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Metal Pipe

A clanging metal-pipe crash for dropped items, brutal misses, sudden cuts, and fails that deserve industrial-strength disrespect.

Length3.2 sec

RatingClean

Volume warningLoud

Versions2

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Classic pipe crash

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EditAlternateLength3.2 secRatingCleanWarningLoud

3.2s

More violent pipe crash

EditAlternateLength2.8 secRatingCleanWarningLoud

2.8s

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The Metal Pipe meme grew from a 2020 Jixaw video and spread through YouTube, iFunny, TikTok, and streamer soundboards. Its joke is deliberate overkill: a small drop, abrupt cut, or ordinary fail gets hit with an absurd industrial clang.

Sources: Know Your Meme

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