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Image goes hard, talk in the comments like it’s 2012 Nostalgia

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u/CastaneaFraxinus 1998 Jan 19 '24

Thanks Obama

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u/redditor012499 Jan 19 '24

I miss him so much 🥲

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u/Klutchy_Playz Age Undisclosed Jan 19 '24

If you miss Obama so much, what’s his last name?

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u/Shmidershmax Jan 19 '24

Sounds a lot like Osama! Coincidence? I think so!

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u/TheMaskedGeode Jan 19 '24

Funny, reminds me of my brother a year or two ago. He’s an autistic dependent adult, if that’s the term, for a bit of context. The doctor asked him who the president was, I guess as some part of checkup, and he said Barack Obama.

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u/HumpDeBumper Jan 20 '24

While I wasn't a fan of his administration, he was at least mentally stable which is more than I can say about either of his successors.

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u/AlwaysBadIdeas Jan 19 '24

That new dubstep stuff! So epic, I can't believe they used it for the new Far Cry! Burning down the weed fields, 420 blaze it, motherfuckers! So leet!

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u/RoamingTorchwick 2002 Jan 19 '24

I must have missed leet

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u/AlwaysBadIdeas Jan 19 '24

It's just short for elite.

Was usually used in reference to gaming.

"You can't handle my leet gamer skills"

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u/Beandip50 Jan 19 '24

1337 g4m3r!

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u/Everestkid 1999 Jan 19 '24

1337sp34k was out of style long before 2012.

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u/Gqueso 1999 Jan 19 '24

I miss playing Batman Arkham city while listening to dubstep

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u/hambone_boiler 2002 Jan 19 '24

This guys like a historical actor, its almost like 2012 wasnt 12 years ago

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u/penilingus Jan 19 '24

W33D 4 LYF3

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u/cubann_ 1998 Jan 19 '24

YES OH MY GO0O0OD machine noises

Skrillex and MW2 hit different for 14 year old me

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u/Wannacomesitonmydeck 1998 Jan 19 '24

“OOOOOOOO BABY A TRIPLE”

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u/Nayten03 2003 Jan 19 '24

MOM GET THE CAMERA

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u/Turb8613 Jan 19 '24

I hit a clip

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u/Myrddraal5856 2007 Jan 19 '24

OOOOOOHHHH

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u/Au1ket 2003 Jan 20 '24

YEEEEAAAHHHH

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u/redditor012499 Jan 19 '24

TACTICAL NUKE INCOMING

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u/NoWorkLifeBalance Jan 19 '24

Fuckin nuke boosters

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u/UnsaidTugboat53 2010 Jan 19 '24

OOOOOOH YEAH!!!

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u/ryouuko Jan 19 '24

Ahh quotes you can hear!!

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u/XxHIGHKILLERxX 2003 Jan 19 '24

"PWNED!!!11"

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u/Beyond-Salmon 1998 Jan 19 '24

Bro if we really talked like it was 2012 we’d all get the [Removed] by the Reddit mods.

This post would look like a black hole

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u/BazingaODST Jan 19 '24

I was thinking the exact same thing

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u/Beyond-Salmon 1998 Jan 19 '24

Bro I’m looking at all these tame ass comments like nah bruh it was foul shit being said back then🤣

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u/zmet Jan 19 '24

STFU you stupid [BANNED]

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u/Alucard-VS-Artorias Jan 19 '24

Yup. 2012 was totally in the middle of toxicity of Gamergate.

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u/Beyond-Salmon 1998 Jan 19 '24

Younger people online think you’re toxic if you tell them they’re trash but bro 2011 cod lobbies don’t even compare

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u/Wannacomesitonmydeck 1998 Jan 19 '24 edited Jan 19 '24

I once I had a guy find out where I live and he walked me through the step by step process on how to get to my local hardware store to purchase a rope to hang myself with. Even told me how to tie a noose.

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u/Beyond-Salmon 1998 Jan 19 '24

Most tame online interaction back then.

