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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Whomever that 4chan person is.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

The fiend of that infamous hacker named Anonymous?

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 8 points 2 years ago

It's highly likely to be Adam Back.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Everyone asks who is Satoshi, but never how is Satoshi

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

maybe if we all ask how is he doing he will come out and say he's fine

[–] Monster96@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] thynecaptain@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

That’s a throwback! A good supplement I found was the everyday chemistry Beatles mix. Sure it is now known as a mashup but when I first heard it was more of a mystery like this!

[–] anubis119@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

How did I miss this smh...

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] thynecaptain@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ooh strong throwback here. I can’t remember most of his predictions but I recall he had strong reference in that Steins;Gate visual novel game.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

He was the reference for the anime, a bunch of the plot hinged on him

[–] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

'Everyone Knows That' was recently found and it was a really funny situation

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

that's REALLY funny. Here's a video explaining it for those out of the loop https://youtu.be/HWUKIfkV_Xs

[–] mearce@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] thynecaptain@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Some dude was mid goon session and found it. It was in some deep 80s sexy tape and was made just for that video

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Some non spoiler summary for me to get motivated to read for 89min?

[–] Longpork3@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 years ago

Starts off as a caving blog then pivots into a mystery that keeps you wondering if it was real.

[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Where is the writer of My Immortal now?

[–] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 years ago

Most importantly, did the preps quit flamming?

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I hope they're living their best life. I hope they see how far their writing has come, and feel at least a little pride at how much of an impact their work has had.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 12 points 2 years ago
[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder what ever happened to that Boxy kid.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

At first I thought she was shoeonhead, since she looks similar and the name tracks from the era Boxxy was active, but apparently it's a different person.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Man, i've been on the Internet since the mid-90s, and ive never heard of ANY of these.

Guess I'm just old.

[–] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We mostly know these from YouTubers that are big enough to have terminally online fans that send them the juicy but relatively unknown mysteries, or are themselves terminally online.

I can provide you with a list of channels if you wish.

Took me 20 min :

Way to high quality for YouTube videos :

https://youtube.com/@lemmino

Relatively small channels : 

https://youtube.com/@sombertoboggly

https://youtube.com/@shaiivalley

https://youtu.be/EqKPERlC0mg

https://youtube.com/@theinternetinvestigator

The really Big  :

https://youtube.com/@barelysociable

https://youtube.com/@nexpo

https://youtube.com/@nickcrowley

https://youtube.com/@blameitonjorge

https://youtube.com/@justinwhangyt

https://youtube.com/@scaretheater

https://youtube.com/@parallelpipes

Japan specific:

https://youtube.com/@kyotorobato

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The Dodleston Messages

Clearly a hoax. But a super fun and inventive one.

[–] mxl@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Cicada 3301

[–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Okay, I know it has been concluded that it was just a story that evolved and became this legend, based on some very simple and non-mysterious incident or maybe none at all, but I was really intrigued by The Man From Taured. It was a really chilling story, regardless.

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I remember that the Pokemon Creepypastas were all the rage in the early '00s

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

How the cylinder situation from that reddit post was resolved.