mhoyeNov 12

Filing this one beside "I will face god and walk backwards into hell" and "you cannot kill me in a way that matters" on the list of Impossibly Powerful Phrases With Baffling Origin Stories.

https://toot.cat/@pup_hime/115531963842950277

reki singular point (@[email protected])

"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.

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Show threadmhoye

"I will face god and walk backwards into hell" - a Dril tweet about yelling at zoo animals.

"You cannot kill me in a way that matters." - a Tumblr shitpost about mushrooms.

"Do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created?" - Spy Kids 2, the children's movie.

And now:

"Babies are born worshipping unknown gods." - a Dwarf Fortress bug report.

Any other good candidates?

Nov 12 at 2:58pmWeb
Show threadmhoyeNov 12

From an unrepostable follower:

"The light inside is broken, but I still work" - a sign taped to a vending machine, spotted by a Twitter user. (originally "the light inside has broken".)

Show threadmhoyeNov 12

"My battery is low and it’s getting dark" - part of a tweet from journalist Jacob Margolis reporting from NASA, explaining the last received diagnostic messages from the Mars Rover, later (incorrectly, but poetically) interpreted as the literal text of the final message.

(See: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357155193_My_battery_is_low_and_it%27s_getting_dark_The_Opportunity_rover%27s_collective_persona )

Show threadJargogglesNov 12
@mhoye
"REFUSE to be stored in black plastic sacks and placed in the containers provided!"
Show threadRichard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️Nov 12

@jargoggles @mhoye

Next time somebody says knowing the difference between a noun and a verb doesn't matter, recall this.

Show threadKevin Collas-ArundellNov 15
@mhoye *sobs*
Show threadGadfly (-booq-)Nov 20

@mhoye Okay look I'm not saying that paper is coming to wrong CONCLUSIONS, but it's utterly missing the fact that in terms of creating personas for astronomical research devices,

https://opportunitygrrl.livejournal.com/

Opportunity had a livejournal from the moment she landed.

opportunitygrrl

Show threadGadfly (-booq-)Nov 20

@mhoye (and Spirit, and (less actively)
https://star-dusting.livejournal.com
and
NOAA's https://goes-sat.livejournal.com
and
https://mars-beagle.livejournal.com
and
https://gravity-probe-b.livejournal.com
and likely others I missed.
)

(And, pulling my heartstrings personally, https://fuse-sat.livejournal.com , whose when Opportunity's time came someone still remembered the credentials to say goodbye there: https://opportunitygrrl.livejournal.com/20939.html?thread=317899#t317899 (FUSE's end-of-mission was 2007))

star_dusting

Planet-Free

Show threadapophisNov 23
@mhoye can't find the source atm but i think "babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is also similarly a paraphrase
Show threadwb x64Nov 23
@apophis @mhoye the linked thread corrects it: "Stopped babies born in fort from worshipping extra deities." https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/
Bay 12 Games: Dwarf Fortress

Show threadHal PomeranzNov 12
@mhoye “When the fall is all there is, it matters.” (from the play “The Lion in Winter”)
Show threadmhoyeNov 12
@hal_pomeranz I have to veto that one; strong line, for sure, but a stage play about English royalty is the sort of place you'd expect some amount of gravitas to occur.
Show threadHal PomeranzNov 12
@mhoye Fair play to you. I was unsure of the parameters.
Show threadfr0gNov 14

@mhoye @hal_pomeranz

By that logic the dril quote should be disqualified too.

Show threadjoëlNov 12
@mhoye "everything not saved will be lost", which is sadly just internet lore and not an original wii quit screen (Cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Not_Saved_Will_Be_Lost_%E2%80%93_Part_1) comes to mind
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 - Wikipedia

Show threadMx. Eddie RNov 12
@mhoye
Floppy disk drive with a label reading "Works, but makes sad noises"
Show threadregular violet Nov 12
@mhoye
'Please scream inside your heart' from a Japanese roller coaster during COVID.
Show threadAmelia Bellamy-RoydsNov 12
@thecrushedviolet @mhoye Oh, that one tickled me so much at the time I had to code up a poster version:
https://codepen.io/AmeliaBR/full/OJMZgyq
2020

https://twitter.com/benpershing/status/1280918225782538241...

