I have definitely seen these eagle-man-in-thong creatures dancing before. It's part of some bizarre meme, I'm sure of it. I just don't know what.
and I refuse to believe I've seen this in my dreams posted by naju at 8:25 PM on July 12, 2011 [2 favorites]
I'm surprised this isn't a double, it's been around for a while. One of my favorite bits of unexplainable Internet flotsam. posted by codacorolla at 8:28 PM on July 12, 2011 [2 favorites]
Out of everything, I find the way they emerge from the ground the most distressing. posted by The Whelk at 8:45 PM on July 12, 2011
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. posted by bwg at 8:47 PM on July 12, 2011
Oh, so horse mask man has been identified now... he's an artist who goes by Wotaken and there's more. posted by Kattullus at 8:48 PM on July 12, 2011
This seems like it should be a related video. Sorta NSFW. You'd have no idea how hard it was to structure the right search for that.
I would love to play that game, as either (any of the) characters. It seemed like the truckbot needed some better weapons though. That box was less useful than a banana. posted by mrgrimm at 9:01 PM on July 12, 2011
This seems like it should be a related video. Sorta NSFW.
Sorta? It was like The Unambiguously Gay Duo Meets a Little Girl Transformer in Telebubbyland. That might NSFL. posted by fuse theorem at 9:03 PM on July 12, 2011
Definitely influenced by cyriak, who also has an affinity for beefcake.
ATTENTION PEOPLE ON THE EAST COAST: If you do not want to be seriously freaked out in a sleep-deprived state, you do not want to watch the video that plays at the first link.
lambs. lambs of unholy type. lambs will eat me. posted by winna at 9:21 PM on July 12, 2011
I agree with naju, I've absolutely seen this before. Kind of weird if I didn't see it here first. posted by LobsterMitten at 9:30 PM on July 12, 2011
After 16 years clean and sober, I thought I was having an acid flashback at first when I watched that. It's almost enough to make me do drugs again.
Just a reminder--most Japanese people would also look at this and think WTF. But carry on with the othering. posted by zardoz at 9:42 PM on July 12, 2011 [4 favorites]
Worst of the worst of the web- it should have been posted on an angelfire site back in the 90s. posted by TheBones at 9:46 PM on July 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
Zardoz, I don't see any othering going on here. I see people reveling in the fact that anyone, anywhere in the world, can create something as severely WTF as this. And share it with the entire world. posted by egypturnash at 9:48 PM on July 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
Ah! Is funny, because Muscle March also features pedestrians! Is two uses of same word! posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:01 PM on July 12, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LImZBHlGV9Y
Seems to be the logical conclusion. Everything ends with Star Trek. posted by kzin602 at 10:04 PM on July 12, 2011
this really isn't all that shocking or weird
hurglgl durrr armchair interpretation but my guess is eagle = america, musclebody look is steretyped as 'gay' in japan, ergo meaning is like "america is big and flashy and obtrusive, tries to look macho but comes off as gay" which fits with what ive heard about 2ch being nationalistic posted by This, of course, alludes to you at 10:13 PM on July 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
there is no such thing as chaos, everything can be explained and there is no escape from the mechanisms of control posted by This, of course, alludes to you at 10:17 PM on July 12, 2011
I kept expecting every link in this thread to be Cazwell but none of them were so I am forced to post this comment and then cry into my near beer. posted by carsonb at 10:21 PM on July 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
This thread seriously has everything I love about the internets. posted by fillsthepews at 10:37 PM on July 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
Apparently this dance is popular in Gondor. And it's not the only one. posted by homunculus at 10:56 PM on July 12, 2011
You know, I've been lurking Metafilter for years, and only recently bit the five dollar bullet. The primary reason I keep coming back to the Blue is because of the clientele; I've enjoyed some incredibly passionate, intelligent, pertinent, and diversified discourse on this here web portal over the years. I have implored friends and family that if they only have ONE web forum at which to overcome their Luddite ways and join in the fray, it should be this one. And then I see this asinine headfuck of a thread. It's deplorable, unexplainable, and utterly ridiculous.
Just when I think I've a grip on reality -- white-knuckled and shaky, but nonetheless still serviceable -- along comes a link like codacorolla's and I realize: I don't have the slightest fucking idea what's going on. I know nothing. Nada. People are rolling through the forest with laser babies in their pants and I'm Wile E. Coyote staring down at the abyss, about to plunge through miles of sky into a vast desert of whatthefuckery, with only a sad sandy little thump and cloud of angel dust to mark my passing.
