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The Sun Is a Deadly Lazer is a memorable line from Bill Wurtz's animated YouTube video "history of the entire world, i guess." The line has since been the inspiration for and the subject of memes, YouTube remix videos, and online jokes.

Origin

On May 10th, 2017, musician and animator Bill Wurtz released history of the entire world, i guess, a YouTube video documenting the chain of events that make up the history of the planet Earth. The video has garnered more than 17.7 million views in less than two weeks (shown below).

Three minutes into the video, when Wurtz begins discussing the first lifeforms to inhabit land, he sings:

"Can we go on land? No. Why? The sun is a deadly laser."

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That day, Tumblr user ihavecripplingedgienss^[5] posted a screenshot of the "the sun is a deadly lazer" moment with the caption "why i don't go outside." The image (shown below) received more than 26,000 notes within 12 days.

Several hours after Wurtz's video was posted, YouTuber Aaron posted the four second clip of "The sun is a deadly lazer." Within two weeks, the video (shown below) has received more than 30,400 views.

Over the next several days, "The sun is a deadly lazer" became the subject of numerous remixes. On May 12th, YouTuber Maland 2016 uploaded a remix featuring We Are Number One (shown below, left). The video received more than 4,000 views within a week. Posted on May 16th, YouTuber Metro3ds 2's "'The Sun Is A Deadly Lazer' 4 billion times" (shown below, left) received more than 12,700 views in six days.

On May 16th, Redditor ShreksAnus69^[4] posted the image to the /r/dankmemes subreddit with the caption "when the crippled chinese boy who is your sex slave asks why can't he leave the basement. The post received more than 2,600 points (95% upvoted) and 86 comments within a week.

On May 17th, Redditor two_number_9s posted "When did the "the sun is a deadly laser" meme start?" in the /r/OutOfTheLoop subreddit.^[3] Several days later, on May 22nd, Redditor ramenisnice^[1] posted a screenshot of the "sun is a deadly lazer" section of "History of the Entire World" in the thread "The sun is a deadly lazer" on the /r/billwurtzmememe subreddit, where it received more than 500 points (89% upvoted). Later that day, Redditor Dippahns posted the same image to the /r/dankmemes subreddit.The post received more than 3,300 points (91% upvoted) in seven hours.

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