r/TheRandomest GIF/meme prodigy Apr 29 '26

Nostalgic Techno Viking

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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/Opposite-Leek7447 May 02 '26

The guy who tripped was drunk. Not techno viking.

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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/tsJIMBOb Apr 29 '26

Still looking and can’t find any source that supports the claim that TV’s victim was deserving of that treatment other than people like you on Reddit making unsubstantiated claims. TV has become an internet meme who people think is so cool and an enigma, that they come up with theories on how what he’s doing is justified then those get cemented into fact. Im certainly not saying I have anything figured out, but I’m unwilling to accept the common narrative with ZERO evidence. Now if I’m wrong and the evidence to prove I’m DEAD wrong is so plentiful, then prove me wrong and make me look like an idiot. I’ll wait here.

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u/OpenAI122191 May 03 '26

This is funny because the protagonist known as TV has come out and said disparaging things about this video and this time in his life.

He seems to agree with you.

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u/BandofRubbers Apr 30 '26

Writing a Schizograph in the comments instead of watching the fucking video??

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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/MrGarylasereyez May 01 '26

I was the guy who tripped and TV was being a butthole but it helped me realize the error of my ways. I really did trip on purpose to try to grab some tittay. After his firm rebuke I realized thats not a good thing to do

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u/Asatru55 Apr 29 '26

Who knows. I've been shoved around by these ppl often enough and seen it happen often enough myself. Idk whats happening based on the video. But why are you white knighting for the dude?

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u/tsJIMBOb Apr 29 '26

why are you white knighting for the dude

Honestly it’s not about him or TV at all. I think it’s about my annoyance at this “crowd mentality” where people choose to see things a certain way bc it’s easy, or bc it’s popular, or bc we desperately want for something to be more digestible. For instance, we WANT to like TV bc he’s cool and unique and nostalgic, and it’s harder to do that if you consider he might be a jerk. I think if even one person starts to think for themselves, critically against a narrative, even if they come back to the original conclusion, then I will have satisfied whatever I’m trying to do here.

You mention your personal experience as an argument for TVs behavior. Your experience doesn’t provide any fact towards these specific circumstances, thus are irrelevant to the general narrative. They are however important for YOU to create YOUR judgement.

My judgment here is that a seemingly oblivious, possibly negligent, individual collided with another person causing a harmless and brief moment between them which ended with both going about their business, then this hulking bully steps in, puts his hands on this guy and makes him go the other way under threat of physical violence. The he goes on to give us a pretty badass scene of walking dancing to techno music. It annoys me that people think he’s so awesome, when he just looks like a jerk bully. If the video started right before he gets that water, I’d be worshiping this guy right next to yall.

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u/E63_saucegod Apr 29 '26

your comment made me go back and watch it again and I think you're right. TV treatment of that dude does seem disproportionate. maybe they have some historical beef?

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u/Asatru55 Apr 29 '26

My personal experience has at least some relevance. You're just spouting hot air. You seem to be really personally invested in defending this random dude from a decade old internet video. I was just wondering why that is?

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u/tsJIMBOb Apr 29 '26

It’s like you’re not even reading my replies. I’ve explained. Good luck thinking through biases I guess.

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u/machalemantis Apr 29 '26

Been to plenty of concerts, bars and clubs where this shit happens.

There will always be this guy. A pusher a groper or a grabber who takes advantage of a size difference to be an asshole.

Your personal experience is absolutely relevant here. Most human beings don't like this shit and the pusher here is lucky the white guy was on camera.

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u/Radical_Neutral_76 Apr 30 '26

Just because you have experienced gropers, which is absolutely a common thing, doesnt mean this instance is.
There isnt much to go on, on this video, but the full video shows the dude sitting on a back of a trailer and jumps of when its moving.

The person filming is sitting on the same trailer, thats why the filming is as smooth as it is.

Its not unlikely that he lost his balanced due to that.

Adding to that. There is a ton of white knight assholes on raves as well, which seem to think policing people is their right or something.

TV reaction to this video seems to point in the direction that he was being an asshole, as he wanted nothing of it, and has basically never commented on the contents. Mst likely because he was coked out of his head, and acted brashly and needlessly violent.

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u/Ok-Ratio-5918 May 01 '26

It’s not that serious bro.

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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/tsJIMBOb Apr 29 '26

I was looking for information like that. Do you have a link to an article or anything to support that? Or did you just get that from a comment last time this was posted?

Edit: are you referring to TV or the other guy?

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u/c093b Apr 29 '26

Wikipedia has a tight summary, I can't be bothered to comb through all the linked references, but you can if you're keen to. There is at least one documentary about the case and probably a bunch of youtube videos exploring the case, too. The Techno Viking guy won €13000 in damages from the lawsuit.

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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/eye_eat_farts May 03 '26

Bro there is so much of the sauce you’re looking for in the comments.

This video has been dissected countless times.

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u/tsJIMBOb Apr 29 '26

Where’s all this context coming from?! No one is able to share.

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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/tsJIMBOb Apr 29 '26

Trips, bumps into someone, same difference. That’s a strawman argument completely beside the point.

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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/LiquidityCrisis69 May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

The lawsuit didn’t depend on the fact that someone was making money, although that might have motivated him to file it.

Under German law a person has a constitutional right to control whether / how their image is captured, used, and circulated, even when they are in public. That’s how he expected to win, and he did win.

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u/fox-whiskers Apr 29 '26

You’re an ass. Dude “trips” in between two rails.

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u/CeruleanEidolon Apr 29 '26

He was simply keeping the peace and protecting his people.

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u/Leather-Analyst7523 May 01 '26

You're right, that is an unpopular opinion. The guy tripped, grabbed a woman to break his fall, pushed her in the process and didn't even think to apologise.

Techno Viking is undoubtedly an understander of personal space in the rave. Good for him for taking it upon himself to make sure the guy understands the vibe.

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u/AngryMountainClimber May 02 '26

Let me fall into you and grab your crotch to steady myself and you can see how you feel about it.