You have no chance to survive make your time.

And remember: No matter how well you plan, no matter how carefully you live, someday you will discover that all your base are belong to us, and you will have to make your time.

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[myboatforacar]

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
All my base
Are belong to you. ❤

[rantingrodent]

I have also always thought "You have no chance to survive make your time" is weirdly powerful

[shawnjoseph]

I like how the first video John saw was a meme that significantly predated YouTube

[MammaMia]

I have heard "all your base are belong to us" my entire internet trekking life and I never knew where it came from until now

[pedrostormrage]

Btw, the actual translation is "Treasure what little time remains in your lives" (in Japanese: "せいぜい残り少ない命を、大切にしたまえ"), which is also nice when taken out of context.

[aliceclarke]

Holy hell - *THATS* where all your base comes from!!!! I'm 17 and I feel like a great sage just whispered into my ear the answer to a question I assumed had none.

[joechip]

John making All Your Base Are Belong to Us into something so sincere and meaningful is peak John 😂💚

[lunardragon]

A literary critique of All Your Base. This is why I am still subscribed after decades. And perfect timing for High Holidays. Make your time indeed.

[Bactroid]

Really and truly, I am so glad that someone else found profound meaning in "You have no chance to survive, make your time." I've been waiting 25 years to encounter someone else who gets it. Thank you!

[PancakesTheDragoncat]

In the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, there are Hylian runes used to decorate all sorts of ancient Sheikah structures. These runes are actually a cipher for English text, with each unique symbol mapping to a letter of the English alphabet. The developers left different messages on different items in the game.

For instance, the doors to the shrines scattered throughout the world have the word "DUNGEON" written on them. iirc, the balls you use to solve puzzles have the word "SPHERE" written on them, and the slots you place them into are labelled "SOCKET"

But a little more fun are the messages that contain references to past Zelda games. Scrolling text when accessing a Sheikah Tower says "MASTER USING IT AND YOU CAN HAVE THIS, " a quote from the first Zelda game. Waypoint markers are labelled "ITS DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE"

But, in my personal favorite iteration of the meme, when you are receiving runes for your sheikah slate early in the game, nestled between messages saying "NOW LOADING" and "DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR DEVICE" is the phrase "ALL YOUR BASE ARE [BELONG TO US]", though the end of the message is cut off in the animation

[madmarbles]

Gotta respect the researched, complex videos happening during Pizzamas.

[Witmonger]

I'm so happy you're keeping this alive. My band used to perform a punky metallic cover of All Your Base live back in the mid 2000s.

[Zpeople]

Imagine telling someone in 2005 that All Your Base Are Belong To Us would not just feel nostalgic but be used as a metaphor for LIFE ITSELF

[MadelineWilson]

I've been a citizen of the Internet for about 20 years, and I never knew the context of "All your base are belong to us, " so thanks for this!

[loganig]

Thank you for including both GIF and GIF

[starwyvern]

This made me really happy. I remember sharing that video with my mom and she found it hilarious and referenced it for years. Honestly? I still love the song.

[MattProvance]

“All your pizza are belong to us”

Pixel Art of pizza John as Cats

[RevNoch]

I saw the title and I couldn't click on it fast enough. FOR GREAT JUSTICE!!

[ERYN__]

Thank you for explaining the joke. I have gone through my life pretending to get the joke because people thought I did. I am as old as the joke.

[Rawi]

Thanks for this. I'm turning 27 in a few months and this helps ease the pain of getting older.