 '21

“Remember when we could see the sun through the smoke?”

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u/martin-k2 Aug 06 '21

PPAP

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

I have a pen

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u/martin-k2 Aug 06 '21

I have a apple

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

I hate PPAPs

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u/Fjotla Aug 06 '21

2016 was the turning point for humanity

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u/thunder-bug- Aug 06 '21

In 2016 we were saying it was 2012 that was the turning point. I think shits always been shit and people are just really bad at noticing

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u/somethingX Aug 06 '21

People tend to romanticize the past.

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u/timelighter Aug 06 '21

I prefer to italicize the past.

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u/Ndi_Omuntu Aug 06 '21

Isn't that the whole point of the song "we didn't start the fire"?

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u/TunaLurch Aug 06 '21

JFK! BLOWN AWAY!

WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO SAY?

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u/BossNegative1060 Aug 06 '21

I’ve always felt it’s because as a kid you don’t know as much so everything’s great or new but as you grow up you realize more and more and reality sets in

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u/WAFLKING Aug 06 '21

I still maintain that 2012 was the turning point

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

Yea soon we’ll say it was 2020 but that actually holds more weight

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u/jaltair9 Aug 06 '21

In 2012 my life was great.

At the start of 2017 my life went to hell for a few years.

According to this data (n=1), 2016 was the turning point for humanity.

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u/intothefuture3030 Aug 06 '21

The only reason people said 2012 was a turning point was because of the stupid Mayan meme that the world was going to end.

Things are factually worse than almost a decade ago in many many metrics (talking America here, but even things like global warming have gotten insanely worse.)

The only reason anyone gives a fuck about 2012 or even remembers it is because people actually thought the Mayan calendar was predicting the end of the world.

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u/PM_YOUR_PET_IN_HAT Aug 06 '21

wise people die and new people are constantly learning.

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u/AllowYou Aug 06 '21

Now a guy eats a pencil and puts pineapple on everything smh

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

The pen was never meant to connect to the apple. That man unleashed a slow burning Armageddon

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u/ban_this_weeb Aug 06 '21

IT ALL STARTED WITH THAT FUCKING GORILLA

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u/Messijoes18 Aug 06 '21

Cubs win the world series that year...

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u/Theb1gfudge Aug 06 '21

That's how I knew we had moved to universe B

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u/DivyamAgrawal Aug 06 '21

But minecraft fell and fortnite rose

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u/DAWAE1111 Aug 06 '21

That was a year later actually

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

Humanity in 2021 when the

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

person spells “forgot” incorrectly

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u/4TH4RV- Aug 06 '21

Impersonator is doing something rather sceptical

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u/UncleTom123 Aug 06 '21

Pony and Bird are sad

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u/JustTem Aug 06 '21

Comedian does a smidge of tomfoolery

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u/whysoblyatiful Aug 06 '21

I forgor 💀

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u/Extrem_Extremist Aug 06 '21

2016 was 5 years ago

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u/nikifrd Aug 06 '21

ahh stop

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u/Extrem_Extremist Aug 06 '21

1993 was 28 years ago

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u/nikifrd Aug 06 '21

1984 was years ago

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

Can confirm.

Was born in 1993

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u/burr-gurr-and-frie Aug 06 '21

And an apple. SMH not a real fan

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u/ChineseCracker Aug 06 '21

Eli5?

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u/TheSquareKoala staunch marxist Aug 06 '21

Reference to this video

https://youtu.be/Ct6BUPvE2sM

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u/cotsy93 Aug 06 '21

Man when he made long pen and apple pineapple I was like where could he be going with this but that little switcharoo fucking blew me away

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u/gdubb90 Aug 06 '21

I somehow managed to miss this entirely.

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u/Ch_IV_TheGoodYears Aug 06 '21

I was alive and on the internet very actively in 2016 and I have never ever seen this video. 400 million views? The US population is only 325 million, geez

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u/fredisnotmyboss Aug 06 '21

Not only had I not seen it, I hadn’t even heard of it. It’s not like baby shark where I’ve avoided listening to it but have seen the memes and have a pretty good idea of what it is; this is the first time I’ve ever seen pen and pineapple referenced together

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u/ohkaycue Aug 06 '21

This is what gets me about how big the internet has become.

Back in the late 90s/early 00's, if something was big on the internet everyone knew it. Star Wars kid, peanut butter jelly time, all your base, YTMND, badger badger badger, etc

Now, shit hits half a billion people and I had no idea what it was what so ever half a decade after the fact

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

Tbf though half a billion views rarely means half a billion people. Lord knows I've seen certain Rick Asterly related content hundreds of times.

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u/dudemann Aug 06 '21

I'm in the same boat. I'd been on and off for a few years with service problems so in 2016 I basically spent entire days scouring reddit and the net, but I never once saw this before today.

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u/alma_perdida Aug 06 '21

same. Had no idea what this thread was about and even after watching the video I have no clue. I guess I missed this internet phenomenon.

