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date: "2004-06-21T18:00:17Z"
title: It's Official!
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<p>
<a href='http://www.gmail.com/'>GMail</a> is officially a <a href='http://maxwell.lucifer.com/virus/alt.memetics/what.is.html'>meme</a>.  I see conversations about it in three different <acronym title='Internet Relay Chat'>IRC</acronym> windows, it's all over the place on <a href='http://www.totalfark.com/'>TotalFark</a> and the <a href='http://forums.somethingawful.com/'>Something Awful Forums</a>, and I've had <em>two</em> conversations about it within the last 48 hours.  Congratulations to the <a href='http://www.google.com/'>Google</a> marketing department.
</p>

<p>
<b>Update:</b> Just stumbled across <a
href='http://george.hotelling.net/90percent/geekery/hatin_on_gmail.php'>this
page</a>.  The poor bastard got a Gmail invite from his mom.
</p>