The Origin Story
1996Before CT. Before Discord. Before the internet.
In 1996, a rumor emerged: Marilyn Manson had surgically removed one of his ribs so he could REDACTED himself. Nobody knows where it started. Maybe a school bus in Ohio. Maybe a sleepover in Sydney. Maybe both, simultaneously, through some kind of collective unconscious meme magic.
Within months, every child on Earth knew. No hashtags. No retweets. No TikToks. Just word of mouth at a global scale that modern marketing teams can only dream of.
Parents tried to FUD. "That's not true, honey." But every denial just made it more real. Parent FUD = bullish.
The internet eventually arrived. Snopes debunked it. Ask Jeeves had answers. Did anyone check? No. The narrative was too strong. The meme was too powerful. 28 years later and you're reading this.
Now it's on-chain. Where it belongs.