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I don't think it's the internet's fault. In 1941 a couple of friends made a few phone calls to newspaper sports desks and concocted a college football team: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/16/sports/ncaafootball/the-41...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_hoaxes_on_Wi...
And of the fingerboxes meme on 4chan.
In my opinion, this prank is very intricate and took a lot of effort while not actually proving the point that "history is meaningless on the internet" because the subject matter - the Street Sharks - are/were essentially forgotten by history itself. Sometimes things just naturally slide away and nobody cares. It's like, "What year did the black Power Ranger turn good?" or "What was the top selling Rock band in the y…
Was the black power ranger ever bad? I recall the green ranger going bad, then later returning, reformed, as the white ranger.
Or was mixing up the colors intentional to further your point?
I have done something less malicious, but right around the same time. When I was in NYU's grad math program, the Wikipedia just getting going. It had a lot of articles, but not on every topic. I was studying Analysis and decided to start the article on the Hessian Matrix. Yes, I started that article and it's been fun to watch it grow over the years. Most sections I have added are still there, as well as some phrases…
I don't think it's the internet's fault. In 1941 a couple of friends made a few phone calls to newspaper sports desks and concocted a college football team: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/16/sports/ncaafootball/the-41...
In my opinion, this prank is very intricate and took a lot of effort while not actually proving the point that "history is meaningless on the internet" because the subject matter - the Street Sharks - are/were essentially forgotten by history itself. Sometimes things just naturally slide away and nobody cares. It's like, "What year did the black Power Ranger turn good?" or "What was the top selling Rock band in the y…
> "What year did the black Power Ranger turn good?" Was the black power ranger ever bad? I recall the green ranger going bad, then later returning, reformed, as the white ranger. Or was mixing up the colors intentional to further your point?
In my opinion, this prank is very intricate and took a lot of effort while not actually proving the point that "history is meaningless on the internet" because the subject matter - the Street Sharks - are/were essentially forgotten by history itself. Sometimes things just naturally slide away and nobody cares. It's like, "What year did the black Power Ranger turn good?" or "What was the top selling Rock band in the y…
> "What year did the black Power Ranger turn good?" Was the black power ranger ever bad? I recall the green ranger going bad, then later returning, reformed, as the white ranger. Or was mixing up the colors intentional to further your point?
In the season finale, Zack absorbs Rita's evil power crystal and turns on the Power Rangers and Angel Grove. Zordon informs the Power Rangers of a secret cave containing the reversal crystal, but Rita and her Octopig monster have other plans. Can the Power Rangers morph in time to save Zack and Angel Grove?