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Take It Easy, Dude, But Take It

Take It Easy, Dude, But Take It

Updated Jan 29, 2025 at 09:53PM EST by LiterallyAustin.

Added Nov 04, 2019 at 04:59PM EST by Matt.

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About

"Take It Easy, Dude, But Take It" is a memorable quote uttered by American ethnobotanist, author and psychedelics advocate Terence McKenna. The phrase, taken from a documentary on McKenna, has inspired a series of image macros and GIFs.

Origin

The phrase was originally uttered in the first episode of the documentary series "The Millennium Tour," which was released in 2001. On May 7th, 2010, YouTuber Digiteal posted the clip. Within a decade, the video received more than 26,000 views (shown below).



Spread

On December 6th, 2013, Redditor [1] THE_darkknight_pees shared the clip in the /r/Psychonaut subreddit. The post received more tahn 100 points (94% upvoted) and 35 comments in less than six years.

On October 8th, 2017, Tumblr [2] user posted two GIFs from the clip. The post received more than 547,000 notes in less than three years (shown below, left and right).


IT EASY, DUDE TAKE BUT TAKE IT

The following year, on January 8th, 2018, Redditor[3] Metatronix shared the clip on the /r/youtubehaiku subreddit. The post received more than 2,000 points (98% upvoted) and 40 comments in less than two years.

On May 12th, 2018, Facebook GalacticScholarConsciousness shared a remix of the clip. The post received more than 5,000 views in less than two years (shown below).



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Owen Fishback @lotusfishicoot #Inktober Day 14: Take it easy, dude. BUT TAKE IT 5:48 PM- Oct 14, 2017 Twitter Web Client TAKE IT EASY, DUDE BUT.. ΤΑΚΕ T @VEE3RDEYE Take it easy dude but take it! 12:59 PM Nov 20, 2017 Tweet bot for iOS
TAKE IT EASY DUDE BUT TAKE IT de on imgur

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External References

[1] Reddit – /r/Psychonaut

[2] Tumblr – d3athmatch's Post

[3] Reddit – /r/youtubehaiku

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