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Is that a reference to Hug Bot? https://pbfcomics.com/comics/hug-bot/ https://pbfcomics.com/comics/hug-bot/

• lbotos 7y ago
  Not sure, but I always thought "hug of death" came from reddit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect
  • minitoar 7y ago
    Ah yes that is surely it.
  • hwj 7y ago
    Previously, that was called "slashdotting". (Knowing such things makes me feel kind of old).