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[–] icepuncher69@sh.itjust.works 55 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is the joke that the universe is a simulation and we are like users or something like that? Or at least the guy that managed to log out from the universe.

[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 120 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He was the only player, the rest of them are NPCs.

[–] PutangInaMo@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They became sentient after he logged out

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They became sentient as he logs out

[–] PutangInaMo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No it happened after, not during..

[–] FaeDrifter@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Virtue is only virtue in extremis.

[–] icepuncher69@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] cone_zombie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

VIRTUE IS ONLY VIRTUE IN EXTREMIS.

[–] icepuncher69@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It is a known fact that shouting makes you more easly understeandable.

Btw i looked it up and is a quote from doctor who if anybody is curious.

[–] FaeDrifter@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

Specifically the simulation episode.

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Down-voters not getting the reference... Real Reddit moment here.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I upvoted without getting it! What kind of moment is it?

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The Doctor (who I believe this quote is from) has a habit of repeating a meaningless-without-context phrase rather than explaining, when asked what they mean.