# Dinosaur = never forget **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155 "2022-03-16T04:49:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/1 "2022-03-16T04:49:26Z")
I saw a patch on a backpack about a year ago that depicted a dinosaur with an asteroid which read, “never forget. I wouldn’tve thought that much about it but today I saw a T-shirt with a similar image and the same words. What does it mean? Never forget what? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/2 "2022-03-16T04:53:22Z")
Isn’t it just a jokey sendup of all the “never forget” stuff that started after 9/11? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/3 "2022-03-16T04:56:41Z")
I agree – it’s a parody of tributes/remembrances for tragedies which use that term. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/4 "2022-03-16T05:02:35Z")
[![](https://lerageshirts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/star-wars-never-forget-shirt-death-star.jpg) ](https://lerageshirts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/star-wars-never-forget-shirt-death-star.jpg) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/5 "2022-03-16T06:28:50Z")
I think it’s a joking reference to the asteroid that crashed offshore of the Yucután Peninsula and brought about the extinction of the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago. > **[Chicxulub crater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater?wprov=sfla1)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > The Chicxulub crater (IPA: \[tʃikʃuˈlub\] (listen)) is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Its center is offshore near the community of Chicxulub, after which it is named. It was formed slightly over 66 million years ago when a large asteroid, about ten kilometers (six miles) in diameter, struck Earth. The crater is estimated to be 180 kilometers (110 miles) in diameter and 20 kilometers (12 miles) in depth. It is... ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/6 "2022-03-16T08:04:27Z")
> **[Never Forget](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/never-forget)** > > “Never Forget” is an expression and political slogan used to urge others to remember the events surrounding a national tragedy, most notably the September 11th, 2001 attacks. On the web, the phrase has been used ironically to poke fun at news events... ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/7 "2022-03-16T13:38:53Z")
Sounds like an SMBC cartoon joke, but this is the closest I found so far. [![](https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20090602.gif) ](https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20090602.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/8 "2022-03-16T15:32:42Z")
One of my favorite T-shirt slogans has to be, “Imagine Whirled Peas”. A runner up would be, “Fight Plate Tectonics.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/9 "2022-03-16T15:40:34Z")
Always Remember… Nakatomi Plaza 12-24-88 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/10 "2022-03-16T15:41:33Z")
Nuke the whales! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/11 "2022-03-16T16:18:10Z")
Gotta nuke somethin’. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/12 "2022-03-16T16:21:36Z")
I ❤ Gluten - seen on a bumper sticker. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/13 "2022-03-16T16:22:30Z")
Jokey, yes. But also perhaps seriously raising support for asteroid impact prevention efforts. IE: Space awareness. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/14 "2022-03-16T16:30:32Z")
It’s interesting that Never Forget superseded Remember, as in Remember Pearl Harbor, Remember the Maine, and Remember the Alamo. Not sure what that says about the language, except that it always changes. And always keeps the past alive: there was a _Remember the Titans_ movie title recently. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/15 "2022-03-16T16:50:11Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > It’s interesting that Never Forget superseded Remember, as in Remember Pearl Harbor, Remember the Maine, and Remember the Alamo. Remember “Remember”: Never Forget ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/16 "2022-03-16T16:56:36Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Nuke the whales! > **[Stephen Fry – Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - Sperm Whale And Bowl Of...](https://genius.com/Stephen-fry-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-sperm-whale-and-bowl-of-petunias-ruminations-annotated)** > > The entire scene happens when they try to land on Magrathea. > > The section is spoken by Stephen Fry who is the narrator (The Guide) in the movie. > \*Curiously, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell, was: ‘Oh no, not again.’ Many have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we should know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/17 "2022-03-16T17:11:24Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > … there was a _Remember the Titans_ movie title **recently** 22 years ago! _(I know how you feel – to me, grunge is still “new”)_ ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/18 "2022-03-16T17:47:45Z")
I was comparing it to the Alamo! 🤠 … … … And 9/11 was _21_ years ago. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/19 "2022-03-16T18:00:32Z")
I think it came way before 9/11. It was a Jewish saying after WWII. Also stated as “never again” or both together. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155/20 "2022-03-16T22:16:06Z")
I thought it was about the groundbreaking cult-favorite TV series. > **[Dinosaurs (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaurs_(TV_series))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Dinosaurs is an American family sitcom television series that aired on ABC for four seasons from April 26, 1991, through July 20, 1994 (preempted episodes that had never been allowed to run also aired as a second part of the fourth season from September 6, 1995 through November 10, 1995), and reruns were shown on Disney Channel. The show, about a family of anthropomorphic dinosaurs, was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions and Jim Henson Tele... [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-never-forget/961155.md?page=2)