I’ve been watching this unfold for a while. Up until a recent post, I didn’t think I would take part in any way.
Basically, all the SEO people have been busy with a competition to be the top ranking result in Google for the phrase “Nigritude Ultramarine”, which up until the contest had not been indexed by Google.
At the time of this writing, there are 435,000 results. If there’s anyone in the contest that I know who should win this award (probably because they’re the only one that I even remotely know), it’s Anil Dash. Although this might not help you out that much Anil (but then again I’m sure every bit counts), here’s to your nigritude ultramarine.
For those of you who are completely confused by this post, it’s okay.
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NERD!!!! bwahahhaaa
I agree with Lina.
Wait. Isn’t there something wrong with the word “nigritude”? It seems like some sort of a racist measurement system (but close to actual non-racst term “negritude”). Umm… “Ultramarine”? That’s a colour: “a blue pigment prepared by powdering lapis lazuli”… “a similar pigment prepared from kaolin, soda ash, sulfur, and charcoal”. Or in adjectival form, “situated beyond the sea”.
Lemme figure this out. I see the word “ash” above, which reminds me of Ashy Larry from Dave Chapelle Show. Now, Ashy Larry is black. We can only assume what is meant by “nigritude”, and I for one, don’t like it.
“Beyond the sea”… well, if I am stading in West Africa, the USA seems pretty “beyond the sea” to me. “Nigritude” + “Ash” + “Beyond the sea”… someone wants to bring back slavery.
ERGO, the Internet and Search Engine Optimization have now completely justified reparations. Someone give Michael Hostler some money.
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