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Re:The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: 40 years of parody ... by carapace on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @10:40AM (#21136960)
“The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question 'How can we eat?' the second by the question 'Why do we eat?' and the third by the question 'Where shall we have lunch?”
Re:The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: 40 years of parody ... by frood42 on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @01:28PM (#21138823)
“The history of warfare is similarly subdivided, although here the phases are Retribution, Anticipation, and Diplomacy. Thus:

Retribution: I'm going to kill you because you killed my brother.

Anticipation: I'm going to kill you because I killed your brother.

Diplomacy: I'm going to kill my brother and then kill you on the pretext that your brother did it.”