All I Wanted Was a Video of My Dive

About

All I Wanted Was a Video of My Dive is a viral video of someone diving into a pool interrupted by two people walking in front of the camera person which has been parodied to have the couple walking in front of other scenes

Origin

On February 24th, 2019, Redditor Witchfinder-General posted the original video to /r/wellthatsucks^[1] which received 52,700 points (91% upvoted) and 800 comments in a day (shown below).

Spread

Thhe same day, Redditor lucky-number-kleven noted the potential of the format and posted a green screen template to /r/memeeconomy ^[2]. The post gained 40,100 points (89% upvoted) and 2,400 comments in a day (shown below).

The same redditor followed up with an example featuring a collapsing building and posted it to /r/funny ^[3]which garnered 22,000 points (92% upvoted) and 661 comments in a day (shown below).

Many more parodies were posted to Reddit that day and some were uploaded to YouTube. YouTuber mmm3ubed uploaded a version of the Spongebob segment of the Superbowl being interrupted (shown below). The video gained over 100 views on its first day.

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