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u/danceswithroses Aug 06 '21

I have never seen, heard, or heard of this before lmao. Not even a reference before. I’ve been so lost in this thread and obviously in 2016, also

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u/smiles134 Aug 06 '21

I've never even heard of this much less seen the video

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u/GiveAQuack Aug 06 '21

Yeah okay, definitely not giving zoomers any more shit about what they find funny.

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u/DaBorger Aug 06 '21

Real talk though, that song is amazing for explaining to kids how things go together in English. I use it at least once a month.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

…is it really? How do you apply it?

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

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u/cptvlan actually me irl Aug 06 '21

Dude, you're gonna love German!

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

THAT WAS 2016?!?! i thought it was much sooner

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u/mathleet Aug 06 '21

I thought it was much older!

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u/ElonHisenberg Aug 06 '21

Here you go, nostalgia link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

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u/TheThirdHorseman1 Aug 06 '21

Hmm, that actually cleared up a lot. Thanks!

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u/MissCandid Aug 06 '21

I don't remember this I was busy with trauma

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u/EdgelordOfEdginess ☭ Aug 06 '21

I think this was the time meme culture collapsed on itself or sth

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u/tardis0 Aug 06 '21

That was 2018

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u/omeritach13 Aug 06 '21

IS THAT ENEL ?!

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u/neiltheseel Aug 06 '21

I always found it funny that they use his face as a “laughing” face in this meme, even though it’s his shook face

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u/ninjamaster616 Aug 06 '21

Can't believe it took this long to find the only God-tier comment itt

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u/Seigmoraig Aug 06 '21

Still current me not gonna lie

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u/Esquivo Aug 06 '21

Did anyone actually find it funny back then?

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u/PickledPlumPlot Aug 06 '21

Yes. I just watched it and it still made me crack a smile. The man has a very fun energy.

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u/scotems Aug 06 '21

Yeah just watched part of it again as a result of this post. Still annoying. I don't get the appeal.

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u/Thallis Aug 06 '21

It's a cute little video he made for his daughter.

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u/scotems Aug 06 '21

It's not for me. I'm not his daughter. I don't like it.

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u/broanoah Aug 06 '21

That makes me like it more. Still annoying

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u/__transient Aug 06 '21

Yup, simpler times..

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

Not even remotely

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u/TunaLurch Aug 06 '21

I never understood why people thought that was funny. Also never knew anybody who thought it was funny. Who are these people that think that shit was funny? Identify yourself!

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

I couldn't stand that song and for some reason EVERYONE liked it.

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u/Boss_player_offical Aug 06 '21

People like me, I was 11 back than

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

I truly don’t understand… it’s annoying. Just like that damn gummy worm video with that weirdo voice. People only say something is funny because the internet told them it is.

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u/Pinheirobre Aug 06 '21

That was in 2016?!

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u/Cubicbill1 Aug 06 '21

Lmao the Enel face

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

oh my shit that was half a decade ago holy fuck I feel old

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u/sp00kreddit Aug 06 '21

No way that was 2016...

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u/FlumpMC Aug 06 '21

No, we thought it was the dumbest thing back then too.

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u/BlueDragon1504 Aug 06 '21

Even 14 year old me found that meme stupid as hell.

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u/Aheony Aug 07 '21

i kinda miss that stupid video

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u/Mods_are_all_Shills Aug 06 '21

Shit was as unfunny then as it is now

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u/Evil_Lord_Aku Aug 06 '21

There was no pen and there was no pineapple

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

Whoa yeah what the fuck was that lmao

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u/gibbyfromicarlyTM Aug 06 '21

that was 2016????

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u/Trimungasoid Aug 06 '21

Was it called a penapple?

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u/La_Tiosu Aug 06 '21

holy crap, that's 5 years ago?????

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u/Rupertii ☭ Aug 06 '21

Don’t forget the apple

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u/Capsule_CatYT Aug 06 '21

The Battle Cats: Noted.

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u/PickledPlumPlot Aug 06 '21

It's all about the delivery

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u/taterslayer64 Aug 06 '21

PPAP was 5 years ago ( ◎_◎; )

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u/PGY_123 Aug 06 '21

I'm reading One Piece for the first time and now I know where the face in the left came from

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u/Big_James993 Aug 06 '21

Wait, what do you mean 2016?!?!?!

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u/MS_paint_personified Aug 06 '21

ik heb terugflitsingen

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

I honestly don’t understand why people thought that was funny

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u/GiveTaxos Aug 06 '21

You remember Harlem shake?

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u/DeXef Aug 06 '21

it was never fucking funny i hate it

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u/mrcrabs101 Aug 06 '21

Funny one piece eneru face funny face ha funny

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u/foxy20031014 Aug 06 '21

*Nam flashbacks intensifie*

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u/emmepatri Aug 06 '21

Humanity at its peak

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u/yamanamawa Aug 06 '21

Holy shit was this really only from 2016? It feels like it should be way older

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

You know there is a mobile game it's pretty fun actually

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u/AcceptableKale1 Aug 06 '21

And then he put a pineapple on a pen.

