First you had to fight the Stones fans, which was tricky because they fought dirty and had their knuckles nearer the ground.
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Music Fandom, Humor, Conflict, Stereotypes, Rock Culture
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“Most of the time spent wrestling with technologies that don't quite work yet is just not worth the effort for end users, however much fun it is for nerds like us.” Douglas Adams
Technology, User Experience, Frustration, Nerd Culture, Practicality
Douglas Adams Technology, User Experience, Frustration, Nerd Culture, Practicality“I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.” Douglas Adams
Knowledge, Understanding, Ignorance, Preference, Wisdom
Douglas Adams Knowledge, Understanding, Ignorance, Preference, Wisdom“Wandering around the web is like living in a world in which every doorway is actually one of those science fiction devices which deposit you in a completely different part of the world when you walk through them. In fact, it isn't like it, it is it.” Douglas Adams
Internet, Technology, Metaphor, Science Fiction, Reality
Douglas Adams Internet, Technology, Metaphor, Science Fiction, Reality“I say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say things. More I cannot say.” Douglas Adams
Communication, Perception, Limitations, Honesty, Self-awareness
Douglas Adams Communication, Perception, Limitations, Honesty, Self-awareness“A nerd is someone who uses a telephone to talk to other people about telephones.” Douglas Adams
Nerd, Technology, Humor, Definition, Communication
Douglas Adams Nerd, Technology, Humor, Definition, Communication“Between you and me, sir, I would've been just as happy to have had her amputated and kept the foot. I had a little spot reserved on the mantelpiece, but there we are, we have to take things as we find them.” Douglas Adams
Dark Humor, Acceptance, Morbidity, Disappointment, Adaptation
Douglas Adams Dark Humor, Acceptance, Morbidity, Disappointment, Adaptation“Let us be dreamers, thinkers, speculative philosophers, or as our spouses would have it: Idiots.” Douglas Adams
Imagination, Philosophy, Relationships, Humor, Self-deprecation
Douglas Adams Imagination, Philosophy, Relationships, Humor, Self-deprecation“Don't you understand that we need to be childish in order to understand? Only a child sees things with perfect clarity, because it hasn't developed all those filters which prevent us from seeing things that we don't expect to see.” Douglas Adams
Childhood, Perception, Understanding, Wisdom, Clarity
Douglas Adams Childhood, Perception, Understanding, Wisdom, Clarity“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory, which states that this has already happened.” Douglas Adams
Universe, Purpose, Humor, Philosophy, Theories
Douglas Adams Universe, Purpose, Humor, Philosophy, Theories“Beauty doesn't have to be about anything. What's a vase about? What's a sunset or a flower about? What, for that matter, is Mozart's Twenty-third Piano Concerto about?” Douglas Adams
Beauty, Art, Meaning, Philosophy, Perspective
Douglas Adams Beauty, Art, Meaning, Philosophy, Perspective“What is this? Some sort of galactic hyperhearse?” Douglas Adams
Space Travel, Death, Humor, Description, Confusion
Douglas Adams Space Travel, Death, Humor, Description, Confusion“Space is really big-REALLY big. Space is unimaginably big.” Douglas Adams
Space, Scale, Perspective, Repetition, Emphasis
Douglas Adams Space, Scale, Perspective, Repetition, Emphasis“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” Douglas Adams
Deadlines, Procrastination, Humor, Writing, Time Management
Douglas Adams Deadlines, Procrastination, Humor, Writing, Time Management“We notice things that don't work. We don't notice things that do. We notice computers, we don't notice pennies. We notice e-book readers, we don't notice books.” Douglas Adams
Perception, Technology, Functionality, Attention, Everyday Objects
Douglas Adams Perception, Technology, Functionality, Attention, Everyday Objects“Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it.” Douglas Adams
Reality, Fiction, Cynicism, Writing, Perspective
Douglas Adams Reality, Fiction, Cynicism, Writing, Perspective“Dirk was, for one of the few times in a life of exuberantly prolific loquacity, wordless.” Douglas Adams
Silence, Character, Contrast, Vocabulary, Speechlessness
Douglas Adams Silence, Character, Contrast, Vocabulary, Speechlessness“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” Douglas Adams
Design, Foolproofing, Human Nature, Humor, Underestimation
Douglas Adams Design, Foolproofing, Human Nature, Humor, Underestimation“It meant that the silently waged conflict between himself and his cleaning lady had escalated to a new and more frightening level. It was now, Dirk reckoned, fully three months since this fridge door had been opened, and each of them was grimly determined not to be the one to open it first.” Douglas Adams
Conflict, Stubbornness, Humor, Domestic Life, Tension
Douglas Adams Conflict, Stubbornness, Humor, Domestic Life, Tension