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2021-07-16 // day precision

Tools lift the rules out of the way

Posted by Dan Cary

Original source text

It’s not over til I say it’s over!
Family Guy: Brian drives a forklift labeled TOOLS, lifting Peter, labeled RULES, toward a doorway.
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A Family Guy forklift lifts the figure labeled RULES using a vehicle labeled TOOLS. The caption extends the ongoing July tools-versus-rules joke. SOURCE DISCUSSION — transcribed original comments 2021-07-16 — Kenneth Schleckser: [Reaction-only comment; animation not preserved.] [Reaction GIF not preserved as animation.] Coverage: One of one displayed comments captured; reaction GIF animation not retained. 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, Rules versus tools, Acquisition culture