I'm pretty sure I'm allowed to dislike more than one thing.
As for going cyborg, I have to do too much maintenance on the original gear to deal with an operating manual as well.
Although-- no, never mind; if the human body came with an operating manual, it would be published by the lowest bidder, written by an MBA, censored by moralists and politicians, and doubled in weight by the warnings and disclaimers demanded by lawyers.
Possibly tripled. Do you know, I saw a notice on a bag of microwave popcorn that said: CONTAINS HOT POPCORN KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN ?
This notice is there for no reason but to get money for a lawyer. Absolutely nobody believes it has any more effect than would a notice that said: CONTAINS ANGELINA JOLIE AND CHARLIZE THERON NAKED ON TOP OF A FLYING SAUCER LANDING AT THE SUPERBOWL HALFTIME SHOW KEEP AWAY FROM CAMERAS.
(Oh God, I mentioned popcorn. I can't have corn ever again. it yields oxalic acid, which goes into kidney stones.)
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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2013-04-12 10:38 am
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I'm pretty sure I'm allowed to dislike more than one thing.
As for going cyborg, I have to do too much maintenance on the original gear to deal with an operating manual as well.
Although-- no, never mind; if the human body came with an operating manual, it would be published by the lowest bidder, written by an MBA, censored by moralists and politicians, and doubled in weight by the warnings and disclaimers demanded by lawyers.
Possibly tripled. Do you know, I saw a notice on a bag of microwave popcorn that said:
CONTAINS HOT POPCORN
KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN
?
This notice is there for no reason but to get money for a lawyer. Absolutely nobody believes it has any more effect than would a notice that said:
CONTAINS ANGELINA JOLIE AND CHARLIZE THERON
NAKED
ON TOP OF A FLYING SAUCER
LANDING AT THE SUPERBOWL HALFTIME SHOW
KEEP AWAY FROM CAMERAS.
(Oh God, I mentioned popcorn. I can't have corn ever again. it yields oxalic acid, which goes into kidney stones.)