Named after a fictional species (Goomba) from Nintendo's Mario franchise. The term references an Internet meme depicting the fallacy using Goombas posted to Twitter by @supersylvie_ on January 29, 2024.[1]
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Yojimbo (1961)
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An open data standard for describing video games and their data on ATProto.
i am about 99% sure but i think sweetbee coined this term lmfaoooo
Neon Chinchilla
"Bluesky elder" The term is used only in two ways: -as an insult -as a joke It came from someone using it back in the day as if some sort of benefits and privilege should come from seniority and time spent on the site. It was, and still is, properly mocked. A meme I made about it from way back:
