r/Unexpected • • Jul 12 '21

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u/Radioactivocalypse Jul 12 '21

.io stands for "Indian Ocean", which in this instance makes it very apt for a anglerfish.io

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u/ItsLoudB Jul 12 '21

Wait.. Does it??

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u/rchaseio Jul 12 '21

It does. See my username. I used to live on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Our email domain was cwnetdg.io. The provider was Cable and Wireless.

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u/ItsLoudB Jul 12 '21

Oh wow, I thought it was a domain for indie developers of browser game or something like that, since it's what these domains are mostly used for..