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{{quote|“''You know, concussions are actually a serious, traumatic neurological-injury. It’s not like in the movies where you can just hit somebody in the head and have them pass out just for the sake of a plot device.''”|'''Scootaloo''', [[Scootatrap (Fanfic)|Scootatrap]]}}
 
{{quote|The geology and stones of [[Dwarf Fortress]] are based on [[Real Life|real-world]] [[Shown Their Work|geology and mineralogy]]. To understand the terms used here, you may want to crack open a geology textbook (a high school one should suffice). If you don't happen to have one close by, the [[Wikipedia]] articles for geology, mineralogy, or the terms in question might help.|''The [[Dwarf Fortress]] Wiki''}}
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{{quote|To get it right, you need to research and research and research. And then you need to hide all your research, otherwise something else happens. You get sentences like, "Milord, would you like me to light the sperm whale oil lantern or would you prefer the cheaper but smokier pig tallow candle?" You burst into laughter and -- puff! -- the illusion is gone. So you have to get it right, then you have to hide it.|'''[http://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/537.David_Mitchell David Mitchell]''' (the author of ''[[Cloud Atlas]]'', not [[David Mitchell|the comedian]])}}
 
{{quote|"...Uh, so this is how [[Hideo Kojima]] [[Snatcher (Visual Novel)|picks up women in bars, basically; he flexes his biology dick.]]"|[[Slowbeef]]}}
 
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