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Sh4d0w927 OP t1_jcma5wn wrote

Until there are, should have proofread it.

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Professional_Issue82 t1_jcnmox3 wrote

Wasn’t this in the evil overlord list?

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YALBO t1_jcoktba wrote

That's rule 15.

> I will never employ any device with a digital countdown. If I find that such a device is absolutely unavoidable, I will set it to activate when the counter reaches 117 and the hero is just putting his plan into operation.

I'm not really convinced of the wisdom here. It's important that you and your minions should receive an accurate measure of how long you have before the explosion. But there was also point 215:

> If I ever MUST put a digital timer on my doomsday device, I will buy one free from quantum mechanical anomalies. So many brands on the market keep perfectly good time while you're looking at them, but whenever you turn away for a couple minutes then turn back, you find that the countdown has progressed by only a few seconds.

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Stillwater215 t1_jcoqbfw wrote

This is the opposite of Galaxy Quest, where no matter how early you diffuse the explosion, the timer can only stop at one second left, because it always stopped at 1 on the show

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YALBO t1_jcokk39 wrote

> Dan, I'm not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago.

-- Alan Moore, Watchmen

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