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 threadmhoyeNov 12

"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?

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. Kamvar
@mhoye Oh this is super embarrassing because I actually read that book
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