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There was a dude in the office where I used to work who would periodically burst into Bombadilian song. Definitely one of my favorite things about working there.
There was a dude in the office where I used to work who would periodically burst into Bombadilian song. Definitely one of my favorite things about working there.
It’s from the early days of Greatest Gen, and references Captain DeSoto of the USS Hood (NCC-1703). DeSoto and the Hood made several appearances in TNG, and Ben and Adam leaned into his chill vibes, theorizing that the Hood would be a great place to work.
It’s also an allusion to the phrase Friend of Dorothy, an older euphemism for LGBT people.
I think it was originally jokingly conceived as a sort of passphrase or shibboleth for fans of the pod to identify each other without revealing their embarrassing enthusiasm to outsiders, e.g.
Q: “Are you a friend of DeSoto?”
A: “Best boss I ever had!”
Seriously, aside from all the modding work that went on behind the scenes, you and the other HQG cadre drove so much traffic to reddit. I doubt I would have stayed as long as I did without all those wonderful gifs. Glad you’re here! And thanks for all the laughs over the years.
You guys did a bang-up job, I miss r/startrekgifs. Happy to be done with reddit, though, on the whole.
I’ve been using an app on Android called Jerboa. Really happy with it so far.
Is this like a chat-gpt meme account?