Show threadhattifattenerNov 21

@thecrushedviolet @mhoye I had a point-and-shoot camera whose inconsistently translated on screen messages were plaintive or unsettling.

I'm sorry your favorite was empty, little camera. I'm sorry photography didn't fill your heart

Show threadmattdawhitNov 12
@mhoye
I am a big fan of that vending machine one. Saw this hand dryer and thought of the same vending machine
Show threadGinevraCatNov 19
@mattdawhit @mhoye I might need that printed on a T-shirt.
Show threadRobinNov 12
@mhoye
I originally saw this with "my performance review" as a header.
Show threadI AM BANKSY ☕ / 🗑‍🔥Nov 12

@eythian
Ordering a t-shirt with this.

@mhoye

Show threadllogiqNov 15

@mhoye "You may test that assumption at your convenience." – Patrick Stewart as J.L. Picard

Star Trek, "Sins of the Father" (19 March 1990) by Drew Deighan

Show threadTane Piper ⁂Nov 12
@mhoye wait that's from Spy Kids??? 😂
Show threadmhoyeNov 12

@tanepiper There's worse moviemaking advice in the world than, if you can get Steve Buscemi at all, you should use the hell out of Steve Buscemi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fPRO2SApO8

Do You think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created

My actual channel, PLEASE GO THEREhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX4vENotSAhLImyxPcutARg

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Show threadTane Piper ⁂Nov 12

@mhoye hah I'd heard the quote before but hadn't connected it.

Perfectly delivered

Show threadRich Puchalsky ⩜⃝Nov 12

@mhoye

Not really what you want, but I am fond of inverting common quote-sayings because their form makes them make as much sense when detourned.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can destroy the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

"Pray for the living, and fight like hell for the dead"

Show threadPuffin ladyNov 12

@mhoye the Gargoyle animated tv show has one of the best line of this style said by none other than Jonathan Frakes : "Pay a man enough, and he'll walk barefoot into Hell"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEfx8Ko8_z0

Pay a man enough, and he'll walk barefoot into Hell

YouTube
Show threadmhoyeNov 12
@Puffin Amazing.
Show threadPuffin ladyNov 12
@mhoye it crazy how good it is at introducing the character, this single line is one of the best introduction to a character in a show, you immediately understand he is rich, has no moral, and will spare no expense to get whatever he want.
Show threadWarmasterPalakNov 13

@Puffin @mhoye

Proper attribution would be David Xanatos, not Jonathan Frakes. Frakes is merely the voice actor for the character. A "played by" or, more accurately, "voiced by" attribution can be placed after the character name and show/book/movie title.

Show threadPuffin ladyNov 13
@WarmasterPalak @mhoye confused about what does it change ? By that logic we should not credit David nor Jonathan but the writer than wrote the dialogue ?
Show threadWarmasterPalakNov 13

@Puffin @mhoye

Attribution for quotes is always important. You may always attribute a quote from any work to its writer, but the general audience will know character and work more often than not.

Misattributing a quote leads to confusion and conservatives believing they're actually Christians.

Show threadAutoerotic DefenestrationNov 12

@mhoye
"That’s the thing about war. It never stays where you put it."

