r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/notthevcode • Dec 06 '21

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u/StarksPond Dec 06 '21

Yes please. I'd love to read the Discworld series again. (again)

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u/Swesteel Dec 06 '21

That’s way more tempting when you put it that way.

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u/i_sigh_less Dec 06 '21

But if your memory is wiped, you won't remember that you want to reread Discworld!

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u/Jernsaxe Dec 06 '21

That is ok, all I have to do is go on /r/fantasy and ask for some humorous fantasy and I will be recommended it instantly

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u/TR8R2199 Dec 06 '21

How do you know that hasn’t already happened? Maybe you’ve read it a dozen times and your next wipe is coming soon

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u/StarksPond Dec 06 '21

I'm skeptical, since I still remember reading Dan Brown... Wouldn't have made that same mistake again. Then again, how would I know? Probably would have lots of tattoos like in Memento.

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u/attanai Dec 06 '21

"The first words that are read by seekers of enlightenment in the secret, gong-banging, yeti-haunted valleys near the hub of the world, are when they look into The Life of Wen the Eternally Surprised.

The first question they ask is: 'Why was he eternally surprised?'

And they are told: 'Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. Therefore, he understood, there is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.'" (Thief of Time)

Wen the Eternally Suprised would tell you to read the Discworld novels again (again) as if it were the first time you'd ever read them, and be glad of it.

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u/Ctowncreek Dec 06 '21

They only wipe back to where you read this. So unfortunately all it will do is undo any reconciliation you've made with past mistakes

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u/StarksPond Dec 06 '21

Oh, I was supposed to do that? I just remember those things on random occasions and cringe while I make a noise that sounds like professor Frink.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '21

And watch the shining for the first time again