Reposted by The Hat Man
This.
Good code should make you go "oh...Oh that's CLEVER" Or "Oh shit... that's how that works!"
These responses are genuine and human, and the same sort of 'oh that's how that brush stroke works!' from art.
It's creative writing that DOES COOL THINGS.
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Regional Differences
Text Changes
[A table with four columns, labelled: Text Index (1), US (2), Europe (3) & Notes (4) respectively]
(1) 2c00
(2) "AHH! ! !
You startled me!
Winter sets in
all of a sudden,
then down my
chimney comes...
You're not
Santa!"
(3) "AHH! ! !
You startled me!
Winter sets in
all of a sudden,
then down my
chimney comes...
You're no
chimney sweep!"
(4) "Somebody evidently realized this reference to Santa implies the existence of Christmas and therefore Christianity, which stopped being a thing in the Zelda series after A Link to the Past, and took it upon themselves to correct this grievous continuity error. Apparently chimney sweeps throw themselves down the flue unannounced where they live."
(1) 2e0d
(2) "Santa Welcome!!!"
(3) "Hearth fires are
best on chilly
days! Chimney
sweep wanted."
(4) "Santa is apparently not welcome in Europe."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreig7r43xt3wcns3wzezgte2sjyldym2bqjkj3bqmrt4n7ukvliy63u)
