# A gift for people mourning over umkay

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-people-mourning-over-umkay/626355>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 26, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-people-mourning-over-umkay/626355 "2012-06-26T15:37:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-people-mourning-over-umkay/626355/61 "2012-07-05T19:03:40Z")

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Why would I want to look at a picture of some guy named Brian A. Walker?

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**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-people-mourning-over-umkay/626355/62 "2012-07-09T21:42:17Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> I pretty much skipped over the whole umkay thing, too. Did she ever post a picture?

Yes, she did. A link to a photo, so we can see what she looks like. Very pretty. Though, it was actually a photo of some actress, that everybody tells her she looks like. But then on the other hand, she was actually a troll, and the photo was much prettier than I hear trolls are. If she was real. Or he, the troll. Actually, you know what? This is messy enough, why don’t we just call it a wash. I have no idea what umkay looks like. She looks like a text thread. How’s that? And the earlier parts of the thread look pretty lovable, too.

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**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-people-mourning-over-umkay/626355/63 "2012-07-11T12:20:59Z")

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Did Dan Savage get trolled?

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