{"id":29706,"date":"2018-07-24T09:32:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T14:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=29706"},"modified":"2018-07-24T09:32:01","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T14:32:01","slug":"seen-online-116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=29706","title":{"rendered":"Seen Online"},"content":{"rendered":"

ME: Since their transformation is lunar phase dependent a more accurate name would be “when-wolf.”
\nARBY’S CASHIER: Again, sir, we closed an hour ago.
\n— AndrewNadeau0<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the question I always have with universal translators in sci-fi: how do they know when to stop translation?
\nLike say an alien asks about deserts on earth, and the human lists “the sahara desert, gobi desert and kalahari desert”
\nAlien: You just said “desert” six times.
\n— Foone<\/a><\/p>\n

“Dad, there’s a monster under my bed!”
\n“Yes, the bed they used to live under has been razed.”
\n“But it’s a monster!”
\n“Maybe, but we are not.”
\n— MicroSFF<\/a><\/p>\n

Overheard in the French Quarter: “My big fear with becoming a zombie is all the walking.”
\n— Nalo_Hopkinson<\/a><\/p>\n

Every badger in a waistcoat implies a whole infrastructure of badger tailors and store owners.
\n— benwurgaft<\/a><\/p>\n

Me: *covers foot with blanket*
\nMonster 1: *about to grab my foot anyway*
\nMonster 2: *quickly pulling him back* NO. we have to respect the blanket Franklin
\n— AbbieEvansXO<\/a><\/p>\n

Every time we read Peter Pan at bed time, I can’t help but do the math on all the money the parents are saving with that dog nannying all three kids
\n— JewelStaite<\/a><\/p>\n

the best response when someone makes fun of you for reading fiction is to invite them down into your ancient cellar for a glass of wine. they will never suspect what’s coming.
\n— SketchesbyBoze<\/a><\/p>\n

Thinking about how in Harry Potter there was an evil shop full of death magic on evil street and everyone was just fine with this being a place of business. Wizards are stupid as shit.
\n— gapingmaws<\/a><\/p>\n

I like how once you get to the Monster’s part of FRANKENSTEIN it’s the Monster being quoted by Victor being quoted by the sea captain and you’re still supposed to believe the sea captain remembered all this and is transcribing it verbatim to his sister<\/p>\n

Did the sister not have questions about why her brother wrote a “letter” to her that’s literally novel length<\/p>\n

How much was the postage to mail that from the Arctic<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

— arthur_affect<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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