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Everybody uses pop culture as a shorthand. You might make an obscure reference to Monty Python or Iron Eagle that only some people will get, but if they do it conveys a world of meaning.
Ernest Cline
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Ernest Cline
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 29
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Continue your quest by taking the test. Yes, but what test? What test was I supposed to take? The Kobayashi Maru? The Pepsi Challenge? Could the clue have been any more vague?
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I was watching a collection of vintage '80s cereal commercials when I paused to wonder why cereal manufacturers no longer included toy prizes inside every box. It was a tragedy, in my opinion. Another sign that civilization was going straight down the tubes.
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I never ran out of ammo, because each time I fired a round, a new round was teleported into the bottom of the clip. My bullet bill this month was going to be huge.
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A river of words flowed between us.
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I was obsessed. I wouldn't quit. My grades suffered. I didn't care.
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Everybody has this fond association with the car from Back to the Future, but most people have never seen one. I've seen people drive off the berm trying to take pictures. It ends up being dangerous.
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Virtual sex, no matter how realistic, was really nothing but glorified, computer-assisted masturbation.
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You’re evil, you know that?” I said. She grinned and shook her head. “Chaotic Neutral, sugar.
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Lights, I said softly. This had become my favorite word over the past week. In my mind, it had become synonymous with freedom.
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As far as my house, I have a ton of video games and three or four old consoles.
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