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Ever dreamed this man?

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Ever dreamed this man?

Observing the latest internet cult of personality

James Hennessy
Jul 19, 2022
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Ever dreamed this man?

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DALL-E 2 prompt: “A cult worships a giant smartphone, oil painting”

In 2008, an unusual website began to circulate the internet, largely via email and then-nascent social media networks. Titled Ever Dream This Man?, it included a sketch of an unsettling, vaguely simian face, with purported testimonials from thousands of people across the world who insist…

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