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[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 79 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I got my friend with that one back in the day. It was Flash so much harder to detect a loop than a video. I told him the ending was hilarious and he managed about 20 minutes of badger badger badger badger badger until he figured it out.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (3 children)

And on the opposite end there was the Demented Cartoon Movie, which was half an hour of nonsense and non-sequitors in an age where most animations were a few minutes long. Flash movies didn't have a progress bar at the bottom, so anyone you sent it to was stuck watching the whole thing just hoping it would please end already.

It's physically painful to watch today. My fellow Millennials act like Gen Z invented brain rot while ignoring that we grew up with this.

It's been like 20 years since I watched that, and it held up way better than I expected. Surprisingly good comedic timing.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago

Oh god, it still exists! Now we just need four head shave cut and the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny to complete the chronicle!

[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Beavis & Butthead, Jersey Shore, Mr. Ed.

Rotten content is a product of capitalism

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

I believe the phrase you're looking for is "decadent capitalist pigs" - best spoken in a faux Russian accent.