Talk:The Grifter/@comment-26840619-20150805120319

this is the poorest explanation of Grifter that I have seen, and I've seen many. The original idea was to create rumours of a video that is so unbearably horrible to watch that people are affected by it mentally for ages after that, and some even succumb to self-mutilation or suicide -- the point of it was to say "oh god don't watch it a friend of mine etc. watched it and they were never the same" when someone asked about it on /x/ or other forums.

The videos didn't start popping until much later.

Honestly, if you're gonna write an article on something that has been considered the pinnacle of creepypasta, try at least do a better job at it