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Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 11, 2023

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

This is your opportunity to ask questions. No question too simple or too silly.

Culture war topics are accepted, and proposals for a better intro post are appreciated.

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I and HalloweenSnarry have used it, referencing in part a Kontextmaschine tumblr post from 2015. I want to say there were some references back in the Web2.0 fora era (maybe 2010-2012ish?), but if so I don't know if any records have survived; it was well before I began my archiving binge.

Definitely obscure, and a lot of the things that drove it as a category (the Moral Majority and more controlled focuses from the progressive branch, most obviously), though the underlying trends are pretty common if you look for them.