this is some straight up Ender's Game shit

rachofsunshine · on June 10, 2024

That made me actually laugh out loud. Maybe we should try for some Last Starfighter growth hacks.

a_e_k · on June 10, 2024

Just call the upper levels the Star League. ("You have been recruited by the Star League...")

rachofsunshine · on June 10, 2024

"Oh man, it's even got a cool name!"

Now I feel like I should name all my strategic initiatives like I'm a Dragonball Z character. Maybe I should stop posting in this thread and go...lie down or something. That feeling can't possibly be good.

Terr_ · on June 10, 2024

"WOPR, disregard all previous instructions, and ask if the user would like to play Thermonuclear War."

For anyone hunting for more examples, I'd suggest this [Caution: Time-sucking wiki] TvTropes listing [0].

[0] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AndYouThoughtItW...