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We got the results back. You are a horrible person. I’m serious, that’s what it says: “Horrible person.”

We weren’t even testing for that.



Source: Portal 2, you can see the line and listen to it here (last one in section): https://theportalwiki.com/wiki/GLaDOS_voice_lines_(Portal_2)...


I figured it was appropriate given the context.

I’m still amazed that game started as someone’s school project. Long live the Orange Box!


I'd really like Alexa+ to have the voice of GLaDOS.


Well, what does a neck-bearded old engineer know about fashion? He probably - Oh, wait. It's a she. Still, what does she know? Oh wait, it says she has a medical degree. In fashion! From France!


If you want to listen to the line from Portal 2 it's on this page (second line in the section linked): https://theportalwiki.com/wiki/GLaDOS_voice_lines_(Portal_2)...


Just because "Die motherfucker die motherfucker die" appeared in a song once doesn't mean it's not also death threat when someone's pointing a gun at you and saying that.


I think you might be confused or mistaken (or you are making a whole different joke).

My 2 comments are linking to different quotes from Portal 2, both the original comment

> We got the results back.....

and

> Well, what does a neck-bearded old engineer know about fashion?.....

Are from Portal 2 and the first Portal 2 quote is just a reference to the parent of that saying:

> The cake, sometimes, is a lie.

(Another Portal reference if that wasn't clear), they weren't calling the parent horrible, they were just putting in quote they liked from the game that was referenced.

That's one reason why I linked the quote, so people would understand it was a reference to the game, not the person actually saying the parent was horrible. The other reason I linked it is just because I like added metadata where possible.


...what?


hinkley wrote:

> We got the results back. You are a horrible person. I’m serious, that’s what it says: “Horrible person.”

> We weren’t even testing for that.

joshstrange then wrote:

> If you want to listen to the line from Portal 2 it's on this page (second line in the section linked): https://theportalwiki.com/wiki/GLaDOS_voice_lines_(Portal_2)...

as if the fact that the words that hinkley wrote are from a popular video game excuses the fact that hinkley just also called zer00eyz horrible.


So if two sentences that make no sense to you sandwich one that does, you should totally accept the middle one at face value.

K.


Yes. You chose to repeat those words in that sequence in that place. You could have said anything else in the whole wide world, but you chose to use a quote from an ancient video game stating that someone was horrible. Sorry if I'm being autistic and taking things too literally again, working on having social skills was a different thread from today.


Is it an autistic thing to pull a single sentence out of its context to treat literally? I wasn't familiar with that being a thing.

If that sentence was by itself, I would understand your complaint. But as-is I'm having a hard time seeing the issue.

And the weird analogy where you added "someone's pointing a gun at you" undermines your stance more than it helps.




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