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Lobster Origins
« on: March 11, 2011, 06:30:34 pm »
It recently came to my attention that no one knows where the "Netham is a lobster" meme started, so I decided to figure it out.  After prolonged searching through irc logs and forum topics, here are my findings:
On Thursday, Febuary 5th, 2009, at precisely 10:28:08 PM, Speler brought the meme into existance with the creation of this topic.  The meme apparently sperad pretty fast, as is evident from irc logs from that very day:
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22:48:14 <Iambian> Netham is a lobster.
22:48:51 <ticalcnoah> I voted lobster
22:48:53 <Netham46> :O
22:48:57 <Netham46> Lies!
22:49:45 * Iambian licks teh lobstery shell of teh Netham, tastes of lobster
22:50:15 * Netham46 scurries away.
22:50:44 * Iambian pounces the lobster and continues licking it!
22:50:48 <DJ_Omnimaga> oO
22:50:53 <Netham46> *acks*
22:50:55 * DJ_Omnimaga grabs Netham46
22:51:11 <Iambian> RAWR!
22:51:17 <Iambian> MY LOBSTER!
22:51:24 * Netham46 pinches DJ_Omnimaga
22:52:02 <DJ_Omnimaga> <.<
22:52:13 <DJ_Omnimaga> mhmm

So there you have it.  Netham is a lobster, no questions asked. O0

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Re: Lobster Origins
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2011, 06:45:33 pm »
O_o...
But that doesn't tell me why the lobster is Blue.
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Re: Lobster Origins
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2011, 06:48:46 pm »
O_o...
But that doesn't tell me why the lobster is Blue.

Well, after an actual picture of Netham45 was revealed, this fact was quite obvious! ;)


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Re: Lobster Origins
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2011, 06:57:01 pm »
I believe this is why he's blue, but as you can see, some crucial evidence is missing: http://ourl.ca/3204

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Re: Lobster Origins
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2011, 06:58:57 pm »
How about pink?
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Re: Lobster Origins
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2011, 07:09:06 pm »
There's an irc reference from September 15th, 2009 here that appears to be soon after he got his pink nickname. :D

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Re: Lobster Origins
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2011, 07:34:42 pm »
Nice detective work! :D
I always knew that Netham45 was a blue lobster. :P
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Re: Lobster Origins
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2011, 11:31:48 pm »
Hehe I remember this, I still haven't figured out how it became popular, though. O.o

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Re: Lobster Origins
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2011, 11:50:39 pm »
It became popular, just like the duck roll.
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Re: Lobster Origins
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2011, 11:56:58 pm »
Yeah, sometimes some stuff gains in popularity for absolute no reason O.o. I guess that's just the Internet. :P

The peanut thing has been running for over 6 years now. It even survived a 6 month shut down (and restart from scratch). XD

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Re: Lobster Origins
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2011, 12:02:35 am »
Lobsters are weird.
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Re: Lobster Origins
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2011, 12:12:30 am »
I think Netham45 will hate you forever. D:

On an unrelated note nice to see you around again. :D
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Re: Lobster Origins
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2011, 11:31:09 pm »
On an unrelated note nice to see you around again. :D
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Re: Lobster Origins
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2011, 11:34:17 pm »
On an unrelated note nice to see you around again. :D
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Re: Lobster Origins
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2011, 07:15:29 am »
We all love necroposting XD
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