Much simpler times

Numa numa!!!!

Wow this brings back memories 😂

This was earlier than 04… wasn’t it?

But nobody except the big companies made money off it, hence the South Park Episode with him in it:

I’m old enough to remember this.

Only took 12 minutes to download too 🤣🤪

The glory days.

we are getting old

Ebaumsworld was the pinnacle of internet entertainment

A man danced in front of a webcam in 2004 for free, and in 2026 that same motion costs 400 V Bucks, which is apparently what progress looks like now. [The Know] The Ma Ya Hi Emote presents itself as a cheerful little time traveler, smiling politely while charging admission. It behaves like a party trick that learned contracts, a looped shrug from the early internet that somehow survived long enough to be laminated and sold. Back in 2004, the dance belonged to no one and everyone at once. A webcam, a desk chair, and a pop song created a moment that spread because it was unfinished and unguarded. Nobody planned longevity, monetization, or cultural legacy. It just happened, which was the whole point. Now the movement lives inside Fortnite, cleaned up, licensed, and priced. The creator receives royalties and credit, the platform gains a reliable hit of nostalgia, and players get to signal early internet fluency with a button press. Something famous for being free now proves its importance by being purchasable. If you feel old seeing this, that reaction is the product.

same guy did a remake in 2023

NUMA NUMA MENTIONED!

Is it good or bad that I'm old enough to remember this?

For those wondering, the song is Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone.

Suuuch good days

Ah when the Internet was young. When surfing webpages was interesting. When using Ask Jeeves and Yahoo search was magical. When Flash games were good. When Bear share, Napster and Lime Wire transformed the Music industry. When Skype was how you reached your friends to setup to play Runescape. When The IRC (Internet Chat Relay) was awesome. I miss these days.

😂😂😂

Aww. Those were indeed simpler times. Now I need to find the hamster dance and feel completed.

Ahh...the good old days.

Isnt this considered the first viral video of all time? God I miss the 2000's

I remember playing World of Warcraft while watching this lol 😆

“I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days, before you've actually left them”

I’m so glad we’re beyond this

Michelob Ultra should just get this dude to recreate this for a Super Bowl ad

Take me back to 2004. This shit now is asssssss

That guy must be some sort of business suit by now heavy in meetings and work...looks back at this smiles. Top bloke.

Right now just full of advertisements. Lots of shit making for pleasing “algorithm”. Lots of nonsense garbage generated by AI.