History Quotes / RealityIsUnRealistic

->''"That's the difference between truth and fiction. Fiction has to make sense."''

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->''"If I saw this in a Creator/DavidLynch movie, I would say, like, "Alright, David Lynch is trying way too hard. Now he's like, making up stuff, that, this is too weird."''
-->-- '''Rich Shertenlieb''' from ''The Toucher and Rich Radio Show'' on '''[[WebComic/{{Sonichu}} Christian Weston Chandler]]'''

->''It is easy for anyone to say that they are against fossil fuels. Opposition to coal, oil and natural gas is fashionable and will prompt heads to nod and even hands to applaud in most places.\\
But are people aware of the extent to which their lives are dependent on fossil fuels? Do they know that more than 90 percent of things used in their everyday lives are derived from fossil fuels?\\
From your toothbrush to your car tire, a majority of the things you use today has been made possible because of fossil fuels. Shoes, refrigerators, washing machines, coffee makers, furniture, pens, eating utensils, eyeglasses, commodes, medical gear, camping equipment, and the list goes on and on.\\
Consider the computer or the phone from which you are reading this article. They are made of glass, metal, plastic, lithium and silicon – all of which require fossil fuels to mine, process or manufacture. While some are chemical derivatives of fossil fuels, all depend one way or another on their combustion for electricity generation, process heat or transportation.\\
You wouldn’t have the iPhone, Android or [=MacBook=] without fossil fuels. Imagine the irony of typing out “end oil” from a phone that is made from fossil fuels! Or supporting climate activism by relaying video that was recorded with a camera made from fossil fuels! Of course, this sort of irony is displayed regularly and missed constantly.\\
In short, the most fundamental necessities – and the most cherished conveniences – of daily life are products dependent on the use of fossil fuels.''
-->--'''Vijay Jayaraj''', "[[https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2023/01/24/are_you_really_against_fossil_fuels_read_this_before_you_answer_877363.html Are You Really Against Fossil Fuels? Read This Before You Answer]]." ''Real Clear Energy'' (January 24, 2023).

->''"Reality makes a ''[[PrecisionFStrike crappy]]'' special effects crew."''

->''"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn’t."''

--> [[https://biblioprincessdalian.tumblr.com/post/651897434793033728/ive-never-been-to-las-vegas-but-i-love-it-in Tumblr post]]

-->Tumblr comment about [[https://gibberishtwist.tumblr.com/post/675983595374002176 an incredibly ironic picture]]

->'''Ben Collins:''' Seen a lot of [[Series/LawAndOrder Law & Order]], haven't seen a twist as good as "Alex Jones' lawyers accidentally sent Sandy Hook parents' lawyers the entire contents of his phone and his long-hidden financials, but they waited 12 days to let him lie" in my life. Just an absolutely wild day.
->'''[[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0805133/ David Slack]]:''' Because on Law & Order. we wouldn’t have let a lawyer do something that dumb.
->'''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rogers_(writer) John Rogers]]:''' But now we get to 100% slap this on the table during a notes meeting, next legal procedural.
-->[[https://twitter.com/slack2thefuture/status/1554873659239542784 This Twitter exchange]] with writers commenting on Sandy Hook parents vs Alex Jones defemation case.

You wouldn’t have the iPhone, Android or MacBook without fossil fuels. Imagine the irony of typing out “end oil” from a phone that is made from fossil fuels! Or supporting climate activism by relaying video that was recorded with a camera made from fossil fuels! Of course, this sort of irony is displayed regularly and missed constantly.\\

-->-- '''Creator/JonBois''' [[https://youtu.be/TIgK56cAjfY?t=5239 about the end of game 5]] of the 1995 American League Division Series

-->--'''OSP Red''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHzkGueRz3g&t=264s on El Dorado and how the conquistadors dismissed platinum as worthless because they didn't know it was the rarest and most valuable precious metal on Earth.]]

->''"You call this reality? My VIDEO GAMES are more realistic!"''
-->-- '''Tropers/StongRadd'''

-->--'''Rags''', WebVideo/EveryFrameAPause [[https://youtu.be/7jkk0z5HC94?t=29398 Episode 181]]

->''This whole debacle is such an incredibly apt metaphor for the flaws inherent in the colonial system and how the lust for gold literally blinded them to the true unique value of the New World that if I'd read it in a book I would have called the writer a hack. "Oh, the colonizers dismiss the incredibly valuable and unique resource of the colony as worthless scrap because they're too busy digging for their own personal currency they've arbitrarily assigned value to? Yeah, nice, and I bet the real treasure was the friends they made along the way, right?" Man, nothing owns colonial Spain harder than it owned itself.''

-->''This whole debacle is such an incredibly apt metaphor for the flaws inherent in the colonial system and how the lust for gold literally blinded them to the true unique value of the New World that if I'd read it in a book I would have called the writer a hack. "Oh, the colonizers dismiss the incredibly valuable and unique resource of the colony as worthless scrap because they're too busy digging for their own personal currency they've arbitrarily assigned value to? Yeah, nice, and I bet the real treasure was the friends they made along the way, right?" Man, nothing owns colonial Spain harder than it owned itself.''

--> ''This whole debacle is such an incredibly apt metaphor for the flaws inherent in the colonial system and how the lust for gold literally blinded them to the true unique value of the New World that if I'd read it in a book I would have called the writer a hack. "Oh, the colonizers dismiss the incredibly valuable and unique resource of the colony as worthless scrap because they're too busy digging for their own personal currency they've arbitrarily assigned value to? Yeah, nice, and I bet the real treasure was the friends they made along the way, right?" Man, nothing owns colonial Spain harder than it owned itself.''

--> ''"This whole debacle is such an incredibly apt metaphor for the flaws inherent in the colonial system and how the lust for gold literally blinded them to the true unique value of the New World that if I'd read it in a book I would have called the writer a hack.''

->''"I’ve never been to Las Vegas but I love it in concept because it sounds so made up. Imagine if you were reading a fantasy novel and they were like “smack in the middle of a deadly inhospitable desert there is a glittering city of indulgence and lawlessness and cheap sin that has specifically engineered itself to obfuscate your sense of time and keep you there as long as possible while they take all your valuables.” You’d be like yeah that’s some wizard shit."''
--> [[https://biblioprincessdalian.tumblr.com/post/651897434793033728/ive-never-been-to-las-vegas-but-i-love-it-in Tumblr post]]

->''"People in the future will argue over whether he was a real guy, or just a character invented as a perfect example of stupidity."

->''I call that the Tiffany Problem. Tiffany is a real attested medieval name, it's a variant of Theophania, it appears in twelfth century documents from Britain and France, and you cannot give it as a name to a character in a historical or fantasy setting because it looks too horribly modern.''
-->-- '''Creator/JoWalton''', ''[[http://archive.li/ihWy#selection-669.0-693.31 Subversive Pixel-Stained Technopeasant: An Interview with Jo Walton]]''