He also directed and starred in a number of YouTube videos, so we actually know what he looks like, even if his real name remains a closely guarded secret. Due to the website's fan base, the Real Ultimate Power, The Official Ninja Book became a cult hit, selling 35,000 copies in two years. Ninjas can kill anyone they want! they dont play guitars.
ninjas CANT FLY. Looking back fourteen years, it’s hard to believe that anyone took Real Ultimate Power seriously, but this was a time before sarcasm became the official language of the Internet, before fake news websites were commonplace, and before we all suspected everyone of trying to trick us every time we logged on. We probably have Robert Hamburger, at least in part, to thank (or blame) for much of the Web satire that came later, and even our online skepticism.
they dont use crap like lasers. Warren St. John, columnist for The New York Times described it as "a satirical ode to the masculine prowess of ninjas". The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people. Evans is a hard working Christian mother who is just trying raise her kids right. Dev/Null Lazer Thrash ℗ 2006 Cock Rock Disco Released on: 2007-06-05 Auto-generated by YouTube. Activate Spark-7143 in The Outflow: Discarded Technology (15) Provided item: Spark-7143: Description When I say that power is life, I'm not speaking figuratively, my dear test subject. She needs to shut her mouth right now or I’m going to take a skinny dump on her scalp.” Despite the lawsuit, Robert says he will continue to tell people how sweet ninjas are “no matter what” and pork as many hot babes as it takes. I heard that there was this ninja who was eating at a diner.
It’s a dangerous medium that must be carefully controlled ” said Ms. Evans’ attorney on Monday. [7] The three facts became an internet meme which spawned numerous imitation Real Ultimate Power websites dedicated, for example, to Conan O'Brien, liquor store clerks, wizards, and sorority girls.[5]. Perhaps most importantly, it kicked off the Pirates vs. Ninjas debate that rages to this day. Margerie Evans, a single mother of three, filed charges on Monday against Robert Hamburger, a 10-year-old Los Angelean, for his portrayal of ninjas in a popular website.
3. go look it up in a fuckin book, i mean a REAL book. In it, Robert Hamburger details various facts about ninjas such as: 1. [3] The author has declined to be identified, stating that it would diminish the satirical concept of the fictional pre-adolescent boy. Doesn’t [Robert] remember Columbine? [3] In 2008 a sequel was released, titled Ghosts/Aliens. And even a helpful section about how to commit Seppuku (ritual japanese suicide) with a frisbee. One frequent theme titled "Ninjas versus Pirates" is commonly referenced in video games and other mainstream media.
According to Nielsen BookScan, 35,000 copies were sold by 2006.
damnit you probably have no fuckin idea what a shuriken is. [2], In 2004, it was chosen by Kensington Books for their inaugural book release in the new fratire genre—non-fiction literature marketed to young men in a politically incorrect and overtly masculine fashion.
They were mysterious.
Real Ultimate Power | PTR 8.2 Mechagone Questline - YouTube how the hell can you publish this sort of shit? For example, one letter disputed the site's claim to have seen a real ninja on the grounds that "there are less than 50 real ones left, and only 5 live in the US". Real Ultimate Power became so popular that it inspired its own parodies. And that’s what I call REAL Ultimate Power!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hamburger was actually the first one to parody his own page. My friend Mark said that he saw a ninja totally uppercut some kid just because the kid opened a window. That site is sadly gone now, but the “facts” of the case are still available in various places around the web. Once I was there i realized that this was possibly the worst site ive ever been to in my whole human existance. They were also mammals. they CANT USE MAGIC. you have no idea what a pirate is. When we talk about the Internet, and the lessons we’ve learned from it, no one source is going to be definitive, but the popularity of Real Ultimate Power can’t be denied, and the kids it inspired are the ones creating content on platforms like Twitter and YouTube now. Clicking on a hyperlink labeled “Alternate Ending” took you to “The Official Hippo Webpage,” which is still around, albeit with missing images. David Britton is a writer and comedian based in Rhinebeck, New York who focuses on internet culture, memes, and viral news stories.
ninjas don’t flip out.
The legendary ninjas of ancient Japan. you call this shit factual? [8] There is a photograph gallery with fan-submitted images, links to other Ninja-related sites, and a forum. Was it Hamburger’s site and fake lawsuit that made us all question the legitimacy of things like the Zola story?
People believe anything if it’s presented on the internet. Including: How can she do that when you’ve got demented little boys filling the internet with violent lies? They were deadly. [5][6], The Real Ultimate Power website is written under the pseudonym "Robert Hamburger," who was described in 2006 as a Michigan writer in his 20s.
The Official Ninja Webpage: Real Ultimate Power is a satire website created in 2002 by the pseudonymous Robert Hamburger. He also created a fake news site and managed to convince people that he was being sued by a woman named Margerie Evans. He also writes for the Hard Times and is the creator of StoriesAboutWizards.com. He was also woefully uninformed.
Hamburger went on to write a few books, including Real Ultimate Power: The Official Ninja Book and Ghost/Aliens, supposedly written by Robert’s cousin Trey. Regarding the authenticity of the hate mail, the author said that some of the hate email is written by him, while others, such as the ones from an apparent real ninja signed Soke D. Fujita, were authentic.[5]. Evans is a frigg’n idiot.
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go learn something REAL about REAL NINJAS, then you can publish that. Collect 15 discarded technologies from techno-animated sludge. More than a hundred have surfaced since “The Official Ninja Website” made its debut in 2002. [9] The book was rejected by 11 publishers before being chosen by Kensington Books, the parent company of Citadel. Real Ultimate Power, The Official Ninja Book (.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}ISBN 978-0-8065-2569-3) was published on July 1, 2004, by Citadel. But the last video was published over a year ago, so what Hamburger’s doing now—and who he really is—remains as mysterious at the badass ninjas he loved so well. they dont kill whoever they want. [3][4], The Real Ultimate Power concept developed an internet meme with the creation of dozens of imitation parody websites. Although it seems blatantly satirical now, many people believed Real Ultimate Power to be serious, and it received quite a bit of hate mail, which Hamburger gleefully published for all to read: You must be the stupidest piece of shit on this damn planet. Served. their targets were NOT pirates, they were usually important political or military figures, often they killed high ranking samurai and the like. More than a hundred have surfaced since “The Official Ninja Website” made its debut in 2002. [5], The homepage describes ninjas through three "facts": Number one, Ninjas are mammals; Number two, Ninjas fight all the time; and Number three, the purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people.