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Title: why peanuts?
Post by: northern_snow on August 01, 2012, 07:44:37 pm

I wonder how the tradition of giving peanuts to newcomers formed? I guess maybe it's because, according to the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, one will lose some protein after the teleportation. Is that true?

Title: Re: why peanuts?
Post by: Scipi on August 01, 2012, 07:48:04 pm

I think it formed before even the InvisionFree board, if I remember correctly. I don't think anyone really knows precisely where it formed. I could be mistaken though :P

Title: Re: why peanuts?
Post by: Deep Toaster on August 01, 2012, 07:51:48 pm

Well, according to this post (http://ourl.ca/6812/112200) the peanut bag meme started way back here (http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?topic=-1272.0). Though somehow the peanut reference got lost along the way to the Minus World D: (You can see the original topic, peanut reference and all, in the web archive (http://web.archive.org/web/20071207105651/omnimaga.org/index.php?showtopic=303).)

And why not? Peanuts are good :D

Title: Re: why peanuts?
Post by: Scipi on August 01, 2012, 07:56:56 pm

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*Spellshaper waves a hearty hello!
get some peanuts at the entrance before they'are all gone ^^

But after that there's:

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:D Don't start that again.
But hey, welcome to the calc RPG headquarters, Omnimaga!

Suggesting it started before then, right?

Title: Re: why peanuts?
Post by: ruler501 on August 01, 2012, 08:02:23 pm

The world may never know...

Its an old meme that started on the website and everyone just continues it is the main reason it goes on.

Title: Re: why peanuts?
Post by: Scipi on August 01, 2012, 08:18:14 pm

Yay peanuts :D

Even though I hate the taste :P (Almonds and pecans are better, imo)

Title: Re: why peanuts?
Post by: ruler501 on August 01, 2012, 08:22:38 pm

Quote from: HOMER-16 on August 01, 2012, 08:18:14 pm

Even though I hate the taste :P (Almonds and pecans are better, imo)

I cant stand the taste but I'll still gladly give them away :P

Title: Re: why peanuts?
Post by: Scipi on August 01, 2012, 08:33:19 pm

Personally I'd like there to be more !peanuts commands.

Like !axepeanuts depending upon if the user that joined is an Axe programmer, Computer programmer, music, pixel art, etc.

Title: Re: why peanuts?
Post by: Darl181 on August 01, 2012, 08:42:54 pm

Quote from: Deep Thought on August 01, 2012, 07:51:48 pm

Though somehow the peanut reference got lost along the way to the Minus World D: (You can see the original topic, peanut reference and all, in the web archive (http://web.archive.org/web/20071207105651/omnimaga.org/index.php?showtopic=303).)

Hm, I guess the /me messed it up?
 /me quietly copies content to the converted post..
:ninja:

Edit: the reason for edit box didn't show up there ???

Title: Re: why peanuts?
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 02, 2012, 12:42:27 am

It actually started in the FF:ROS thread back in June 2006. Afterward Spellshaper used it again and again then it eventually spread, becoming some sort of Omnimaga inside joke, which became so popular that it even survived a 6 months website downtime.

Btw the http://web.archive.org/web/20071207105651/omnimaga.org/index.php?showtopic=303 link mentionned above was the 2nd instance of it. It can also be found here http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?topic=-1272.msg-31991#msg-31991


(For some reasons, the /me didn't get lost in the data conversion, like many other posts)