# What is the origin of this phrase I keep seeing on the web?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-this-phrase-i-keep-seeing-on-the-web/653710>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 23, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-this-phrase-i-keep-seeing-on-the-web/653710 "2013-03-23T03:51:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-this-phrase-i-keep-seeing-on-the-web/653710/41 "2015-10-14T21:53:50Z")

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> [@snfaulkner](#):
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> Which it will.

I’m hardly setting a high bar for them; a little honest creativity, narrative cohesion, and a retention of the spirit of the original (which I saw in the theater the first week it was out, and it is and always will be **Star Wars** to me, dagnabbit!)

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-this-phrase-i-keep-seeing-on-the-web/653710/42 "2015-10-14T22:33:35Z")

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> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> I’m hardly setting a high bar for them; a little honest creativity, narrative cohesion, and a retention of the spirit of the original (which I saw in the theater the first week it was out, and it is and always will be **Star Wars** to me, dagnabbit!)

I agree, but we won’t get any of that. And we know it. And of course by “we know it” I mean “I cynically and jadedly predict it”

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-this-phrase-i-keep-seeing-on-the-web/653710/43 "2015-10-15T07:11:49Z")

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> [@EatTheSun](#):
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> It is mostly DDoS attacks and things of that nature, though they do (or did) have some reasonably competent individuals organizing things. They’re more famous for their trolling and activist activities than their technical prowess.

Fudd’s First Law of Opposition: If you push it hard enough, it _will_ fall over. (_I Think We’re All Bozos on This Bus_, Firesign Theatre)

So mote it be, Amen.

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-this-phrase-i-keep-seeing-on-the-web/653710/44 "2015-10-15T13:01:07Z")

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Bronies have already created their own [version](http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff515/Boneyard95/1658720-20artist_bakki20celestia20darth_luna20darth_vader20fluttershy20luna20pinkie_pie20plushie20rainbow_dash20rarity20twilight_sparkle.jpg) of the expression.

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