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Hey uh, Toronto Sun... you might want to speak to whichever intern designed your front page yesterday...
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A late nineties shock meme. Do yourself a favor and don't pursue it further.
I saw some references in the twitter replies and backed down before I went further down in the rabbit hole. I was a little afraid honestly
I envy those who don't know what it is. The early internet was weird.. very, very weird. and damaging.
That is definitely the sign of a very bored intern.
And wow, people here that don't know the reference. Either I'm old or they managed to stay sheltered.
And wow, people here that don't know the reference. Either I'm old or they managed to stay sheltered.
This is just brilliant marketing because holy shit, there's no way this wasn't intentional...
Especially the ring...
Especially the ring...
They are not, it is not. But the 'homage' is 100% intentional (the ring is on the wrong hand, for starters..)
In Hello.jpg his hands are upside down and these appear to be right side up, so it is worn on the same side.
But yeah. They ain't the hands at all.
The reference was predominantly on the American side of the internet.
Oh yes.
It was like finding buried treasure. Random IRC downloads were so fucking wild.
The Toronto Sun is literally just a shock magazine that would do anything for people to buy a paper.
some in the room knew exactly what was transpiring, and others were clueless
There are a bunch of clues how to find it here (first post even), if you are that curious.
It's not an American or Canadian thing. It's an old internet thing. I've actually never seen the real image but I know a goatse reference when I see one. They are suggestive enough that, combined with the written description of the original, I feel like I've seen it when I view the callbacks.
