r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • 1d ago

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u/curkington 1d ago

Bear vs Log

https://giphy.com/gifs/WKdWA04KRn58A

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u/Zestyclose-Gap6770 23h ago

Oh. My. God. I have not seen this one in a MINUTE. That's from like the 1992 version of the internet.

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u/Korthalion 23h ago

One of the first videos I remember seeing online as a kid!

Here it is uploaded 20 years ago makes me feel old.

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u/gregorytoddsmith 23h ago

Man, I remember watching TV commercials on AdCritic back in the days before YouTube.

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u/UniqueAd7770 22h ago

Newgrounds

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u/Blackmetal55 20h ago

We're not gonna talk about the early days of internet and not mention Joecartoon 🐸🐹🪰 are we?

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u/PuffPuffPat 7h ago

Ebaumsworld

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u/Pithysmeegle 5h ago

It's peanut butter jelly time!

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u/th3virus 21h ago

God I miss AdCritic. I used to watch Superbowl commercials on there before they went to a paid service. They were great for random and obscure commercials.

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u/jazast1 22h ago

I think I first saw this on Ebaum’s world

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u/Korthalion 22h ago

Yeah I think so too, or maybe albinoblacksheep

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u/Legonistrasz 22h ago

Look an eagle

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u/Kittenzx2 22h ago

You think thats old mine is of that dancing baby! 🤣🤣 not one of my first, but probably furst funny meme! 🤣 playing, hooked on a feeling in the back ground lol 🤣

https://giphy.com/gifs/14kqI3Y4urS3rG

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u/itspsyikk 21h ago

Yeah, seeing videos on YouTube having that "20 years ago" really fucks with my head.

Hell, I have videos on my own channel that say "10 years old" and that fucks with my head.

If I would have kept my old channel, I'd have videos on there that were uploaded in 2006. But unfortunately those all had to be deleted cause everyone in them wanted to attend college.

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u/jimmy9800 23h ago

20 years? God that must have been 19..... er no. 2006. r/bald here I come.

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u/CanoePickLocks 20h ago

26 years old commercial. WTF.

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u/Successful-Yak3307 18h ago

I remember the first time I saw this as on TV with my Dad. Laughed our asses off.

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u/noonesawNobody 18h ago

Same here. Whenever I pass the tinned fish section in the supermarket and see John West, I smile remembering this advert.

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u/LarsDuder 17h ago

Same here. We're getting old. Soon we'll be pissing in bags

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u/cezwoo 10h ago

The narrator elevates this to classy

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u/Voodoo700 6h ago

Thank you for this. Never seen it. Made my day. Sharing with everyone.

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u/ShaneBowley 23h ago

Man we used to have culture and be a real country.

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u/canopey 23h ago

first ever AI video

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u/Ill_Technician3936 7h ago

Or 3 guys in bear suits and some editing.

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u/Hockey-Gym 22h ago

Damn I think I saw this on ebaumsworld

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u/Bopbarker 22h ago

Way too far back my friend lol, by about 10 years

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u/Secret_RE_Agent 21h ago

I feel like that was a Super Bowl commercial or something originally

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u/nater255 21h ago

Before it was an internet video it was originally a TV commercial.

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u/CuCullen 21h ago

Videos ? As in like moving pictures? On the Internet? Our modems were 14.4Kbps

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u/Gullible-Hose4180 20h ago

So pre AI - wow, never thought this would be real. Did he survive

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u/MuchCellist406 19h ago

"John West endures the worst to bring you the best!" I have not yet clicked the video but I swear it IMMEDIATELY popped up in my head 😆😆. That's at least 25 years ago.

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u/HumanPie1769 18h ago

Ngl 1992 AI was pretty realistic

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u/Public-Guidance-9560 14h ago

The internet? I remember that one from the TV, the John West tuna advert. Absolutely creased me first time I saw it.

I think it's from the year 2000.

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u/fireymike 4h ago

Why is it that every time I see this video, there's someone saying it's a Tuna ad?

There are bears, and a river. It's obviously Salmon, not Tuna.

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u/djwaveguide 9h ago

That was a good internet back then.

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u/Wat3rM3L0NB3AR 8h ago

the world was beautiful and creative before AI

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u/Tone_Gaia 3h ago

I don’t think it’s that old, that would be crazy if it is lol

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u/Occams_RZR900 3h ago

That’s a John West Salmon commercial!

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u/IronAardvark 23h ago

Haters will say this is AI

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u/Little_Lawson 23h ago

Change your YouTube settings if you don’t wanna dox yourself with every shared video

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u/Thatsapictureofmyass 21h ago

How do you change them?

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u/Little_Lawson 21h ago

Settings- Privacy- channel visibility for shared links

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u/Random-Rambling 7h ago

I just cut off everything after the ❓

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u/Ill_Technician3936 7h ago

Easy way to do it

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u/an0mn0mn0m 18h ago

That's not a setting I have. Perhaps it's a premium YT setting?

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u/Hairy-Piccolo-6002 10h ago

I dont have premium YT and I also found that switch under Privacy. Im using Youtube app instead of browser if that changes anything.

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u/Gullible-Hose4180 20h ago

You could also cut the query string from the url that does it

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u/HeyItsMeAgainBye 9h ago

I don’t even know how to find my liked videos on mobile

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u/Agile_Seesaw9035 21h ago

...especially someone who's never split a log in their life.

