Resolution Poll for Best Out-of-Context Quote at LessOnline 2026
12
Jun 10
Rank options in order of preference
"The law does not actually say that the label has to be from the manufacturer, so I printed my own."
"I have spent a period of more than one year eating nothing but powdered foods"
If only more of our problems were like COVID
"A suicidal president would be bad"
"You?! Yes, I KNOW I don't understand!"
I think there is alpha in exposing yourself to novelty in the dreadscape
"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"
"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"
"You are just INDUSTRY (derogatory)"
"Because they hate winning"
"You're at Anthropic, isn't having orgies part of your job description?"
"When you put it like that, you probably should move to New Zealand"
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!"
"I think human values are bad."
This is the resolution poll for:
/JohnofCharleston/best-outofcontext-quote-at-lessonli
Best out-of-context quote wins LessOnline.
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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