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[[File:wonderella sort of saves the world 3.png|link=The Non-Adventures of Wonderella|frame|Such bitchy selfishness is wisdom for the ages.]]
 
 
{{quote|'''Cave Johnson:''' "I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these?! Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
'''GLaDOS:''' "HE SAYS WHAT WE'RE ALL THINKING!"|''[[Portal 2]]''}}
|''[[Portal 2]]''}}
 
Any time something is mistaken for deep, intelligent, or artistic, but it's clearly not. This could be for many reasons. Sometimes it's about differing perspectives on the meaning of what is said/done. Sometimes people lack the full context of what they are mistaking. Sometimes there is no reason other than [[Rule of Funny]].
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Compare [[Ice Cream Koan]].
 
'''[[No Real Life Examples]]''', {{noreallife|to avoid natter.}}
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