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->'''Dr. Light:''' Now, as you may have noticed, there is but one button on the {{time machine}}. You can access different functions by varying the amount of pressure, duration, and frequency of button presses. To access the main menu, lightly tap the button...
->'''George:''' Wait, why not just have more than one button?
->'''Dr. Light:''' For simplicity of use, naturally. Now, to access the main menu, tap the button lightly twice, then slowly three times, then twelve times at medium-fast...
->''Twenty minutes later...''
->'''Dr. Light:''' ...but whatever you do, don't press it really hard, or you might activate the auto [[SelfDestructMechanism self-destruct]].
->'''George:''' You know, maybe I should be writing all this down...
->'''Dr. Light:''' Jesus, George, it's just one button!
-->-- ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', "[[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/030923 One Simple Button]]"

->'''Rose:''' ''(trying to get the Doctor out of manacles with the sonic screwdriver)'' What do I do?
->'''Doctor:''' Flick the switch! ''(manacles open)''
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Long Game"

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->'''Dr. Light:''' Now, as you may have noticed, there is but one button on the {{time machine}}. You can access different functions by varying the amount of pressure, duration, and frequency of button presses. To access the main menu, lightly tap the button...
->'''George:'''
button...\\
'''George:'''
Wait, why not just have more than one button?
->'''Dr.
button?\\
'''Dr.
Light:''' For simplicity of use, naturally. Now, to access the main menu, tap the button lightly twice, then slowly three times, then twelve times at medium-fast...
->''Twenty
medium-fast...\\
''Twenty
minutes later...''
->'''Dr.
''\\
'''Dr.
Light:''' ...but whatever you do, don't press it really hard, or you might activate the auto [[SelfDestructMechanism self-destruct]].
->'''George:'''
self-destruct]].\\
'''George:'''
You know, maybe I should be writing all this down...
->'''Dr.
down...\\
'''Dr.
Light:''' Jesus, George, it's just one button!
-->-- ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', "[[http://bobandgeorge.[[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/030923 One "One Simple Button]]"

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->'''Rose:''' ''(trying ''[trying to get the Doctor out of manacles with the sonic screwdriver)'' screwdriver]'' What do I do?
->'''Doctor:'''
do?\\
'''Doctor:'''
Flick the switch! ''(manacles open)''
''[manacles open]''
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame The Long Game"
Game]]"




->"Just press any button, they all do exactly the same thing."

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\n->"Just ->''"Just press any button, they all do exactly the same thing.""''
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->'''Dr. Light:''' [[CompletelyMissingThePoint For simplicity of use, naturally]]. Now, to access the main menu, tap the button lightly twice, then slowly three times, then twelve times at medium-fast...

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->'''Dr. Light:''' [[CompletelyMissingThePoint For simplicity of use, naturally]].naturally. Now, to access the main menu, tap the button lightly twice, then slowly three times, then twelve times at medium-fast...
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->"Just press any button, they all do exactly the same thing."
-->-- ''Series/BlackMirror'', "[[Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]"



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->''"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."''
-->-- '''English proverb'''
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->'''Doctor:''' Just flick the switch! ''(manacles open)''

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->'''Doctor:''' Just flick Flick the switch! ''(manacles open)''
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->'''Rose:''' (trying to get the Doctor out of manacles with the sonic screwdriver) What do I do?
->'''Doctor:''' Just flick the switch! (manacles open)

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->'''Rose:''' (trying ''(trying to get the Doctor out of manacles with the sonic screwdriver) screwdriver)'' What do I do?
->'''Doctor:''' Just flick the switch! (manacles open)''(manacles open)''
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-->-- ''{{Bob and George}}'', "[[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/030923 One Simple Button]]"

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-->-- ''{{Bob and George}}'', ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', "[[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/030923 One Simple Button]]"
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->'''Dr. Light:''' Now, as you may have noticed, there is but one button on the {{time machine}}. You can access different functions by varying the amount of pressure, duration, and frequency of button presses. To access the main menu, lightly tap the button...
->'''George:''' Wait, why not just have more than one button?
->'''Dr. Light:''' [[CompletelyMissingThePoint For simplicity of use, naturally]]. Now, to access the main menu, tap the button lightly twice, then slowly three times, then twelve times at medium-fast...
->''Twenty minutes later...''
->'''Dr. Light:''' ...but whatever you do, don't press it really hard, or you might activate the auto [[SelfDestructMechanism self-destruct]].
->'''George:''' You know, maybe I should be writing all this down...
->'''Dr. Light:''' Jesus, George, it's just one button!
-->-- ''{{Bob and George}}'', "[[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/030923 One Simple Button]]"

->'''Rose:''' (trying to get the Doctor out of manacles with the sonic screwdriver) What do I do?
->'''Doctor:''' Just flick the switch! (manacles open)
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Long Game"

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