Note: I originally published this for Saturday, but took it down. Today seems like a good day to stick it back up!
Hey, you. The guy who finds something funny that the rest of us saw in 1998 and then forwards it to everyone with insightful commentary like “OMG This is so funny!!!11″. Yeah, you.
This is a list of the 99 things that you should have already seen or experienced if you’ve been on the Internet for more than five minutes.
From Chocolate Rain to the Grape-Stomping Lady, Post Secret to Peanut Butter Jelly Time, this list has almost everything that you should have seen online to make sure that you are a savvy Interneteer.
I am going to link to the guy’s site (http://www.youshouldhaveseenthis.com/), but I thought I’d also pull a major breach of netiquette and post his list here. Here is “Greg Rutter’s Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You’re a Loser or Old or Something”:
01) Grape Stomp
02) Charlie Bit Me
03) Chocolate Rain
04) Dancing Baby
05) Post Secret
06) Charlie The Unicorn
07) Mentos and Diet Coke
08) Numa Numa
09) Peanut Butter Jelly Time
10) George Lucas In Love
11) You’re The Man Now Dog
12) Yatta
13) Star Wars Kid
14) Bubb Rubb
15) The Flying Spaghetti Monster
16) Dramatic Chipmunk
17) Homestar Runner
18) GI Joe Pork Chop Sandwiches
19) Fail Blog
20) Skateboarding Dog
21) All Your Base Are Belong To Us
22) Winnebago Man
23) We Like The Moon
24) I Can Has Cheezburger
25) Barney Vs. Tupac
26) Shining
27) Cute Overload
28) Rick Roll
29) Lazy Sunday
30) David After The Dentist
31) Powerthirst
32) Christian The Lion
33) Bert and Ernie Rap
34) Lady Punch
35) Leprechaun in Alabama
36) Where The Hell Is Matt
37) Boom Goes The Dynamite
38) Breakdancing Baby
39) Drunk Jeff Goldblum
40) Scarlet Takes A Tumble
41) Sepultura – Refuse resist (cover) By Gauchos
42) Gay Mount Everest
43) Afro Ninja
44) Cop Shoots Himself In Leg In Classroom
45) Tron Guy
46) “Leave Britney Alone”
47) Laughing Baby
48) I’m the Juggernaut Bitch
49) The Chairperson Falls
50) Take On Me The Literal Version
51) Bill O’Reilly Flips Out
52) Don’t Tase Me Bro
53) The Landlord
54) Breakdancing Baby Kick
55) The Pet Penguin
56) Ms. South Carolina Answers A Question
57) I’m F*#king Matt Damon
58) Will It Blend
59) Spaghetti Cat
60) Tom Cruise Kills Oprah
61) Little Superstar
62) Chad Vader
63) Pretty Much Everywhere It’s Going To Be Hot
64) I Like Turtles
65) Who Needs A Movie
66) Jake E. Lee Shreds
67) Hawaii Chair
68) Aussie Party
69) Hitler Plans Burning Man
70) Flirting with Magic
71) Look At The Horse
72) Asian Backstreet Boys
73) Leroy Jenkins
74) Pinky The Cat
75) Monkey Sniffs Finger
76) Sneezing Panda
77) Prison Inmates remake “Thriller”
78) Techno Viking
79) Ask A Ninja
80) Best Man Trips and Ruins Wedding
81) Best Wedding Toast Ever (Amy’s Song)
82) Kitten Surprise (how to break up a cat fight)
83) Katana Sword Infomercial Goes Wrong
84) Matrix Ping Pong
85) La Pequeña Prohibida
86) Angry German Kid (translated)
87) Evolution of Dance
88) Ok Go – “Here It Goes Again”
89) Battle at Kruger (lions vs. buffalos vs. crocodiles)
90) Daft Hands
91) Human Beatbox
92) Most T-Shirts Worn At Once
93) Zero G Dog
94) Cuppy Cakes Song
95) George Washington
96) Scary Maze Prank
97) Gay Referee
98) Tranquilized Bear Hits Trampoline
99) Reporter Gets A Fly In The Mouth
Bonus NSFW Links
01) Meat Spin
02) Two Girls One Cup
03) Goatse (mirror)
04) Lemon Party
100 Things for 2010: Part Two
I’ve never . . .
Apparently I’m an internet virgin, despite the fact I’ve been online for the past 13 years.
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P.S. Charlie Bit Me is still awesome.
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BTW, I’m a ninja at leaving comments.
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Twitter: mooshinindy
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Was the dirty dancing couple in there? My eyes kind of went crosseyed between #36 and #74. :sexytime:
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They totally left Tubgirl out! :shit:
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Twitter: VerdantDude
says:
Lemon party sounds fun.
I mean, who doesn’t like lemons and parties.
(No…I won’t be clicking that link. Thanks anyway)
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Twitter: _scifidad_
says:
I knew as soon as I read the intro that you’d sneek in goatse somewhere.
Also? Transvestite Philipino doing Thriller? Best.video.ever!
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Twitter: http://whall.org/blog
says:
Most of those don’t sound familiar. And I’ve been on the Internet since it was CB Radio!
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Twitter: hellohahanarf
says:
i live under a rock. clearly.
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Twitter: Blogography
says:
So you posted about a re-post that itself is a re-post from somebody else’s site which consists of re-posts of stuff you say we should have already seen? And all of them got re-posted to Twitter. Twice. This may very well be your most diabolical blog entry yet…
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Twitter: Bellaventa
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I totally forgot about Chocolate Rain.
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Maybe I’ve seen some of those, but I don’t know the titles of them.
