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I think it's best summed up by a tweet I saw last year: Non-magic users: collect crystals, call their pet a familiar, draw pentagrams Magic users:the most mag

by mrec 6y ago

I think it's best summed up by a tweet I saw last year: Non-magic users: collect crystals, call their pet a familiar, draw pentagrams Magic users:the most magical things I keep in my house are rocks, and I keep a hammer next to them in case they act up Source: https://twitter.com/TooMany_Monkeys/status/1120561634412584960 https://twitter.com/TooMany_Monkeys/status/11205616344125849...

Nition 6y ago
That's a play on the original[1]: > Tech Enthusiasts: Everything in my house is wired to the Internet of Things! I control it all from my smartphone! My smart-house is bluetooth enabled and I can give it voice commands via alexa! I love the future! > Programmers / Engineers: The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise. [1] https://biggaybunny.tumblr.com/post/166787080920/tech-enthusiasts-everything-in-my-house-is-wired https://biggaybunny.tumblr.com/post/166787080920/tech-enthus...
- mrec 6y ago
  Thanks! I hadn't seen that, but yes, the magic phrasing is clearly derivative. I wonder why they bothered given that it was pretty clear what the metaphor was about.
  - Nition 6y ago
    Well, it was part of a Twitter thread on "what if magic was like IT?"
sn41 6y ago
I am currently reading "Sourcery" by Terry Pratchett. Your remark is literally one of the plot points of the story.
- noneeeed 6y ago
  I love his observations about the nature of magic and power. Terry is top of my list of people I wish I'd met while they were alive, he had a tremendously humane view of people and what makes for a good world.