How did you find that link, codacorolla? I need to know. I need to know it was just you and a laptop and some explicable search terms and not something directly implanted into your brain by the Illuminati in cahoots with the Bilderberg group, the CIA, John Lennon's former LSD-by-the-jar chemist, the discorporeal spirit of Anton LaVey, and/or OWN (Oprah's kicky new cable network). My legs are cycling through the air at about 150 mph right now, so a little assistance would be appreciated. Thank you in advance. posted by melissa may at 11:40 PM on July 12, 2011 [4 favorites]
Showed up for DJ Ozma and Cazwell. Left happy. posted by yeolcoatl at 1:19 AM on July 13, 2011
This is Xavier Renegade Angel's dream of a false normalcy. posted by artof.mulata at 1:24 AM on July 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
Jesus, there is not a single link in this thread that isn't nightmare fuel. posted by KingEdRa at 2:48 AM on July 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
I wish we could design a time capsule that could show that video to the cockroaches that unearth it in 23,000 years. posted by e.e. coli at 2:55 AM on July 13, 2011 [2 favorites]
Yeah, I'm gonna go with "LOL Furries!" on this one. It's porn, Jim, but not as we know it... posted by Slap*Happy at 4:15 AM on July 13, 2011
After that I had to run a few rounds of this old thing just to clear my head. Only now I'm picturing cows in thongs. Dancing. posted by kinnakeet at 5:30 AM on July 13, 2011
You wanna' see something really scary? Pull the car over.
Probably the best use of adobe after effects in the misalignment of human and machine parts ever produced from Japan. NSFW. WARNING - distortion beyond comprehension. Oh, and there's a dildo. ZFE-face destroy[hirntrust05]_video by SEKITANI posted by DonnyMac at 5:38 AM on July 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
Computer, load up celery man, please. posted by orme at 5:51 AM on July 13, 2011 [3 favorites]
Apparently this dance is popular in Gondor. And it's not the only one.
How did you find that link, codacorolla? I need to know. I need to know it was just you and a laptop and some explicable search terms and not something directly implanted into your brain by the Illuminati in cahoots with the Bilderberg group, the CIA, John Lennon's former LSD-by-the-jar chemist, the discorporeal spirit of Anton LaVey, and/or OWN (Oprah's kicky new cable network). My legs are cycling through the air at about 150 mph right now, so a little assistance would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
I originally saw both videos because they were linked somewhere else (most likely in a 'check out this funny youtube thread'). The search string that ended up bringing me back to the Muscle Roller video was something like "weird 3d animation 2 guys", which brought me to a question and answer site, and then to the video. Is there really a better way to describe that video for a search engine? posted by codacorolla at 6:23 AM on July 13, 2011
Well, I dunno about the rest of you, but from a mom's perspective; the knees together, tippy-toe dancing thing...that's a sure sign that your kid has to pee.
Why we have an animation of asphalt born, aquila headed Chippendale dancers who need to pee...this I cannot answer. posted by dejah420 at 6:47 AM on July 13, 2011 [3 favorites]
Probably the best use of adobe after effects in the misalignment of human and machine parts ever produced from Japan.
I'd quibble with the NSFW descriptor. This is much much too odd to be NSFW. I can't see someone looking over your shoulder and considering you dirty. They might consider you a bit mad for continuing to look at it... posted by Bovine Love at 7:21 AM on July 13, 2011
The music is a remix of Tunak Tunak Tun by Daler Mehndi. Quite an earworm.
God dammit, I was dealing with this earworm all day yesterday, after someone mentioned Buffilax's "Benny Lava" in another thread (the two kinda go hand in hand for me) Looks like it's gonna be another long day. posted by ShutterBun at 7:52 AM on July 13, 2011
I originally saw both videos because they were linked somewhere else ...The search string that ended up bringing me back to the Muscle Roller video was something like "weird 3d animation 2 guys", which brought me to a question and answer site, and then to the video. Is there really a better way to describe that video for a search engine.
Oh. I found this one searching for "beefcake tighty whitey dance" or something.
posted by vidur at 8:17 PM on July 12, 2011 [4 favorites]