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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Goddamn how old is this video now? I remember watching it on some wacky ass website full of silly videos because YouTube hadn't been invented yet.

[–] obinice 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

So old that it wasn't a video at all, it was a Macromedia Flash Animation!

Video hosting sites didn't really start to exist until Stage8 had a go with their DivX stuff, and eventually YouTube popped up a few years later too :-D

[–] theherk 6 points 3 months ago

I had forgotten about Macromedia. I liked Dreamweaver before Adobe got its hands on it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

I remember watching it on some wacky ass website full of silly videos because YouTube hadn’t been invented yet.

Newgrounds?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] QuantumStorm 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And before ebaum stole/rehosted it, it was albino black sheep.

[–] tpyo 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's a bit of internet history literally no one in my life would be interested in or care to hear in the slightest (except my partner who I just tried to convey what I remembered, but will give a better overview after reading some articles if I can find any. They remember the sites but don't remember the drama)

Do you remember Fredryk Phox? And the drama between with him and ebaumsworld?

[–] QuantumStorm 3 points 3 months ago

Hahaha, yeah. Even friends in my age range didn't really care.

Was Phox one of the Goons who made some of the anti ebaumsworld flash videos? I only remember the line of "And then Lowtax came along, punched him in the face and banged his moooooom."

[–] bamfic 4 points 3 months ago

From the strongbad era.