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[-] Phroon@beehaw.org 151 points 2 months ago

“You may not instantly see why I bring the subject up, but that is because my mind works so phenomenally fast, and I am at a rough estimate thirty billion times more intelligent than you. Let me give you an example. Think of a number, any number.”

“Er, five,” said the mattress.

“Wrong,” said Marvin. “You see?”

― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything

[-] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 9 points 2 months ago

The mattress? Like for sleeping?

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 40 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yep! The hitchhikers books are so much fun lol

I still think one of my favorite lines is "the ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't."

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