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[evildice]

Where exactly did the "Ask not for whom the Baja blasts, it blasts for thee" line came from? Memory claims that Baja Blast is a soft drink, however did it end up in a Shakespearean quote?

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No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.​

John Donne, Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII

 

[Oth]

No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.​

John Donne, Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII

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Interesting, heard of the famous line but not the full poem. Message of humanity and compassion, seeing the loss of others as not "external" outside of our own monkeyspheres.

Baja Blast continues to confound though.

ADD: In the old STALKER games, was the famous meme line of "cheeki breeki" actually used in-game, or was it a misremembering of the actual expletive cyka blyat by American audiences?

 

[Hatless Nuance]

Interesting, heard of the famous line but not the full poem. Message of humanity and compassion, seeing the loss of others as not "external" outside of our own monkeyspheres.

Baja Blast continues to confound though.

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Look, the original line got misremembered or deliberately shortened into "Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee". After that it became a meme format:

Ask not for whom the (noun) (verb), it (verb) for thee.

And you just go from there.

 

[NuclearBird]

In the old STALKER games, was the famous meme line of "cheeki breeki" actually used in-game, or was it a misremembering of the actual expletive cyka blyat by American audiences?

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It was one of the random lines the Bandit NPCs would say while bumming around a campfire, if I remember correctly. It's part of a children's rhyme.

 

[Rakdos92]

I wasn't sure where to post this because it's as so much funny as it is really cool. So I'll just post it here for your collective enjoyment.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpefYPLH67A
I like how the characters are treated as wood figures rather than being a metaphor for flesh and bone.

 

[Hyp3rB14d3]

たすけて！私のスマホのキーボードは日本語です！

Just kidding. Or at least, it's a joke now. My phone's keyboard was stuck in Japanese for a bit earlier, but I figured out how to switch it back.

 

[Oth]

I wasn't sure where to post this because it's as so much funny as it is really cool. So I'll just post it here for your collective enjoyment.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpefYPLH67A
I like how the characters are treated as wood figures rather than being a metaphor for flesh and bone.

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This is what Sekiro gets up to in his free time after the first ending. He is familiar with how such an arm would work in practice.