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The 5 stages of watching the Top Gun volleyball scene, in tweets

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May 18th 2014, 11:03 AM 19,255 Views 2 Comments

TOP GUN WAS on Channel 4 last night. This could only mean one thing: BEACH VOLLEYBALL.

And that scene still packs a punch. Here’s how Twitter reacted:

1. Alert

Top Gun volleyball scene on Channel 4 NOW.
— gill pea (@gillpea) May 17, 2014

Source: gillian pearce/Twitter

Sext: The volleyball scene from Top Gun is on tv.
— María 📚 (@mbruin95) May 18, 2014

Source: María/Twitter

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2. Manly appreciation

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3. Pure homoerotic wonderment

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Top Gun is on and it's a manly movie for manly men and not at all homoerotic now when is the volleyball scene
— Hannah Joy 💞 (@SurlyJoy) May 16, 2014

Source: Kushieda Minori/Twitter

4. Forensic analysis

The scene right now in top gun is just to weird... Why am I watching a volleyball game
— Anton Cook (@ABCPhotographic) May 17, 2014

Source: ABC Photography/Twitter

People in Top Gun are so sweaty... They did have air con in the 80s right? I remember it
— Murra (@murrakmr) May 18, 2014

Source: Murra/Twitter

5. Realisation

The volleyball scene in Top Gun is the highest form of film quality in the history of motion picture.
— Bob (@broach93) May 17, 2014

Source: Bob Roach/Twitter

Go on then, here you go…

Source: J Norway/YouTube

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The 5 stages of watching the Top Gun volleyball scene, in tweets