{"id":105741,"date":"2022-10-23T17:22:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T17:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/author-jason-pargin-on-the-2000-era-website-that-accidentally-destroyed-the-world\/"},"modified":"2022-10-23T17:22:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T17:22:55","slug":"author-jason-pargin-on-the-2000-era-website-that-accidentally-destroyed-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/author-jason-pargin-on-the-2000-era-website-that-accidentally-destroyed-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Jason Pargin on the 2000-era website that accidentally destroyed the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Author Jason Pargin, author of the <em>John Dies at the End<\/em> series, has an interesting hot take on how our current online Upside Down came to be.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnDiesattheEn\/status\/1583599540086575104\",\"type\":\"rich\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"twitter\",\"responsive\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have a theory that an old 2000-era website accidentally destroyed the world, and I&#8217;m dead serious about it.  Facebook and YouTube both began as straight-up copies of this site, both looking to take advantage of a phenomenon that breaks the human brain: https:\/\/t.co\/iOQWltH5IT <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v6luV8uegG\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/v6luV8uegG<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End, etc (@JohnDiesattheEn) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnDiesattheEn\/status\/1583599540086575104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">October 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnDiesattheEn\/status\/1583599543777914880\",\"type\":\"rich\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"twitter\",\"responsive\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HotOrNot had accidentally stumbled onto an incredibly addictive, world-changing idea, one that taught humans to &#8220;teach to the test&#8221;, to shape their entire personalities around getting a high score.  Historians might blame Facebook, but Zuck&#8217;s original goal was just a HoN ripoff.<\/p>\u2014 Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End, etc (@JohnDiesattheEn) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnDiesattheEn\/status\/1583599543777914880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">October 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:embed -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pargin&#8217;s 4th book in the <em>John Dies\u2026<\/em> series, If This Book Exists, You&#8217;re in the Wrong Universe, is out now.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Thumbnail image: Inset of the original HOT or NOT site, circa 2005. 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