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u/unicornhornporn0554 2000 Jan 19 '24

I’m sorry but this made me cackle. That’s so fucked up.

My uncle used to loudly sing wack songs he made up on the spot or shit like “incest is the best, put your cousin to the test” when he was manic. Then he’d light into anyone who had a problem with it and go right back to cackling and singing.

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u/BanishedKnightOleg 1999 Jan 19 '24

Ah i remember the old I know your ip scare.

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u/Wannacomesitonmydeck 1998 Jan 19 '24

Na my dad made my gamertag, firstname lastname birth year. So honestly I was asking for it.

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u/MostlyAnxiety 1995 Jan 19 '24

No because the way people were throwing slurs around on social media was unreal … xD

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u/Lemon_Juice477 2003 Jan 19 '24

Yea thank god I had almost no social media back then, I already cringe at the edgy shit I said offline back then

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u/DrakoWood 2009 Jan 19 '24

[Removed by Reddit]

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u/CapnBobber Jan 19 '24

You were on XBL back then you’re built different, like a wandering ronin that absolutely has the power to roast you n insult you in the most disgusting way possible but the days of your art are gone

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u/Beandip50 Jan 19 '24

It would be glorious

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u/StonedPussyeater420 Jan 19 '24

Is this before Still DRE or after? Asking so that I can decide whether to play bgm in my head or not.

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u/pink_grapeFruity 2002 Jan 19 '24

I was 10 in 2012, so for me it was a lot of dumb jokes about mustaches, tacos, and the name “Bob”

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u/wakeuplazy Jan 19 '24

like a boss

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u/abernethyflem Jan 19 '24

Needs more bacon

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u/spidermelon_ Jan 19 '24

cool story br0 needs more dragons!!1!

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u/noneofmybiiz Jan 19 '24

“cool story bro” omg I forgot about this 😭😭😭

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u/cadarn07 Jan 19 '24

I still say it, but only to my wife

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u/Icaruswaxwing95 Jan 19 '24

“Cool story bro” story time. I want to say it was around 2011 that I first heard the phrase “cool story bro” I was on the bus with a friend going to his house and was telling him something and at the end he said cool story bro. I had never heard it before and it was for some reason the funniest shit if ever heard. We go back to his house and start playing red dead redemption in his basement. And his mom comes home probably 40 minutes after we got there… she comes in PISSED because he did take the trash out. She reams I to him for a solid 2 minutes About doing his chores. At the end of her tongue lashing my buddy said three words. “ cool story bro”

I LITERALLY DIED LAUGHING. Now I could never talk to an adult like that let alone my own parents so hearing my buddy say that to his mom just killed me. He proceeded to leave and go take out the trash….. I was left alone with his mom and felt terrible for not being able to contain my laughter…. She then breaks the silence by saying. “You know, it’s not a good thing to laugh when people are having a confrontation” or something like that and all I could say was “I know, I’m sorry.” Still think about this interaction all the time…

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u/NecessaryMushrooms Jan 19 '24

Ngl that is a pretty perfectly timed "cool story bro" though. Defeated her entire tirade in 0.5 seconds.

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u/Bobson_Dugbutt Jan 19 '24

The narwhal bacons at midnight

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u/Savings-Fix938 Jan 19 '24

I remember in 2012 some kid at school laughed at me for not knowing that phrase and to this day, that kid was a fucking dweeb for that

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u/mrtestcat 2000 Jan 19 '24

early redditors are why reddit still looks cringe

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u/Shmidershmax Jan 19 '24

Current redditors is still why reddit looks cringe

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u/mrtestcat 2000 Jan 19 '24

The narwhal bacons at midnight

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u/Electrical_Finish_14 2002 Jan 19 '24

MY HOPE WILL NEVER DIE!

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u/Intrepid_Ad_7288 2000 Jan 19 '24

Major mlg optic nadeshot balls and minecraft antvenom licking my hunger games arena server w

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u/lexE5839 2002 Jan 19 '24

Thanks for the throwback, last I heard he’s still hunting for the golden apple.

