if u fuks asked better questions you'd get better answers
this board went to shit yesterday. I enjoyed it lol.
O Deep Thought computer," he said, "the task we have designed you to perform is this. We want you to tell us…." he paused, "The Answer."
"The Answer?" said Deep Thought. "The Answer to what?"
"Life!" urged Fook.
"The Universe!" said Lunkwill.
"Everything!" they said in chorus.
Deep Thought paused for a moment's reflection.
"Tricky," he said finally.
"But can you do it?"
Again, a significant pause.
"Yes," said Deep Thought, "I can do it."
"There is an answer?" said Fook with breathless excitement.
"Yes," said Deep Thought. "Life, the Universe, and Everything. There is an answer. But, I'll have to think about it."
…
Fook glanced impatiently at his watch.
“How long?” he said.
“Seven and a half million years,” said Deep Thought.
Lunkwill and Fook blinked at each other.
“Seven and a half million years…!” they cried in chorus.
“Yes,” declaimed Deep Thought, “I said I’d have to think about it, didn’t I?"
[Seven and a half million years later…. Fook and Lunkwill are long gone, but their descendents continue what they started]
"All right," said Deep Thought. "The Answer to the Great Question…"
"Yes..!"
"Of Life, the Universe and Everything…" said Deep Thought.
"Yes…!"
"Is…" said Deep Thought, and paused.
"Yes…!"
"Is…"
"Yes…!!!…?"
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"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.
"I checked it very thoroughly," said the computer, "and that quite definitely is the answer. I
i think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is.