The hottest meme of the millennium is no more.
Well, sort of. If you’re one of the last dozen people on the planet who hasn’t heard of “Damn, Daniel,” you can still watch it on YouTube.
But the viral video, recorded on Snapchat by Daniel Lara’s friend Josh Holz, originally blew up when Holz posted it from his Twitter account. That fateful tweet is now gone forever, thanks to some joyless, racist hackers.
got my account back. they're are some really sick people out there and I'm sorry you guys had to see all that.
— J O S H (@Josholzz) February 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/Ned_Donovan/status/704061426688720902
Someone hacked Josh from "Damn Daniel" and deleted the original video 😱 pic.twitter.com/yJnAwHWX81
— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) February 28, 2016
When the "Damn Daniel" speaker's Twitter gets hacked 😂 pic.twitter.com/0ZdI6IutbN
— Ryan Glasser (@ryanglasser_) February 28, 2016
This is the lightning life cycle of a meme in 2016: Blow up, hear the remix, appear on Ellen, have a SWAT team sent to your house, get hacked by white supremacists, try to recover the precious meme that started it all.
— J O S H (@Josholzz) February 29, 2016
Even if you did get the video back, would it matter? We can never regain our youth or innocence, Josh. Just let it go, dude. Damn.
H/T Following | Screengrab via A Sneaker Life/YouTube