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The '''Over here''' phenomenon (interchangeably, "''is'' over here")is an online taunt, used in jest typically between [[Kevin]] and [[Nathan]] on AOL Instant Messenger.

=="Over here" Origin==
Since the saving of [[IM Conversations]] is at this point a rather desultory form of historical documentation, it is difficult to determine exactly the first instance of the "Over here" claim. In a basic sense, the content of an "Over here" statement starts with Party A letting Party B know, in the form of a playful gibe, that Person X is "over here"--that is, in the presence of Party A. While rarely containing any political or personal venom, "Over here" serves the unexpressed purpose of instigating the memory of a humorous or obscure character in the individual's memory (a figure that, in some cases, has played a pertinent role in Group history as well). Here are some examples:

*Kza4: the Kwakwaka'wakw people are here, along with Tracy Morgan, Will Sasso and a naked greek guy with the head of an extremely sharp knife
*Nathan Sikov: sway is over here
*Kza4: who else?
*Nathan Sikov: ronnell
*Nathan Sikov: the little filipino kid from einstein
*Nathan Sikov: rory gadzuk too
*Kza4: the never again bat is here
*Nathan Sikov: ray sanders' closet bed is here

=="Over here" Memes and Appearances==
As evidenced above, there is a definite tendency to use [[gimmickized]] categorizations of individuals or symbols.

*Ridiculous TV personalities (ie Tracy Morgan, Will Sasso, Sway, and in one memorable case "Goo" from the short-lived mid-90s Nickelodeon TV series "My Brother and Me")
*Ridiculous former acquaintances/students (ie. "Ronnell", Rory Gadzuk)
*Ridiculous concepts associated with individual members of exchanging parties (Nathan: a naked greek guy with the head of an extremely sharp knife; Kevin: the Kwakwaka'wakw people)
*Ridiculous icons associated collectively between exchanging parties ([[The Never Again Bat]], [[Ray Sanders]]' closet bed)

==See Also==
*[[AIM Greetings]]
*[["How Could This Happen; Rama was Involved"]]

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