These Students Tricked Everyone On The Internet For 10 Years...

[@call-sign-idiot2950]

Fun fact: there is now a Wikipedia page on the Alan macmasters incident, immortalizing it

[@AP_Labs]

YEAHHH!

[@srinivaschilakala216]

*_Common wikipedia W_*

[@dragondran1359]

Oh looks like someone will greatly f this up lol

[@JakeManako]

it's uneditable ​@@dragondran1359

[@Aperson-ry5xf]

And, the page is unable to be edited

[@Chappyswat45]

The guy that actually made the toaster: 👁️👄👁️

[@Sakourio]

You dropped something 👉🏻👁️

[@blueberryhearts4820]

​@Sakourio i don't think they did, as far as im aware, people only have two eyes

[@RealLava]

@@blueberryhearts4820no dude i have 37 eyes

[@Raheel2714]

@@blueberryhearts4820I have 46 eyes

[@Faithfully_You]

@@blueberryhearts4820 I have a bajillion eyes 👀

[@FioccotheDoge]

The guy Who reported the image Is like that One kid that tells the teacher you're cheating

[@N30N_S1LLY_FVR]

The kid who asks about homework

[@SJTrains2024]

Aka the teachers pet

[@katkatthecat]

You mean the bootlicker

[@Johnny-Boy443]

The kid you let the Quiet kid deal with

[@Yui-ys5cv]

Nope , this is serious , first of all you are taking the credits from an actual person who made the toaster and then there is also the aspect of misinformation

[@Cheese-Slime-Sheriff]

The guy reported it absolutely reminds the teacher about homework

[@EyeInsideEyeSocket]

Oh no he debunked fales information that lasted 10 years what a loser

[@BenMegidish]

​@@EyeInsideEyeSocket it's just a fucking joke my guy

[@toast-qd9up]

@@EyeInsideEyeSocketit was funny and it he ruined it

[@catassistant]

@@toast-qd9upfunny prank =\= harmless prank

[@TTTE-Studios-and-Filmaker]

​@@catassistant☝️🤓

[@moonythespoonie9551]

Now THAT is committing to the bit

[@WolfyRed]

69 likes Nice

[@axa28]

The guy who told is definitely going to be a teacher who gives a lot of work ahh person

[@tra.v]

ahh person

[@mpgodjr]

No. They just want to be able to use Wikipedia for work.

[@axa28]

@@mpgodjryou’re the student that told

[@Noobixm]

“History is written by the victors” The history they wrote:

[@MatthewKuiper-i2g]

Imagine introducing yourself and the prank you did 10 years ago made the person ask you many toaster questions

[@liwiathan]

Okay but Wikipedia is under constant scrutiny and they're always checking the information added and you have to have sources if you go down to the bottom of the Articles there's like six dozen sources on some things

[@leothaz2921]

Pfff, depends on the article, my uncle has a page dedicated to him, not really famous, and people are always uploading something fake that i need to fix

[@liwiathan]

@@leothaz2921 all gets caught eventually what makes the printed encyclopedia any kind of authority either mother had one and several of the Articles were outright fake and it was known when it was published

[@leothaz2921]

@@liwiathan Not really, in the case i mentioned, it is something very particular, prior to the internet so... there aren't really a lot of internet sources that they could check to correct the fake infor, to my knowledge, because i haven't cheked it in a while, the birthplace and birthday are still wrong. I don't think that this errors would be caught eventually but again, this only happens to small unimportant things

[@uncleho1945]

There are too many articles to "check the information" constantly. It's like Reddit where a group of mods dictate the "truth" presented on the website. Most of the English articles regarding wars and historical events are favored towards the western narrative, and censor anyone who dares to bring up contesting points of view.

[@bamboobridge-of8yd]

it really isn't, there's a small group that cuts what they want and put what they want and a group above getting money, It's virtually worthless

[@wswalpff_]

Fun fact: A primary school in Scotland dedicated a day to MacMasters, and he was nominated to appear on a £50 note by an individual who responded to a request for nominations from the Bank of England. During the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Scottish Government-funded organizations cited Alan’s story as evidence of how an independent Scotland could succeed.

[@Beerbadger379]

Don’t dis Allen McMasters like that he invented the toaster

[@inxieratzeygd1913]

People crapping on the guy who reported should not have internet acces

[@Jarmariv]

Fr, you can joke about calling him lil snitch, but people who genuinely dislike what the kid did has some self reevaluation to do

[@Impositivelygay]

​@@Jarmarivyeah like he did everyone a favor by debunking misinformation

[@Aspiebear19]

Now I’m curious what was the punishment if they even got one?

