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1->'''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...\
2'''George:''' Wait, why not just have more than one button?\
3'''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...\
4''Twenty minutes later...''\
5'''Dr. Light:''' ...but whatever you do, don't press it really hard, or you might activate the auto [[SelfDestructMechanism self-destruct]].\
6'''George:''' You know, maybe I should be writing all this down...\
7'''Dr. Light:''' Jesus, George, it's just one button!
8-->-- ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', [[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/030923 "One Simple Button"]]/[[http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/030924 "The Simple Instructions"]]
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10->'''Rose:''' ''[trying to get the Doctor out of manacles with the sonic screwdriver]'' What do I do?\
11'''Doctor:''' Flick the switch! ''[manacles open]''
12-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame The Long Game]]"
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14->''"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."''
15-->-- '''English proverb'''
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17->''"Just press any button, they all do exactly the same thing."''
18-->-- ''Series/BlackMirror'', "[[Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]"

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