The final nail

July 22, 2002 11:04 PM

The final nail in the coffin we call 'flash-meme'. Ok. Now that we have hit the end of the road on this sort of thing... allow us to catch on fire and then dive off the cliff. 'Kay, thanks, good game.
posted by jcterminal (19 comments total)

thanks. i loved it. i felt it first in my scrotum.
posted by dobbs at 11:33 PM on July 22, 2002

If I were to kill myself today, this would be my "suicide note."
posted by Wizzle at 1:29 AM on July 23, 2002

I could not tear myself away from this...it was like the first time i saw ayb...but 10x worse...

Also...Oh dear God....Please oh Please...do NOT click on the "Yatta Original" link on the "history of yatta" page! (not work-friendly) It doesn't get much worse than that...

...damn song gonna be in my head all day now...Yat-ta Yat-ta...AHHHGH!
posted by stew560 at 4:17 AM on July 23, 2002

Yattaburger. Heh.
posted by ColdChef at 4:43 AM on July 23, 2002

Good stuff.
posted by ParisParamus at 5:14 AM on July 23, 2002

OHIO!!!!!
posted by n9 at 5:22 AM on July 23, 2002

wtf
posted by uftheory at 6:06 AM on July 23, 2002

FYI, An article on the author of this here animutation, the first one of these he made as a 14 year old home school (suprised?) kid.
posted by malphigian at 6:24 AM on July 23, 2002

"Yatta" in Japanese means "I won," if anyone's curious.
posted by Tin Man at 7:26 AM on July 23, 2002

yatta yatta yatta...
posted by crunchland at 7:28 AM on July 23, 2002

Whoops - in the article malphigian linked to, it actually says he was inspired by a 14 year old, home-schooled kid.

Just as good :)
posted by scribblative at 9:02 AM on July 23, 2002

* COUGH ** COUGH ** COUGH *

I -- * COUGH *

stew560 I -- * COUGH ** COUGH ** COUGH ** COUGH *

couldn't resist it I -- * COUGH ** COUGH ** COUGH ** COUGH ** COUGH ** COUGH *

[huff-huff-huff]

* COUGH ** COUGH ** COUGH ** COUGH ** COUGH ** COUGH ** COUGH *

...
posted by scarabic at 9:18 AM on July 23, 2002

There's also a page on this at the Internet Phenomenon Archive for some additional history. Apparently the whole thing came from a japanese TV show
posted by statusquo at 9:21 AM on July 23, 2002

First seen November 2001.

Oh, and they aren't saying Ohio, but Ohayo, which is Japanese for Good Morning.
posted by jazon at 10:52 AM on July 23, 2002

personally, i thought this was going to be the nail in the coffin. i was wrong.
posted by quonsar at 11:38 AM on July 23, 2002

Pretty good. And it didn't outstay it's welcome, unlike the longwinded Hyakugojyuuichi.
posted by MUD at 11:52 AM on July 23, 2002

Oh, and they aren't saying Ohio, but Ohayo, which is Japanese for Good Morning

This I think has one of the definitive moments of misunderstood pronounciation... all right... I know it's not the first time it's been linked here... but I really wanted to.
posted by nath at 12:08 PM on July 23, 2002

"Yatta" in Japanese means "I won," if anyone's curious.

Actually, I think it's more accurately translated as (I) did it!. The "I" (or "we" or "you") is implied by the context in which the phrase is used.
posted by Danelope at 2:56 PM on July 23, 2002

You're right, quonsar, that was the end. It's night of the living flash bullshit from here on.
posted by scarabic at 8:55 PM on July 23, 2002