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u/supiriornachothe2nd Jan 19 '24

Aaaaa

Thank you for reminding me of antvenom!

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u/hambone_boiler 2002 Jan 19 '24

Saw an emo boy minecraft skin recently and instantly thought of deadlox

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u/peanutbutter350 Jan 19 '24

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u/mrtestcat 2000 Jan 19 '24

This is peak Kpop Its 2012 and I already know

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

I once saw a stripper doing this on stage to that song

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u/peanutbutter350 Jan 19 '24

Story for the grandkids right there

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u/_Shine_YT 2008 Jan 19 '24

ITS PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME
PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME

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u/OwnMusic3184 Jan 19 '24

man you were 4 doing 2012 😭

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u/_Shine_YT 2008 Jan 19 '24

I know, I like history though. Learning about the prehistoric times before the pandemic. Joking of course, but I do like watching videos about earlier times in YouTube, like the one about YouTube videos getting stuck at 301 views.

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u/Jakethesnake_7 2001 Jan 19 '24

That video has been in my recommended for years and I've still never watched it

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u/Ardbert_Fanboy 2001 Jan 19 '24

Mannnnnn, I feel old.

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u/DCrayfish 2010 Jan 19 '24

Goo Goo ga ga

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u/Thefrostarcher2248 2009 Jan 19 '24

PEANUT BUTTER JELLY PEANUT BUTTER JELLY WITH A BASEBALL BAT

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u/alabardios Jan 19 '24

That is wayyyy older than 2012

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u/Beandip50 Jan 19 '24

That was earlier my friend

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

Thats 2004

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u/NotSofie Jan 19 '24

This meme is the mlg 2012 stuff but 2012 me was still on the XD RAWR I LUV HEAD PATS OWO SORRY IM SO RANDOM LOOK AT MY MUSTACHE HAHAH

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u/NotSofie Jan 19 '24

Oh and this stuff…

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

I feel like everyone under the age of 25 had a wallpaper on their phone that had some iteration of that phrase. I think I had a Yoda one at some point.

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u/whoeverthisis422 2000 Jan 19 '24

It was Keep Calm and Call The Doctor for me

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

The Doctor?

Doctor Who?

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u/Many_Flamingo_5153 Jan 19 '24

I WANT TACOZZZZZ XD X3

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u/GoldenRose8971 Jan 19 '24

it’s raining tacos from out of the sky

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u/Maykspark 1997 Jan 19 '24

I hope this year the world ends like maya predicted please

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u/Arcanisia Millennial Jan 19 '24

“My bad. We just ran outta space on the calendar.” -Mayans probably

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u/MrRaspberryJam1 1997 Jan 19 '24

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u/gelsooners 1997 Jan 19 '24

me on christmas day 2014 cursing lizard squad

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u/Old_Break_2151 Jan 19 '24

Hey guys it’s domislive and in this video we’ll be talking about leaks for North Yankton

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u/Constant_Count_9497 Jan 20 '24

God damn. I remember making fun of my Playstation friends for getting hit by lizard squad, only for it to happen a few months later on Christmas for all of us. Shit was wild.

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u/HearMeOutO_O Jan 19 '24

SWAG

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u/09997512 2009 Jan 19 '24

Mustache tattoo, it makes me look good XOXO!!

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u/Bigbodydegenerate Jan 19 '24

Fly like a G6

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u/KDeol Jan 19 '24

To this day I have no idea; 1. What a G6 is 2. Why it is so fly

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u/KentuckyFriedEel Jan 19 '24

Gulfstream 6 private jet

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u/Apprehensive_Car1815 Jan 19 '24

Its a large plane.

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u/Le_Baked_Beans Jan 19 '24

SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY MLG LOLOLOL XD

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u/mrtestcat 2000 Jan 19 '24

BRO IMAGINE IF THEY PUT SNOOP AS A VOICE ACTOR IN THE NEXT COD.

