Rewind to 19 June to 25 June 2005
This week, we’re talking digital disasters, newspaper nightmares and sports meltdowns so epic they’re still rage-tweeted about today.
🧻 Wikitorial wipeout. The LA Times tried letting the public edit their editorials. What they got instead? Porn, profanity and chaos in 36 hours. A short-lived democracy, quickly replaced by Ctrl+Alt+Nope.
🐀 Rat vs nation. One rat, one clumsy workman and boom—New Zealand goes offline. Stock exchange? Down. Internet? Toast. Emergency plan? Apparently, “fax machine.” Welcome to unplugged panic.
🏁 F1’s flattest finish. 14 cars dipped after the formation lap, leaving just six to race at the US Grand Prix. Thanks to a Michelin tyre fiasco and zero compromise from the FIA, fans got the most boring Ferrari win of all time.
🧠 Reddit is born. While MySpace was still everyone's homepage, Reddit quietly launched. Fake posts, wild AMAs and chaotic subreddits followed. Welcome to the front page of the internet or its dumpster fire (depending on the day)
🏀 Spurs keep it classy. The San Antonio Spurs clinch the NBA title without flash, drama or TikTok dances. Just Tim Duncan doing robot things and Robert Horry being clutch as hell. Dynasty-mode: activated.
🦇 Batman begins again. Christopher Nolan ditches the bat-nipples and gives us trauma, ninjas and a Batmobile that could eat your SUV. Christian Bale growls, Katie Holmes dodges bats and superhero movies grow the hell up.
🎧 Incomplete but intense. Backstreet’s back, but moody this time. Incomplete trades matching outfits for heartbreak and desert storms. Kevin Richardson calls it grown-up pop. We call it boy band emo-core.
📣 Battlefield goes boom. Battlefield 2 drops and online warfare is never the same. 64 players, flying tanks, screaming into voice chat—pure, chaotic bliss. Unless you were the guy always stealing the jet. We still hate you.
🎤 Biggie’s murder trial. The Notorious B.I.G.’s family sues LAPD, claiming Suge Knight orchestrated the hit. Secret files, gang links,and a whole lot of unsolved rage bubble back to the surface. The case? Declared a mistrial. Justice? Still MIA.
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