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Winamp 2.91 -- It Really Whips the Llama's Ass

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A brief clip of the Winamp 2.91 startup sound, with its famous audio line about whipping the llama's ass, uploaded as a tribute.

HN commenters post it as a nostalgic joke or pun in Winamp threads, and sometimes for the classic startup audio.

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6 comments from Hacker News

@nickpsecurity2017 · in “Nullsoft: The death of the last maverick tech company (2004)”

Winamp was a great, music player back in my day that combined features with great, skinnable appearance and visualizations that could leave you in a trance. Plus it had a funnier opening than the competition at the time: [VIDEO]

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@hinoki2020 · in “Winamp Skin Museum”

So nostalgic. In all the example images, the Matrix (1999) soundtrack will play after the Winamp intro sound. [VIDEO]

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@johnsillings2021 · in “Winamp source code leak”

Man, that audio ( [VIDEO] ) makes me so nostalgic. Apparently it was a Wesley Willis reference, too, which just makes it 1000x better.

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@malikNF2022 · in “Winamp 5.9”

Sorry this is a bit off topic, but I read OPs username as I_am_a_lama, missed opportunity op :( [1]. [1] [VIDEO]

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@thesuperbigfrog2024 · in “The 90s Favorite Media Player 'Winamp' Is Opening Its Source”

Ahh memories: [VIDEO] Winamp was great because it was lightweight, performant, and did not stand between you and your music.

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@evanmoran2025 · in “What's the strongest AI model you can train on a laptop in five minutes?”

This literally is fast enough to really whip the llamas.. well, you know. And for the younger folk, this mp3 player was the precursor to Spotify: [VIDEO]

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