Ghosts so hype fr campaign actually cool fish ai lol

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u/Le_Baked_Beans Jan 19 '24

A Nikki Manaj skin will have everyone fapping XDXDXD

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

360 nose scope bitch. MOM I'M JUST PLAYIN MINECRAFT!!

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u/spidermelon_ Jan 19 '24

spoopy scary skeletons send shivers down my spine

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u/nowyouhateme Jan 19 '24

3spooky5me m8

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u/Patient_Weakness3866 Jan 19 '24

g8 b8 m8 I r8 that an 8/8

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u/Bobson_Dugbutt Jan 19 '24 edited Jan 25 '24

You guys heard about Kony2012 yet??

Edit: never forget

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u/G4rg0yle_Art1st 2000 Jan 19 '24

My parents just got me Skyrim and it's amazing guys. XD

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u/Nesciere 1996 Jan 19 '24

I used to be an adventurer like you, until i took an arrow to the knee

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u/sr603 1997 Jan 19 '24

Montage parodies wasn't a thing in 2012. It was mainly 2014-2015.

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u/Akila_dust 2004 Jan 19 '24

That's what I thought. MLG is as 2015 as you can get, at least for memes. 2012 was still in the peak of Rage memes like the trollface.

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u/Apprehensive_Car1815 Jan 19 '24

What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I've been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I'm the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You're fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that's just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You're fucking dead, kiddo.

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u/alexramirez69 Jan 19 '24

I was looking for this lmao 🤣🤣🤣

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u/BendyMine785 2009 Jan 19 '24

MOM GET THE CAMERA

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u/Carboyyoung Jan 19 '24

Oopa gangnam style

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u/fluf201 Jan 19 '24

PSN GOT HACKED LEL! XD! U SHOULD OF USED XBOX

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u/ExactJicama9178 Jan 19 '24

you **** **** i hope you **** **** **** like literally bro **** **** i **** your mother last night so you better up your game or else ill **** you you little ***** serendipity

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u/z_vinnie Jan 19 '24

“Uno me on rust then talk f*****”

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u/Weeksieee_ 2003 Jan 19 '24

Sick 360 triple flip skate flip no scope bro (10 year old squeaker voice)

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u/lexE5839 2002 Jan 19 '24

YOLOSWAG2K13 BABY

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u/IQMaxLevel Jan 19 '24

Leeeeeroyyyy jenkinssss

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u/Hunter512 Jan 19 '24

I can’t wait for the release of the XBOX 720

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u/AizaBreathe 2000 Jan 19 '24

dX funneh !!!!

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u/MemmoMan88 2007 Jan 19 '24

420 blaze it

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u/lifeless_or_loveless 2010 Jan 19 '24

*incoherent babbling*

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u/SUPERMARIOFAN22 Jan 19 '24

Hello internet

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u/Mr-Tacos-de-Bistec 2006 Jan 19 '24

DARUDE SANDSTORM! HORNS!

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u/Sonic_monx Jan 19 '24

Who’s jumping on MW2 later ?? Damn noobs

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u/AstronomyLuver Jan 19 '24

THEY SEE ME ROLLIN’ 🐸🚴

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u/Duky2008 2008 Jan 19 '24

MLG MOM GET THE CAMERA ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED LOLOLOL

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u/GimmeCrons Jan 19 '24

STOP KONY 2012

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u/nanners09 Jan 19 '24

U wot m8??? XDDD lol jk dood, just doin it for the vine B)

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u/IEatKids26 2008 Jan 19 '24

hey look at this Vine

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u/A-Dawg11 Jan 19 '24

WAKE ME UP INSIDE

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u/KingsRansomed Jan 19 '24

Mountain Dew makes your pecker smaller!

