Woah Technology

About

"Woah Technology" is a memorable quote uttered by YouTuber YandereDev, the developer of the stealth action video game Yandere Simulator, when expressing an appreciation for realism in video games. The phrase is often used in YouTube video comments to convey a feeling of awe or excitement, or to sarcastically mock poorly designed video game elements.

Origin

On January 16th, 2017, YandereDev uploaded a video titled "Mid-January Progress Report," in which he uttered the phrase "woah technology" to describe a gameplay feature in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty in which ice cubes would melt if the player waited long enough. YandereDev then described how he wanted to add similar details to Yandere Simulator to impress players.

"When I first saw this, it blew my mind! I was like, 'woah technology'!"

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On January 17th, Redditor TheGamerKid678 submitted a post congratulating YandereDev on making the expression a meme to /r/yandere_simulator.^[1] On January 18th, YouTuber KayRocker uploaded an electronic music remix of the "woah technology" video clip (shown below, left). The same, YouTube Bagelbus uploaded another music video remix of the clip (shown below, right).

On January 20th, YouTuber S.Lakshmi Flora uploaded a Bee Movie-themed replacement remix dubbed audio of YandereDev saying "woah technology" (shown below, left). The following day, YouTuber Harambe uploaded a replacement remix for the song "We Are Number One" edited with the "woah technology" audio clip (shown below, right).

On January 27th, YouTuber Bijuu Mike released a video showing a Miku Hatsune mod of Yandere Simulator titled "Woah Technology" (shown below, left). On January 29th, the Behind The Meme YouTube channel posted an episode on the expression (shown below, right). Within 72 hours, the videos gained over 285,000 and 182,000 views respectively.

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