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[–] [email protected] 109 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

YouTube?! Surely you mean Flash! This came from the creator Weebl who had a ton of great Flash animations on his website. Actually I can't believe it, but the website is still up in 2024!

http://weebls-stuff.com/

Here's the badgers one specifically: http://weebls-stuff.com/toons/badgers-animated-music-video-mrweebl/

[–] Pirky 23 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I remember watching this pre-youtube as well, but it was in ebaumsworld.com
It looked very different back in the day.
Another classic song is the llama song. I remember a friend showing that to me in '04.

[–] peanutyam 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Also used to muck around with Frog in a Blender and Gerbil in a Microwave Flash games all around the same time as badger badger badger….ahh memories ….when the internet was simply for nerds 😂

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Joe Cartoon was an old internet staple. The website still exists but everything has been converted to movies, isn't quite the same without the interaction

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

And homestarrunner was the granddaddy of it all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I'm not sure if I've seen that one, I'll have to check it out, thanks!

Is it this one? http://weebls-stuff.com/toons/alpaca-animated-music-video-mrweebl/

Or maybe you were referring to the Llamas In Hats series? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBE8C175E9FAAA34A

I was always partial to the Amazing Horse one for some reason. http://weebls-stuff.com/toons/amazing-horse-animated-music-video-mrweebl/

I used to listen to it for hours and a weird quirk of Flash animations was that often the audio track and the video were milliseconds off so over time it would get very out of sync.

[–] Dozzi92 3 points 4 months ago

Ebaumsworld is where 14- to 17-year-old me spent most of my time in those days. The forum was my introduction to internet message boards. Will always have a spot spot there.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (5 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle 21 points 4 months ago

I remember Macromedia.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh shockwave games. The Internet peaked at the turn off the millennium

[–] elephantium 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Speak for yourself. I, for one, do not miss needing to suffer through intro animations before the real site would load, "designed for Internet Explorer 4", or the endless ad popups of the era.

Points for nostalgia though

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Fuck... me... I forgot how terrible that was.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I always thought shockwave was part of flash? I never understood the difference

[–] SpaceNoodle 12 points 4 months ago

Adobe jumbled them up after acquiring Macromedia, which itself had previously acquired both (shockwave from Macromind, flash from Futurewave).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I seem to remember a competitor, I think it was called 3DO or something?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

"Kenya believe it!?"