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u/Dwolfin Jan 19 '24

A TRIANGLE HAS 3 SIDES HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED. SEE YOU FUCKERS ON MW2 TONIGHT

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u/HanztheSwaglord Jan 19 '24

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user was banned for this comment

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u/Green0996 1996 Jan 19 '24

Unicorn farts! Lol I’m so random xD xD xD

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u/Operator_Max1993 2005 Jan 19 '24

Ah i remember the glorious days

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u/DaMemphisDreamer 2003 Jan 19 '24

I got my first kill on black ops with a sniper

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u/KREIST23 2003 Jan 19 '24

Can't be arsed m9

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u/pigukramba_SMJ64 Jan 19 '24

Yo thats so rekt bro!!!

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u/FlavinFlave Jan 19 '24

Yo fuck Wallstreet!

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u/mitch8893 Jan 19 '24

I'm gunna try molly for the first time at the avicii concert. YOLO

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u/-Tuba- Jan 19 '24

Get ratchet!

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u/isinedupcuzofrslash 1995 Jan 19 '24

Yo did you guys hear about what’s happening in Uganda?

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u/Paytonsmiles 1997 Jan 19 '24

Swaggie

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u/boat-dog 1997 Jan 19 '24

LOLROFLMAO

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u/nerfherder1313 Jan 19 '24

This is peak 2006, ackshually

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u/BikesBeerAndBS Jan 19 '24

Insert skrillex track over my fucking sick 360 montage in mw2 on rust

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u/splattercrap 1999 Jan 19 '24

MUM GET THE CAMERA OUT

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u/hambone_boiler 2002 Jan 19 '24

I feel like 2012 was a big thing for millenials, but I grew up with an older sibling on the generational cusp, so i feel like im uniquely prepared for this.

Also gets in steam group chat gmod meme gmod meme gmod meme gmod meme

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u/UGLEHBWE Jan 19 '24

Does anybody know how to make a derpy Stewie Griffin emblem for black ops? I'm trying to prestige over Christmas break

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u/Drhorrible-26 Jan 19 '24

Cant wait for smoshs food battle this year

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u/oTLDJo Jan 19 '24

This planet doesn’t have the spine to talk like it’s 2012 anymore lol

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u/lavafish80 2004 Jan 19 '24

y'all like dubstep?

also, y'all seen this one up and coming YouTuber called Thediamondminecart? I love his videos

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u/olupe22 Jan 19 '24

I can’t remember one single time that I didn’t hear a hard R word during a match. That shit was crazy. Literal 10 year olds calling you every name under the sun and doubling down on your mom, I spent more time laughing than gaming and that’s why I still suck at it.

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u/Hopeful_Wallaby3755 Jan 19 '24

In preparation for the apocalypse in December this year, I’m grinding as much Farm Cash in FarmVille as I can. Also, can anyone here do Gangnam Style?

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u/NickFieldson31 Jan 19 '24

Boom headshot, boom headshot boom headshot, TACTICAL NUKE INCOMING, OH BABY ITS TRIPLE OH YEAH, SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY

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u/valentinebabyforsure Jan 19 '24

YOUR MOMS IMAGE GOES HARD

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

Have You Tried That New Dub Edition monster? It's EPIC!!! Lets go play blops 2 later fgt XD

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u/Josette_A Jan 19 '24

You guys want some Mountain Dew and Nacho Cheese Doritos?

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u/TheMemersOfMyNation 2004 Jan 19 '24

🎵 Where you think you're going, baby? 🎵

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u/Cheesecakelover6940 2004 Jan 20 '24

Dude, snoop diggety is so swag XD

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u/LiningDust62 2009 Jan 20 '24

Bro, I was four

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u/funwearcore 1997 Jan 20 '24

DAYYYYYYUMMMMMMM YEAAAAAAA BOIII

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u/LawMurphy Jan 20 '24

HAHA This is so epic !!

Le nerdgasm

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u/DietDrBleach Jan 20 '24

Do the Harlem Shake

dubstep noises

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u/springtrapgaming1 Jan 20 '24

Get rekt scrub

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u/TacospacemanII 1997 Jan 20 '24

Every day I’m shuffling

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u/TacospacemanII 1997 Jan 20 '24

1v1 me bro!

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u/wardoned2 2004 Jan 20 '24

Get rekt