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by makeitdouble 1096 days ago
Reference to the 1980 case where the mother wrongly went to prison on top of losing her child, mostly because her claim was too memeable.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo_ate_my_baby

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It's also a reference to a Seinfeld episode: https://youtu.be/sYTIGXvc88Y?t=7
And to the band in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Both of which reference the original case, which became a meme because the woman’s claim was seen as so unbelievable.

And then nearly a decade later it was found that she was telling the truth.