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Apparently this VTuber-targeted streaming platform called VStream is shutting down April 1st--not that surprising, since even though I'm pretty deep into VTubers I'd never so much as heard of it until I stumbled upon the announcement today (an announcement that was made like 10 days ago). The site itself is pretty slick and responsive, and it seems like they had a nice little community going, so I feel bad for the folks that are gonna get left out in the cold. Just hard to imagine how a small startup could break into the space without a near-infinite amount of VC money to burn. I mean, shit, if Microsoft couldn't do it with Mixer while throwing multimillion dollar contracts at streamers, what hope does a tiny startup have?
Mr. Crowley is exactly what went through my head...gonna have to get back on you for the riff though. Might just go play Mr. Crowley myself--it's pretty fun on guitar!
Timer starts...now!
List
- Venus Williams
- Serena Williams
- Naomi Osaka
- Maria Sharapova
- Michelle Wie
- Tara Lipinski
- Michelle Kwan
- Kim Yuna
- Mary Lou Retton
- Simone Biles
- Aly Raisman
- Shawn Johnson
- Mia Hamm
- Abby Wambach
- Brittany Griner (edit: should be Brittney)
- Nastia Liukin
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Patricia Nixon
- Jackie Kennedy
- Nancy Reagan
- Hillary Clinton
- Madeline Albright
- Margaret Thatcher
- Liz Truss
- Angela Merkel
- Laura Bush (not counting Michelle Obama because she's in the prompt)
- Melania Trump
- Ivanka Trump (edit: Tiffany forever forgotten lmao)
- Jill Biden
- Elizabeth Warren
- Amy Klobuchar
- Marianne Williamson
- Kyrsten Sinema
- Marjorie Taylor-Green (edit: should be Taylor Greene)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Tammy Duckworth
- Nancy Pelosi
- Dianne Feinstein (rest in piss)
- Rashida Tlaib
- Rashida Jones
- Ilhan Omar
- Barbara Boxer
- Barbra Streisand
- Barbara Bush
- Emma Watson
- Charlotte Brontë
- Emily Brontë (sorry other Brontë sister I forgot your name WH OMEGALUL)
- Jane Austen
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- J.K. Rowling (ugh)
- Maggie Gyllenhall (edit: should be Gyllenhaal)
- Cate Blanchett
- Kiera Knightley (I definitely misspelled her name) (edit: FUCK I HAD IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND THEN CHANGED IT)
- Mila Kunis
- Sandra Bullock
- Monica Lewinsky
- Meryl Streep
- Amy Adams
- Lindsay Lohan
- Britney Spears
- Paris Hilton
- Christina Aguilera
- Mariah Carey
- Whitney Houston
- Aretha Franklin
- Diana Ross
- Patti LaBelle
- Donna Summer
- Gloria Gaynor
- Chaka Khan
- Jennifer Hudson
- Ariana Grande
- Etta James
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Diana Krall
- Doris Day
- Ginger Rogers
- Judy Garland
- Audrey Hepburn
- Coco Chanel
- Elizabeth Hurley (I was trying to remember Elizabeth Taylor but blanked on the last name) (not counting Marilyn Monroe because she's in the prompt)
- Rosemary Clooney
- Bette Davis
- Betsy Ross
- Harriet Tubman
- Rosa Parks
- Rosa Luxemburg
- Angelina Jolie
- Park Geun-hye (disgraced South Korean president)
- Jennifer Lopez
- Beyoncé Knowles
- Kelly Rowland
- Taylor Swift (just squeaked in there!)
- Stevie Nicks
- Courtney Love
- Celine Dion
- Avril Lavigne
- Miranda Cosgrove
- Oprah Winfrey
- Jennifer Aniston
...time! Took me almost exactly 22 minutes. I got a little stuck after the small run of politicians because I was frustrated that I couldn't remember more (there were probably a half dozen that I could only remember last names of, for example), and then I went after meandering through a few actors and authors I went on an absolute tear of singers (I swear I did like 20 in the span of two or three minutes). My favorite parts were when I took wild turns because I pivoted on a similar name.
