Talk:wake up and smell the ashes

RFV discussion: May 2018

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wake up and smell the ashes

I'm finding precious little usage of this expression that's independent of the video game mentioned in the Etymology section. —Mahāgaja (formerly Angr) · talk 14:00, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Valve didn't invent it. More durably archived citations can probably be found at https://go.newspapers.com/results.php?query=%22wake+up+and+smell+the+ashes%22&s_place=&date_field= but I don't have an account. I'll ask someone.. Alexis Jazz (talk) 21:21, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

cited. One quote refers to the video game, but the others are independent. Kiwima (talk) 04:22, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Two more citations added to Citations:wake up and smell the ashes, one of them is an alternative form. Alexis Jazz (talk) 03:19, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

The game probably popularised it (hence primarily Internet usage?) so I think removing the etymology was a mistake. Equinox ◑ 20:35, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

@Equinox: So put it back. I think removing the alternate form was a mistake. Alexis Jazz (talk) 21:21, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 00:30, 25 May 2018 (UTC)