The MayDay Mystery: An Ongoing 30+ Year Old Puzzle | blameitonjorge

For the past 30+ years, an odd advertisement has been appearing in the University of Arizona's school newspaper, The Daily Wildcat, on almost every May 1st...

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[blameitonjorge]

I really had a blast making this documentary and I hope you guys enjoy it! The MayDay Mystery is such a strange oddity that I really wanted to make a video about it to see what you guys think. Secret society? Political movement? Long-term expensive trolling? Anyways, more docs soon.

[disgruntledwelsh]

That's where it started. That smile. That damn smile.

[PixlPixel]

“Someone has been printing a cryptic May Day ad on the Daily Wild Cat.”

So it’s a high school musical ARG?

[rho-starmkl]

I'm gonna go with "A wealthy lawyer that was just shitposting".

[FelipeSouza-gbyf]

I didn't know Rodrick from Diary of a Wimpy Kid was a communist

[PikminandOatchi]

That drawing looks like Rodrick Heffley drawn worse.

[ssaiop]

I feel like something should be said about that bit in Mandarin...
毛主席万岁 does mean "Long live Chairman Mao", although in the communist era, it was an EXTREMELY popular (and mandatory sometimes) saying. It can even be seen in the sample video you showed, at 7:54. (I know it says 伟大的领袖毛主席万万岁, it's basically a longer version, meaning "long live great leader Chairman Mao") That stamp, sorry to say it, 99.999% chance, has absolutely nothing to do with it, and any "lead" from it is probably coincidental.
Part of the phrase itself, 万岁, has more historical and general east Asian ties to longevity, so 10, 000 years by itself has no real importance.
Also, 毛主席万岁 has 28 strokes, not 24, and stroke order is usually something early Chinese learners need to practice. It's like second nature to even intermediate level learners.
My guess is that, since it was a popular party slogan, including the connection to May Day, this "society" has a lot more to do with communism than we may think.
That's just my opinion though. Just wanted to clear some things up.

[goofybutserious]

Why is that drawing's ears larger than his forehead?

[memesarekeem]

From how long this mystery has gone on, I can only assume this is not a game, (and if it is, it's one *dedicated* game) however I can't say it's some "overthrow the government" type of thing either. It's more mysterious than cryptic, and the person or people running the mystery clearly want people to solve it.

[bw-leftturnracing]

Boy, Rodrick's really let himself go.

[kittyclaus]

me looking at Jorge:


Me looking at blameitonjorge: Blame it on George

[rubynights]

Ugh your music editing is great
Gives me chills every time it goes silent even if it’s not that creepy

[mellowmallow]

I feel like smiley guy is just someone's version of a signature.

Thank you all for the likes.

[liquiidsword]

Dude the person that made the puzzles is using Nord VPN

[instinctbrosgaming]

When Jorge said "It's spooky season", I felt my absolutely horrible weak become the most amazing thing ever.

The word "leitmotive" (pronounced light motif) is a musical phrase/melody that represents a person, place, or thing in a larger musical work. This also explains the musical notation that appears on some puzzles.

[slyn]

Ngl the thumbnail looks like my little brothers drawing from 1st grade

[martaleszkiewicz]

There's actually a children's series character in Poland looking exactly like this. His name is Kulfon and he usually stars beside a female frog called Monika. The show has also been there for decades, likely even longer than the mystery itself.
(Edit to correct the autocorrect)

[odenpetersen]

I'm skeptical that that's really the cost of a full-page ad in a school newspaper.

[HandmadeGoose]

The orphanage in the 80s: All we have is a few puzzles and that's all we need.
The orphanage now: Damn these puzzles went viral well have to make them harder!!!

[cyrusf]

Looks like Rodrick from Diary of A Wimpy Kid.