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Re:The unsettling truth about the ‘Mostly Harmless’ hiker by edmundsauto on Friday January 15, 2021 @12:12PM (#25793226)
For fans of the hitch hikers guide series, the name isn’t unusual. It’s the name of one of the books.
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Re:The unsettling truth about the ‘Mostly Harmless’ hiker by Dig1t on Friday January 15, 2021 @12:22PM (#25793353)
(and the entire entry for the planet Earth inside the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book) ;)
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Re:The unsettling truth about the ‘Mostly Harmless’ hiker by c22 on Friday January 15, 2021 @12:23PM (#25793372)
It's an unusual name for a person.
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Re:The unsettling truth about the ‘Mostly Harmless’ hiker by guerrilla on Friday January 15, 2021 @12:40PM (#25793577)
Much like c22. It was just a trail name.
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Re:The unsettling truth about the ‘Mostly Harmless’ hiker by NikolaeVarius on Friday January 15, 2021 @12:29PM (#25793437)
Many communities have nicknames that are unusual
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