Ideas 1980-2008
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- 1981: Pope John Paul II nearly assassinated
- Lot of muddiness around this one and some WEIRD theories...
- (43): Assassination Succeeds: -1 Catholicism
- (44): Truly Miraculous Survival: +1 Catholicism
- If (32): Double modifiers.
- Event
- 1983: D&D TV Series Airs / Satanic Bible Wins Over Teens
- Standard: The D&D TV Series Airs on CBS.
- (45) Triggered by (40): Anton LaVy's Satanic Bible becomes a bestseller among teens.
- Event
- 1983: DARE program founded / 2nd Amendment Revoked
- Standard: Nothing special... yet.
- (46) Triggered by (2): Gun Favorability -1.
- Event
- 1989: Exxon Valdez spill/Nothing special
- Standard: Exxon Valdez spill happens.
- (47): Nothing Special: Exxon Valdez successfully completes its voyage. Nader -1.
- Event
- 1992: Audio Home Recording Act passes Congress
- Standard: Legally-required copy protection technology ensures Sony DAT's market failure.
- (48): AHRA fails to pass Congress; DAT becomes widespread.
- Footnote
- 1994: Sony releases PlayStation
- Standard: PlayStation quickly rises to dominate its video game console generation
- (49): PlayStation quickly recalled due to overheat-related fires; Sega Saturn dominates its generation instead.
- Footnote
- 1995: Page and Brin Start Project BackRub at Stanford
- (50): Project BackRub rejected as porn. Triggers (54).
- Cut
- 1995: Yitzhak Rabin assassinated
- Right-wing conspiracy theories were correct: assassination was a botched attempt at a near miss in order to rekindle Rabin's popularity.
- (52) Rabin nearly assassinated. Triggers (53).
- 1997: Nothing special happens.
- (53) Triggered by (52): If Rabin is not assassinated, Palestinian State is established.
- Footnote
- Event
- 1996: AIDS Research Picks Up / AIDS Vaccine released
- Standard: Heavy research into curing AIDS begins.
- (51) Triggered by (34): AIDS vaccine developed by Stephen Hawking.
- Event
- 1998: Google Founded / Millian and Cinquenta Founded
- Standard: The Google corporation is founded as a private company and quickly rises to become the leader in web search, followed by email, online calendaring, and various other technologies.
- (54) Triggered by (50): Larry Page founds Millian and Sergei Brin founds Cinquenta. Both fail to achieve any popularity, and Yahoo! maintains its dominance.
- Cut
- 1999: Y2K bug fails to cause massive computer disaster
- (55) Memory Stick Y2K format pushed by Sony to resurrect computing after disaster.
- Footnote
- 2000: George W. Bush Elected U.S. President / Ralph Nader Elected U.S. President
- Standard: George W. Bush is elected President of the United States of America.
- (56) Triggered by (33): Ralph Nader elected President of the United States of America.
- Event
- 2001: 9/11
- Standard: 9/11 happens.
- (57) If GF > 0: Planes are brought down by armed passengers over Hartford, CT, killing over 10,000.
- Event
- 2008: Toshiba announces end of HD-DVD production
- (58): Sony announces end of Blu-Ray production
- Footnote