• lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org
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        5 months ago

        I remember that damn ad on TV back in in 2009. It was for SakuraCon, a annual Anime convention in Seattle.

        I went there once with a group of friends. Made anime look uncool very fast.

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      5 months ago

      I see more people aware of it today, but was there a burst in pop culture with idiots that then died down? The people who talk about it today seem pretty genuine and get good reception.

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        5 months ago

        Yeah, it got really popular when the Bible dropped in the 2nd century BCE. The Noah flood story was basically a copy-and-paste of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Bible nerds were annoying af.