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Post: 93030545_1 created on Mon, 07 Jul 2014 06:12:36 +0000
Posted: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 06:12:36 +0000

This is what we choose to play. Interesting, no?

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Post: 93030545_2 created on Mon, 07 Jul 2014 07:18:26 +0000
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I'm...confused.
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Post: 93030545_3 created on Mon, 07 Jul 2014 08:02:27 +0000
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O boy o boy a'razzmahtahl!

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Post: 93030545_4 created on Mon, 07 Jul 2014 08:03:43 +0000
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I'm...confused.
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I think it's questionable to why they decided to name the website after a Greek goddess. smile

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Post: 93030545_5 created on Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:08:36 +0000
Posted: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:08:36 +0000

I assume that Gaia, being the "personification of the Earth," was used by Gaia Online to give the sense that its forums are used to connect worldwide.

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Post: 93030545_6 created on Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:40:59 +0000
Posted: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:40:59 +0000

Gaia is also greek word for Earth

given the site was called go-gaia back in the day one would take a guess that they were going for the Earth translation

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Post: 93030545_7 created on Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:31:21 +0000
Posted: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:31:21 +0000

I thought it was just, you know, Earth.

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Post: 93030545_8 created on Wed, 09 Jul 2014 03:46:05 +0000
Posted: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 03:46:05 +0000

I was hoping that there was something to actually discuss here. There weren't even any Earth-Mother tits in that article.

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Post: 93030545_9 created on Wed, 09 Jul 2014 05:20:52 +0000
Posted: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 05:20:52 +0000

The thought of Gaia's many children is what spurs me on when thinking about this. I almost feel disappointed that all the founders took from the mythology was the title and meaning.

To see something in relation to Typhon or Aphrodite would be a nice surprise.

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Post: 93030545_10 created on Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:09:06 +0000
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I'm...confused.
Are you relating this website to an ancient Greek goddess? User Image

I think it's questionable to why they decided to name the website after a Greek goddess. smile

By saying it's "questionable", you seem to be implying that there's some sort of ulterior motive. Are you suggesting that there's some weird reason they chose the name? "Gaia" means "Earth" or "World" in Greek, and since GaiaOnline presents itself as one, it makes perfect sense. Besides, the name "Gaia" has been used for many things:

* Firefox's User Interface
* A European spacecraft
* A crater on one of Jupiter's moons
* A world in the anime Escaflowne
* The world of FF VII
* The NOAA's supercomputer
* An environmental hypothesis
* A river in Romania
* A mutant member of Marvel's Generation X

Do you find it equally questionable why someone would name these...
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...after the half-snake Greek goddess known as the "Mother of all Monsters"?

I just don't understand your suspicion...

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Post: 93030545_11 created on Wed, 09 Jul 2014 22:06:04 +0000
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I'm...confused.
Are you relating this website to an ancient Greek goddess? User Image

I think it's questionable to why they decided to name the website after a Greek goddess. smile

...after the half-snake Greek goddess known as the "Mother of all Monsters"?

I just don't understand your suspicion...

That thing could never be a threat, its nose looks so fragile!

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Post: 93030545_12 created on Wed, 09 Jul 2014 22:31:14 +0000
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I'm...confused.
Are you relating this website to an ancient Greek goddess? User Image

I think it's questionable to why they decided to name the website after a Greek goddess. smile

...after the half-snake Greek goddess known as the "Mother of all Monsters"?

I just don't understand your suspicion...

Well, how could you understand my suspicion without understanding my gullible and ignorant nature? I enjoy questioning everything. As for the small spiny Echidna.. That is just amazing to know.
Never once did I know that there was little Echidna's running around somewhere before now. biggrin

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Post: 93030545_13 created on Thu, 10 Jul 2014 15:31:33 +0000
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I'm...confused.
Are you relating this website to an ancient Greek goddess? User Image

I think it's questionable to why they decided to name the website after a Greek goddess. smile

...after the half-snake Greek goddess known as the "Mother of all Monsters"?

I just don't understand your suspicion...

Well, how could you understand my suspicion without understanding my gullible and ignorant nature?

Um, good point...? neutral

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I enjoy questioning everything.

A good policy to have, but sometimes a pipe is just a pipe.

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As for the small spiny Echidna.. That is just amazing to know.
Never once did I know that there was little Echidna's running around somewhere before now. biggrin

Well, sure there are,

This one, for instance, runs around Angel Island
guarding Chaos Emeralds.

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That thing could never be a threat, its nose looks so fragile!

It could be a threat if you sat on it, or if you pet it the wrong way...

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Post: 93030545_14 created on Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:19:03 +0000
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I'm...confused.
Are you relating this website to an ancient Greek goddess? User Image

I think it's questionable to why they decided to name the website after a Greek goddess. smile

...after the half-snake Greek goddess known as the "Mother of all Monsters"?

I just don't understand your suspicion...

Well, how could you understand my suspicion without understanding my gullible and ignorant nature?

Um, good point...? neutral

Demented_Decent

I enjoy questioning everything.

A good policy to have, but sometimes a pipe is just a pipe.

Demented_Decent

As for the small spiny Echidna.. That is just amazing to know.
Never once did I know that there was little Echidna's running around somewhere before now. biggrin

Well, sure there are,

This one, for instance, runs around Angel Island
guarding Chaos Emeralds.

~~~

conconconcrete wall

That thing could never be a threat, its nose looks so fragile!

It could be a threat if you sat on it, or if you pet it the wrong way...

Knuckles biggrin I could have swore that he was a Hedgehog instead of an Echidna.. Though.

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Post: 93030545_15 created on Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:41:43 +0000
Posted: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:41:43 +0000

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This is what we choose to play. Interesting, no?

Gaia basically is referring to Earth. It does date back farther than the Greeks, but still means Mother Earth. It doesn't really matter does it you can call it anything and still it wouldn't change.

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