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Comment: Okay, I know we usually frown upon regurgitating meme references as DYK hooks, but in this case, the hook is actually 1. verifiably true and 2. pertinent to the story as a fact. So, if some leniency could be applied to put this in the quirky slot, I'd be grateful :)
Given that Tiidenberg et al. (or, more likely, their copy editor) unmangled the deliberate errors in the "We Georg" quote - "the average person spends 0 hours per month. We Georg, who live in caves & spend over 23 hours on Tumblr each day, are outliers and should not have been counted" - is it worth having the original as well (or instead) ?
DS (
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03:06, 1 April 2023 (UTC)reply
This might make a good
quirky hook.(
?) Source: Baker-Whitelaw 2013, citing Mikelson 2001
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Theleekycauldron: Good article.
Onegreatjoke (
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14:44, 20 March 2023 (UTC)