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Gvaerg comments on Open thread, Sept. 1-7, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Gvaerg 02 September 2014 02:50:02PM 13 points [-]

A nearby store has this sign that kinda reminds me of What the Tortoise Said to Achilles:

Products marked with <a drawing of a rectangle containing the words "This product can be heated at your request"> can be heated at your request!

Definitely not making this up. Showed this today to my girlfriend who was speechless upon exiting the store.

Comment author: Gabriel 02 September 2014 03:22:28PM *  12 points [-]

You should recurse one level deeper and put a sign outside the store saying "Products marked <a drawing of a rectangle containing the words "This product can be heated at your request"> purchased in stores marked with <a drawing of a sign saying "Products marked with <a drawing of a rectangle containing the words "This product can be heated at your request"> can be heated at your request!"> can be heated at your request!"

Comment author: Lumifer 03 September 2014 04:59:28PM 3 points [-]

You should recurse one level deeper

No real reason to stop at only one level, is there? X-D

Comment author: cousin_it 05 September 2014 10:44:22AM *  3 points [-]

Nerdier:

Products marked with this sentence can be heated at your request.

Nerdiest:

Products marked with "Products marked with X, with the first X replaced by the previous quoted sentence, can be heated at your request", with the first X replaced by the previous quoted sentence, can be heated at your request.

Even after all these years, writing quines still feels like I'm cheating the universe.

Comment author: Gvaerg 05 September 2014 12:54:34PM *  2 points [-]

"After all this time?"

"Always."

Comment author: cousin_it 05 September 2014 01:37:23PM *  3 points [-]

I just made a quick generator for phrases like this :-)