[@Ilovehatingpeoplefornoreason]

Banned from Wikipedia Lol

[@mrwittyfirst]

U want to do it

[@MatuGamesYY]

I edited wikipedia once, it warns you that editing and purposely putting false information will get you IP banned from editing wikipedia

[@AWIRE_onpc]

@@MatuGamesYY Tor

[@tor-WX]

@@MatuGamesYY friend did that on the school’s ip once, not sure exactly what happened but he was permanently banned

[@Playopedia]

They made their professor an urban legend lmao

[@Aexifilipinoball]

"The unemployed friend on a Tuesday":

[@Croviknight_shorts9117]

"Bro I have a idea💡"

[@boomerhunter5705]

I bet the 15 year old kid is now too busy with his friends and girlfriends and they’re telling him their deepest secrets because he’s so cool, loyal and will not report anything and tell anyone. Such a pleasure to be around. 🙄

[@bruhmakesrobloxcontent109]

youll never know why this got so many likes

[@ΣπυροςΣτεφανιδης-δ3θ]

Doesn't really work here lmao

[@ashentwo6608]

It's really not that bad of a prank tho?

[@shaib9041]

that is not a very big amount of likes my guy

[@RealE-ow3bv]

700 likes is nothing lil bro

[@acheronvictor73]

You'll never know why you don't have a father

[@WeBlanchin]

For anyone wondering, the inventor of the electric toaster was Albert Marsh. There were earlier electric toasters and for a few hundred years; non-electric toasters. Albert Marsh was the closest person to "The inventor of the toaster"

[@Enjinercraft]

Having the same initials probably helped them stay undiscovered

[@thatonecardude]

My old teacher changed wiki to say he invented the light bulb and it stayed up for about 2 weeks before it got reported 😂😂

[@cfly1221]

The dude in 2022 lookin like “Erm ackchewally” ☝️🤓

[@huguesdepayens807]

Nah he was a chad. He stopped some dumb teenager from lying to people.

[@salimlutfi-p7m]

misinfo is a serious problem

[@boogaloo4481]

​@@huguesdepayens807lol this story is deserving of its own article.

[@EyeInsideEyeSocket]

Oh yeah misinformation that tricked a ton of people is definitely just a harmless prank

[@SebastianAchillesNavarro]

Nice face reveal

[@HkRines]

SCP-426 "I'm a Toaster"

[@jawnashun777]

You either die a hero, or live long enough to become the inventor of the toaster

[@-NajimiOsana-]

Ultimate gaslighting move lol

[@Buri111Official]

just imagine that the snitch wouldnt snitch and Alan McMasters would really be the real inventor somewhere in the future…

[@Bamboozledash24]

The perfect joke until a mf reporting the article

[@oofey8543]

that 15 year old student an opp fr 🙏🙏🙏

[@angelicacolon6853]

*when the class clown goes too far* 💀

[@RebeccaAlton]

I heard this on the BBC a few years ago with an interview on the person doing it

[@noi5e28am]

The professor was right, they only proved him right.

[@thehypno77]

15 year old is the definition of party pooper

[@handle1644]

Why are so many people making fun of the person for reporting it? This type of behaviour shouldnt be tolerated.

[@divingcat1855]

Tbh if anyone lost anything it was the authors and cant really think of who else would lose money or stuff because of this

[@pipopoikapelaa5468]

​@@divingcat1855You can lose history like that. It's not about money, it's about erasing history and spreading misinformation.

[@handle1644]

@@divingcat1855 i think you replied on the wrong comment.

[@divingcat1855]

@@handle1644 nah just me being a idiot

[@Vietnamgala]

It's kids soo, that is kinda problematic

[@cappycrack]

the guy that actually made the toaster: ☠️ 😵

[@EzDyt]

Hello everyone, Ez D here. I am going to explain what I think the joke is, and why I believe that it is funny. For context, there are lots of memes online that use this sort of template to showcase what kind of reaction or emotions one is expressing or feeling, and it is usually super exaggerated to add humour. What I believe cappycrack did here was make a literal version of this meme by using emojis that represent death, because whoever actually invented the toaster has been deceased for a very long time. The reason this is funny in my opinion is because it plays on your expectations. You expect it to be super exaggerated and out there, so when you see that it’s actually realistic, you find it funny due to the complete absence of a punchline. This is known as “anti-humour”. Of course, give me your thoughts if you’re up for it, and please correct me on anything that is not true. Thank you.

