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RuhRoh I just did those too lol. Pings for everyone!
Also Toy if u are responsible for the tiles and have been holding out I will be so mad
Nah, but a few years after I chose this username I was walking around Philadelphia and randomly saw one in the street. Basically no one who's part of my offline life uses that name so it was weird to encounter unexpectedly.
That the name is referencing the tiles is usually people's first guess, but I chose this long before I'd heard of them. When the 2001 X-Men movie came out I was looking for a new username. In the movie they just show the character Toad in his villainous role, but in the novelization they cover more of his life, including his secret identity of Mortimer Toynbee. I liked it and adopted it. It's almost never taken anywhere, either, which is nice.
I didn't expect to show up in this thread at all, let alone multiple times. It's nice to know I've made an impression!
The name sticks out because it's so uncommon and I've always loved Bradbury, though I wouldn't consider this particular story to be one of my favorites.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Toynbee_Convector
Fascinating - I believe I've heard of the story, but never read it or any summaries of it.
Based on the referenced historian, perhaps I am that traveler, as this was many years before I was born.
But it cannot be, for I would never voluntarily allow it to be capitalized ...
I guess it's like a pat on the head for being considered notable, so probably as long as there aren't too many, they'll be tolerant. :-) Probably.
Well at least one person on that list thinks I'm an open nazi so... Probably I should have rethought the tags. But ah well I'm tipsy lets go.
O_O who is that?
I don't want to overly directly call someone out/incite brigading/etc. but I probably should have been more clear given I do tend to irk people. Hilariously though I'm not talking about the person who downvoted me (sorry @mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com, I completely forgot we got into it recently, I did not mean you)
Oh no worries, I just wanted to clarify that you weren't the user I was referring to despite having downvoted the comment.
Fair. I am removing my comment