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YTMND Thursday: The saddest YTMND ever photo

For today's edition of YTMND Thursday, I thought it would be nice to only have one specific YTMND. I will admit that I had to hold back the tears from how heartbreaking this story was. The story itself originated from a poster on the IGN Forums a long time ago and an artist at ThisIsGame saw the post and made a comic out if it.

It's also timely as today is Thanksgiving, a time to be with your family and loved ones. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

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Excremento's Avatar
Excremento at 11/22/2007 18:46
I saw this a few days ago and it made me really sad. What's even sadder? I bet Tom Nook bitched that his mom didn't make her payments.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 11/22/2007 18:48
This actually made me cry when I saw it a few days ago. I was not expecting that.
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ajaxender at 11/22/2007 18:50
Saw that on 4chan a couple of days ago... damn that thread had some sad stuff in it.
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Lithium at 11/22/2007 18:50
wow I was expecting some random punchline at the end.

/tear
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Corenthian at 11/22/2007 18:51
Bloody hell, that was the most depressing thing I have seen in a long time...
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Dr Milkdad at 11/22/2007 18:51
Portal is Tragic

http://portalistragic.ytmnd.com/

Portal is even more Tragic than ever

http://idonthavethegame.ytmnd.com/

I LOVE IT
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 11/22/2007 18:51
Caught this in the same thread ajaxender mentioned. Fucking tearjerker indeed. ;_;
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Edarios at 11/22/2007 18:52
Brutal.
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Tron Knotts at 11/22/2007 18:54
I almost cried the first time I saw it. What's amazing about this digital comic is how it starts of ok, gets sad, the sadder the HOLY SHIT THIS IS SO GOD DAMNED SAD level of sad. It totally catches you off guard.

Just goes to show that comic books, web comics, and even YTMND's are capable of a lot more than most people give them credit for.
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Trowble at 11/22/2007 18:55
I actually thought the tragedy was him buying Animal Crossing... haha
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Aerox at 11/22/2007 18:56
Ugh, when this was in the CommuBlogs I ended up crying and then was sad the rest of the day.
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IvoryShipping at 11/22/2007 19:00
Awww.
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mteerie at 11/22/2007 19:00
speechless
Slyvexx's Avatar
Slyvexx at 11/22/2007 19:01
man that sucks sry
Excremento's Avatar
Excremento at 11/22/2007 19:02
I think it's safe to say that most gamers love their moms, you need to all go hug that special person today if you're with family.
Rockvillian's Avatar
Rockvillian at 11/22/2007 19:03
Aw man, not again... *sniff*
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godkow at 11/22/2007 19:03
:(
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corneliuscack at 11/22/2007 19:03
:(
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 11/22/2007 19:04
God, I just watched it again. It kills me.
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junkie at 11/22/2007 19:07
Corny as it is, this post got me to send my mom a little note thanking her for all she's done for me. (we haven't spoken in years, really). Thanks for that.
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Krayven at 11/22/2007 19:07
Jesus Christ, that just ruined my day,
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lowercaseluke at 11/22/2007 19:09
:(
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wardrox at 11/22/2007 19:10
It's like when I watched The Notebook, or the ending of Halo 3... sniff
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Tricoden at 11/22/2007 19:32
I almost cried the first and even second time I saw this. :(
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WDot at 11/22/2007 19:35
It really was sad, one of the few things I cried over online. Even sadder though was the fact that there were so many parodies on YTMND afterward. I suppose it's to be expected from YTMND.
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bahss at 11/22/2007 19:45
Wierd, I had watched it before, and got a lil' emotional.
Now, I'm in tears when I watch it... *sigh* I need to go hug my mom.
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ToxicPrince at 11/22/2007 19:48
Hah, yeah, right. You lot are all... Hang on. Got something in my eye.

-sniff-

DAMN YOU, COMPASSION!

Saddest thing ever. :(
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 11/22/2007 19:55
:[
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Baron Calico at 11/22/2007 19:58
I.... wow.
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Clockwork at 11/22/2007 19:58
I felt so uncomfortable after watching that.

That was sad as hell.
Wheeliedude's Avatar
Wheeliedude at 11/22/2007 19:59
There's an in-game "mom" that sends you stuff.
For all we know he could have just misinterpreted it.
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itemforty at 11/22/2007 20:00
Depressing every time.
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Dutch at 11/22/2007 20:01
Holy crap beans that was the most touching story related to animal crossing I've ever heard of...Please post a story about jack thompson so I can stop thinking about this!
Xavier's Avatar
Xavier at 11/22/2007 20:10
Hey Hamza I posted this about 2 days ago... I'm only joking, That was indeed a sad YTMND.
Goei's Avatar
Goei at 11/22/2007 20:10
I'm a heartless prick...

I lol'd...

I am so sorry
Goei's Avatar
Goei at 11/22/2007 20:13
Portal ones made me lol harder. Am I going to hell?
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KamikazeTutor at 11/22/2007 20:19
I don't think it's sad, except for the part that his mother died.

Kids make fun of everything, but I really doubt he made fun of her in a harmful way.

I almost cried by the fact that after a year and half of her departure, he went back to the game and received all those presents from her.
That's so nice... ^_^
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ill_ninja at 11/22/2007 20:22
wow. that was terrible. /sniff
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Turtule Soup at 11/22/2007 20:24
Wow that was sad.
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winojesus at 11/22/2007 20:29
i had every intention of being a dick about this until i watched it.
christ i'm a shit of a human.
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NobleArc at 11/22/2007 20:30
That really caught me off guard. =\
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Bloodborne at 11/22/2007 20:31
;_;
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HawtPawkitHero at 11/22/2007 20:34
that's fucking depressing.
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SpencersGifts at 11/22/2007 20:35
I dont know whats more depressing, this, or the ending to "the mist"
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Kyousuke Nanbu at 11/22/2007 20:40
I burst into tears after seeing the comic version of this, very touching.
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Dom at 11/22/2007 20:43
That is seriously heart breaking stuff. I have absolutely no problem in that that I as a 24 yr old man serving in the Army had to fight back the tears after watching it.

Makes me sick though to see the comments people are leaving on here. Is nothing on this fucking internet sacred? I feel a great swell of pity for the few people that either laughed or posted negative comments to that YTMND.

This is one of the rare occassions where I'm filled with as much anger assadness to be honest.
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Ratcliff at 11/22/2007 20:44
good god that was so sad! Geez why would you show us that?
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Super Cool Guest from the Future at 11/22/2007 20:46
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Oni at 11/22/2007 20:50
'cause it was on YTMND, I kept waiting for the scary face to pop out or something. When it didn't, I watched it again, and it was really sad. :(

I hope she keeps playing it now.
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Virtualgirl at 11/22/2007 20:54
Wow! That was sad but uber great to read. Almost the exact same thing happend to me. My little brother and I used to play Animal Crossing together and we stopped a while before he passed away. About a year later I did the same thing, and found a whole bunch of stuff he had sent me in my mail box. Of course it was not sweet things, but stuff he would say like "You are a n00b". It was also funny walking around the town and seeing all the signs I made for him that said "whore" and stuff...good times!
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