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		thom on July 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Threads, an Instagram app I don't like the name. Probably because I'm from Sheffield. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(1984_film)

WorldMaker on July 5, 2023 | [–]

I don't like the name. Probably because I'm a weyrholder with actual institutional memory of the last Threadfall and its destruction.

https://pern.fandom.com/wiki/Thread

jamiek88 on July 7, 2023 | [–]

Or indeed anyone in Britain over a certain age! That film scarred me as a kid!

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