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This quote from _The Lorax_ on reddit

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I really did consider putting this in the off-topic forum, but just read this and see if you don't start thinking this and Factorio cannot be coincidence:

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I meant no harm. I most truly did not.
But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.
I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads.
I biggered my wagons. I biggered the loads
of the Thneeds I shipped out. I was shipping them forth
to the South! To the East! To the West! To the North!
I went right on biggering...
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I don't remember the story myself, I can't even be sure it was read to me as a child. But I'm gonna go get a copy soon, that's for sure.

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I quote this all the time with respect to Factorio, I'm constantly 'Biggering my factory'.

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Ah, yes, that's a good story - pretty much everything Dr. Seuss made was. I believe they made a movie about it as well, but it has quite a few differences from the book. I haven't seen the entire thing myself, but I think mostly it's longer, with some small plot changes.
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Factorio done right, the poetic way :)
[Edit] On second thought, I will move this to Off topic, considering it fits well to Factorio theme, but is not a discussion about the actual game.
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Mmm...
I used to love the cat in the hat and the cat in the hat comes back when I was a child.
I didn't really read any others though. :)
Any other favs?
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Of Dr. Seuss? "All of them".

When graduating from Dr. Seuss, try _The Cyberiad_, or getting tangential with it P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie & Jeeves stories

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quyxkh wrote:Of Dr. Seuss? "All of them".
I second that. I'd give you a list of the ones that I especially like, but linking this might be quicker.
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So I scrolled down a bit and saw this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pocket_Book_of_Boners
I immediately burst out laughing.
I am so immature.
Anyway Horton hatches the egg was another one of my favourites, along with green eggs and ham.
At this point I am getting nostalgia overload
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olafthecat wrote:So I scrolled down a bit and saw this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pocket_Book_of_Boners
I immediately burst out laughing.
I am so immature.
Anyway Horton hatches the egg was another one of my favourites, along with green eggs and ham.
At this point I am getting nostalgia overload
"At the time of its writing, the term "boner" was commonly used to mean a silly mistake"
...TIL. For a moment I thought Dr. Seuss had a dark side...
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Jap2.0 wrote:
olafthecat wrote:So I scrolled down a bit and saw this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pocket_Book_of_Boners
I immediately burst out laughing.
I am so immature.
Anyway Horton hatches the egg was another one of my favourites, along with green eggs and ham.
At this point I am getting nostalgia overload
"At the time of its writing, the term "boner" was commonly used to mean a silly mistake"
...TIL. For a moment I thought Dr. Seuss had a dark side...
Well...you could be right in saying that.
The book, Yertle the Turtle may show Hitler's rise and downfall.
You know, power at the pain of others.
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olafthecat wrote:
Jap2.0 wrote:
olafthecat wrote:So I scrolled down a bit and saw this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pocket_Book_of_Boners
I immediately burst out laughing.
I am so immature.
Anyway Horton hatches the egg was another one of my favourites, along with green eggs and ham.
At this point I am getting nostalgia overload
"At the time of its writing, the term "boner" was commonly used to mean a silly mistake"
...TIL. For a moment I thought Dr. Seuss had a dark side...
Well...you could be right in saying that.
The book, Yertle the Turtle may show Hitler's rise and downfall.
You know, power at the pain of others.
DON'T RUIN MY CHILDHOOD.

:P
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Jap2.0 wrote:
olafthecat wrote:
Jap2.0 wrote:
olafthecat wrote:So I scrolled down a bit and saw this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pocket_Book_of_Boners
I immediately burst out laughing.
I am so immature.
Anyway Horton hatches the egg was another one of my favourites, along with green eggs and ham.
At this point I am getting nostalgia overload
"At the time of its writing, the term "boner" was commonly used to mean a silly mistake"
...TIL. For a moment I thought Dr. Seuss had a dark side...
Well...you could be right in saying that.
The book, Yertle the Turtle may show Hitler's rise and downfall.
You know, power at the pain of others.
DON'T RUIN MY CHILDHOOD.

:P
I DIDN'T READ IT WHEN I WAS A CHILD. :twisted:
Gonna start playing again with 0.16 build.
That's all.

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