• NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    8 hours 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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      8 hours ago

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

      • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 hours 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.

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        7 hours 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.