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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

AND he was Paul from The Wonder Years!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

The Birth of the Hivemind

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

In the 80’s, I always heard it was Gene Simmons.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I heard it about David Bowie back then.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Wait, he didn't do that? I'm confused now..

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

i know the guy who invented the phrase weak sauce

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Used to go to festivals in the late 90s/early 2000s and there was ALWAYS a rumor that one of the Chuckle Brothers had died. Or Cliff Richard.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Or Cliff Richard.

Simultaneously the most likely person, and the least likely person to have died at basically any time

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

And everyone knew how to draw the "smile" graffiti style "S".

And everyone knew some version of the promotion where you supposedly got free something if you got a Tootsie Pop wrapper with the Indian and the star on it.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

The same way that every kid in the 80s knew where the hidden 1-up in level 1-1 of Mario Bros was.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Yellow #5 shrinks your peepee!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I remember this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I heard the same thing for Gabriele D'Annunzio.

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