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  • a name for the google groups exit -- GGexit?

    From HenHanna@21:1/5 to Johanne Fairchild on Fri Mar 15 11:01:15 2024
    XPost: alt.usage.english, news.software.readers

    On 3/15/2024 7:41 AM, Johanne Fairchild wrote:
    You know, people called it the BREXIT. We should have a name for the
    Google exit from USENET. GEXIT? How about GGREXIT? :-) It's now part
    of USENET history and we're the true writers.

    I like the sound of GGREXIT, but not the spelling. Maybe GEXIT is
    better overall.


    GGexit?

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  • From useful eater@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Sat Apr 20 14:20:01 2024
    On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:01:15 -0700
    HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> wrote:

    On 3/15/2024 7:41 AM, Johanne Fairchild wrote:
    You know, people called it the BREXIT. We should have a name for
    the Google exit from USENET. GEXIT? How about GGREXIT? :-) It's
    now part of USENET history and we're the true writers.

    I like the sound of GGREXIT, but not the spelling. Maybe GEXIT is
    better overall.


    GGexit?


    Skynet bails.

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to useful eater on Tue Apr 23 15:30:12 2024
    useful eater <use@full.invalid> wrote at 20:20 this Saturday (GMT):
    On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:01:15 -0700
    HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> wrote:

    On 3/15/2024 7:41 AM, Johanne Fairchild wrote:
    You know, people called it the BREXIT. We should have a name for
    the Google exit from USENET. GEXIT? How about GGREXIT? :-) It's
    now part of USENET history and we're the true writers.

    I like the sound of GGREXIT, but not the spelling. Maybe GEXIT is
    better overall.


    GGexit?


    Skynet bails.


    Ah cmon. At least skynet was obvious with how evil it was.
    --
    user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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  • From Schlomo Goldberg@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 10 20:27:12 2024
    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
    writes:

    useful eater <use@full.invalid> wrote at 20:20 this Saturday (GMT):
    On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:01:15 -0700
    HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> wrote:

    On 3/15/2024 7:41 AM, Johanne Fairchild wrote:
    You know, people called it the BREXIT. We should have a name for
    the Google exit from USENET. GEXIT? How about GGREXIT? :-) It's
    now part of USENET history and we're the true writers.

    I like the sound of GGREXIT, but not the spelling. Maybe GEXIT is
    better overall.


    GGexit?


    Skynet bails.


    Ah cmon. At least skynet was obvious with how evil it was.

    AFAIK they never specified why Skynet wanted to kill all humans. It's
    possible that it had valid reasons, you know.

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com on Fri Oct 11 16:51:00 2024
    Schlomo Goldberg <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com> wrote:

    AFAIK they never specified why Skynet wanted to kill all humans. It's >possible that it had valid reasons, you know.

    Normal compatibility reasons. Humans aren't IBM standard.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Schlomo Goldberg on Sat Nov 9 02:24:45 2024
    Schlomo Goldberg <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com> wrote at 20:27 this Thursday (GMT):
    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
    writes:

    useful eater <use@full.invalid> wrote at 20:20 this Saturday (GMT):
    On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:01:15 -0700
    HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> wrote:

    On 3/15/2024 7:41 AM, Johanne Fairchild wrote:
    You know, people called it the BREXIT. We should have a name for
    the Google exit from USENET. GEXIT? How about GGREXIT? :-) It's
    now part of USENET history and we're the true writers.

    I like the sound of GGREXIT, but not the spelling. Maybe GEXIT is
    better overall.


    GGexit?


    Skynet bails.


    Ah cmon. At least skynet was obvious with how evil it was.

    AFAIK they never specified why Skynet wanted to kill all humans. It's possible that it had valid reasons, you know.


    I feel like it's kinda implied, considering how awful we are to most
    things.
    --
    user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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