Awesome Tips Why do we call it Spam?
The term “Spam” has an unexpected origin that’s funnier than you think, and it didn’t start with emails…
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The term “Spam” has an unexpected origin that’s funnier than you think, and it didn’t start with emails…
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Spamming space key. π€
isn't that basically just "insanity" ? like u know the thing about doing the exact… same fucking thing… over and over again expecting… shit to change ??
Internet old head here….. stupid pointless annoying messages…. SPAM.
Cool shirt(z)
Spam by weird al is a ginuwine masterpiece
wrong wrong. spam is totally a computer term early borrowing from the junk mail in a real life mailbox. there was a anti spam laws. special postal advertisement mail. a category the post office used to charge for.
Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! Glorious SPAM!
The "wartime delicacy" part shouldn't be in sarcastic quotation marks cause honestly spam was one of the best things you could ask for short of real meat at the time lmao
Also spam still holds up, chopped into cubes seared up served over rice it's π
How much is Linus paying you?
What? I clearly remember seeing videos that explained that the first "spam" was from Spam. And you could sign up to get the first original email from Spam.
Never heard of that Spam sketch.
Huh, Iβve always had this question in my head of why spam (email or repeat of stuff) shared the name of the food. Wasnt sure which came first or why, but never bothered to look it up. Interesting trivia here π
Now this may just be an aprophical origin story but… I heard that during one of the great wars spam was a very common meal for soldiers being shelf stable, ready to eat from the can and easy to transport so it was pretty good for that kind of thing, and say first it was actually welcomed by the soldiers.
But as you can imagine, people got bored of it and as time passed by and the only thing available was spam… Then you come back from the war and your mail of full of advertisements your didn't ask for… And people started calling that spam
I hope you picked up rinsed off and fried that spam!
Monty Python is the modern Shakespeare
Did you just throw precious spam on the ground?! Le gasp π±
Silly pointless annoying messages… spam
that Linus guy just looks different
Ain't no delicacy, bud
Why do you need a private plane?
Whereβd the big scary dude go he was my fav on this channel a while back
Knight!
YOU MEAN SPAMTON IS NAMED AFTER THE MEAT??
reminded of that time people kept reporting Spam's Instagram citing "this is spam".
This reminded me I still have to buy the fidget spinner
Almost got it. Full transcripts of the Monty Python script was pasted to "bulletin boards" over and over in the 90s to push posts of the limited history of the BBS.
That shirt is so based
I always thought it man stupid pointless annoying messages
If get over 100 k likes Linus tech tips will send me over a pc himself and help me create my dream setup.
An important step in the history of events which you missed was that in the early early days of the internet, when most forms of communication was via relay chats, occasionally people would repeat the message "spam" ad-nausea, in reference to the python sketch, with the effect of breaking the chatroom, as no-one could follow an active conversation.
Imagine trying to have a discussion with other randoms in a popular streamer's chat whilst the streamer accidentally alt-tabs to a PH window mid gaming session.
Spiced ham!
AI Maggy Thatcher looks scary π
What is that controller
There was an old black and white tv series where one teenager opens a door or opens cupboards and a flood of spam cans fall out and yell out "spam!". Anyone can find that video?