• Rose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      You think anyone checks references?

      They looked just close enough to go “He’s got the experience” and moved on.

      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        It’s right here on the guy’s Wikipedia page, you’d think they’d at least Google him

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          Are… Are you joking?

          Google wasn’t around back then.

          They would have had to use something like infoseek or aliweb

          SMH my head, people just don’t know their history

          • dactylotheca@suppo.fi
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            It’s not like the web was around back then either ya doofus, what year do you think we’re talking about here?

            Back in those times the would have been at best using something like Veronica, or just trawling Usenet asking if people know him