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Winamp 2.91 -- It Really Whips the Llama's Ass

Name: Winamp 2.91 -- It Really Whips the Llama's Ass
Description: A brief clip of the Winamp 2.91 startup sound, with its famous audio line about whipping the llama's ass, uploaded as a tribute.

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Cited on HN 6 times, 2017–2025, never outright recommended score 0

Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

HN commenters post it as a nostalgic joke or pun in Winamp threads, and sometimes for the classic startup audio.

A brief clip of the Winamp 2.91 startup sound, with its famous audio line about whipping the llama's ass, uploaded as a tribute.

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@thesuperbigfrog May 2024 Cites it

on HN thread The 90s Favorite Media Player 'Winamp' Is Opening Its Source

Ahh memories: [this video] Winamp was great because it was lightweight, performant, and did not stand between you and your music.

Winamp's classic startup audio

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@nickpsecurity Feb 2017 Makes a joke

on HN thread Nullsoft: The death of the last maverick tech company (2004)

Winamp was a great, music player back in my day that combined features with great, skinnable appearance and visualizations that could leave you in a trance. Plus it had a funnier opening than the competition at the time: [this video]

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@hinoki Sep 2020 Makes a joke

on HN thread Winamp Skin Museum

So nostalgic. In all the example images, the Matrix (1999) soundtrack will play after the Winamp intro sound. [this video]

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@johnsillings Nov 2021 Makes a joke

on HN thread Winamp source code leak

Man, that audio ( [this video] ) makes me so nostalgic. Apparently it was a Wesley Willis reference, too, which just makes it 1000x better.

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@malikNF Sep 2022 Makes a joke

on HN thread Winamp 5.9

Sorry this is a bit off topic, but I read OPs username as I_am_a_lama, missed opportunity op :( [1]. [1] [this video]

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@evanmoran Aug 2025 Makes a joke

on HN thread What's the strongest AI model you can train on a laptop in five minutes?

This literally is fast enough to really whip the llamas.. well, you know. And for the younger folk, this mp3 player was the precursor to Spotify: [this video]

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