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		andrewflnr on Aug 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google's payments team is seeing an exodus of exec... I was pretty sure Bowser the character is explicitly named after Bowser the executive, so not exactly a coincidence.

Revenant-15 on Aug 21, 2021 | [–]

Bowser only joined Nintendo in 2015. I'm fairly sure Bowser, the character, has been named Bowser far longer than that?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Bowser

zinekeller on Aug 21, 2021 | [–]

You're confusing Kirby (John Kriby, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirby_(attorney)) to both Bowsers.

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