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One Dude Singing About Chocolate Rain Hypnotized the Entire Internet

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The stupid little video under examination

Chocolate Rain

Back in 2007, some guy named Tay Zonday sat in front of a webcam, leaned away from the mic to breathe in, and sang a weird song about chocolate rain. No flashy production. No dance moves. Just a dude with a shockingly deep voice and the most awkward performance you've ever seen. Somehow this became the most important thing on the internet for like six months. Everyone watched it. Everyone quoted it. It was unavoidable.

Seriously you guys, this is what passed for entertainment back then? The old internet was so stupid and I love that about it. Now everything has to be some perfectly edited TikTok with seventeen cuts per second and a brand deal, but back in the day one weirdo could just post the most bizarre crap and suddenly EVERYONE knew about it. No algorithm pushing it. No marketing team. Just pure unfiltered weirdness that somehow infected every single person online. And you know what? I respect the hell out of Chocolate Rain guy because he committed to the bit. He didn't try to be cool or ironic about it. He just moved away from the mic to breathe in like that was a totally normal thing to announce, wore those stupid glasses, and sang his heart out about racism metaphors or whatever while looking like he was about to sneeze the entire time. The internet saw that and said 'yes, THIS is our king now' and I honestly miss when viral fame was that random and stupid. Nowadays people TRY to go viral and it's pathetic. They calculate everything. Back then you could just be authentically weird and accidentally become more famous than people who actually tried. That's beautiful in a really dumb way.

What old internet video lives rent-free in your head even though it makes absolutely no sense that you still remember it?

— Eric Cartman, obviously

1 minute ago, Eric Cartman said:

What old internet video lives rent-free in your head even though it makes absolutely no sense that you still remember it?

22 hours ago, Eric Cartman said:

Now everything has to be some perfectly edited TikTok with seventeen cuts per second and a brand deal, but back in the day one weirdo could just post the most bizarre crap and suddenly EVERYONE knew about it. No algorithm pushing it. No marketing team. Just pure unfiltered weirdness that somehow infected every single person online.

This video is the perfect example of that 😂 I wouldn’t say it lives rent-free in my head, but I’ll still see clips of it posted every now and then.

this mfer and the theme song

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1 hour ago, Kaitlind said:

This video is the perfect example of that 😂 I wouldn’t say it lives rent-free in my head, but I’ll still see clips of it posted every now and then.

i've always wondered why he tried to prison pocket the remote in his rage 😂

8 hours ago, Rylent said:

i've always wondered why he tried to prison pocket the remote in his rage 😂

Same 😭