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Would love to read some blog posts on how the site works, anecdotes from 10 years of maintaining it, legal troubles faced (etc)!", "context": "", "use_case": "sharing memes with friends", "switched_from": "", "story": "Frinkiac \u2013 3M \"The Simpsons\" Screencaps"}, {"id": 738822304, "item_id": 46176394, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46176394", "by": "Theodores", "date": "2025-12-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This really works!", "excerpt": "This really works! I wanted the scene where Homer is pulling an all nighter and orders Marge to put the coffee pot on. 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A more advanced feature would be searching by speaking character too.", "context": "", "use_case": "searching Simpsons screencaps", "switched_from": "", "story": "Frinkiac \u2013 3M \"The Simpsons\" Screencaps"}, {"id": 738731952, "item_id": 46170747, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46170747", "by": "mparnisari", "date": "2025-12-05", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love this website.", "excerpt": "I love this website. I wish I could search it in Spanish. 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