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'''What's Wrong?''' or '''What's wrong with this image?''' was an infamous internet [[screamer]] created by | '''What's Wrong?''' or '''What's wrong with this image?''' was an infamous internet [[screamer]] created by 'Jaybill McCarthy' and was originally hosted on his personal website "Jaybill" in early 2002, late 2001.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20020317063912/http://www.jaybill.com/article.php?articleID=49</ref> Many copies have since began to appear on the internet, and was an early example of E-mail chainmail/chainletter pranks. | ||
==Content== | ==Content== | ||
The animation itself disguises as a normal stock photo of a dining room, depicting an open window, table, chairs, paintings, and flowers - the person is asked to find something wrong in it. However, there are no actual errors in it, and after about 30 seconds, the screen cuts into an inverted picture of an eyeless woman with a wide mouth, accompanied by audio of a man screaming. The animation repeats afterward, The [[screamer]] face itself originated from gettyimages<ref>https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/young-woman-screaming-close-up-royalty-free-image/BD4381-001</ref>, and was | The animation itself disguises as a normal stock photo of a dining room, depicting an open window, table, chairs, paintings, and flowers - the person is asked to find something wrong in it. However, there are no actual errors in it, and after about 30 seconds, the screen cuts into an inverted picture of an eyeless woman with a wide mouth, accompanied by audio of a man screaming. The animation repeats afterward, | ||
The [[screamer]] face itself originated from gettyimages<ref>https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/young-woman-screaming-close-up-royalty-free-image/BD4381-001</ref>, and was created by 'Gandee Vasan' in 1998 as a stock photo based on "The Scream" by Edvard Munch. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
<blockquote><u>NOTE</u>: This section is about the histories (and the rise) of WWWTP.</blockquote> | <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. Ironicially enough, many viewer did not get the "joke" the first time so the creator Jaybill made an alternate version of the screamer titled the "observationally impaired" edition with a bunch of added text pointing out all the things it wasn't, then warned 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> | ||
In February 2002, Funshack released their own [[screamer]], which featured a living room and the need to figure out what's wrong with it; after 10 seconds, a mouse (from Liquid Generation's [[Optical Illusion]]) appears with a shriek.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20070704220607/http://www.funshack.com/scary.html</ref> A Spanish version of the original was released in March 2002 by Jaca101 on the website Jaca101.com.<ref>web.archive.org/web/20020329184718oe_/jaca101.com/efectooptico.swf</ref> Another comparable version also exists, but there are no links to it, though ScreamerCentral uses the .swf file as a showcase video for “What's Wrong?”, which can be accessed here.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXWOti9M3ek</ref> [[Liquid Generation]] made a series of WWWTP in April 2002, only 3 animations were made altogether. from April to December, many copies began to appear, though most of them were deleted. | In February 2002, Funshack released their own [[screamer]], which featured a living room and the need to figure out what's wrong with it; after 10 seconds, a mouse (from Liquid Generation's [[Optical Illusion]]) appears with a shriek.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20070704220607/http://www.funshack.com/scary.html</ref> A Spanish version of the original was released in March 2002 by Jaca101 on the website Jaca101.com.<ref>web.archive.org/web/20020329184718oe_/jaca101.com/efectooptico.swf</ref> Another comparable version also exists, but there are no links to it, though ScreamerCentral uses the .swf file as a showcase video for “What's Wrong?”, which can be accessed here.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXWOti9M3ek</ref> [[Liquid Generation]] made a series of WWWTP in April 2002, only 3 animations were made altogether. from April to December, many copies began to appear, though most of them were deleted. | ||
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