GIRL: Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds CAT: Oh man / GIRL: When did hunting for continuity errors become a sport? CAT: Consistency HATES that. / GIRL: Expecting perfect continuity in old TV shows and movies is like expecting linear perspective in medieval European art CAT: You ding ONE transcendentalist’s cybertruck / GIRL: They don’t LACK it - because they COULDN’T - CAT: Well you know what consistency says GIRL: They DIDN’T - because other things were more important to them! / GIRL: And if we can only view the past through the lens of our own current preoccupations - we’ll NEVER be able to see it! / GIRL: and that’s OUR loss CAT: “Ralph Waldo Emerson should sleep with that big transparent eyeball open.”
  • David
    July 16, 2024

    You’re surely going to get this more than once, but the quote is “A _foolish_ consistency…”. I know that because of movies.

  • Phan
    July 16, 2024

    Wait, are these two having an actual dialogue?

  • John
    July 22, 2024

    I’ve always believed that punctuality is the hobgoblin of little minds.

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