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The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West

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Re: The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West

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Post by njharman »

xwdv wrote: post #7
HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #5

Am I dating myself by thinking of this when I read the article title? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAE-West

I personally have no idea what this article is really talking about or what the significance of it is that would cause it to be up voted so highly. Baffled.

HN has high proportion of "tech" people. Tech people old enough to have lived through "birth of Internet" or into 80's hacker/phreaker culture will know of MAE West and MAE East. These people, upvoted for nostalgia and to express comradery with poster.

Re: The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West

#13

Post by jodrellblank »

njharman wrote: post #9
jodrellblank wrote: post #3

In the UK, Mae West is famous for being one daughter of serial killers Fred and Rose West. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_West

Not the same person.

I know, that's the point of my comment, it's a name that brings up very different imagery accross the Atlantic.

Re: The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West

#15

Post by mpalmer »

jodrellblank wrote: post #13
njharman wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not the same person.

I know, that's the point of my comment, it's a name that brings up very different imagery accross the Atlantic.

In that case your point would have been clearer if you said "the name 'Mae West'" instead of referring to the subject of the post.

Re: The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West

#16

Post by gjm11 »

jodrellblank wrote: post #13
njharman wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not the same person.

I know, that's the point of my comment, it's a name that brings up very different imagery accross the Atlantic.

Isolated datapoint: I'm in the UK, the Fred & Rosemary West thing happened while I was growing up, and to me "Mae West" very definitely means the actress and not the serial killers' daughter.

Re: The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West

#17

Post by xwdv »

njharman wrote: post #11
xwdv wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I personally have no idea what this article is really talking about or what the significance of it is that would cause it to be up voted so highly. Baffled.

HN has high proportion of "tech" people. Tech people old enough to have lived through "birth of Internet" or into 80's hacker/phreaker culture will know of MAE West and MAE East. These people, upvoted for nostalgia and to express comradery with poster.

But why? What is the connection?

Re: The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West

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Post by dghlsakjg »

xwdv wrote: post #17
njharman wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN has high proportion of "tech" people. Tech people old enough to have lived through "birth of Internet" or into 80's hacker/phreaker culture will know of MAE West and MAE East. These people, upvoted for nostalgia and to express comradery with poster.

But why? What is the connection?

The post is about a person named Mae West. The wikipedia article linked is about a infrastructure exchange point with the same name

Re: The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West

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Post by jodrellblank »

mpalmer wrote: post #15
jodrellblank wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know, that's the point of my comment, it's a name that brings up very different imagery accross the Atlantic.

In that case your point would have been clearer if you said "the name 'Mae West'" instead of referring to the subject of the post.

> "instead of referring to the subject of the post."

I wasn't referring to the subject of the post.

You don't think it's interesting that you just did the same thing to my comment, that I did to the title of the post? That's fine it's not Earth shaking. Usually famous people have unique enough names, or I've heard of both or neither.

Re: The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West

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Post by xwdv »

dghlsakjg wrote: post #18
xwdv wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But why? What is the connection?

The post is about a person named Mae West. The wikipedia article linked is about a infrastructure exchange point with the same name

I’m talking about the original article. The person. Why?
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