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[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Why do we always vote for somethingMcSomethingFace when asked to name stuff? It's funny, but i never understood why we do that.

[-] corvi@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago

It started with BoatyMcBoatface, as far as I know. The winner for naming what became the Sir David Attenborough.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

Iirc Boaty McBoatface actually won. The people holding the contest quickly learned asking the Internet to name your boat is a bad idea. Just like when Taylor Swift did a survey for folks to name where she should have a concert and the vote was overwhelming at a school for dead children.

But to the boat people's credit, they named one of the life boats Boaty McBoatface.

[-] corvi@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago
[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Ngl I didn't notice it.

I'm not changing it. It still works.

[-] higgsboson@dubvee.org 2 points 1 week ago

Took me longer than I care to admit.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah Boaty was the first Noun-y McNoun-face I recall too. I'm pretty sure it was just so absurd (when the other submissions were mostly serious) that it birthed the meme.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 4 points 1 week ago

Don't know. A bar I used to go to had a hefeweizen called Wheaty McWheatface, which I thought was funny

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I would get that beer immediately.

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