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1->Like my mother always said, if you can't say something nice about someone, then keep adding qualifiers.
2-->-- AltText on strip #1401 of ''Webcomic/{{Wondermark}}''
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4->The sheriff pursues the fugitive Fireflys, who kidnap innocent bystanders in the kind of motel no reasonable person would ever occupy, leading to the road-kill scene, which is, of its kind, one of the best I have seen.
5-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert''' on ''Film/TheDevilsRejects''
6
7->"Most stable [[MadeOfExplodium triazide]]" isn't a very reassuring endorsement, but you have to take what you can get.
8-->-- '''Derek Lowe''', ''[[https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2014/06/05/friendly_welcoming_triazides_no_really Things I Won't Work with: Friendly, Welcoming Triazides. No, Really.]]''
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10->I have to admit that I enjoy Dick’s second panel dialogue: ''[='=]His movies can be viewed in 3-D without glasses — thus his riches.[='=]'' Part of it is that I of course wish that someone would use ''[='=]thus his riches[='=]'' to end a sentence outlining one of my achievements (''[='=]He created the #1 ''ComicStrip/MaryWorth'' fan site on the Internet — [[InventorOfTheMundane thus his riches]]''[='=]).
11-->-- '''''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''''' [[http://joshreads.com/?p=7143#comments on]] ''ComicStrip/DickTracy''
12
13->“Nobody has ever done that to the [[Wrestling/RandySavage Macho Man Randy Savage]],” said Macho. Really? That was the first time anyone had ever pumped sewage into his limousine?
14-->-- '''''Website/WrestleCrap''''', [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/macho-poop/ "Too Hot to Handle, Too Brown to Drown"]]
15
16->'''OOC:''' The commentators were saying that [[Wrestling/JeffJarrett Jarrett]] was the favorite because there was the "[[RockersSmashGuitars Guitar Room]]". "The Master of the Guitar". It's not that difficult to hit somebody over the head with a guitar. It's not like a set of nunchucks of something.\
17'''V1:''' Where it takes ''skill'' to use it?\
18'''OOC:''' He'd be in a ''Karate Kid'' montage with a guitar, really.
19-->-- ''WebVideo/OSWReview'' on ''{{Wrestling/WCW}} Thunder'' (The David Arquette trilogy), Ep. 34
20
21->Swedish Fish: The #1 Fish-Shaped Candy in the World!
22-->-- '''Swedish Fish''''s advertising slogan, as of 2015
23
24->Of all people I know who are playing this exact demo at this exact moment and standing in this exact room, your performance is easily within the top 5000!
25-->-- '''The Narrator''', demo for ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable''
26
27->''[[VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards Kirby 64]]'' is hands-down the greatest ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game FOR the [[Platform/Nintendo64 N64]], and while some may say that's an unfair thing to say, [[LampshadeHanging considering it just kinda wins by default]]... those are the best kind of victories.
28-->-- '''WebVideo/{{Yuriofwind}}''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VguXig9gtlE Gaming Mysteries: Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards Beta (N64)]]
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30->All things considered, I do have to say this is a pretty optimized run. It achieves the goal of spending ~900 turns preparing for fastest gametime, then speed-[=TASing=] the game in 6 hours focusing mostly but not entirely on realtime rather well. The first part of the run is particularly well optimized for its goal. The second part is not bad either, considering it still fulfills its goal of having been done in six hours, and its occasional choices of actions (including wishing for a pony just to never use it, among many other things) still fit the goal of focusing mostly but not ''entirely'' on realtime.
31-->-- '''Mothrayas''', rejecting an AprilFoolsDay ''VideoGame/NetHack'' [[http://tasvideos.org/5085S.html TAS submission]]
32
33->Look, you can't just make up some random crap that no one else will ever do and call that a "record."
34-->-- '''Strong Bad''', ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'', "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE134RecordBook record book]]"
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36->If there is any game for the Venezuelan bus enthusiast, this is it. You find any Venezuelan buses in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''? No. So you can't argue; this is the definitive Venezuelan bus game.
37-->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''', reviewing ''VideoGame/CrazyBus''
38
39->Top 5 arm wrestling movies:
40-->1.\
412.\
423. ''Film/OverTheTop''\
434.\
445.
45-->-- ''[[http://www.chicagonow.com/lists-that-actually-matter/2011/01/top-5-arm-wrestling-movies-of-all-time Lists that actually matter]]''
46
47->I am the greatest botanist on this planet.
48-->-- '''Mark Watney''', while stuck on Mars on his own, ''Film/TheMartian''
49
50->However, perhaps the most remarkable feature of the octopus is its intelligence. They are the most intelligent of all of the invertebrates... technically not tons of competition there. I mean, clams are ''stupid''.
51-->--''WebVideo/TrueFacts About The Octopus''
52
53->[VideoGame/{{SOMA}}] may now go down in history as the second best [[VideoGame/BioShock atmospheric narrative horror game with philosophical themes set at the bottom of the ocean with an existential plot twist in it]] of all time.
54-->-- '''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''', ''Top 5 Games of 2015''
55
56->''Film/StrikingDistance'' is a good movie. That is the best Pittsburgh coast guard movie ever.
57-->-- '''Creator/BillSimmons''' during a [[https://www.theringer.com/2018/8/1/17641364/die-hard-30th-anniversary-with-bill-simmons-chris-ryan-jason-concepcion-and-sean-fennessey podcast]] on ''Film/DieHard''
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59->At some point, a record is so bizarrely specific that it ceases to be impressive, like "Largest Bowl of Goulash Eaten While Watching ''Series/{{Frasier}}''", or "World's Tallest Creator/AnselElgort (also, incidentally, The World's Smallest Ansel Elgort)'."
