Re:Japan's Rail Workers Pointing at Things (2017)
by dmix on Sunday January 20, 2019 @04:15PM
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From one of the sources ([2]) via Wikipedia:
> The considerably catchier sobriquet Baader-Meinhof phenomenon was invented in 1994 by a commenter on the St. Paul Pioneer Press’ online discussion board, who came up with it after hearing the name of the ultra-left-wing German terrorist group twice in 24 hours. The phrase became a meme on the newspaper’s boards, where it still pops up regularly, and has since spread to the wider Internet. It even has its own Facebook page. https://psmag.com/social-justice/theres-a-name-for-that-the-...
Seems like an unusual way for a name to start, via a random comment on some obscure online forum in 1994. Language is weird.
> The considerably catchier sobriquet Baader-Meinhof phenomenon was invented in 1994 by a commenter on the St. Paul Pioneer Press’ online discussion board, who came up with it after hearing the name of the ultra-left-wing German terrorist group twice in 24 hours. The phrase became a meme on the newspaper’s boards, where it still pops up regularly, and has since spread to the wider Internet. It even has its own Facebook page. https://psmag.com/social-justice/theres-a-name-for-that-the-...
Seems like an unusual way for a name to start, via a random comment on some obscure online forum in 1994. Language is weird.