• NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

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

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      5 months ago

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

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        5 months 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.