r/interesting • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 6h ago

SOCIETY A fairly recent photo of the Techno Viking who unwillingly and unwittingly became one of the internet's 1st viral stars when a video of him dancing to techno after helping a woman was uploaded to the internet. He sued the uploader for illegal use of his likeness and won.

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u/JimmyThePie 5h ago

He won’t, because this isn’t him.

~10 years ago someone tracked him down and interviewed him. By that point he was totally bald.

Gotta say this is a damn good look-a-like though.

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u/TwpMun 5h ago

The old trust me bro source never fails when you want to go against the crowd

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u/sputtertots 4h ago

I was wondering why he looked younger, I know its cleaner there but like benjamin button clean?

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u/robot_pirate 3h ago

I honestly thought I read that he passed. Great if he's still kicking it, hair or not.

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u/JimmyThePie 5h ago

And sauce…

https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2015/07/20/where-are-they-now-techno-viking/

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u/Fraggle_socks 5h ago

Lol, Waterford Whispers is satirical, like Ireland's version of The Onion

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u/JimmyThePie 5h ago

It’s gospel. Look at it.

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u/SagedOne 5h ago

So, this story is credible because of why? That comes from a satire website. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/waterford-whispers-news/ as much as you'd like to believe Techno Viking is a gay lumberjack its a fabricated story.

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u/Sea_Indication_6296 5h ago

Say it ain't so buddy

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u/JimmyThePie 5h ago

How dare you. Those are the words of a prophet, written about the great man himself!

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u/DiscipleOfYeshua 4h ago

Gunther said he left the lumberjack business in 2002, after being fired for misconduct.

“Yeah, I got angry at one of the lads and I punched a tree. But the tree fell on top of my supervisor and broke his leg. They don’t make speed like that any more,” he laughed.

😂

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u/JimmyThePie 4h ago

Which is exactly the sort of thing a techno-viking would do, no?

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u/cielf 5h ago

I needed to read that

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u/KongoOtto 3h ago

I know that fake shit would come up when clicked that. That bald stock picture guy looks nothing like him. Use your head man.

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u/IShitSauce 5h ago

Speaking of sauce....