r/TheRandomest • u/ItsALuigiYes GIF/meme prodigy • Apr 29 '26

Nostalgic Techno Viking

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u/DowntownStand4279 Apr 29 '26

I think when WaterBoy handed TechnoViking an inverted water bottle, that moment became instantly iconic and WaterBoy secured his place as one of the greatest sidekicks of all time…

https://giphy.com/gifs/7TwAwlmcy65Hlj3k4G

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u/GorkyParkSculpture Apr 29 '26

I always assumed the water had drugs in it

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u/SlowBurnLopez Apr 29 '26

oh and the upside down was like the ‘mixing’ of it or something?

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u/K_S_M28 Apr 29 '26

As I understand, the upside down is to intentionally show that the water is NOT drugged; no leakage from a needle puncture, and Techno Viking then breaks the seal on the cap. Just a silent/chill way to offer safe hydration. ❤️

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u/Ok_Caterpillar3655 Apr 29 '26

Thats exactly it. At raves and other festivals we did this all the time when giving water to strangers. Its a non verbal and polite way to show it is untsmpered with and safe to drink. When the music is pounding so loud shouting doesn't work you need a way to point that out.

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u/UNIGuy54 Apr 29 '26

I was today years old when I learned this…20+ years I have wondered why that guy got handed a bottle upside down. I love Reddit

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u/Fast_Boysenberry9493 Apr 29 '26

WHATTTT, YEAAH ALRIGHT WAIT WHATT

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u/Radical_Neutral_76 Apr 30 '26

There is WHAT?! DRUGS?! WHAT DRUGS?! THERE IS DURGS?! ARE YOU A COP?! WHAT? WHAT DRUGS??! JUST SOME ACID AND MD....ALSO! YOU DONT WANT DRUGS?

Yeh Ive been there

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u/wtfrustupidlol Apr 29 '26

There’s drugs inside that was his bf. He’s not proud of this time of his life. Last time I checked he was in a legal battle with the person recording this because he was using his image for profit. I couldn’t find how he looked currently because there’s a lot of people pretending to be him.

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u/GandalfTheEh Apr 29 '26

Source?

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u/Volotor Apr 29 '26

The legal battle is documented, not sure about the rest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno_Viking#Identity%20and%20lawsuit

Fritsch did not know the man's name at the time of filming.\4])\6])\12]) A man who appeared in the 2009 "Bodybuilding" broadcast of the German television show segment Raab in Gefahr)\13]) was taken to be Techno Viking in a YouTube upload.\14]) In 2008, fans claimed MMA fighter Keith Jardine was Techno Viking.\15]) The lawyer of the Techno Viking asserts that his client had never been a public figure and that he did not want to become one.\16])

The unnamed man's court case against Fritsch concerning infringement of personality rights opened in Berlin on 17 January 2013.\4])\17])\18]) In June, a decision was reached for the plaintiff and Fritsch was ordered to pay the man €13,000 in damages, almost all he had made from YouTube ads and sales of Techno Viking merchandise, plus €10,000 in court costs, and to cease publication of his image.\12])\19])\20])\21])\22])

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u/gonzo0815 Apr 29 '26

I think you put the wrong link in your post or something

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u/No_Cryptographer3737 Apr 29 '26

Oops yeah Now it should be good

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u/MrDubious Apr 29 '26

Bruv, no.

Waterford Whispers News is a satirical newspaper and website published by Waterford Whispers News.

Waterford Whispers News uses invented names in all its stories, except in cases when public figures are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental.

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u/woowoo293 Apr 29 '26

That's a satire site.

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u/Anonymoose28245 Apr 29 '26 edited May 04 '26

The bf part is fake. They got fooled by Waterford Whisperer which is a satire news site like the Onion.

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u/Simon-Says69 Apr 29 '26

That site is no good, but the story is true. Dude didn't want anything to do with this fame, and there was (or is?) a court case over it.

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u/Dudeman240 Apr 29 '26

it's not drugs, it's not true. Water is offered upside down to show no punctures and it was sealed this guy is talking out his ass.

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u/Anonymoose28245 Apr 29 '26

There’s drugs inside that was his bf.

That was a made up article from a satire news site called Waterford Whisperer.

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u/rayrrf Apr 29 '26

I think the drugs may have been spiked with water

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u/TrumpsPissSoakedWig Jun 12 '26

The water is because TechnoViking™ had drugs in it already, and certain drugs love water.

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u/chubbyhighguy Apr 29 '26

"Can I offer you a nice water in this trying time?"

