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Re: Blue Ball Machine

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Post by tesseract » Tue, Apr 02, 2024, 6:59 AM UTC

treve wrote: post #11

kirse wrote: post #10

https://timetraveler.ytmnd.com/

Does this ytmnd predate the movie 'safety not guaranteed'?

Yes, it does. There's also audio of Don LaFontaine reading the ad in his signature movie trailer style [1] - I'm a little unclear on whether the YTMNDer requested it from him or if he came up with the idea himself, but it also predates the actual movie by a fair number of years.

[1] https://lafontainesafety.ytmnd.com/

Re: Blue Ball Machine

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Post by mehlvin » Tue, Apr 02, 2024, 7:00 AM UTC

https://omgsecretnaziforest.ytmnd.com/

Re: Blue Ball Machine

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Post by taspeotis » Tue, Apr 02, 2024, 7:11 AM UTC

https://mybrotherisadumbass.ytmnd.com/

Re: Blue Ball Machine

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Post by agos » Tue, Apr 02, 2024, 7:26 AM UTC

https://yourethemannowdog.ytmnd.com

Re: Blue Ball Machine

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Post by agos » Tue, Apr 02, 2024, 7:27 AM UTC

justhw wrote: post #19

Jordan-117 wrote: post #18

https://freecow.ytmnd.com/ https://takemeoutflanders.ytmnd.com/ https://finalstaringcontest.ytmnd.com/ https://vaderloveschristmas.ytmnd.com/ https://sixtymins.ytmnd.com/ https://tequilatts.ytmnd.com/ https://butteringobama.ytmnd.com/ https://pianos128.ytmnd.com/ My favorite: https://whatyouseewhenyoudie.ytmnd.com/

Free cow was excellent

I love that after I don't even know how many years I can still find excellent ytmnds that I didn't know about

Re: Blue Ball Machine

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Post by meowface » Tue, Apr 02, 2024, 7:50 AM UTC

https://cosbyclassic.ytmnd.com https://cosbybebop.ytmnd.com http://chococosby.ytmnd.com

Re: Blue Ball Machine

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Post by meowface » Tue, Apr 02, 2024, 7:52 AM UTC

johnzim wrote: post #17

https://epicgeordi.ytmnd.com

https://epicbeatz.ytmnd.com

Re: Blue Ball Machine

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Post by vandahm » Tue, Apr 02, 2024, 7:53 AM UTC

Jordan-117 wrote: post #18

https://freecow.ytmnd.com/ https://takemeoutflanders.ytmnd.com/ https://finalstaringcontest.ytmnd.com/ https://vaderloveschristmas.ytmnd.com/ https://sixtymins.ytmnd.com/ https://tequilatts.ytmnd.com/ https://butteringobama.ytmnd.com/ https://pianos128.ytmnd.com/ My favorite: https://whatyouseewhenyoudie.ytmnd.com/

https://lukecompany.ytmnd.com/

Edit: Two more personal favorites from back in the day:

https://vaderholidayspecial.ytmnd.com/

https://bondfreaksout.ytmnd.com/

Re: Blue Ball Machine

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Post by vandahm » Tue, Apr 02, 2024, 8:07 AM UTC

kirse wrote: post #10

https://timetraveler.ytmnd.com/

Variation on a theme: https://hardsafety.ytmnd.com/

Re: Blue Ball Machine

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Post by resource_waste » Tue, Apr 02, 2024, 9:07 AM UTC

Part of me likes all the insanity with the internet back then, with mixed feelings.

I probably got computer skills wasting time on YTMND for one reason or another.

I 100% attribute 4chan's b for inspiring me to program. Their raids inspired me to learn programming when I was a teenager.

But... I see that the alt-right came out of 4chan and the previously funny memes were no longer funny memes but serious accusations.

Maybe its basic phenomenology, but I wish I could see these websites as I once did, funny and edgy. Today I feel like there was something a bit darker that corrupted many users.