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The Turkey Voluntary Extinction Movement has to be a riff on the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (www.vhemt.org [I'm not sure what the "t" is doing there] ). Alas, their primary purpose seems to be selling TShirts (their site concludes with the FAQ Question: How do I order stickers, T-shirts, and stuff?)[[User:Traveller|Traveller]] ([[User talk:Traveller|talk]]) 23:06, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
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The Turkey Voluntary Extinction Movement has to be a riff on the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (www.vhemt.com [I'm not sure what the "t" is doing there] ). Alas, their primary purpose seems to be selling TShirts (their site concludes with the FAQ Question: How do I order stickers, T-shirts, and stuff?)[[User:Traveller|Traveller]] ([[User talk:Traveller|talk]]) 23:06, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
: The "t" is probably there so the acronym can be pronounced [http://www.vhemt.org/aboutvhemt.htm#vhemt "vehement"]. And the lack of organization is probably because it ''is'' no organization but a movement, i.e. just some people advertising an ideology. Their primary purpose is to convince you not to have kids. [[User:Mumiemonstret|Mumiemonstret]] ([[User talk:Mumiemonstret|talk]]) 14:11, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 
  
 
The Globe shrinks noticeably between the first and last panels. --[[User:ParadoX|ParadoX]] ([[User talk:ParadoX|talk]]) 01:00, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
 
The Globe shrinks noticeably between the first and last panels. --[[User:ParadoX|ParadoX]] ([[User talk:ParadoX|talk]]) 01:00, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
  
I believe that was intentional. {{unsigned ip|108.162.221.51}}
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I believe that was intentional.
 
 
Removed the bit about supposed turkey stupidity. There's no evidence (aside from "everybody knows/says" type arguments) to support it, and plenty to discredit the assertion. See, for example: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/release/2003/11/osu-animal-scientist-debunks-dumb-turkey-myth [[User:Orazor|Orazor]] ([[User talk:Orazor|talk]]) 10:33, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 
 
 
Perhaps the dark matter/consciousness correlation is a reference to Dust in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials"?
 
 
 
I don't know anything specifically about Jeffrey Rowland's necrosis, but as a general point, I'm going to stand up for the brown recluses here: https://spiders.ucr.edu/myth-brown-recluse-fact-fear-and-loathing [[User:L-Space Traveler|L-Space Traveler]] ([[User talk:L-Space Traveler|talk]]) 12:23, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
 

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