"Sometimes, the only thing that keeps me from Starting the Killin' is memories of my ex-roommate (the Crown Prince) commenting about his job as mental-ward (prison) guard. 'The only thing that distinguishes me from them is One Bad Day.'"
Originally intended as a Batman Annual, but actually released as a stand-alone in the then-popular "Dark Knight Format". It's (thematically) about how Batman and The Joker each became who they are in One Bad Day, and how a more ordinary person (Commisioner Gordon) might react to a similar One Bad Day. Certainly the first place I ever saw the phrase used emphatically, though my long-range plan of reading Everything In The World remains woefully incomplete...
Hmm. It was repeatedly said with audible caps by the police officers during our little academy thing...(as in, when they usually meet new people: "When they're having One Bad Day.") So perhaps it has been lurking in another community, and the above reference brought it to yours...
You are going to need to have people stop writing first. Currently the target is accelerating out of sight. The third derivative is probably positive too.
My Clever Plan is as follows: a) perfect personality upload technology b) perfect techniques for integrating multiple copies of myself c) acquire enough computing bandwidth to make several billion copies of myself d) have each of the copies read a book e) reintegrate all the copies
Admittedly, this plan has some weak points, but I think it makes a good start :-)
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on 1 Jun 2005 16:30 (UTC)Hrm. I wonder if Alan Moore originated that one. Have you read The Killing Joke? It's far from his best, but that still leaves the bar pretty high...
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on 1 Jun 2005 23:39 (UTC)You are going to need to have people stop writing first. Currently the target is accelerating out of sight. The third derivative is probably positive too.
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on 2 Jun 2005 17:27 (UTC)a) perfect personality upload technology
b) perfect techniques for integrating multiple copies of myself
c) acquire enough computing bandwidth to make several billion copies of myself
d) have each of the copies read a book
e) reintegrate all the copies
Admittedly, this plan has some weak points, but I think it makes a good start :-)