History Quotes / SchizoTech

->Outside, on the snow-strewn plain, amongst the fires and trenches, there were huge wooden siege structures and missile launchers, heavy artillery and rock-throwing catapults; juried field projectors and gas-powered-searchlights; a heinous collection of blatant anachronisms, developmental paradoxes and technological juxtapositions. And they called it progress.

'''Vaarsuvius:''' Yes, fine, I grasp the premise that any {{sufficiently advanced|magic}}[=—=]and in particular, reliable—magic would be indistinguishable from technology, I merely find the implementation here haphazard at best.\\

-->--''NarutoTheAbridgedSeries''

-->-- '''{{Brentalfloss}}''', ''VideoGame/{{Thief}} WithLyrics''

-->--'''Col. Corazon Santiago''', ''[[EncyclopediaExposita Planet:]] [[AllThereInTheManual A Survivalist's Guide]]'', ''SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''

-->-- '''[[HeroicMime Gordon Freeman]]''', ''FreemansMind''

->'''Naruto''': Wait...we have computers?\\

'''Naruto''': So, are we in the current time, or...when in the hell ''are'' we?

->'''Sokka''': Let me get this straight: you can invent tanks [caption: Invented 1915], jet skis [caption: Invented 1973], and a gi-gantic friggin' drill [caption: Invented 20xx]... but the concept of a hot air balloon [caption: Invented 1783] eluuuuuuuuuuuuuudes you.\\

->''"Whoa, whoa, what's this? Are you kidding me? Are we using tape-reel computers? Noooo...Wait, are those slots for punch cards? [...] Jesus Christ, I think that is a punch card slot."''

->''Stuck in an era of vague specificity - torches, swords, arrows, also electricity!''

->''[[TurnOfTheMillennium The first land battle in the century's first war]] began [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny with a showdown]] from a distant age: fearless men on horseback against modern artillery. [[RefugeInAudacity America's money was on the ponies.]] [[CurbstompBattle They ]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome won]].''

->''[[TurnOfTheMillennium The first land battle in the century's first war]] began [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny with a showdown]] from a distant age: fearless men on horseback against modern artillery. [[RefugeInAudacity America's money was on the ponies.]] [[CurbstompBattle They ]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome won]].''

-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]''' on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' [[note]] deliberately ignoring the fact that they ''have'' working radios.[[/note]]

-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]''' on ''FinalFantasyVIII'' [[note]] deliberately ignoring the fact that they ''have'' working radios.[[/note]]

->''The 18th century was a time of rapid innovation; in the space of a single year, the two-storey building, the stage play, America, and the rocket launcher [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy were all invented by the same man: Shakespearicles]], the strongest writer who ever lived. Despite his powerful grasp of language and the ability to bench press 700 British pounds, several inventions eluded his iron grip—most tragically among them, stairs. For the next three hundred years, people who needed to get to the second floor used the only method available to them: shooting a rocket launcher at their feet.''

-->-- '''{{Brentalfloss}}''', ''{{Thief}} WithLyrics''

-->--''AvatarTheAbridgedSeries''

-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]''' on ''FinalFantasyVIII'' [[hottip:*: deliberately ignoring the fact that they ''have'' working radios.]]

->'''Servant:''' I am a remote-controlled robot, detective.
->'''Jowd:''' What?!
->''[beat]''
->'''Jowd:''' Your country's use of technology... is just plain "off"!
->'''Servant:''' We get that a lot, detective.
-->-- ''GhostTrick''

->'''Sokka''': Let me get this straight: you can invent tanks, jet skis, and a gi-gantic friggin' drill... but the concept of a hot air balloon eluuuuuuuuuuuuuudes you.\\

-->-- '''[[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]''' on ''FinalFantasyVIII'' [[hottip:*: deliberately ignoring the fact that they ''have'' working radios.]]

->'''Sokka''': Let me get this straight: you can invent tanks, jet skis, and a gi-gantic friggin’ drill... but the concept of a hot air balloon eluuuuuuuuuuuuuudes you.\\

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-->--''TeamFortress2'', [[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/victory Gunboats Introduction]]

-->-- '''[[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]''' on ''FinalFantasyVIII''