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Found this on the web years ago (i.imgur.com)
submitted 6 months ago by onlinepersona to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

My current theory on the whole meme:

  1. Someone in high school debate class is tasked with arguing in favor of Flat Earth theory or moon landings were faked.
  2. Intrigued by the ease with which they manipulate people into believing outlandish concepts, they try talking people into believing more untenable ideas like "grip tape is much better at holding reaper pepper hot sauce on the surface of a dildo than barbed wire."
  3. Person finds that limits exist and tries to come up with something more reasonable -- becomes champion for Arch Linux.
  4. People take them seriously and it takes off..

DISCLAIMER: I have tried neither grip tape and hot sauce covered dildos nor Arch Linux but you get the concept I'm trying to convey I hope.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Reading between the lines here, does that mean you HAVE tried barbed wire hot sauce dildos?

[–] onlinepersona 2 points 6 months ago

Birds Aren't Real, Flying Spaghetti Monster, and probably a few other things started out as jokes and people started taking it seriously. But Arch probably didn't start as joke given how gate-keeperish the linux community was at the time.

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