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"All Zen-Contented": Who is Marten Reed?
hedgie:
The "Don't Panic", or Wikipedia itself?
Aziraphale:
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--- Quote from: Aziraphale on 20 Feb 2015, 08:29 ---Pretty safe to say that they were quoting the bumper sticker. I think I first saw the expression on a Don't Panic! shirt back in the early 90's, definitely pre-Wikipedia.
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Which is based on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...
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No, I'm talking about a store in the West Village (on or near Christopher Street -- don't remember exactly where 'cause it's been a while) that was there in the late 80's and closed probably in the late 90's/early '00's (I think).
ETA: Hedgie, I think he's referring to the "Don't Panic," though I'd heard somewhere that Wikipedia was inspired by the H2G2.
Carl-E:
I've been using the phrase since college in the 80's, don't recall where I heard it or if I had a particularly clever moment and came up with it independently...
It sort of comes up naturally when you have a lot of LGBTQ friends.
celticgeek:
Our comment in the 80's was "We're DOOMED! And that's the good news."
Thrudd:
I thought it was "Save the Lemming" or was that just me? :psyduck:
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