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by agentwiggles 1389 days ago
Dude, I unironically agree. They have their own vocabulary of memes and conventions and there's something about the style that just hits the nerve centers of funny for me.

This one is one of my favorites, although it's not quite as extreme as the style eventually became. I have great memories of being put into near hysterics the first time I saw it with a friend of mine (who has a pretty goofy laugh which makes anything twice as funny when you're with him).

https://youtu.be/PTdxPliBdZs

This thing has worked its way deep into my brain, i can't even say "let's go" without subtly referencing it 10 years after I first saw it.

This one is in a similar vein, though it may not really count as true YTP. The first time I saw this, I was caught off guard, thinking it was a different viral video. The subversion of that expectation hit me so hard, I was literally crying with laughter.

https://youtu.be/lXMskKTw3Bc

I'm sure to some these will just seem powerfully stupid, but there's something about them and the way that they take normal things and remix them that really makes me laugh.