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Best Out-of-Context Quote at LessOnline 2026

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resolved Jun 10

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"I think human values are bad."

"The law does not actually say that the label has to be from the manufacturer, so I printed my own."

0.5%

"I have spent a period of more than one year eating nothing but powdered foods"

If only more of our problems were like COVID

0.3%

"A suicidal president would be bad"

0.5%

"You?! Yes, I KNOW I don't understand!"

0.3%

I think there is alpha in exposing yourself to novelty in the dreadscape

1.9%

"What is this man [Alex Bores] doing on my sock?"

"I think I managed not to pledge allegiance to anyone. Americans do it all the time"

1.3%

"Wouldn't it be weird if the sun burned out in the fifth season of Friends, and the remaining seasons were just them freezing to death"

0.6%

"You are just INDUSTRY (derogatory)"

0.8%

"Because they hate winning"

37%

"You're at Anthropic, isn't having orgies part of your job description?"

1.3%

"When you put it like that, you probably should move to New Zealand"

1.7%

Q: "What should you do if your housemates are having a messy divorce?" A: "Whiskey!"

"It's for the intimidation factor. Look at my giant eyes, I must be huge!"

25%Other

As is now tradition for Rat unconferences, keep your ears open for great out-of-context quotes. Post them here. Bet on which is best, then vote.

Same structure and resolution as last year's I'll make this market, accept open submissions, then make a poll with all the options after the market closes. Resolves to the quote that wins the poll.

Guidance:

Submit as many as you want. The weirder the better IMO.
You can nominate others' quotes (this is the intention!)
You may self-nominate, but keep a reasonable bar.
No context. This is the out-of-context quote market. If you give the context for your quote it will be turned into paperclips.
If we get lots of submissions, I may only include the top ~20 or so options, by market probabilities.
Market manipulation encouraged.

Previous versions:

Manifest 2024: /Joshua/best-manifest-out-of-context-quote

LessOnline 2025: /JohnofCharleston/best-outofcontext-lessonline-2025-q

Manifest 2025: /Joshua/best-outofcontext-manifest-or-summe

Metagame 2025: /Joshua/best-outofcontext-metagame-2025-quo
Manifest X DC 2025: /JohnofCharleston/best-outofcontext-manifestx-dc-quot

NYC Megameetup 2025: /JohnofCharleston/best-outofcontext-quote-from-nyc-me

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