MonkSpotting

Choose Perl. Choose an editor. Choose an OS. Choose a screen name. Choose a f**king big Internet connection. Choose CPAN, $_, hashes and -w...choose strict and wondering how the f**k Erudil's obfuscations work. Choose sitting in that chair reading mind-numbing, spirit crushing posts, stuffing caffeine into your body. Choose fretting over lost XP, spending hours to discover the Illuminati, and finally becoming a saint instead of the selfish, f**ked up brats who don't know how to use <code>. Choose the future. Choose PerlMonks.

(Apologies to those linked here. I'm not saying anything personal. I also apologize for the slightly censored language, but I wanted to keep as much of the tone from the original as I could. Of course, mine's quite a bit more positive...)

Update: I've had several people ask me what the heck I'm talking about. The original quote is from the movie TrainSpotting, and can be found here, toward the bottom of the list.

Guildenstern
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Re: MonkSpotting by clemburg (Curate) on Dec 12, 2000 at 14:50 UTC
Illuminatus! is the definitive reference on all things "Illuminati". Sadly, today, this original piece of work is not cited enough, and gets lost in heaps of epigone rubbish. Christian Lemburg Brainbench MVP for Perl http://www.brainbench.com	[reply]
Re: MonkSpotting by turnstep (Parson) on Dec 12, 2000 at 07:53 UTC
I have the strong feeling that I am missing some (probably media) cultural reference here. Perhaps someone could illuminate things for those of us monks that spend a little too much time in the monastery and not enough sneaking out to the nearby village? :)	[reply]
Re: Re: MonkSpotting by vroom (His Eminence) on Dec 12, 2000 at 08:12 UTC
It's a reference to a quote from the movie "Trainspotting" For fun and excitement you can checkout EDC's other attempt at accumulating all human knowledge at Everything2.com Trainspotting quote or Nodespotting what E2 users have to say about the art of noding and also happens to be available on a snazzy t-shirt (which couldn't be printed in Holland, MI) vroom \| Tim Vroom \| vroom@cs.hope.edu	[reply]
Re: Re: MonkSpotting by jplindstrom (Monsignor) on Dec 12, 2000 at 08:15 UTC
Trainspotting Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a starter home. Choose dental insurance, leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose your future. But why would anyone want to do a thing like that? Must-see movie. It caused a few imitations, one of them Adminspotting. /J	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: MonkSpotting by davorg (Chancellor) on Dec 12, 2000 at 14:10 UTC
And also (getting a bit further off topic), Starwarspotting -- <http://www.dave.org.uk> "Perl makes the fun jobs fun and the boring jobs bearable" - me	[reply]
Re: MonkSpotting by tune (Curate) on Dec 14, 2000 at 04:13 UTC
I think your node is trying to emphasize the addictive way of PM, as Trainspotting emphasized the addictive way of heroine and drugs usually. At least I can not live a day without PM :-) -- tune	[reply]


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