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thought_alarm on March 3, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: What HN users don't mean to be

The earliest use of "sheeple" was from user "stcredzero" almost 4 1/2 years, in a comment that, unsurprisingly, mentions John C. Dvorak.

http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=sheeple&...

Gosh, this is a terrific resource. It's almost as much fun as Google's Usenet archive, back when it actually used to work.

PakG1 on March 3, 2012 | [–]

Had to do it. :) http://xkcd.com/1013/

jacobolus on March 3, 2012 | [–]

The earliest use of “sheeple” was decades ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheeple

Mavyrk on March 3, 2012 | [–]

When reading his comment it was apparent to me that he was speaking in context to the matter at hand (delving into hnsearch.)

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