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Re:My mom left behind some number code by calebegg on Monday January 09, 2023 @08:54AM (#34310312)
Funnily enough, your comment is now the top search result for that query....
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Re:My mom left behind some number code by dmonitor on Monday January 09, 2023 @10:25AM (#34311316)
Is there a name for this phenomenon, yet? When a comment about an obscure search query becomes the top result of the query.
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Re:My mom left behind some number code by mypalmike on Monday January 09, 2023 @10:57AM (#34311765)
It's named after the parent user, and is called the "isitthough42 effect".

You can Google that term soon enough.

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Re:My mom left behind some number code by calebegg on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @06:02PM (#34346352)
It worked! :D
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Re:My mom left behind some number code by Natfan on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @11:01AM (#34428370)
Googlewhack[0] might be a close one?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlewhack

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