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> Even the "share and enjoy" mantra is a tongue-in-cheek reference to a rhyme

I don't know of any rhyme, but I always assumed that this was a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide and Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. Which, yes, does involve a pig: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/95859-share-and-enjoy-is-th...

Sirus Cybernetics Corporation was best known for having created Marvin, the depressed android, and doors with cheerful personalities:

> “All the doors in this spaceship have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you, and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done.”

So yes, "Share and enjoy" was originally deeply drenched in irony, and it functioned as a warning to proceed at the user's own risk.




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