dspeyer comments on Rationality Quotes July 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: dspeyer 03 July 2012 02:53:33PM 3 points [-]

Susan: Oh that's just --

Death of Rats: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 'JUST'?

--Terry Pratchett, Hogfather, tweaked for greater generality

In the original, Susan finishes her line with "an old story", but by having DoR cut her off she could just as easily have said "chemistry" or "data" or something like that.

Comment author: DanArmak 03 July 2012 06:29:19PM 2 points [-]

Technically, he just said SQUEAK. Which is even more general.