[@LB15T]

but after you report it they hit you with a swicheroo and say “why were you using wikipedia?” “expelled for 3 days”

[@ProAwesomeJr]

Btw, I just need to make this clear, Wikipedia is a much more reliable source than it used to be to be now. And technically what they did counts as vandalism.

[@itzkiblo]

I love how Wikipedia gets out of lawsuits by saying "well WE didnt write that". What a joke. It's crazy how some things can be more accurate than the mainstream journalism, and other things are blatant lies and exaggerations but its all treated the same.

[@nibanusk]

The guy that reported it literally tries to fit into the community but doesn’t because he just snitches on everyone

[@trench_aprotogen]

Imagine someone doing a project on toasters 💀

[@supergamer3152]

My teacher tells us that wikipedia is a good source

[@Alan_sup]

It takes a master to recognise another

[@ericgentzke4635]

You scroll to the bottom and find the info directly from the sources which are often legitimate. Did it for every paper I ever wrote and I got good grades.

[@thumbsupguy5016]

There’s always that one guy

[@tomasdanielnieto5398]

And now there's a legit wikipedia page about the prank

[@Mango01518]

Alan got the sharpest jawline

[@asmatullahsojjani6896]

The real inventor is Charles P Strite where in 1919 he discovered this when working at a manufacturing plant in Stillwater, this was made because the lunch servers there always made burnt toast.

[@MotorwayGaming2018]

Nobody: Phineas and Ferb:

[@DevotedOgrim05]

Teachers then: don't use Wikipedia, nothing is real there. Teachers now: guys, next time ask chat GPT to talk in common terms.

[@Toxic_MF911]

The kid who reported it was probably someone who tells the teacher that they forgot to collect the homework

[@Yui-ys5cv]

Nope , this is serious , first of all you are taking the credits from an actual person who made the toaster and then there is also the aspect of misinformation It also ruins the reputation of wiki

[@Toxic_MF911]

@@Yui-ys5cv Ok nerd, no one actually cares who invented the toaster and the prof didnt gain anything from it anyway

[@bluemarineboy3091]

@@Toxic_MF911 your name fits your personality. You are a disgrace anyways.

[@F1DriverDt3]

@@Yui-ys5cvThe funny thing is, Macmasters actually did make a variant of the toaster, so it’s partially true, but not fully :)

[@StrikerEureka13]

There is always that one snitch

[@RobKaiser_SQuest]

Honestly there are a *lot* of wikipedia pages that use milquetoast surface-level news articles, written after the page was made, as primary sources

[@aryankaran1]

now professors say don't use AI tools like chatgpt ....😂😂😂 time changed 😂😂

[@That_animal_lover123]

They didn’t fix it. I just looked it up.

[@Everyone_112]

That goddamn 15 year old

[@SamK-b7x]

Bro in the photoshop image is mewing so hard :O

[@C.g1456]

Bro is that matpat

[@paulius-w5v]

Mf became the inventor of the toaster for 10 years.

[@elysenotlc]

That 15 year old must be real fun at parties 💀

[@thehypno77]

FR

[@Papermonkevr]

And they just had to ruin their fun

[@RAYDENBRYCETCO]

The guy who reported it be that one nerd in class💀

[@EyeInsideEyeSocket]

No he actually knows that misinformation isn't just a harmless prank

[@Kakia-Dunamis]

​@@EyeInsideEyeSocket wait you mean Wikipedia the place of misinformation THAT place

[@CommentGuard717]

When im researching I always add "wikipedia" to the end of my source then cite Wikipedias sources while actually using wikipedia. Wikipedia is more reliable and better formatted plus there aren't ads or paywalls

[@Eunasius]

There's the the result Google gave me when I asked it who invented toaster: "Alan McMasters The first electric toaster was invented by Alan MacMasters in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1893 and marketed by the Crompton Company. However, it is the Pacific Electric Heating Company that claims the paternity of the electric toaster with its “Hotpoint” toaster in 1905." It's from colbert innovations, not from Wikipedia tho

[@q_thelegocreator4191]

This is what makes Wikipedia not good as a source

[@Bjardio]

Fun fact: you can now trust Wikipedia because they have an AI that fact check what someone edited and if it’s incorrect the AI will change it back in about 2 seconds. Edit: Take this with a grain of salt

[@Ole_9_Pounder]

Fun fact: My last name is McMasters

[@prtahta]

so is this why wikipedia got banned in türkiye for 2.5 years..

