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ost_uid0]Hmmm... how about these variations...
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[b
ost_uid0]Morpheus:[/b
ost_uid0] The evil machines trapped all of humanity in a world where we can fly, run along walls, create anything we want...
[b
ost_uid0]Neo:[/b
ost_uid0] Cool! Um, I mean, major bummer, man.
[b
ost_uid0]Morpheus:[/b
ost_uid0] And don't you forget it. It all started when man created AI...
[b
ost_uid0]Neo:[/b
ost_uid0] Artificial Intelligence?
[b
ost_uid0]Morpheus:[/b
ost_uid0] No, American Idol. That show singlehandedly reduced us to the state we're in now.[/quote
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or:
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[b
ost_uid0]Morpheus:[/b
ost_uid0] We were at the height of our civilization until we created AI.
[b
ost_uid0]Neo:[/b
ost_uid0] You mean Artificial Intelligence?
[b
ost_uid0]Morpheus:[/b
ost_uid0] No - American Idol.
[b
ost_uid0]Neo:[/b
ost_uid0] Ouch. Harsh, man.
[b
ost_uid0]Morpheus:[/b
ost_uid0] That show brought us to our present state, melting our minds and turning the human being... into this.
[b
ost_uid0]Neo:[/b
ost_uid0] A green M&M?
[b
ost_uid0]Morpheus:[/b
ost_uid0] Damn! Wrong pocket![/b]
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It is becoming increasingly clear to me that combining jokes makes them less funny - only the last one retains its punch. I have come to the conclusion that it is not the scenes we are writing that are so funny - it's [i
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Only more so.[/color
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