From: ori@eigenstate.org
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: Re: [9front] proposal: raze fortunes
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:42:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <B9D85DCE20C64CD64DF7D4F1D26CD41A@eigenstate.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZqQS6U23sx3GpI5K@wopr>
Quoth Kurt H Maier <khm@sciops.net>:
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 07:39:45PM +0100, Steve Simon wrote:
> >
> > alternatively, before you delete them all can i vote for my favourites?
> >
> > “Don’t eat yellow snow”
> > “Beware a man with a loud tie”
> > Kirk: “shut up Spock, i am sick of your half-breed interference”
> > “Fit tape yn17 on mt1, no ring” (memory fails me here)
> > “You might have mail”
> > “Flee! all is known”
>
> I have no objection to retaining specific fortunes people like, but we
> need some QUALITY CONTROL
>
> the line was "Mind your own business, Mister Spock. I'm sick of your
> half-breed interference."
>
> khm
I'm partial to keeping fortunes around because digging
into the Slackware's fortune file and trying to figure
out what the historical references meant is what got
me down this rabbit hole in the first place.
I've got no particular attachment to individual fortunes.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-07-26 23:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-07-25 2:49 Kurt H Maier
2024-07-25 3:03 ` sl
2024-07-25 4:47 ` qwx
2024-07-25 10:36 ` Steve Simon
2024-07-25 17:10 ` Kurt H Maier
2024-07-26 1:48 ` nepeta
2024-07-26 1:53 ` sl
2024-07-26 2:01 ` nepeta
2024-07-26 2:06 ` sl
2024-07-26 2:52 ` nepeta
2024-07-26 3:24 ` [9front] " Anthony Martin
2024-07-26 4:27 ` Kurt H Maier
2024-07-26 7:45 ` hiro
2024-07-26 8:13 ` Dave Woodman
2024-07-26 10:50 ` [9front] " Özgür Kesim
2024-07-26 15:32 ` Jacob Moody
2024-07-26 15:48 ` Stanley Lieber
2024-07-26 16:56 ` Steve Simon
2024-07-26 17:02 ` Stanley Lieber
2024-07-26 17:33 ` Dave Woodman
2024-07-26 18:04 ` Romano
2024-07-26 18:26 ` Stanley Lieber
2024-07-26 18:39 ` Steve Simon
2024-07-26 20:16 ` hiro
2024-07-26 21:19 ` Kurt H Maier
2024-07-26 23:42 ` ori [this message]
2024-07-27 19:55 ` [9front] proposal: raze fortunes v2 Kurt H Maier
2024-07-27 21:08 ` sl
2024-07-27 21:29 ` Steve Simon
2024-07-26 15:28 ` [9front] proposal: raze fortunes Lucas Francesco
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