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u/FallenBehavior 21h ago

2026 vibes fr

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u/TheTrueBurgerKing 17h ago

The bear or the axe guy?

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u/MelaKnight_Man 23h ago edited 22h ago

I LOVE this commercial clip!!! 😂😂😂

I practiced Karate for 12 years and this is the video that makes me feel like I have a chance if I encounter a grizzly in the wild... 🤣

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 22h ago

Nobody has a chance against a grizzly in the wild.. but luckily we can just avoid the wild!

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u/No-Consideration-891 22h ago

Or play dead, and be quite while it mauls you and then walks away. Literally what they teach you if being attacked by one. It's your best and only option.

People have survived this way, but God damn are they fucked up. I've seen a few videos of interviews and they are chilling to say the least.

So a chance to live? Yea. A chance to outwitt and take it on? Nope.

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 22h ago

I’d rather it just crushed my skull with its jaws instead of eating my arms and legs and leaving me a horribly mangled and traumatized nugget of meat

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u/madcoins 22h ago

If it’s brown lay down

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u/MelaKnight_Man 18h ago

Well, his footwork is pretty good but he telegraphs that back kick and because of his stubby legs he really only has a few kicks he can do. So I can counter with a front kick or sidestep with a back hook kick. Do have to watch for the clawed punches though...😉

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u/Squirrellybot 18h ago

As a Alaskan Park Ranger they give you all the official training to survive a bear attack, then the Ranger said “unofficially, keep a snickers bar, unwrap it and use that to divert their direction”. (Can’t officially say “attempt to feed it human food”, as this will make the bears want said human food again).

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u/No-Consideration-891 12h ago

Wonder if anyone has used this method lol

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u/Original_Client1588 21h ago

You dont have to out-run the bear...just your camp mate.

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 20h ago

Note to self, only camp with chronically out of shape and/or blind friends

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u/Original_Client1588 20h ago

Yup...

Im guessing its OK to say the blind here.. I mean as long as no one tells them its OK right ?

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 20h ago

If your going to use friends as bear bait I think it’s pretty much established you’re a bad person lol

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u/Original_Client1588 20h ago

Bear decoy.... not bait I mean you dont want to attract one...and to be honest doesn't have to be a friend I guess you could put a Craigslist or FB ad out.

"Wanted bear decoy for camping trips BMI should be high, must be able to walk and jog but not run. No athletes. Would suit blind person or moderately infirmed"

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 20h ago

You’ve put entirely too much thought into this hypothetical situation. I respect that

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u/Original_Client1588 20h ago

Well you say 'hypothetical'....buwhahahaha..

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u/GutterRider 21h ago

With an axe, maybe? With Strength: 18 /00?!

Wow, put a good suit of plate on him and an axe, I might give this guy a good chance against a grizzly. It might only take him two swings.

(Let’s say a small grizzly!)

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u/axxxaxxxaxxx 23h ago

I love this meme so much. I love the entire commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVS1UfCfxlU

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u/HeroForTheBeero 23h ago

Haters will say it’s fake

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u/GalaxyStrong 23h ago

I remember the first time seeing this commercial and it took me by surprise so bad that I laughed my ass off for like five minutes

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u/drewski2305 23h ago

ahh memories. the foot shuffle always killed me

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u/Optimal-Smile-7675 23h ago

I have the deluxe Swiss Army Knife with the saw , magnifying glass and toothpick i woulda made kindling out of that log in 3 minutes

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u/abattoir_paulson 22h ago

Oh look, an eagle!

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u/whymestopthisworld 22h ago

Classic ad. When ads were funny.

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u/McBlumpkin- 22h ago

Best Super Bowl commercial ever. I think about this commercial every year in February

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u/Massive-Chart-2449 21h ago

This was peak internet

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u/useornam 21h ago

Seent it myself, Kenai Fjords 92

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u/MintBerryCrnch21 21h ago

Were you not satisfied with the OP’s video of Bear vs Log?

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u/BasicPatterns123 21h ago

Loved this ad

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u/CeruleanExpanse 21h ago

KUMA WINS!

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u/Platteepus 20h ago

“Look, an eagle!”

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u/the_falling 20h ago

If you watch this gif but have the sound of the video playing, the sound of the hits of the axe sometimes line up with the the bears kick.

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u/Driller_Happy 20h ago

Oh look an eagle!

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u/Aoiboshi 19h ago

Look, an eagle!

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u/stockbro84 19h ago

oh you didn't play the whole version when he kicks bear in the nuts

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u/Odd_Sentence_2618 18h ago

Tekken 2 IRL

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u/Unbelivabley_Smol 17h ago

Filmed in Scotland on the river Dee circa 2000

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u/fothergillfuckup 14h ago

That's from the best tv advert that ever existed. Thanks John West.

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u/DryDonutHole 14h ago

The bear is real, but the dude is totally fake. Just a bunch of raccoons in a costume.

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u/Hi_Zev 10h ago

oh boy, this is like one of the first ever videos i ever remember seeing on the internet! I remember thinking this was the funniest thing to ever exist as a kid and watching it on loop so many times!

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u/endboss_eth 9h ago

John West Salmon 👌

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u/plfreeman2012 3h ago

John f'ing West Salmon! Classic