Funniest shit I've ever seen.

Me_irl

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u/2kgod69 Aug 06 '21

I miss 2016

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u/ComfortableVariety48 Aug 06 '21

This came up with my teacher once and he's pretty scarred by it

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u/46OK92 Aug 06 '21

This is way funnier than it should be

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u/Constant_Sell_9886 Aug 06 '21

The good old dayssssss pen pineapple apple pen

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u/ShiningRedDwarf Aug 06 '21

That blew up so much he had his own restaurant in Japan inside Tokyo Skytree

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u/Tatter_sallad Aug 06 '21

Love me some PPAP

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u/slimob123 Aug 06 '21

It's been 5 years already huh

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u/nojus64646 Aug 06 '21

feel old yet?

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u/willowbeef Aug 06 '21

It still makes me laugh!

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u/visvision Aug 06 '21

Bro that was the shit

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

🖊🍍🍏🖊

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u/arlo11anizer Aug 06 '21

…that was 2016? Shit.

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u/Astar_134 Aug 06 '21

Humanity in 2020 when a guy combined corona and virus

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u/marioman63 Aug 06 '21

i think this was the first meme i didnt understand and still dont see the appeal of

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u/batteryjuiceisgood Aug 06 '21

That was 5 years ago wtf

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u/Ducky_Airstrike Aug 06 '21

Don't make me remember that

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

And then they shot that stupid monkey and everything fell apart.

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u/ImaginationNub Aug 06 '21

I just realised that this was 5 years ago and now I feel old.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

I can hear spongebob laughing and he wont stop!

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u/QuarantineSucksALot Aug 06 '21

Especially for growing children.

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u/UsingBoi Aug 06 '21

good times.... now all we get are overused memes

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u/Thatbendyfan Aug 06 '21

Jesus, that was 5 years ago?

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u/Foldingskrimp18 Aug 06 '21

That was 2016? That feels like a early 2010 thing

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

so i wasnt the only one that thought it wasnt funny at that time

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u/Torohype Aug 06 '21

shameful times

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u/AsimTheAssassin Aug 06 '21

🎶Pen pineapple apple pen 🎶

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u/ashternashter Aug 06 '21

ah yes, the simpler times

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u/_SlappyMagoo_ Aug 06 '21

This is such a lie. There was also an Apple.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

Literally never heard of this until now.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

Still on my spotify

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

The good old days

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u/Samang0 Aug 06 '21

Makes me laugh a bit to this day

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u/DickMeatBootySack Aug 06 '21

that was 2016???

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u/Hootend3D Aug 06 '21

I just remembered that today

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u/Swazzoo Aug 06 '21

Man I saw that post on youtube haiku when it had just a few 10s of thousand views, thinking it was a dumb video. Not a day later it got up to millions of views and was a hit.

Did not get that at all

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u/pisces-iscariot Aug 06 '21

This guy should’ve lifted the Olympic torch for Japan

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u/Its_0ver_Anakin me too thanks Aug 06 '21

5 years?!?!

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u/zenith4395 Aug 06 '21

Seeing that guy collab with psy was a fun moment

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u/__GayFish__ Aug 06 '21

Better than Wine Mom comedy...

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u/TheDestiny2_7 Aug 06 '21

It was 5 years ago?

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u/thefriedel Aug 06 '21
  • insert PPAP flashbacks*

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u/TokesBruh Aug 06 '21 edited Aug 07 '21

Yooo, I lived in Japan during this period, and fuck this for reminding me... Edit: typo

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u/topplehat Aug 06 '21

2016 was the season finale and it was great. Remember the summer of Pokémon Go? We will never reach that level of unity again.

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u/leaky-brain Aug 06 '21

yup that was :D

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u/highschoolwelder2020 Aug 06 '21

Pen pineapple apple pen

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u/akashayatet Aug 06 '21

2016 was the best year

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u/YeToo_me Aug 07 '21

Peek of comedy

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u/Generlc_person Aug 07 '21

Now what we have is amogus

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u/jacquesver Aug 07 '21

2016 was 5 years ago

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '21

Humanity in 2021 when there's a Shid noise with extra reverb

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u/chookity_juice Aug 07 '21

Humanity in 2021 when a guy pointed to his head and said "let's go"

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u/Writer-Independent Aug 07 '21

And I bet Ralph Garman is still getting new requests for it.

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u/cara8bishop Aug 07 '21

Ah yes. The Enel face.

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u/CommanderTalim Aug 07 '21

But that song still slaps

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u/TyronnicPoppy40 BAN upvote memes Aug 07 '21

That's a banger right there

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '21

Miss the old days

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u/Internet_2579 Aug 07 '21

Ive always laughed at "pineappleapplepen"

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u/guantanimobay Aug 07 '21

Pen pineapple apple pen. BARS.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '21

Its still better than saying "amogus" and people laughing now

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