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Yes, the NSA really did ban Furby from its premises in 1999 (feddit.uk)
submitted 5 days ago by heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to c/historymemes@piefed.social
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In case you were wondering, yes, GCHQ banned them too. This incident also led to one of the funniest FAA papers ever.

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

The NSA??
Lmao, they would get absolutely devoured with their souls strapped for a play-dessert type of thing (it's a furby thing).

Anything short of a rehearsed SCP raid of skilled operatives stands no chance.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't remember these models but I love them

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 days ago

It's their memetic effect that makes you believe both those things. Chanting random Latin verses also happens sometimes, they are hella catchy.