Haphazard category breakdown
1 through 16 are athletes:
- 1-4: tennis
- 5: golf
- 6-8: figure skating
- 9-12 + 16: gymnastics
- 13-14: football/soccer
- 15: basketball
17-21, 26, 27, 29, 44 are First Ladies of the United States (28 (Ivanka) is a daughter of a president)
22-25, 30-39, 41-42, 89 are various politicians (nearly all Americans with a few Br*ts, a German, and a South Korean)
40, 45, 51-55, 57-59, 77, 79, 81, 83, 88, 98, and 100 are actors (I'm not double counting people like Doris Day or Judy Garland)
46-50 are authors (couldn't remember Shelley's first name)
56 is Monica Lewinsky...not really sure what made me think of her at this point tbh
61 (Paris Hilton) is the lone "pure celebrity" on the list I think
43, 60, 62-76, 78, 82, 90-97 are singers (with some double- and triple-threats in there), going from 00s pop to divas to jazz to midcentury Hollywood and then a jumble at the very end
80 (Coco Chanel) is a fashion designer
84-87 are various historical figures
99 (Oprah Winfrey) is a TV host/billionaire mogul
Numbers by category:
27 singers
17 politicians
17 actors
16 athletes
9 FLOTUSes
5 authors
2 civil rights icons
1 
flagmaker
1 president's daughter
1 doomed socialist
1 reality star
1 woman who was treated horrifically by the media (not that others on this list weren't, but that's what she's known for)
1 fashion designer
1 TV host/billionaire
edit 2: I found it pretty funny that two other people listed
spoiler
Courtney Love
which was kind of an asspull for me. Guess it just means we're of a certain age...
More credible than the average RFA story tbh
Yeah, if the mononym is very strongly associated with a person it seems fair (Madonna was exactly who I was thinking about) but I wouldn't accept "Nick from the Backstreet Boys." I think the litmus test would be if you say the name amongst people that are into the genre (but NOT superfans) and still get almost universal recognition. Like, if you say Siwon, everyone knows you mean Siwon from Super Junior. But if you just say Jonghyun...I mean, it could be the Jonghyun from CN Blue, but it could also be the (late great) Jonghyun from SHINee.
Between contemporary politicians, musicians, actors, and athletes, I should get most (if not all) the way there. Sprinkle in a few historical figures and I'm home free. In case of emergency, I can always dip into my stash of streamers which alone could easily get me halfway to the finish line because I have permanent brain poisoning.
If you asked me this 10 years ago I could probably do it with K-Pop idols alone, but nowadays I don't think I could pull it off, at least not without some visual aids or something to jog my memory. I think they'd still get me to about the halfway mark, though.
I think I might actually try this after I've gotten some sleep and post my results--seems like fun to see how fast you can do it! I'll first try it without the more niche categories (how many of you are actually gonna know I'm not naming some random person if I say Lee Soon-kyu?) and see how far I get. I think the strategy is probably to prime your memory with groups rather than going one-by-one (e.g. for actors, think in terms of franchises or TV series; for athletes, think of specific sports or teams; for musicians think of genres, eras, or groups; for politicians, go by administrations, governing bodies, states, etc.)
One rule clarification: how strict are we on needing first and last names? For actors, politicians, and athletes it seems non-negotiable, but a lot of singers go by mononyms or stage names. Some of them seem like fair game, but others seem like cheating. Like, do you really know the Spice Girls if you can give their "Spice names" but not their real names? I think I can get all or most if the former but only one if the latter (the most famous one), and the latter seems fairer to me--I doubt I'd even recognize the others' names if I saw them, or even recognize them if I saw their photos outside of a Spice Girls context.
edit: I did it! Fun exercise--would be nice to try it again further down the line (not having been primed by reading some of the other lists) with additional restrictions.
Step away from the lathe! 
I can't believe I never saw the second panel until today--it's so good. Ty for educating us @[email protected] 
(Source: Dungeon Meshi)