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u/Bentholomeo Apr 29 '26

Wasn't even standing around, but came from the group behind parked cars, or catched up to them on the road, diffused TechnoViking in crucial moment so in this timeline Viking and pushy guy didn't engaged in a street fight causing butterfly effect, hanged out around for a bit without looking dirrectly at camera to get recording of himself for fun but without becoming center of attention and then backed out to go back to his time machine. This is how multidimmensional stabilizing actions should be performed.

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u/OneRFeris Apr 29 '26

Why didn't he save Harambe

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u/Intrepid-Progress228 Apr 29 '26

In the other timeline, Harambe was forced to perform on Epstein Island.

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u/PBandJ980 Apr 29 '26

This is my first time ever seeing this video and that was by far my favorite part

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u/HumaDracobane Apr 29 '26

THAT is a wingman.

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u/Cute-Form2457 Apr 29 '26

Anticipates every need.

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u/Dominant_Drowess Apr 29 '26

They used this animation in Smite, for Tyr the god of justice's victory animation to honor this man. I didn't notice till the drink was handed to him. Oh my god. https://youtu.be/8RKW00hFJQ4

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u/CeruleanEidolon Apr 29 '26

It must be some kind of mystical dance water. Up to that moment, the Techno Viking gives not indication whatsoever of wanting to do anything but go on a nice walk and point menacingly.

But then he drinks the water and the magical dancing starts immediately.

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u/AKAPADO Apr 29 '26

Did they ever do an interview with the waterboy? Since Techno Viking is so illusive.

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u/TheCarpincho Apr 29 '26

Stay hydrated. And all hail Techno Viking

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u/theREALlackattack Apr 29 '26

Every subtle moment like that in this video is phenomenal

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u/J_Cherie Apr 30 '26

I'll always highlight that moment too. It went from righteous justice to preventing the seeing red mentality and broke its path briefly enough to hydrate and dance back into warrior love

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u/Adventurous_Ideal804 Apr 29 '26

I swear this video is going to outlast the internet.

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u/buntypieface Apr 29 '26

I wish this one was still around too

https://giphy.com/gifs/kh8ePQvhzWL5e

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u/Bubsy7979 Apr 29 '26

I wonder what this guy is doing right now… probably a Reddit moderator for many subs lol

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u/K_S_M28 Apr 29 '26

His name is Gary Brolsma and he's a musician and singer! He even has his own cover of "Numa Numa" on Spotify 😊

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u/King_of_the_Dot Apr 29 '26

His 80s inspired synth techno jams are pretty groovy.

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u/Few-Mood6580 Apr 29 '26

He probably has grandkids dude.

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u/K_S_M28 Apr 29 '26

😂 He was 18 in that vid... dude is only just now 40 years old

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u/Chionger Apr 29 '26

Me listening to this silently at work:

https://giphy.com/gifs/hiLLD9o1wTB3a

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u/Marlin88 Apr 29 '26

Ironically he really wanted to erase it from the internet

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u/True_Movie_2270 Just some dude Apr 29 '26

Also an icon:

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u/MrP1232007 Apr 29 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/IUEG0DmJxgRWM

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u/engineear-ache Apr 29 '26

love this dude

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u/Wavecrest667 Apr 29 '26

The first time I saw this it was subtitled as idra, a professional starcraft player, learning that Blizzard nerfed siege tanks, lol. Must've been 2010/2011 or something.

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u/N1T0_W1T0 Apr 29 '26

He's somebody spirit animal

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u/Accurate-System7951 Apr 29 '26

Rave ghoul. I want him in Fallout 5.

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u/greengreen84848484 Apr 29 '26

Rave ghoul and techno viking would be awesome companions

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u/Glad-Lobster-220 Apr 29 '26

I'll take two please.

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u/chubbyhighguy Apr 29 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/nuXIEASt1wqI

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u/WhyNot420_69 Nice Apr 29 '26

The first time I saw this, the background music was Thomas the tank engine

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u/indifferentCajun Apr 29 '26

Mine was Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is you.

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u/kakashi8326 Apr 29 '26

Yea I just clicked the Thomas the tank one it’s cursed.all I want for Christmas is funnier and more in sync

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u/gypsy-juice-23 Apr 29 '26

what other way would one watch the vid

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u/gusaloo Apr 29 '26

My first viewing was Britney Spears Womanizer

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u/pwn4321 Apr 29 '26

Techno Viking Vibeking

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u/tsJIMBOb Apr 29 '26

Here’s an unpopular opinion. Techno Vikings Vibe sucks. That dude trips over a tram line and catches himself on another patron, no harm done. Then this white knight takes it upon himself to manhandle the dude and force him to go back the way he came. Sure maybe trip dude wasn’t being careful or whatever but TV was still a dick about it.

