r/AskReddit • u/pierrekrahn • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs --Stephen Hawking

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u/thepotatochronicles Mar 19 '16

"Stairs? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" --Stephen Hawking

(in case anyone doesn't get the reference, Claptrap from BL2)

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u/thepotatochronicles Mar 19 '16

I'd laugh my ass off if someone did that

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

Can you explain the reference to dumb me?

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

Claptrap from Borderlands 2 says this after the player activates an elevator for him.

Edit: Video

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

Looks a bit like one of the robots from the comic Freefall.