- Catherine Halsey, Halo TV series

Show threadmhoyeNov 12
@danielaKay The number one thing 343 missed when they took over that franchise was that the original series' writing was just far, far better than it had any business at all being.
Show threadmhoyeNov 12
@danielaKay (I mean: the first five seconds between Cortana and the Chief: "Sleep well?" "No thanks to your driving, yes." "So you did miss me." Three sentences, five seconds, and we have an affectionate old-married-couple vibe established from the outset. Incredible economy.)
Show threadJocelynephiliac Nov 22
@mhoye @danielaKay "Thanks for the tank, he never gets me anything." "Oh I know what the ladies like."
Show threadfranklin 🏳️‍⚧ (girl's name)Nov 12
@mhoye what was that quote from a dream someone's mom had about Obama?
Show threadJPNov 12
@mhoye https://www.reddit.com/r/TheWire/comments/vm21hw/many_are_trapped_for_hours_in_darkness_and/
Show threadZhian N. KamvarNov 12

@mhoye "you may survive this, but not unaltered" - sign on a hydraulic press

edit: the origin of the quote is actually from Station Eleven, not a poetic hydraulic press engineer.

Show threadmhoyeNov 12
@zkamvar I think I have to veto that one. Also a powerful phrase, but it comes from a book called Station Eleven (whose story centers on a brutal influenza pandemic that wipes out most of the world) and it's about the first time somebody has to kill somebody else. Heavy, but not from an unexpected source of heavy.
Show threadZhian N. KamvarNov 12
@mhoye Oh this is super embarrassing because I actually read that book
Show threadPrimoNov 12

@mhoye "heaven and earth are useless" very literal ttanslation of a japanese (presumably) "do not flip" sign.

Hasn't gone around much yet, but I want it to be a thing.

Show threadmhoyeNov 12
@Primo I took this photo in Hong Kong: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mhoye/2552204039/
Caution

Flickr
Show threadsome kind of orange shapeNov 16
@mhoye @Primo
Show threadjimkennedyNov 12

@mhoye I'm proposing "All your base are belong to us" even if it could be seen as just a pop culture take on "Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias

Show threadSaraNov 12
@mhoye “There are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see” - Jordan Peterson tweet about a plastic water bottle
Show threadBeeCycling has movedNov 12
@mhoye I still think about "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life." And it's from nothing more weighty than Star Trek TNG, said by Picard, in an episode written by David Kemper.
Show threadKevin Collas-ArundellNov 15
@beecycling @mhoye “the Irish unification of 2024”
Show threadTrammell HudsonNov 12
@mhoye "words words words" - Shakespeare https://shakespeare.mit.edu/hamlet/hamlet.2.2.html
Show threadmhoyeNov 12
@th Going to have to veto that one. Shakespeare is a lot of things as a source of quality phraseology but surprising is not one of them.
Show threadLog 🪵Nov 12
@mhoye I always liked
+ "Do not look into laser with remaining eye" --traditional photonicology
+ "Attack and dethrone God" --Weather Underground
+ "Begin at the beginning, and go on 'til you come to the end: then stop." --Alice in Wonderland
+ "keep cool; never freeze" --food packaging
Show threadmerlin / alex glowNov 12

@log @mhoye Wasn't the "attack and dethrone" one from a news post about WU? I always assumed it was conservative media making their enemies sound cool as hell (per usual), which IMO fits the theme even better :D

...Fact-checked myself! Turns out that language is from a newscast & not exactly accurate – but it's unclear how similar it may be to something they actually wrote? https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/attack-and-dethrone-god

Thanks for the reminder about this :V

Attack and Dethrone God | Know Your Meme

Attack and Dethrone God refers to a catchphrase attributed to the 1960s and 1970s radical left militant organization the Weather Underground Organization w

Know Your Meme
Show threadLog 🪵Nov 12
@alexglow @mhoye It is quite a feat to distill 200+ pages of communist guerilla argument into four words that could have been the title of a bestseller instead of an inch of a thick FBI file. The *explicit* goals were "arm the spirit" and "topple the empire", but when you look at a dollar bill through "They Live" shades (for non-cinemaphiles: the secret subliminal message on the money is "THIS IS YOUR GOD"), it all comes together.