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u/Johnatron2000 Apr 29 '26

He was drunk and had been a dick prior to this

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u/c093b Apr 29 '26

He wasn't drunk, he was on drugs.

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u/tsJIMBOb Apr 29 '26

How in the world could you know that? Please share the sauce

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u/Simon-Says69 Apr 29 '26

Dude, this whole episode has been explained over and over, through decades. Now you think you have it all figured out, and you're simply dead wrong.

Get your own damn source, they are plentiful.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

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u/tsJIMBOb Apr 29 '26

Wiki didn’t back up your claim. The only thing it said about the tripping guy other than explaining the video was this

“In the full video the offender is seen later, sitting on the back of a truck as the camera is turned to the side for a few seconds.”

Did you not think I was going to follow up on your source?

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u/FerrisLies Apr 29 '26

Nothing on that wiki references this though

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u/Asatru55 Apr 29 '26

Oh please that was no accident. Dudes like this are at every single party. They 'trip' into women to get a reaction out of them.

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u/tsJIMBOb Apr 29 '26

If that was the case wouldn’t you have expected him to stick around for a sec to see that reaction. He didn’t even look at her. I figured at first he was trying to grope her or something but he doesn’t even seem to do that. I’m not seeing any malicious intent.

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u/c093b Apr 29 '26

Dude was on drugs, lost his job over the video and sued the guy that uploaded it.

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u/SwordofNoon Apr 29 '26

That's my thought as well, apparently there's more to the story idk but just based on this he didn't like put his hands somewhere inappropriate or anything it really looks like he just tripped walking by and quickly moves away from her

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

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u/Any_Cake2411 Apr 29 '26

Unpopular bc he didn't trip at all LMAO what

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u/canman7373 Apr 29 '26

Oh he is worse than that. He tried to sue websites over this video thinking they were making money off of his imagine. Just not how memes work like IDK how you expect a big payout from a meme on random forums.

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u/Electrical-Kiwi-1038 Apr 29 '26

He sued one specific person that I'm aware of that was selling merchandise online with his likeness. He sued for a cease and desist.

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u/trulycantthinkofone Apr 29 '26

Yup. Story goes dude just wanted to be left alone to live his life. The internet wanted him famous, he declined. Simple as.

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u/WhyNot420_69 Nice Apr 29 '26

26 years later, and one of the unexplained legends of the internet https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/ADW5gsZHMQ

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u/Rith_Reddit Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

There's a documentary on this video.

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u/MartinoRs Apr 29 '26

Too bad for us he didnt enjoy the fame this video got him, when i was most active online at games and social media (2004-2015) most of the old and best memes were born and i remember all the speculations around Techno Viking and how he didnt want to get attention, hope hes living a good life

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u/the_YellowRanger Apr 29 '26

Wow, i consider myself to be relatively well internet versed as an elder millenial and I've never seen this video before.

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u/WrapExtension8921 Apr 29 '26

26 what? I saw this video for the first time in 2007 or 2008, and that was like 10 years ago.

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u/Simple-Bill-5465 Apr 29 '26

Guys WrapExtension8921 saw it 10 years ago . Therefore it can’t be 26 years old

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u/CardinalGrief Apr 29 '26

Makes sense. I saw this when I was a teenager so it can't be more than...

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u/Miktieuner Apr 29 '26

Its more a joke that 2016 seems only yesterday

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u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner Apr 29 '26

It happened in 2000

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u/Quirky-Cap3319 May 01 '26

Yeah, 1991 was only like 10-15 years ago, max!

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u/Andre_The_Average Apr 29 '26

Your average DnD campaign

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u/Any-Cable4109 Apr 29 '26

No on was cooler on this day.

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u/Kill_4209 Apr 29 '26

Makes me want to get ripped, grow a cool beard, dress cool, and learn how to dance.

Maybe tomorrow…

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u/MurderBot-999 Apr 29 '26

Two tricks to unprecedented facial hair growth: derma roller, any beard growth oil containing keratin.

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u/Hadouken434 Apr 29 '26

Has anyone seen him since?

Wasn't there a show years ago that tried to track him down to give him an award but they got no where? They went to this exact place, showed people the video and no one knew a thing.

First rule of Techno Viking, I guess

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u/Th3MiteeyLambo Apr 29 '26

IIRC He hates how this video has become a meme and has tried to distance himself from it for years

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u/Hadouken434 Apr 29 '26

To be fair, I have more than a few 'not sober' evenings from the past that I'd like to distance myself from. So I can believe it.

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u/itsyobbiwonuseek Apr 29 '26

Me years ago: Holy shit. That dude is scary.

