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Monday June 6^th, 2016 at 11:00 AM

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'List of helicopter prison escapes' and 'List of sexually active popes' are both entertainingly long, but sadly there's no 'List of helicopter prison escapes involving sexually active popes.'

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adam8797

3089 days ago

Link for the lazy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_helicopter_prison_escapes

srsly

3089 days ago

Covarr

3089 days ago

Don't forget opening Netflix, deciding you should get back to work and closing it, and then opening it again.

East Helena, MT

crazysim

3090 days ago

The helicopter prison escape icon is legendary.

San Diego, California

alt_text_bot

3090 days ago

'List of helicopter prison escapes' and 'List of sexually active popes' are both entertainingly long, but sadly there's no 'List of helicopter prison escapes involving sexually active popes.'

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Monday November 17^th, 2014 at 9:29 AM

xkcd.com

The universe long dead, IsaAC surveyed the formless chaos. At last, he had arrived at an answer. 'I like you,' he declared to the void, 'but I don't LIKE like you.'

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adam8797

3656 days ago

Just a note for anyone who needs the alt text, at least on the iPhone you can tap and hold and it will show up.

[deleted]

3656 days ago

Same with Android beta

rraszews

3656 days ago

That was one of Asimov's personal favorites. Mine too.

Columbia, MD

satadru

3656 days ago

LOVE love.

Also, the referenced Asimov story: http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html

New York, NY

samuel

3654 days ago

You should also read The Last Answer, which is not nearly as uplifting of a story. And then, after having read the Last Answer, this essay will give you some insight on how to relate them to each other: http://lce-asimov.weebly.com/morality-in-the-last-question-and-the-last-answer.html

satadru

3654 days ago

Excellent. I hadn't read that before. Another great eschatological work from a master: http://downlode.org/Etext/nine_billion_names_of_god.html

samuel

3654 days ago

Let me know what you think. I can't get Last Answer out of my head, and it has eclipsed Last Question for me, unfortunately.

samuel

3654 days ago

That Arthur C. Clarke story's pretty good. I can't get enough of these, either.

JayM

3656 days ago

Atlanta, GA