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Stygian Lizard

@EdCates Has it only been 10 years? I would've guessed 20 for as long as the phenomenon has been around.

10 October at 2:18 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mindly.social
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James Trickle uP

@shadyspotlight @EdCates Back in the late '80's there were sealions on USENET...

10 October at 16:47 | Open on hachyderm.io
Stygian Lizard

@opalmirror @EdCates I would image so! I was like 7 at the time and we didn't have a computer, so I'll take your word on Usenet, because people have been awful forever. I was referring to the comic itself being only 10, but time is meaningless and both creeps and flashes by.

10 October at 17:15 | Open on mindly.social
James Trickle uP

@shadyspotlight @EdCates We didn't call them sea lions at that time... The sea lion comic perfectly explained the problem of these exhaustive trolls though and the name stuck.... definitely moved online life forward by naming the behavior.

10 October at 19:33 | Open on hachyderm.io
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