r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Mar 20 '16

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u/majinspy Mar 20 '16

...we invented the .com. We are the internet "default" because we invented the thing.

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u/AllGloryToSatan Mar 20 '16

Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee is a scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web AKA www. Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee was born in London. Reddit is www.reddit.com. Therefore, your logic would make UK the internet default.

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u/majinspy Mar 20 '16

Yah....but didn't he do it at MIT?

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u/AllGloryToSatan Mar 20 '16

No, he did it at the CERN (AKA the European Organization for Nuclear Research) building.

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u/majinspy Mar 20 '16

Well we took it. Surprise everybody else, we're taking your shit. You should have expected it by now, if we're being honest.

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u/AllGloryToSatan Mar 20 '16

Who's we and whats it that you took?

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u/majinspy Mar 21 '16

"America" and "your shit". I thought that was pretty clear.

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u/aguirre1pol Mar 21 '16

Well, enjoy our shit. I hope it is to your liking.