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The [[screamer]] face itself originates from gettyimages<ref>https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/young-woman-screaming-close-up-royalty-free-image/BD4381-001</ref>, and was created by stock photographer 'Gandee Vasan' in 1998 as a stock photo inspired by "The Scream" by Edvard Munch. This stock image was also used (albeit heavily edited) for the 2001 movie "Maniacts." | The [[screamer]] face itself originates from gettyimages<ref>https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/young-woman-screaming-close-up-royalty-free-image/BD4381-001</ref>, and was created by stock photographer 'Gandee Vasan' in 1998 as a stock photo inspired by "The Scream" by Edvard Munch. This stock image was also used (albeit heavily edited) for the 2001 movie "Maniacts." | ||
Jaybill himself doctored the original stock photo into | Jaybill himself doctored the original stock photo into its infamous screamer form associated with this prank.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20020716184225/http://www.jaybill.com/article.php?articleID=57</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
<blockquote><u>NOTE</u>: This section is about the histories (and the rise) of WWWTP.</blockquote>The Screamer gained traction rather quickly, with 5,000 page views an hour (6 million per month) shortly after it's release.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20020609145230/http://jaybill.com:80/article.php?articleID=82</ref> Ironicially, many viewers did not get the "joke" the first time... so Jaybill made an alternate version of the screamer titled the "observationally impaired" edition. This version added a bunch of text pointing out all the things it wasn't, then would warn the viewer the scare was coming with big arrows saying "this is it! this is what is wrong! the original image was just to deceive you!"<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20020802050810/http://www.jaybill.com/article.php?articleID=79</ref> | <blockquote><u>NOTE</u>: This section is about the histories (and the rise) of WWWTP.</blockquote>The Screamer gained traction rather quickly, with 5,000 page views an hour (6 million per month) shortly after it's release.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20020609145230/http://jaybill.com:80/article.php?articleID=82</ref> Ironicially, many viewers did not get the "joke" the first time... so Jaybill made an alternate version of the screamer titled the "observationally impaired" edition. This version added a bunch of text pointing out all the things it wasn't, then would warn the viewer the scare was coming with big arrows saying "this is it! this is what is wrong! the original image was just to deceive you!"<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20020802050810/http://www.jaybill.com/article.php?articleID=79</ref> | ||
