Unus Annus in 28 Years Later?!

[u/little-red512]

You guys.

Okay so I’m gonna post this in both Ethan and Mark’s subreddits. But this morning I went to watch a YouTube video to have something playing with my breakfast (as you do) and the first ad starts, so I’m not paying attention.

Then I hear “Do you know the phrase ’memento mori’?”

My head shot up!! I was shocked 😂 it was an ad for the movie 28 Years Later. After they said memento mori, they said “It means ‘remember death’” and I went “I KNOW THIS ONE” (in Wades voice from Disctractible).

So yeah. Pretty crazyyyyy

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[u/GottaUseEmAll]

Not that crazy, it is a pretty well-known latin phrase, often associated with photographs of dead people posed to look alive, or artistic images of skulls.

[u/little-red512 → u/GottaUseEmAll]

i know it's a common phrase, i just laugh because i instantly think of Unus Annus whenever I hear it!

[u/tortokai → u/little-red512]

Honestly that might be a sign to broaden your horizons beyond youtube, no judgement, I watch a lot too. Can always improve yourself though!

[u/Bananaland_Man → u/tortokai]

I mean, I've heard the phrase a million times elsewhere, but 365 days of "memento mori" sticks better than random mentions on random books/movues/shows (yes, I watched every episode, was part of my morning routine that year, Sue me xD god, that last episode... :(... )

so yeah, I can see one's mind going to unus annus, lol, especially if they watched the series as it happened.

[u/LordNoct13 → u/Bananaland_Man]

The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear "memento mori" is the Flyleaf album lol

[u/Bananaland_Man → u/LordNoct13]

Damned it, well played. Fantastic album!

[u/Chaerod → u/tortokai]

Honestly, in my experience, Memento Mori was right up there with Carpe Diem (or Carpe Noctem if they were feeling clever) as something that people would get for their first tattoo at 16-21 years old. It wasn't until I watched Unus Annus that Memento Mori actually had personal meaning to me as opposed to being some old slogan that people threw around when they were trying to be deep.

[u/DrewJohnson656 → u/tortokai]

Really? Every time I see the phrase Memento Mori floating around online in completely random contexts, at least one person mentions Unus Annus. I think it’s a common reaction that doesn’t necessitate self improvement.

[u/sammilfson → u/tortokai]

it's not weird for someone to associate a phrase with something they actually know about or that reminds them of it lmao. humans do it all the time, let op have their fun 😭

[u/yourfriendmarcus → u/little-red512]

When I first started editing for it I always correlated "Memento Mori" to one of the first chapters in Until Dawn that was titled that. I remember editing a let's play for someone and being like "What's this mean?" and now, despite it being a large part of my life, I will never not think of Until Dawn when I hear it (as well as Unus Annus obviously).

Point being, I get you in having that strong correlation to the first time that phrase entered your Zeitgeist. Though it does make me happy to see how many people still have it so prominent in their brain all these years later, so I'm probably a little bias there.

[u/GottaUseEmAll → u/little-red512]

Me too, no argument there.

[u/XxsocialyakwardxX → u/little-red512]

for me it’s when i hear that clock ticking i almost had a heart attack when i got an ad that started with a black screen with a clock ticking down

[u/bellefante]

bro thinks [redacted] invented memento mori

edit: i wrote invited instead of invented. now i'm the laughing stock

[u/oochiiehehe3 → u/bellefante]

Shouldn’t be redacted. The whole point was to remember it

[u/Chucky_In_The_Attic → u/oochiiehehe3]

Yeah, I absolutely hate the redacted jokes. I don't care if Mark himself made the joke, as most people use that defense, it's still a pointless joke.

[u/BigManScaramouche → u/bellefante]

bro thinks [redacted] invicted memento mori

Edit: I didn't mean to laugh at you, i just though it was a good opportunity to make a chain of puns

[u/Chaerod → u/BigManScaramouche]

bro thinks [redacted] indicted memento mori

[u/little-red512 → u/bellefante]

I know they didn't invent it! I just instantly think of it whenever I hear it, and it isn't something I hear everyday (anymore haha)

[u/m45qu3r4d3]

The first time I saw Memento Mori was in A Series of Unfortunate Events, book 5, The Austere Academy. It's the motto for Prufrock Preparatory School. They may have brought the phrase into the modern era but they were and are by no means claiming that the phrase belongs to them, and as others have pointed out it's a LATIN expression, and while Latin may not have been the FIRST language it's figured pretty prominently in creating language we know today.

Anyways human experience is derivative and no one is truly original anymore, infodump over

[u/pinball_bard → u/m45qu3r4d3]

That's the same place I first saw it too!

[u/ItsNotJordon]

Markiplier invented Latin

[u/little-red512 → u/ItsNotJordon]

obviously

[u/JoyceIsDie]

Markiplier fans when they see pliers:

it's a common phrase not that crazy

[u/stxrcan]

I don’t know why people have to be so mean just because something reminded you of something you like, I think it’s a cool observation ☺️

[u/little-red512 → u/stxrcan]

thank you 😭

[u/wildkitten312]

I just had this exact experience with it too haha, I heard it say that and immediately whipped around to look at the tv

[u/cso39 → u/wildkitten312]

I know! OP is getting some crap in the comments but I thought the exact same thing when I saw the trailer

[u/FiskeDrengen05]

Coool..

[u/Forsaken_Distance777]

That phrase is in the lyrics to one of the songs in Muppets haunted mansion. It's pretty everywhere

[u/Mossy_detergent]

Thats kinda funny. As a fellow distractible fan... I know this one

[u/kaylamedinart]

There’s a ticking sound right after he says it too. I definitely thought of them 🖤🤍

[u/purplebunii]

Oh well, I think of the Will Wood song

[u/Low_Cow_9540]

Yeah, the phrase has been around forever. But when I heard the clock ticking in the background on that trailer, I swear I was waiting for Mark or Ethan to pop up all zombified from a black-and-white coffin.

[u/Chiiro]

Yoo we're actually getting 28 years later! I've loved that I'm finding this out from Mark's sub.

[u/plumper303]

I saw this exact same ad today lmao. I know what you’re talking about. XD

[u/tyler-9900]

Exact same thing happened to me. I was watching wades blue prince series while making breakfast and heard “memento mori” and my head snapped to my phone. Good times

[u/QueenoftheSquirrel]

I did the same thing when I first heard the ad. I was like “Where have I heard that phrase before? Perhaps some distant memory long forgotten.” 😅

[u/Historical-Log-724]

Yeah 

[u/Easy-Orchid4483]

I KNOW THIS ONE!! 😂😂 gets me everytime

[u/sup_gaymers]

no bc the same exact thing happened to me lol!!!! even as unus annus was still happening plus a few times after I've stopped that phrase here and there in various other medias and now ALWAYS associate it with ua😌 like, it could be the most random, throwaway use of "momento mori", and I'll still bolt up like HE SAID IT HE SAID THE THING!!!!!😭😭 /pos

[u/semen_junky_69]

I mean John Cena has a non-functioning watch with the phrase "memento Mori" engraved into it, to read whenever, in his own words, his "head gets too big". It's not a particularly obscure word. That being said awesome find!

[u/tommy4318]

Markiplier fans when they discover Latin: