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As with any folk meme (in its dictionary sense), the origins of "Bob" as a wormhole deity are murky. Often, as an idea is shared, its history is eroded, lost, and reinvented. Sometimes the idea is claimed as invented by several parties, and given the drift of storytelling, this isn't always far from the truth.

There are several competing origin stories, but ~~we'll focus on the ones with the most~~ surviving ~~documentation (perhaps~~ a ~~"history is told by the victors" bias, but we work with what we have)~~. What is generally agreed on is that the notion of Bob as an EVE-specific deity of wormholes probably arose around 2012, a few years after the introduction of wormholes in the Apocrypha expansion in 2009.

There are several competing origin stories, but surviving documents and evidence are limited to just a few. What is generally agreed on is that the notion of Bob as an EVE-specific deity of wormholes probably arose around 2012, a few years after the introduction of wormholes in the Apocrypha expansion in 2009. By the mid-2010s, use of Bob was widespread amongst J-space residents.

One of the earliest surviving references to Bob is a primarily audio recording of a prayer to Bob<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDQZfVXH8tw&ab_channel=HerrBert The Prayer], by player Herr Bert</ref>:

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 As with any folk meme (in its dictionary sense), the origins of "Bob" as a wormhole deity are murky. Often, as an idea is shared, its history is eroded, lost, and reinvented. Sometimes the idea is claimed as invented by several parties, and given the drift of storytelling, this isn't always far from the truth.
-There are several competing origin stories, but we'll focus on the ones with the most surviving documentation (perhaps a "history is told by the victors" bias, but we work with what we have). What is generally agreed on is that the notion of Bob as an EVE-specific deity of wormholes probably arose around 2012, a few years after the introduction of wormholes in the Apocrypha expansion in 2009.
+There are several competing origin stories, but surviving documents and evidence are limited to just a few. What is generally agreed on is that the notion of Bob as an EVE-specific deity of wormholes probably arose around 2012, a few years after the introduction of wormholes in the Apocrypha expansion in 2009. By the mid-2010s, use of Bob was widespread amongst J-space residents.
 One of the earliest surviving references to Bob is a primarily audio recording of a prayer to Bob<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDQZfVXH8tw&ab_channel=HerrBert The Prayer], by player Herr Bert</ref>: