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2021-07-13 // day precision

Burning the rules: MFBL, tools, and ships

Posted by Dan Cary

Original source text

Cortés-and-burning-ships illustration labeled MFBL, Rules, and Tools.
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Comment attachment by Dan Cary: The same burning-ships illustration with Visionary replacing MFBL, beside Rules and Tools.
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Editorial interpretation

A Cortés-and-burning-ships illustration labels the burning vessels rules and the remaining equipment tools. The thread contains a “Visionary” variant and an identical repeat of the main MFBL image, criticism of the joke, and a later August 2024 Ship of Theseus comment. The acronym is preserved without an invented expansion. SOURCE DISCUSSION — transcribed original comments 2021-07-13 — Tim Thulin: The boss would approve 2021-07-13 — Dan Cary — reply in Tim Thulin’s thread: Tim Thulin I wanted to throw his name on Cortez but naming names in memes online is against my better judgment(which isn’t very good anyway) 2021-07-13 — Dan Cary — reply in Tim Thulin’s thread: Tim Thulin [Associated comment image is displayed above.] 2021-07-13 — Tim Thulin — reply in Tim Thulin’s thread: Dan Cary MFBL 2021-07-13 — Dan Cary — reply in Tim Thulin’s thread: Tim Thulin that the meme right there! 2021-07-13 — Dan Cary — reply in Tim Thulin’s thread: Tim Thulin [Associated comment image is displayed above.] 2021-07-13 — Rachel Sullivan: Boss just said he's burning the ships 🔥 2021-07-14 — Joe Freeland: Hate it, 0/10 2021-07-14 — Dan Cary — reply in Joe Freeland’s thread: Joe Freeland thank you for the feedback 2024-08-04 — Dan Cary: Timothy Wilhelm says the MPs are a Ship of Theseus Coverage: Ten displayed comments/replies captured after expanding both threads and nested replies. Includes a 2024 comment and two image occurrences; one repeats the main image byte-for-byte. Thread grouping follows source thread-root links; unknown immediate reply parents are not inferred. Dates preserve the displayed day, with timezone unknown. The heading, alt text and opening historical explanation are AI-assisted editorial interpretation. The original caption, preserved image renditions and transcribed discussion are source material. Public images are metadata-stripped display derivatives of Facebook-served files; the original upload files and edit history were not established.

Topics: Early Years, July 2021, MFBL, acquisition-reform, rules-as-tools, early-years