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I'm not even on the Luigi is a hero bandwagon at all, but this is weird. "Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself." -Hermione Granger

javawizard 2y ago
In case any other Harry Potter nerds come along and worry their memory is completely failing them: Albums Dumbledore says this in the books. Hermione only has this quote in the movie adaptations.
- palmfacehn 2y ago
  >JK Rowling Airbrushed From Pop Culture Museum’s Harry Potter Display For “Transphobic Views” https://deadline.com/2023/08/jk-rowling-airbrushed-from-pop-culture-museum-harry-potter-display-for-alleged-transphobic-views-1235455925/ https://deadline.com/2023/08/jk-rowling-airbrushed-from-pop-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae
  - oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
    Your Wikipedia link is very useful since it clarifies that Damnatio memoriae refers to exclusion "from official accounts".
    - palmfacehn 2y ago
      >Today's best known examples of damnatio memoriae from antiquity concern chiselling stone inscriptions or deliberately omitting certain information from them. >The term is used in modern scholarship to cover a wide array of official and unofficial sanctions through which the physical remnants and memories of a deceased individual are destroyed. Certainly not exclusively from official accounts. Not sure what your point here is?
  - immibis 2y ago
    Why the scare quotes?
    - palmfacehn 2y ago
      The quotes are from the article's title.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  Wouldn't call myself a nerd, but I was so confused thinking "isn't this what Dumbledore said to Harry when asking about Voldemort?" Guess it just shows retention of books overrides movies, given that I've consumed both.
throwawaysleep 2y ago
Not really. SO probably doesn't want to be dealing with this stuff at all.
- edflsafoiewq 2y ago
  Then they should have simply done nothing.
  - throwawaysleep 2y ago
    Can't do nothing, as his account was being treated as a shrine. I don't think they want to be the Luigi Magione Shrine website either.
    - Shog9 2y ago
      As Evan points out in TFA, this has happened before. I'll add that it has happened more than a few times. Past response was to shut down inappropriate behavior in the now (folks rambling on about the person in comments under some programming question, etc.) and let the temporary interest die out on its own. This time... The response seems to be inviting the Streisand Effect. boldmovecotton.gif
      - EvanCarroll 2y ago
        NOTE TO ALL PERSPECTIVE WHISTLE BLOWERS EVEN THE ANNOYING ONES THAT HAVE A LONG ESTABLISHED HISTORY OF BEING JERKS: YOU CAN REACH EVAN VIA SIGNAL 281.901.0011. OLIVE BRANCH, ETC.
    - perlgeek 2y ago
      > Can't do nothing, as his account was being treated as a shrine. So what. He gets a few upvotes. What's the harm for the users, or the platform?
    - johnnyanmac 2y ago
      And? I don't see that as a reason to break CC license. If you're gonna expunge someone, don't half-ass it.
kristopolous 2y ago
In the 20th century, people theorized about how the transience of digital space will create a mutable history. We've been living with that now for a few decades. It's still a problem.

javawizard 2y ago

In case any other Harry Potter nerds come along and worry their memory is completely failing them: Albums Dumbledore says this in the books. Hermione only has this quote in the movie adaptations.

palmfacehn 2y ago
>JK Rowling Airbrushed From Pop Culture Museum’s Harry Potter Display For “Transphobic Views” https://deadline.com/2023/08/jk-rowling-airbrushed-from-pop-culture-museum-harry-potter-display-for-alleged-transphobic-views-1235455925/ https://deadline.com/2023/08/jk-rowling-airbrushed-from-pop-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae
- oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
  Your Wikipedia link is very useful since it clarifies that Damnatio memoriae refers to exclusion "from official accounts".
  - palmfacehn 2y ago
    >Today's best known examples of damnatio memoriae from antiquity concern chiselling stone inscriptions or deliberately omitting certain information from them. >The term is used in modern scholarship to cover a wide array of official and unofficial sanctions through which the physical remnants and memories of a deceased individual are destroyed. Certainly not exclusively from official accounts. Not sure what your point here is?
- immibis 2y ago
  Why the scare quotes?
  - palmfacehn 2y ago
    The quotes are from the article's title.
johnnyanmac 2y ago
Wouldn't call myself a nerd, but I was so confused thinking "isn't this what Dumbledore said to Harry when asking about Voldemort?" Guess it just shows retention of books overrides movies, given that I've consumed both.

throwawaysleep 2y ago

Not really. SO probably doesn't want to be dealing with this stuff at all.

edflsafoiewq 2y ago
Then they should have simply done nothing.
- throwawaysleep 2y ago
  Can't do nothing, as his account was being treated as a shrine. I don't think they want to be the Luigi Magione Shrine website either.
  - Shog9 2y ago
    As Evan points out in TFA, this has happened before. I'll add that it has happened more than a few times. Past response was to shut down inappropriate behavior in the now (folks rambling on about the person in comments under some programming question, etc.) and let the temporary interest die out on its own. This time... The response seems to be inviting the Streisand Effect. boldmovecotton.gif
    - EvanCarroll 2y ago
      NOTE TO ALL PERSPECTIVE WHISTLE BLOWERS EVEN THE ANNOYING ONES THAT HAVE A LONG ESTABLISHED HISTORY OF BEING JERKS: YOU CAN REACH EVAN VIA SIGNAL 281.901.0011. OLIVE BRANCH, ETC.
  - perlgeek 2y ago
    > Can't do nothing, as his account was being treated as a shrine. So what. He gets a few upvotes. What's the harm for the users, or the platform?
  - johnnyanmac 2y ago
    And? I don't see that as a reason to break CC license. If you're gonna expunge someone, don't half-ass it.

kristopolous 2y ago

In the 20th century, people theorized about how the transience of digital space will create a mutable history. We've been living with that now for a few decades. It's still a problem.