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over 2 years ago maygra said:

Term coined by author John Scalzi (http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004657.html) in reference to a previous post where he coined the John Galt Maneuver (http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/003789.html)

over 2 years ago maygra said:

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