"You know what Mega City One is, Dredd? It's a fucking meat grinder. People go in one end, meat comes out the other, and all we do is turn the handle."
—Judge Lex, Dredd
"A king was hurt, so he hurt a rat. And a rat was hurt, so he hurt a princess. And a princess was hurt, so she hurt a servant girl without even meaning to do it. And that servant had been hurting for so long, that almost nothing could make her feel better."
—Narrator, The Tale of Despereaux
Mister Ruckus: It's alright boy, I had some shit jobs in my day. Course that was back in Jim Crow. Now how you're going to be a failure in the Twenty-First Century with a Nigga in the White House is beyond me.
Darrel: Dad, that's enough.
Darryl: Dad, please.
Uncle Ruckus: No, no that's okay. Keep talking, keep talking Daddy. That's the eulogy this old woman deserves. Oh she did this to you, and now you doin it to me. You've been doing it our whole lives! And it's gettin' old. It's gettin' real old Old Man! SO GET IT OUT YOUR SYSTEM, THEN SIT DOWN AND SHUT. THE FUCK! UP!
Darrel: Dad, that's enough.
Darryl: Dad, please.
Uncle Ruckus: No, no that's okay. Keep talking, keep talking Daddy. That's the eulogy this old woman deserves. Oh she did this to you, and now you doin it to me. You've been doing it our whole lives! And it's gettin' old. It's gettin' real old Old Man! SO GET IT OUT YOUR SYSTEM, THEN SIT DOWN AND SHUT. THE FUCK! UP!
Hong: I... I think I understand... I've been judged. Mocked by men. I've thought about doing the same. Hurting them. Hurting others. But I couldn't. I know that pain. Others shouldn't.
Oersted: ...Heh... <chuckle> So simple. Earnest. True. ...For them as well... They wronged me. Wounded me. Revenged in kind. Nay. Far worse. 'Twas in fear and ignorance they struck. But I, in bitterness and spite. <sniffle>
"'I was afraid of my father, and my children are damn well going to be afraid of me.'"
—Prince Albert, quoting his father King George V, The King's Speech
My grandpa got his ass whooped
So my dad got his ass whooped
That's why I got my ass whooped
Did anybody else get beat?
So my dad got his ass whooped
That's why I got my ass whooped
Did anybody else get beat?
—"The Trauma Song", Your Favorite Martian
"Uh, to be honest, me and the other guys used to be pretty hard on [Maximus]. Like, regularly beat the shit out of him. It wasn't personal, you know. It's just... well, you know, people at the base, they used to beat the shit out of me all the time. This shipment of new recruits came in, and, uh, one of them was Maximus. So I had this funny idea, what if we beat the shit out of that guy instead? And it worked. Yeah, I was really popular. It was great. I just wish he'd lived long enough to find someone else to beat up, you know? Only seems fair."
— Squire Thaddeus, Fallout (2024)
