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reddit did it. I think this very forum did it too, see e.g. the whole nickb thing.

nickb thing?

Haha here is the link to the original email thread with pg asking me to do this:

The last time this came up I couldn't share the email thread because PrettyFWD didn't yet exist.

Ah cool, a little piece of history. I stand corrected.

pg's real prank was getting you to believe that he's not nickb.

Considering how prolific nickb was, it was probably a group of people. The name was a bit of a giveaway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Bourbaki