this post was submitted on 07 Dec 2023
1137 points (96.7% liked)

People Twitter

10541 readers
84 users here now

People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.

RULES:

  1. Mark NSFW content.
  2. No doxxing people.
  3. Must be a pic of the tweet or similar. No direct links to the tweet.
  4. No international politcs
  5. Be excellent to each other.
  6. Provide an archived link to the tweet (or similar) being shown if it's a major celebrity, figure or any politician
  1. If a tweet (or similar) makes a statement of fact, either mark it as "satire" in the body or provide the original source link backing up the statement (see rule 6)

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] JPJones@startrek.website 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Late '80s. I was in middle school. That shit spread like wildfire.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I heard the rumor back in '74 when Malta became a republic.

[–] DrBoom@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I heard it back in '68 but it was about Paul McCartney

[–] JPJones@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago

I fuckin love you guys.