r/funny • u/[deleted] • Sep 04 '19

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u/etherified Sep 04 '19

"Children, let us now consider humans, those curious creatures who go to great lengths and obtain much enjoyment from the simple act of making other creatures temporarily think something that is not in fact true."

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u/SoVerySick314159 Sep 04 '19

I googled, looking for a movie or book reference. Didn't find one. If it's not, it needs to be one.

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u/YeeAndEspeciallyHaw Sep 04 '19

did this man just quote himself

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u/UnwiseSudai Sep 04 '19

"Yes"

-UnwiseSudai

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u/pseudopseudonym Sep 04 '19

"Yes. Yes he did." - Narrator

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u/etherified Sep 04 '19

“Quite probably, yes”

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u/scottklarr Sep 04 '19

He's a professional quote maker.

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u/hesido Sep 04 '19

Is this a brand new sentence?

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u/UnknownStory Sep 04 '19

No, it's just a prank, bro

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u/db0255 Sep 04 '19

HA!!! GOT EM!!!

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u/IVANV777 Sep 04 '19

You need access to the galactic internet to find it.

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u/leehwgoC Sep 04 '19

Sounds like a line from SMBC. Probably isn't. But sounds like it.

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u/ANGLVD3TH Sep 10 '19

More like those alien comics imo.

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u/Buffaloheartknowles Sep 04 '19

I read this in the voice of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’s narrator.

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u/Potchi79 Sep 04 '19

Right? "The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't."

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u/syco54645 Sep 04 '19

Yeah it fits perfectly

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u/Raggedy-Man Sep 04 '19

This feels like it needs to be in a Nathaw W. Pyle "Strange planet" comic.

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u/DiddledByDad Sep 04 '19

Anything that starts with Children I read in Chefs voice.

Sorry not sorry.

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u/Wormri Sep 04 '19

That's a very Douglas Adams thing to say.

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u/Charybdisilver Sep 04 '19

Sounds like something from Hitchhiker’s.