[@Tf2pyromaniacnotreal]

Now that's a good prank

[@dinyargivi1901]

O just sreached it up its still there and when you go on wikipedia it says this article has multiple issues😭😭😭

[@loremastervoidless1026]

Wikipedia is a decenr source, BUT ALWAYS CROSS REFERENCE YOUR SOURCES NO MATTER WHAT

[@gay.mer9328]

I mean, circular reporting can happen without Wikipedia too. Just harder.

[@jacksmiley3959]

I’m still always gonna use Wikipedia as it has been proven to be 97% accurate

[@glitchmob1497]

Don’t tell Instagram about the 15 year old

[@Error-xr9bl]

"This page is protected to prevent vandalism." -locked wikipedia article

[@Arch-13609]

Party pooper bro

[@MyLittlePonyFan24]

I’m concerned that books were published using Wikipedia as their source.

[@LostsStuff]

For real. It made the thing more believable, since the wikipedia article was able to reference them as source And people are acting like the person who finally pointed out that the article was fake is “a snitch” for “ruining the joke” when nobody would’ve even known it was one in the first place, completely defeating the purpose of an ACTUAL joke. Can you really find a punchline you don’t understand funny?

[@RandomPersonOfCourse]

Did anyone else just look up “inventor of the toaster” after watching this 😭

[@ExcitedChocolateStrawber-jr5qh]

I can't be the only one confused af

[@thegamemaker7663]

YOOO GOOGLE AI THINKS ITS ALAN!

[@yeet6356]

“I own your house” Why? “Because I have you keys” Why do you have my keys? “Because I own your house” The moment the books were published summarised.

[@Therisis_GraveReader]

I did a little research... Damn, Alan Macmaster is sometimes still credited as the inventor of eclipse toaster XD

[@Starboy56762]

If you look up who invented the toaster the Google AI says Alan macmasters and it's hilarious

[@Icebreach6]

Tbh I just payed attention to the Minecraft part

[@LunariaOasis]

That one kid who reported it probably is that one kid who reminds the teacher we have homework…

[@CCCPRusRus]

To be fair, misinformation is a real problem in the world and can not be taken as a joke. Plus, the kid only reported the photo, the other details were debunked by the Wikipedia moderators

[@lilruni]

i googled real quick, it still says alan.....

[@Leroy-y6q]

I have a techar named mrs,macmaster

[@yourbestfriendnobody]

na na the biggest student troll of all time that some idiots still believe is the loch ness monster

[@lukedodson9437]

Damn in 2012 my dad died. Wish i would have have thought of this

[@larsborger7334]

With the development of AI and the constant process of AI getting better in faking things, we all should get a hand on a physical Enzyklopedy from 30 Years ago...History of our Past will be totally different in 50 years.

[@kokujin5446]

Just wait till you hear about the guy with the Scottish grammar thing. A dude that doesn't know Scottish made like a billion pages about the language and tricked the entire country and government for years.

[@theaircraftnerd0345]

Bro the google ai search thing says Alan MacMasters helped invent the toaster but the wires would melt and start fires lol

[@idonothavealife]

,,Me when I purposefully spread misinformation online" turned up to 37.

[@ZelotKing-dk1qh]

L STUDENT WHO SNITCHED

[@charlotte_8814]

i did a project on alan mcmasters in school.

[@ScribblyGame12993]

+99999 aura -99999999999999 aura

[@KingMboi15]

Whats the students name and ip adress..no reason whatsoever

[@joys9100]

I am bread

[@SinLyrimi]

People are calling the guy who reported it a teachers pet but im just more confused why he was on the Wikipedia page of toasters

[@AddisonSanchez-p1l]

Holly shit, i just searched it up on google, and it's true😅

[@shock123_.]

This is a lie because while anybody can change the page. It needs to be approved. And even if it somehow is approved. It will automatically get changed by the bots they have which constantly check for mistakes.

[@nathanieljones8043]

Okay but if they used books instead they would have the same issue since they published books to go with the article should his students use documentaries or just make shit up?

[@Caveman9696]

Was anyone else to scared to ask for a game or something you really wanted and you never get it