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Re:I Sell Onions on the Internet by arcanemachiner on Thursday December 25, 2025 @02:42PM (#46386593)
My guess is that he took a meme for normal people ("that would make a good band name") and twisted it into a more nerdy version ("that would make a good domain name").
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Re:I Sell Onions on the Internet by NuclearPM on Thursday December 25, 2025 @04:45PM (#46387243)
That makes sense. I assumed posting on hackernews implies the nerdiness.
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Re:I Sell Onions on the Internet by mattmaroon on Thursday December 25, 2025 @07:36PM (#46388075)
Lots of nerds go to regular colleges so perhaps he’s saying he’s extra nerdy. (Though I think at this point we’re overanalyzing, the worst thing you can do to any joke.)
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Re:I Sell Onions on the Internet by bigstrat2003 on Thursday December 25, 2025 @08:12PM (#46388259)
Yeah but if you keep analyzing it hard enough, the funniness underflows and then it's maximum funny.
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