60-->-- '''Creator/JohnOliver''', ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver''
61
62->I now know more about ionizing space radiation than any sqid who has ever lived, which isn't hard considering no other sqid even knows ionizing space radiation exists.
63-->-- '''Sam Starfall''', ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}''
64
65->I will ask much of you in the coming days, [Forename], and I shall see that you are the most well-equipped machinist in the short history of machinistry.
66-->--'''Stephanivien de Haillenarte''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV: Heavensward'', "Pushing the Brume"
67
68->'''Yakko:''' You guys think I'm funny, right?\
69'''Dot:''' Of course! You're one of my funniest brothers! Easily top two.\
70'''Wakko:''' Same for me!
71-->-- ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020'', "Fear and Laughter in Burbank"
72
73->Not bad! Matter of fact this is the best burger I've had in years!
74-->--'''John Spartan''' on eating a [[ReducedToRatburgers rat burger]] after [[HumanPopsicle 36 years in cry-sleep]], ''Film/DemolitionMan''
75
76->"[''Green Lantern: First Flight''] was celebrated as the first ever completely vertical-pattern zig-zag roller coaster featuring 360-degree spinning seats in North America. What took them so long?"
77-->--''WebVideo/{{Defunctland}},'' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8ZVpv0Y2vI The History of the Worst Six Flags Coaster, Green Lantern: First Flight]]"
78
79->Are we the best shipyard in Oakhaven? Well here's how I think about it. Are we the only shipyard in Oakhaven? Yes. Are we any good at our jobs?..We're the only shipyard in Oakhaven.
80-->-- '''Oakhaven Port worker''', ''VideoGame/OceansHeart''
81
82->Best trivia I learned working on this: 'Man, ''VideoGame/FarmVille'' is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a [[DoubleTake double-take]].
83-->-- AltText for "[[https://xkcd.com/802/ Online Communities 2]]", ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}'' [[note]]In case you were wondering, the ''first''-biggest at the time of the comic's uploading was ''VideoGame/HappyFarm'', a Chinese game from which ''VideoGame/FarmVille'' had taken inspiration but was otherwise largely unknown on the English-speaking internet.[[/note]]
84
85->'''Kabal''': Your movies suck, Cage.\
86'''Johnny Cage''': I'm the highest-grossing movie star ever.\
87'''Kabal''': Doesn't mean they're any good.
88-->--''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''[[note]]For context, Johnny Cage is the only movie star to be from Earthrealm.[[/note]]
89
90->[Corsair] markets [the bendable Xeneon Flex monitor] as "The world's first 45 inch 21:9 OLED gaming display". Just like we're the world's first computer hardware review channel named ''WebVideo/GamersNexus''. If you specify it enough, you can always be first. Tell that to Website/YouTube commenters.
91-->--'''Steve Burke''', ''Gamers Nexus'' "[[https://youtu.be/_oWr6X_d1nU?t=1315 HW News]]" from August 28, 2022.
92
93->I'm about to become the GREATEST...er...video game...music...parody...channel in the world...Y-Y'know, [[LampshadeHanging it sounds a lot less impressive when I say it out loud]]...
94-->--'''[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz]]''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lKcnLe1FKs Opening Cutscene - Phineas and Ferb: Day of Doofenshmirtz]] [[Music/{{Siivagunner}} high quality rip]]
95
96->This the dumbest paper on the mating habits of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phausis_reticulata Phausis reticulata]] anyone has '''ever written.'''
97-->--[[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/science-fictions Science Fictions]], ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal''
98
99->Hey, who's your favorite short, half-Irish and half-Jewish (but secular), dark-haired light-eyed former child actor with a severe nickel allergy who played the title character from a beloved British children's book about a child with magic powers? Me, right?
100->[[SubvertedTrope DAMMIT]] [[Creator/DanielRadcliffe RADCLIFFE]]
101-->-- '''Creator/MaraWilson'''
102
103->''"I am UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}'s premier Jewish narcoleptic drag queen."''
104-->-- '''Creator/JinkxMonsoon'''
105
106->'''Sindri''': We're still your favorite dwarves, right?\
107'''Atreus''': You're still the only dwarves we know!\
108'''Sindri''': I'll take it!
109-->-- ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok''
110
111->"''WesternAnimation/FreeBirds'': the greatest movie to ever feature two turkeys going back in time to the first Thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu and replacing turkeys with Chuck E. Cheese pizza. Can you name a better movie with that ridiculously specific set of criteria? I didn't think so, and that's what makes it objectively good."
112-->-- '''WebVideo/SchaffrillasProductions''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGLyNcO8LcA The movie where they go BACK IN TIME TO THE FIRST THANKSGIVING TO GET TURKEYS OFF THE MENU]]''
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114->''"Sorry, but the Goofy Scoopers are the only ice cream-themed musical robot act we'll ever love."''
115-->--'''[=SpongeBob=]''', ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS13E3GoofyScoopersPatTheDog Goofy Scoopers]]"
116
117->''"JUST THEN A BUS PULLED UP AND WAS THE BLACKEST MOST EVIL BUS THE COOL GUYS HAD EVER SEEN AND THEY HAD SEEN SOME REALLY EVIL BUSES IN THEIR TIME ON THE STREETS."''
118-->--''Literature/GhastlyMacaroni'', "THE GIANT GORILLA ON FIRE"

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