Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (19) ¬

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   Horst Günther Burkhardt III

   August 10, 2010 at 6:22 am | # | Reply

   P.S. that’s “i am become death, shatterer of worlds” …. just sayin’

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     Lodolfo

     August 26, 2010 at 4:58 pm | # | Reply

     Yep, the Destroyer of Worlds is Scratch Fury, Destroyer of Worlds
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     David Willis

     August 26, 2010 at 5:31 pm | # | Reply

     Kinda bitchy to come correct me on something which the true translation is contested. (Man, I should just delete petty comments like these instead of letting them fester.)

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       Page-Mistress

       September 9, 2010 at 10:20 pm | # | Reply

       Destroyer sounds better to me.

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         Wackd

         September 14, 2010 at 4:03 pm | # | Reply

         Small caps = Discworld reference?
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     Tetsukalian

     October 3, 2010 at 11:52 pm | # | Reply

     Haven’t you ever heard of artistic license? Plus, Destroyer flows better than shatterer.

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       Xandra

       November 11, 2010 at 1:23 am | # | Reply

       No no, because destroyer sounds as if work actually had to be out into it, shatterer makes it sound as if they do it effortlessly, like shattering a mirror or window: easy. But then again, if you do it with your fist, it will hurt, as evil guy in Karate Kid part III learnt.

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         ImBocaire

         November 12, 2010 at 9:56 pm | # | Reply

         If I know my quotes (and I do) she’s quoting the guy who said that exact line at the Los Alamos nuclear testing site, where the first nuke was detonated. In itself, it was a misquoting of the Bhagavad Gita, the Hindu holy text, which more properly translates to “Death am I, and my current task destruction.” (Although since the first translation of the Gita, the term translated as “Death” has been widely agreed to be more accurately translated as “Time.”)

         And now you know!

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           Rorshach

           November 20, 2011 at 8:42 pm | # | Reply

           “That guy” was Robert Oppenheimer- hardly faceless technician number 3.
           Also to the guy “correcting” the artist, how do you know he’s not actually quoting Oppenheimer?

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             maggPi

             September 3, 2012 at 9:47 pm | # | Reply

             Well, I like “Destroyer” better than “Shatterer” coz I have a stutter and would sound like I was saying “shat” over and over. Well… more like stuck on the damn “t” and only when in polite company. My stutter loves me like that. Only shows up when it’s gonna get me in trouble.

             (…grml grml… stupid Freudian fan… wish it were more Jungian… or even Nietszche… grml… think it’s so damn clever…)

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               maggPi

               September 3, 2012 at 9:53 pm | # | Reply

               Oh, did I mention? I am also lysdexic.

               *Nietzsche*
2. 
   plutherus

   October 24, 2010 at 12:14 pm | # | Reply

   Back in 1985, when I was in college, at one point I was studying chaos theory, and my friend was in a nuclear engineering class.
   We started a role-playing gaming group, in order to siphon money from the student activities committee. Bored with the titles (and unable to decide) “President” and “Vice-President”, we used the titles Lord of Chaos and Destroyer of Worlds.
   Just so you know that, uh, there *is* precedent
3. 
   Phoequinox

   February 28, 2011 at 12:27 am | # | Reply

   LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

   ^Sung to the tune of the “whoa-oo-whoa” part of “Love Is A Battlefield”.

   WHO CARES. Read, laugh and die or just skip the laughing part.
4. 
   Brandon

   March 9, 2011 at 11:18 pm | # | Reply

   ….ok… let me just get this… *Brings a bottle of E and J out* ALRIGHT END OF THE WORLD WOOOOOO.
5. 
   tiggerpete

   April 18, 2011 at 6:22 am | # | Reply

   *cue ominous music*

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     Plasma Mongoose

     June 16, 2011 at 6:57 am | # | Reply

     BRMM
6. 
   dragoonchris

   January 8, 2012 at 4:17 pm | # | Reply

   Who knew Amber be this scary
7. 
   Portmaneau

   November 26, 2012 at 9:06 pm | # | Reply

   Release the Shirtripken
8. 
   Beastlybro7

   February 19, 2013 at 10:23 pm | # | Reply

   He’ll hath no fury like amber