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We're all allowed a lazy day here or there.
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this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2025
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It started with BoatyMcBoatface, as far as I know. The winner for naming what became the Sir David Attenborough.
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.
Amazing typo.
Ngl I didn't notice it.
I'm not changing it. It still works.
Took me longer than I care to admit.
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.