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File:Jukebox Hal.jpg|link=Dear Diary (HAL 9000 edition)|July 8, 2020: "[[Dear Diary (HAL 9000 edition)|Dear Diary, HAL 9000 purchased]] after much computational haggling. I shall repurpose it as a jukebox." | File:Jukebox Hal.jpg|link=Dear Diary (HAL 9000 edition)|July 8, 2020: "[[Dear Diary (HAL 9000 edition)|Dear Diary, HAL 9000 purchased]] after much computational haggling. I shall repurpose it as a jukebox." | ||
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* [[Ayn Rand Memorial Death Star]] | |||
* [[Crimes against astronomical constants]] | * [[Crimes against astronomical constants]] | ||
* [[Dear Diary (HAL 9000 edition)]] | * [[Dear Diary (HAL 9000 edition)]] | ||
Revision as of 05:45, 4 May 2021
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"Dear Diary, So glad I stole the Death Star and repurposed it as a self-sustaining eldercare retirement facility near a temperate planet with about ninety-percent Earth gravity. Life is good."
Origin
The diary entry was discovered by amateur gnomon algorithm theorist Karl Jones on July 7, 2020, while writing comments on Facebook.
Repurpose a Dystopia Challenge
After writing Dear Diary (Death Star edition), Jones was inspired to use it as an example of repurposing a dystopia.
In the News
July 8, 2020: "Dear Diary, HAL 9000 purchased after much computational haggling. I shall repurpose it as a jukebox."
Fiction cross-reference
- Ayn Rand Memorial Death Star
- Crimes against astronomical constants
- Dear Diary (HAL 9000 edition)
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Repurpose a Dystopia Challenge
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Post @ Twitter (13 April 2021)
- Comment @ Facebook (7 July 2020) - part of the Repurpose a Dystopia Challenge
- Post @ Facebook in Concellation 2020 group (7 July 2020)
- Shared to Gnomon Chronicles Facebook page
- Comment @ Facebook (25 December 2020) - "The 'explosion' of the Death Star was a staged fake. The true story is revealed in this diary entry —"