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http://iamtryingtobelieve.com/
==Discovery==
On [[2007/02/12 Lisbon, Portugal|February 12th, 2007]], following the initial shows of the Nine Inch Nails 2007 European tour in Lisbon, Portugal, fans noticed a peculiarity on a tour T-shirt—several letters from the tour itinerary on the rear of the shirt were highlighted. The highlighted letters, in order, spelled out "iamtryingtobelieve," which, when adding “.com” to the end, was discovered to be an active website URL. Around the same time, the same URL was also linked to in an update on [[The NIN Hotline|theninhotline.net]]. The words "I am trying to believe" are also some of the main lyrics in the song "[[The Good Soldier]]. "
Another reference could be found in the ''[[Year Zero]]'' trailer video that was posted on yearzero.nin.com. In the video, just before "[[The Presence]]" is seen, there is what appears to be a road sign that passes in front of the camera's view. If the video is played back in slow motion, one can see that the text on the sign is actually "I AM TRYING TO BELIEVE."
==Content==
The content of the website centers around a drug called [[Parepin]]. The unnamed author of the website (who may be [[John Markakis]] as evidenced on [[The Exterminal]] under Markakis,J Inmate-interview) describes a future world in which Parepin has been introduced into municipal water supplies throughout the United States, under the direction of the US government. The purported reason for this put forward in the media as excerpted on the website is that Parepin is immune system booster that will protect Americans from biological warfare; apparently in response to biological terror attacks which have occurred on the west coast. However, the website author's main thesis is that Parepin has no immune system boosting effects, and is in fact a psychoactive drug being used by the government to sedate the population and make them complacent.
The site has several sections, describing what Parepin is, listing several undesirable side effects, and suggesting that people try to avoid Parepin. Also prominently featured is a mention of the phenomenon known as [[The Presence]], which the author suggests is a Parepin-induced hallucination. On the bottom of the last page is an email address for contacting the author: water@iamtryingtobelieve.com
There also appears to be a mirror of this site set up at an alternative IP address, though DNS does not appear to link to it.
===Auto-Reply E-Mail==='''Number:''' [[Year_Zero_Numbers#24.14.2|24.14.2]] (count consecutive dashes in first line of email, using underscore to seperate)
When sending an email to the address listed on the website, the following auto-reply is received:
<br/>------------------------AUTO_RESPONSE--------------_--
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I'm drinking the water. So should you.
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Attempting to reply to this auto-reply produces no further result.
==Numbers==The website has the number [[numbers#24.14.3|24.14.3]] hidden on the main page. Also, although not obvious at first, the email auto-reply was discovered to contain a hidden number; counting the consecutive dashes in the "------------------------AUTO_RESPONSE--------------_--" line of the email reveals [[numbers#24.14.2|24.14.2]]. The tour t-shirt which led to the discovery of the website has [[numbers#24.14.1|24.14.1]] printed at the bottom. ==Unlinked Images===
There have been [[Unlinked Images#From iamtryingtobelieve.com|12 images]] found that are not linked in the HTML.
[[Category:World of Year Zero]]