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<!doctype html>
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<html lang="en">
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<head>
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<meta charset="UTF-8" />
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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
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<title>About – picsmics4</title>
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<meta
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name="description"
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content="The story behind picsmics4 and the legendary Reptilia comment thread."
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/>
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" />
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</head>
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<body>
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<nav class="navbar">
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<a
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href="https://youtu.be/lW7vWfRI5oI?si=Sefj320BsIkgOKk0"
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class="nav-logo"
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>picsmics4</a
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>
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<div class="nav-links">
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<a href="index.html" class="nav-link">Comments</a>
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<a href="about.html" class="nav-link active">About</a>
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</div>
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</nav>
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<div class="container">
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<header class="hero">
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<h1>About This Archive</h1>
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</header>
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<section class="about-content">
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<h2>The Story</h2>
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<p>
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On Jan 2, 2008, a YouTube user named
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<strong>DrazenXLive</strong> uploaded a video of themselves playing
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<em>Reptilia</em> by The Strokes on Rock Band. It gained a few views,
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but was otherwise just a gaming video in the early age of YouTube.
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</p>
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<p>
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Then <strong>picsmics4</strong> started commenting. And never stopped.
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</p>
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<p>
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For over 15 years, picsmics4 returned to this one video, leaving
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comments that evolved into an unintentional diary, from documenting
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high school whimsy, adulthood, hardships, and everything in between.
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The thread, the optimism of picsmics4, and the wholesome reception
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from the internet community has been selected to be preserved on this
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site.
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</p>
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<h2>This Archive</h2>
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<p>
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I watched
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<a
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDVOaAKaMfg"
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target="_blank"
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rel="noopener"
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>a video by ShaiiValle</a
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>
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and was inspired to make this site overnight, in an era where much of
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our shared digital history is quietly disappearing. The world is
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currently a mess, but it is the small things like this that let us go
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on with our days.
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</p>
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<p>
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This site preserves every comment from the video, and comments from
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before <strong>January 1, 2026</strong> (at 6 minutes and 7 seconds)
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are frozen exactly as they were for authenticity. Newer comments are
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added periodically but the original archive remains untouched.
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</p>
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<h2>Links</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW7vWfRI5oI"
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target="_blank"
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rel="noopener"
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>The Original Video</a
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>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a
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href="https://github.com/DereC4/picsmics4"
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target="_blank"
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rel="noopener"
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>GitHub Repository</a
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>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</section>
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</div>
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</body>
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</html>
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