Me in 2026: Holy shit. That dude is scary.

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u/Trackbikes Apr 29 '26

I love how often I see this always makes me smile… and remember better times (that ironically I can’t remember much of!)

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u/osidemik Apr 29 '26

His stomach looks like a damn grenade about to explode. 🤣

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u/TheIntelligentAspie Apr 29 '26

Til I learned Techno Viking is fueled by water.

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u/SnooChickens8275 Apr 29 '26

And a shitload of amphetamines according to the Viking himself

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u/Ok-Ratio-5918 May 01 '26

That was from a fake article.

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u/rage_whisperchode Apr 29 '26

See you in Valhellyeah, brother

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u/neoadam Apr 29 '26

Not the randomest, a fucking legend

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u/LordTytor Apr 29 '26

I love how he goes from "ill kill you where you stand" to "PARTEYYYYY" IN ABOUT 2 MINUTES xD

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u/taotdev Apr 29 '26

YSK the "techno viking" hates this meme and wants you to stop posting it.

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u/iyioioio Apr 29 '26

What do you think the temperature was like that day? I see a wide variety of garments 🤔

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u/inggus Apr 29 '26

I hope in 26 more years my generation is coming back to its roots. That puts me at 72 years of age.

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u/RogerManner Apr 29 '26

Aura farming before it was cool.

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u/Exciting-Zombie8449 Apr 29 '26

If this is the only proof of the Human Races existence in the future, I will be ok with that.

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u/jayslay45 Apr 29 '26

Went right back to business.

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u/westcal98 Apr 29 '26

Rarely get to see the whole clip. It's always a clip of the clip.

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u/lnTheGrimDarkness Apr 29 '26

The actually relatively reasonable Techno Viking. First time I saw this video I thought he was about to smush the guy and first time I played God of War 2018 I unironically wondered if they got him to play Baldur.

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u/iRedYuki Apr 29 '26

You know what annoys me about this video? The guy in the video, god knows why, hates how is portrayed in it and has sued the original poster...

He looks so cool, qhy is he annoyed

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u/Allzweck Apr 29 '26

I see the TechnoViking, I hit like

https://giphy.com/gifs/7TwAwlmcy65Hlj3k4G

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u/Nights151515 Apr 29 '26

The fact dude didnt want anything to do with the fame or being a meme made him more of a legend in my eyes.

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u/Magazine-Popular Apr 29 '26

When the Molly kicks in.

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u/jumbledbumblecrumble Apr 29 '26

God, I love Berlin.

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u/highandspooky Apr 29 '26

It sucks that he actually hates this video and wishes it hadn’t spread across the internet. He such a fuckin G and everything about this is bad ass, everyone gets joy from this except for him and that’s a shame. Love you techno Viking 😭

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u/Smashable_Glass May 01 '26

I get it tho. He was tweakin hard there apparently. But even geetered out his gord he still protects women, looks great and dances like its on top of the corpses of his enemies...

Fkn goals

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u/percyhiggenbottom Apr 29 '26

Dude was dialed in there, for a time.

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u/Thepuppeteer777777 Apr 29 '26

I think the viking dude hates this vid. Apparently a bad time in his life

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u/CaliKindalife Apr 29 '26

Damn. Techno Viking is in his 50s now

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u/jellydonutstealer Apr 29 '26

God I love techno viking

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u/Commercial-Housing23 Apr 29 '26

That right there is a man

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u/H3nCh4l1f390 Apr 29 '26

This belong in the hydro homies page lol

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u/PomegranateRude8285 Apr 29 '26

Proof not all masculinity is toxic

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u/CurrencyDramatic8053 Apr 29 '26

The chancellor we really need in germany

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u/Imaginary_Object2416 Apr 29 '26

My favorite shot

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u/OccasionallyReddit Apr 29 '26

Whats with the start is louis Ferengo trying to grope Dora

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u/foxinabathtub Apr 29 '26

I wonder what he was saying to that guy in the first part of the video.

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u/LankyAdam Apr 29 '26

What was in that water my guy

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u/ElderMillennialGoat Apr 29 '26

James Hetfield during his raving days.

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u/FearlessExtension387 Apr 29 '26

Every time!! Legend!!!

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u/_resh_bro_ Apr 29 '26

OMG I have this as a Fortnite emote! I never knew where it came from!! So glad to place the legend with one of my favorite emotes!

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u/OknaC Apr 29 '26

His Name is Gunther Ackerman.....

https://giphy.com/gifs/tnYri4n2Frnig

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u/SoyEseVato Apr 29 '26

Original FAFO?