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by reilly3000 1309 days ago
Do we owe this to that Minecraft welcome message? Or is fundamentally one of those self-fulfilling prophecies? .
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codetrotter 1309 days ago
No. This saying about TVTropes definitely exists outside of any influence that Minecraft may or may not have had.
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fknorangesite 1308 days ago
No; it was already an established meme. Minecraft got it from the wider culture, not the other way around.
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