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Sep 30, 2008 21:14
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rimrunner
October 1 2008, 04:57:00 UTC
It's funny cause it's true.
People like to blame Tolkien for the phenomenon, but his words were not so much made up as no longer used...
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ocicat
October 1 2008, 05:22:23 UTC
Hopefully there's a Lewis Carroll exception...
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burgunder
October 1 2008, 05:24:26 UTC
Yep. The exception is embedded in the actual syndication, but I was too lazy to do it.
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moonsilence
October 1 2008, 06:00:37 UTC
Can Dune be an exception to this one? I mean, it needed a glossary, but it was worth it.
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nplusm
October 1 2008, 13:50:00 UTC
So very true. It reminds me of a comment from my favorite comic strip...
"Yes, I get it, it's Star Wars, but why say 'like a plasmid through a neutrino field?', is there no butter in space or hot knives to cut with?"
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nplusm
October 1 2008, 13:52:07 UTC
When the xkcd guy gets older, he's going to create a chart of ages and perceptual blindness to accordance.
Herbert, Tolkien, and Dodgson....three great authors who really...aren't.
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"Yes, I get it, it's Star Wars, but why say 'like a plasmid through a neutrino field?', is there no butter in space or hot knives to cut with?"
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Herbert, Tolkien, and Dodgson....three great authors who really...aren't.
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