When I was younger I would laugh at those ridiculous "forwards from grandma" about, like, secret Satanic messages embedded in Super Mario. Every kid knew these

When I was younger I would laugh at those ridiculous "forwards from grandma" about, like, secret Satanic messages embedded in Super Mario. Every kid knew these were nonsense; we just assumed it was a consequence of that generation growing up without technology. I was wrong. Every generation is equally prone to hysteria. We learn nothing.