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Magic Xylophone
1. A question about a detail of a fictional story that is so trivial, the people who wrote said story certainly did not think about it.
2. A question asked about a fictional story by someone who is overly focused on the literal happenings of the plot instead of its themes, emotional affect, etc.
Taken from a Simpsons episode where a nerd inquires about the physics of a cartoon cat’s rib cage being played like a xylophone
2. A question asked about a fictional story by someone who is overly focused on the literal happenings of the plot instead of its themes, emotional affect, etc.
Taken from a Simpsons episode where a nerd inquires about the physics of a cartoon cat’s rib cage being played like a xylophone
1. “ In episode 2F09, when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes the same rib in succession, yet he produces two clearly different tones. I mean, what are we to believe, that this is a magic xylophone, or something? Ha ha, boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.”
2. “I mean, I just don’t understand how there can be explosions in space in Star Wars when there’s no oxygen...”
“Shut up dude, stop talking about Magic Xylophones”
2. “I mean, I just don’t understand how there can be explosions in space in Star Wars when there’s no oxygen...”
“Shut up dude, stop talking about Magic Xylophones”
Magic Xylophone by RollinNollin November 3, 2020
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