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You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it’s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip th
by sennalen 3mo ago
You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it’s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?
- Groxx 3mo agoBecause that would reverse flipping it over the first time, and our universe's physics are not reversible. Thermodynamics demands the turtle stay flipped.
- _doctor_love 3mo agoWhat’s a tortoise?
- wowczarek 3mo agoYou know what a turtle is? Same thing, Leon.
- globnomulous 3mo agoMy mother?
- erikerikson 3mo agoA turtle-like animal that only lives on land.
- CoastalCoder 3mo agoI feel like I'm ignorant of some classical fable here. Is this an allusion?
- calcifer 3mo agoIt's a Blade Runner reference [1]. [1] https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Voight-Kampff_test https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Voight-Kampff_test