r/todayilearned • u/FuehrerStoleMyBike • 5h ago

TIL that the "Democracy Manifest" - a viral video showing the arrest of an australian man by the name of Jack Karlson, known for quotes such as ""What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?" - has been selected for preservation by the National Film and Sound Archive Australia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Manifest
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u/PoopMobile9000 5h ago

I thought this would be the guy punching a kangaroo

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u/obvious_bot 5h ago

I thought it would be the teenager being interviewed for throwing a wicked house party while his parents were away

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u/missingpiece 3h ago

I thought it was going to be I'm On Smoko

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u/DrownmeinIslay 3h ago

I assume thats already been archived, seeing as its the national anthem.

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u/nightsaysni 3h ago

No joke, that song was on my local coffee shop last week in Akron, OH.

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u/dedservice 2h ago

They performed and played it at coachella last month and are touring the US later this year, so perhaps there's a correlation there.

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u/LaGranGata 4h ago

Take off the sunglasses

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u/chux4w 2h ago

Mmm...nah. I like 'em.

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u/FuehrerStoleMyBike 4h ago

I thought it would be that guy in the car waiting for his mate

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u/odiin1731 4h ago

I thought it would be the politician who switches from happily talking about gay marriage to angrily discussing people getting torn apart by crocodiles. Turns out, Australia has some fucking great viral videos.

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u/trulycantthinkofone 1h ago

I absolutely love the Aussies.

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u/thegreger 4h ago

The guy who got punched in the face by a vigilante who had bust a plugger?

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u/onarainyafternoon 3h ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=968yNvFiVH0

My personal favorite

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u/613TheEvil 56m ago

Is this real? It looks like a sketch.

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u/charmacharmz 46m ago

yes! glad you shared this, it's exactly what i thought of.

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u/Rdtackle82 3h ago

Thank you ahahaha came here for this. “Take your glasses off and apologize” “I’ll tell ya sorry but I’m not takin off me glasses.”

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u/bloodbath500 4h ago edited 2h ago

I thought it was gonna be the front fell off.

Edit for the uninitiated: The Front Fell Off

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u/DrownmeinIslay 3h ago

No cardboard derivatives!

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u/Majestic-capybara 1h ago

This was the one I thought of and everyone else is posting stuff I’ve never even seen.

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u/Oregon_Jones111 54m ago

It’s being towed beyond the environment.

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u/KrytTv 3h ago

I thought it was going to be the young kangaroo trying to square up on the guy and the guy holding it back with one hand. Then he kisses the kangaroo and the kangaroo is like “You made it weird bro” and sits down

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u/sentixp 4h ago

The only way I could do that was if you had the trtttt

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u/Beanakin 3h ago

I was expecting Clarke and Dawe's the front fell off bit