I am okay with the uncertainty, really!
And might link my aunt -in-law here. She’s one of those people. :poke:
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Twitter: LeSombre
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How can that guy forget Hatt Baby!. Amateur.
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I haven’t seen that one in almost a decade, and my husband thought I was nuts when I was looking for it a few months ago and couldn’t find it. Now I can prove to him that I’m not insane :clap:
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wow what a list and I haven’t seen all of them. You are now Number 1 on my “forward this to” list.
:angel:
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Twitter: blondefabulous
says:
My MIL does that shit and it annoyed the hell out of me. I finally classified anything she sent as spam and figured if it was important she’d call.
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Twitter: nycwatchdog
says:
Great list!
And it would have been poor netiquette had you not given attribution. You did, and I am so proud of you!
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You forgot to mention the dolts that forward EVERYONE’S email address from three forwards ago! :crazywife:
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I already read the entire post from my google reader. There is no way to stop me from cyber-stalking you.
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Twitter: Amanda234
says:
I haven’t seen most of those, but thankfully I don’t forward things either
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Twitter: coalminersgd
says:
I killed off last Thursday afternoon looking at all of these links. And the Goatse one? Yeah. I hate you. It’s burned on my brain. I need bleach.
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omg I’ve never seen Hitler plans Burning Man. I can’t stop laughing. Awesome.
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Twitter: msmegan
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Dave2 broke my brain…
I’ve seen many, but not all of these. Those I’ve seen, I’ve seen several times. Somebody please send me new old stuff!
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17 spins – that’s all I can say….I want to kill myself…or you for making me look…
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Twitter: Faiqa
says:
I was very happy to learn that I’d only seen half of these. My cool factor remains intact. Continue to expect annoying forwards.
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I hate it when people TALK about those dumb videos that everyone has already seen. They ask you “Hey, have you seen this?” And although you answer “Yes.” They continue to go on ahead and tell you all about it anyways. Love that.
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Twitter: bobutler
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dude! i’m trying to work here. fuck! i know i’ve seen it all before, but, well, this is like reruns for the internets.
:2girls:
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I’m sorry, but it’s always a good time for a Rick Roll.
BTW, have you seen these Hilarious Muppet Bloopers?
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You lured me in with the promise of muppets. Bastard. I feel like I just got caught caught on Dateline or something….
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hehe
Sorry, dude. I just can’t resist the Rick!
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Dude, wtf?
No hampster dance?
And I am sooooooooo not clicking on those bonus links. I know about 2 Girls 1 Cup, and Goatse…but i am NOT opening the other two.
Nope.
Not gonna do it.
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Cool. This should help pass the time for an hour or two.
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Twitter: fandpinlv
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LONG LIVE THE SPAGHETTI MONSTER!
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But surprisingly no pink invisible unicorn…
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I think I only recognized about 8 of those links, and one in the bonus area. I must be living under a rock. :thumbsup:
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I hadn’t seen half of those! I’m having a very entertaining afternoon : ) Thanks!
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Thank you for reprinting the list with a small font. This made it much easier to look at the thingies than on the original site. I am putting together a four part review of this for
my blog
Of 1-25, 19 were on youtube. I had only seen 4 of the 25. I did make up some of those points with the Philosophy of two girls one cup :2girls:
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Twitter: poppycede
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I am drunk and cannot read. I brb.
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I have to say I have seen almost all of those, although Christian the lion and the Battle at Kruger are new to me.
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Twitter: poppycede
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YOU ARE VERY THOROUGH, ADAM AVITABLE.
I just felt like saying that loudly.
Savory flaky mozzie and pepperoni bite? I’m sharing!
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Believe it or not, I’ve seen well over half of these.
“Snack Attack, Mother fucker!”
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Have you seen these?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwCDaaVALYw
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/badgers/
LOL!
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Beth, you must have been spending time in the innocent part of the internet.
Moosh, I don’t think they are, no.
Cheeky, yeah, I know. I was disappointed by that too.
BE Earl, c’monnnn, do it!
SciFi Dad, it’s not my list – it’s the guy I credited.
Whall, that’s because you close your eyes and put your fingers in your ears when you surf the web.
Hello, I knew that most of these would be new to you.
Dave, I almost went in and edited your comment so that it was reposted in my comments just to fuck with you.
Robin, that guy’s awesome.
Sybil, you can go through and watch them all!
LeSombre, I’ve never seen that one.
DaDuck, evil!
Blondefabulous, that’s what I do to my mother and grandfather.
NYCWD, I’m a netizen.
Metalmom, yeah, those people piss me off too.
Grant, but now you can comment on it!
Amanda, you can now expand your knowledge of all things Internet.
Heather, you’ve never seen Goatse before?
Bridget, that was a funny one. A little long, but worth it.
Finn, the few that I hadn’t seen were pretty interesting.
Kaila, hahahaha – that’s a funny one.
Faiqa, you don’t have a cool factor. Nice try!
Maddie, yup, I agree.
Bo, that’s how I felt. Like seeing old friends again.
LizRiz, yes, I have. Nice rickroll!
Stephanie, the hamster dance was one of the top links.
Jack, yeah, especially a few of the longer videos.
Fear and Parenting, one of my favorite things ever.
Lynda, you should educate yourself!
Cat, anytime.
Chamblee, I’ll check it out.
Poppy, we’ll be here.
Mik, the Battle at Kruger was one I’d never heard of, but it was fascinating!
Poppy, BUT I DIDN’T MAKE THE LIST POPPY.
Marty, I’d seen a little more than 75% of the list.
Hannah, yeah, those are both awesome. Badgers is an old classic.
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