这出自比利·海灵顿的niconico就职演说：
原本的意思为“as we can”（我们也行），由于英文中的as和ass同音，因此就成为了“ass we can”。
NICONICO动画（日文：ニコニコ动画）是NIWANGO公司所提供的线上影片分享网站，常被简称为niconico或nico等。与YouTube等影片共享网站相似，但NICONICO动画提供观赏者可在影片上留言的功能，而留言会以弹幕的形式出现在影片上。原本因为设备、宽带负荷等因素，NICONICO动画规定观赏影片者必须注册，并根据注册顺序开放使用者可于全天（24小时）或限制时间（日本时间2:00-19:00）登入，但现在NICONICO动画的使用者可于全天（24小时）登入，另外也提供付费帐号。截至2015年已有超过4800万人注册，付费会员超过200万人。
My fellow brothers, I, Billy Herrington, stands here today humbled by the task before us, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our niconico ancestors. We are the midst of crisis. Niconico douga is at war against storm of disturbance and deletion. Niconico's economy is badly weakened, (which is) a consequence of carelessness and irresponsibility on the part of management, but also on the collective failure to make hard choices, to make our(us?) prepare for a new mad age. Today, I say to you, the challenge is real, they are serious, and they are many. They will not be easily met (or) in a short span of time. But know that at Niconico, they will be met. In reaffirming the greatness of our site, we understand that greatness is never, and our journey has never been shortcut. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted or seek only the fleshly pleasures. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the wasted genii, and the creators of MAD thing. For us, they toiled in sweatshops, and endured the lash of the spanking, time and time again these men struggled and sacrificed so that we may live better. We remain the most powerful site on the internet and minds are no less inventive. And services no less needed than they were last week or yesterday, or the day before the day after tomorrow. Starting today, we must pull♂up♂our♂pants，dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking Niconico douga. Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our server system cannot (load too many movies). Their memories are short, for they have forgotten what Niconico has already done. What free man can achieve when imagination is joined to the common purpose. And so, for all the people who are watching this video, from the grandest cities to the small villages where IKZO was born, know that Niconico is a friend of every man who seeks the future of love and peace. Now, we will begin to responsibly leave the authorized common materials to Niconico people, and forge a hard-earned peace in this MAD world. What is required of us now, is a new era of responsibility. This is the price and promise of Niconico common’s citizenship. Niconico douga, in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. Ass♂we♂can. Let it be said by our children’s children, that when we were tested by DOS attacks, when we were refused by Youtube, we did not turn back and nor did we falter. And we carried forth that great gift of freedom delivered it safely to future generations. Thank you, god bless, god bless Niconico douga.