Screamer
From Encyclopedia Dramatica
The screamer also known as a Prank Flash is a simple and yet extremely effective way to make people shit bricks. Screamers are sort of like Goatse - they take you by surprise, they're horrifying and the worst of all - you can't unsee them. The flash "What's wrong with this picture?" is said to be one of the first examples to show up on the internets in 2002. Of course within minutes ebaumsworld, picked up the flash and popularized the prank.
Nowadays, Screamers are a common breed on the internets, due to the 13 year old boys that masturbate the prank flashes all over the webs.
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How it Works
Screamers involve a Flash program that displays images carefully selected for their apparent relationship to some premise, such as subliminal messages. Many of them also include ridiculously quiet soundtracks, either very quietly played "scary" music or someone whispering incomprehensibly, which would appear at first to be part of the ambiance. Of course, in reality, this is all just a setup. The images have nothing to do with anything, and the soundtrack exists solely to force the unwitting viewer to turn up the volume.
After causing the unwitting viewer to stare intensely at their screen and listen very very carefully for several minutes (which by itself can be Lulzy to watch for the prank-player), the Flash will suddenly display very disturbing or scary images accompanied by a loud scream played at max volume. Because the unwitting viewer has already cranked their volume up, their eardrums explode and they inevitably piss their pants. Witnessing this will probably cause you too to piss your pants from the sheer lulz.
However, if you ever get raped by a screamer, have in mind that the person who gave you the link was also raped. That is, after all, the way Screamers go through the tubes.
Protips
Most of the basement dwellers now have learned how to avoid these sick pranks. Here are some protips for you if you're a pussy you're and afraid to be screamer'd:
- If youre watching a video on Youtube, check the fucking comments. If the uploader has disabled them, you might get pwned.
- Videos about bullshit like subliminal messages are obviously, well, bullshit and are screamers.
- If you're playing a game like Where's Waldo, have a mind that Waldo is a bastard and might prank you.
- If you're still not sure about the video (or flash), be a fag and ask your friend to check it out. The results can be both lulzy and informative.
- And finally, don't be a fucking paranoid pussy. Even if you get screamer'd, after a week or two it will be lolzy to remember it.
Making a Screamer
Being a part of the fad is easy these days. Most of the professional prankers obviously use Flash for making a screamer, but a broke retard like you can even use something like Windows Movie Maker.
Find a scary image that would make people shit bricks. Most use scary faces. Then, think of the bait for the viewer. Now, every retard can spot a screamer (see above), so you got to think of something even more retarded. For example, make a slideshow of mudkip pictures. Now, get a loud scream. I don't know how, and i don't really give a shit. You can record one. But no one will want to hear your retarded voice, so just find one on the internets. Put everything in their right places, and if you're not a fucktard, you should now have a screamer. Go on, prank your friends. But have in mind that your friends are retards and they will get offended.
Screamers in action
