# Speak to me only in Science Fiction **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 12, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621 "2014-06-12T13:28:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/381 "2014-07-17T17:23:55Z")
But this weapon shop is a defiance of all the decencies that make life under the House of Isher such a joy. Look at the hypocritical sign: ‘The right to buy weapons–’ Aaaahh! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/382 "2014-07-17T17:31:23Z")
Kay, give the kid a weapon. A Series Four De-atomizer. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/383 "2014-07-18T00:02:09Z")
Oh goody! My illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator! ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/384 "2014-07-18T00:46:25Z")
Now, you and I are the only thing standin’ between that ugly bastard and a city of 2 million people! Now we have a choice here: we either sit and wait, or we take these flare guns and do something really stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/385 "2014-07-18T15:00:28Z")
Now be a dragonman! Or go between and stay there. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/386 "2014-07-19T00:55:13Z")
“Take a wormhole jump to hell” was an old curse one almost never heard in a pilot’s mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/387 "2014-07-19T02:04:17Z")
I created the Event Horizon to reach the stars, but she’s gone much, much farther than that. She tore a hole in our universe, a gateway to another dimension. A dimension of pure chaos. Pure… evil. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/388 "2014-07-19T02:11:55Z")
I must warn you, we’re going to pass through, well, a sort of gateway thing. It may disturb you. It scares the willies out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/389 "2014-07-19T02:23:32Z")
It’s bigger on the inside! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/390 "2014-07-19T02:29:09Z")
The farther in you go, the bigger it gets! ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/391 "2014-07-19T02:37:07Z")
Do you want to know what it is? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/392 "2014-07-19T14:04:44Z")
Act now while this offer lasts. Step right up–who’ll be the first? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/393 "2014-07-19T14:17:46Z")
You know, Mr. Tully, you are a most fortunate individual. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/394 "2014-07-19T14:27:57Z")
You make my mouth water. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/395 "2014-07-19T15:02:05Z")
Shut up, Wesley! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/396 "2014-07-19T20:37:23Z")
In space no one can hear you scream. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/397 "2014-07-19T23:11:01Z")
I never went in much for science fiction. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/398 "2014-07-19T23:28:52Z")
It’s Probing time. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/399 "2014-07-20T00:00:55Z")
Oh, that’s not _right_! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/400 "2014-07-20T00:03:32Z")
Within the next ten years Rossum’s Universal Robots will produce so much wheat, so much cloth, so much everything that things will no longer have any value. Everyone will be able to take as much as he needs. There’ll be no more poverty. Yes, people will be out of work, but by then there’ll be no work left to be done. Everything will be done by living machines. People will do only what they enjoy. They will live only to perfect themselves… But before that some awful things may happen, Miss Glory. That just can’t be avoided. But then the subjugation of man by man and the slavery of man to matter will cease. Never again will anyone pay for his bread with hatred and his life. There’ll be no more laborers, no more secretaries. No one will have to mine coal or slave over someone else’s machines. No longer will man need to destroy his soul doing work that he hates. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621.md?page=21)