1982·funny
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A post
This Moment began as a post on social media, not as a video upload.
- SourceNot an upload originally
- MediaNot held by ViralWorld
What this was
A post, described as funny.
It first appeared in 1982.
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Grouped by explicit relationships where evidence exists, and by shared theme otherwise.
Behind the recordWhere it came from
There is no original upload to identify: this Moment did not begin as one. ViralWorld holds no copy of it either — what it was, when it appeared and what people called it is the record.
Nothing here is claimed to be the first publication of this Moment, because the first publication was not an upload. This Moment began as a post on social media, not as a video upload.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
- What happens
- A post, described as funny.