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| + | '''"All I Ever Needed To Know In This Fragile Layer of Existence We Call The Real World I Learned From Serial Experiments Lain"''' is a page from the anime fansite "The Home for Infinite Losers". The website was first archived by the Internet Archive on the 3rd of November, 2001.<ref>Internet Archive, https://web.archive.org/web/20011103093843/http://www.geocities.com/the_hfil/Features/all_lain.html</ref> |
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| + | The page aims to create a list of things the author feels are "definitive laws" regarding Serial Experiments Lain. The list uses a humorous tone throughout, and the author invites users to email them in order to contribute additional "laws". |
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| + | The full text of the page has been included below. |
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| Welcome to the one and only AIENTKITFLOEWCTRWILFSEL page! The only page on the net where the title is a run-on sentence! Well, that's not really true, but it's the only page whose title is a run-on sentence that doesn't suck! Although again, that might be subject for debate. Look, just start reading before I make myself look like even more of an idiot, OK? Although I really don't think I have any sort of claim to sanity after making something like this. It is a little difficult to make a list of definitive laws about a series where, in order to maintain honesty, any statement must be ended with an "I think." As in "Lain made all their memories go away... I think," or "The game the kids were all playing actually was important... I think." Still, for better or worse, here it is. | | Welcome to the one and only AIENTKITFLOEWCTRWILFSEL page! The only page on the net where the title is a run-on sentence! Well, that's not really true, but it's the only page whose title is a run-on sentence that doesn't suck! Although again, that might be subject for debate. Look, just start reading before I make myself look like even more of an idiot, OK? Although I really don't think I have any sort of claim to sanity after making something like this. It is a little difficult to make a list of definitive laws about a series where, in order to maintain honesty, any statement must be ended with an "I think." As in "Lain made all their memories go away... I think," or "The game the kids were all playing actually was important... I think." Still, for better or worse, here it is. |
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| 10) The [[MIB]] do exist, and one of them is a crazy Asian guy. The other has a Lolita Complex. | | 10) The [[MIB]] do exist, and one of them is a crazy Asian guy. The other has a Lolita Complex. |
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− | 11) [[God]] is a [[Eiri|disgruntled computer programmer]] (probably from Microsoft). | + | 11) [[God]] is a [[Masami Eiri|disgruntled computer programmer]] (probably from Microsoft). |
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| 12) God is also in five pieces and held together with duct-tape. | | 12) God is also in five pieces and held together with duct-tape. |
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| 15) Sometimes there isn't anywhere on Earth you can run to. | | 15) Sometimes there isn't anywhere on Earth you can run to. |
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− | 16) [[The Knights]] are evil. Very evil. They look down womens skirts! And they play videogames with their children! Evil evil! | + | 16) [[Knights of the Eastern Calculus]] are evil. Very evil. They look down women's skirts! And they play videogames with their children! Evil evil! |
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| 17) [[Taro|Kids]] [[Masayuki|in]] [[Myu-Myu|bars]] know everything about computers. And they're always at the same table. Just accept that. | | 17) [[Taro|Kids]] [[Masayuki|in]] [[Myu-Myu|bars]] know everything about computers. And they're always at the same table. Just accept that. |
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| 20) When outside, shadows are made up of a weird splotchy red pattern. However, normal people can't see it. Simply accept this. | | 20) When outside, shadows are made up of a weird splotchy red pattern. However, normal people can't see it. Simply accept this. |
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− | 21) If you're going to summon the devil on the [[Wired|internet]], bring your quake cheatcodes. If you're going to summon God, bring a mop. | + | Other People's Suggestions (generally, they're much better than mine) |
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| + | 21) If you're going to summon the devil on the [[the Wired|internet]], bring your quake cheatcodes. If you're going to summon God, bring a mop. |
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| 22) The only certain thing in "life" is that [[Bear suit|teddy bear pajamas]] will never go out of style. | | 22) The only certain thing in "life" is that [[Bear suit|teddy bear pajamas]] will never go out of style. |
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| 31) We are all software. Even worse, we're all freeware with no warranty, no manual, and an interface that even God has a hard time using. | | 31) We are all software. Even worse, we're all freeware with no warranty, no manual, and an interface that even God has a hard time using. |
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− | 32) If you're gonna [[Suicide|die]], make sure to send emails out about how you're not really dead. | + | 32) If you're gonna die, make sure to send emails out about how you're not really dead. |
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| 33) If you see MIB standing outside your house, be afraid. | | 33) If you see MIB standing outside your house, be afraid. |
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| 38) If you get an email from a dead person, don't tell anyone about it. | | 38) If you get an email from a dead person, don't tell anyone about it. |
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− | 39) If you need a new computer, don’t worry about it because [[Tachibana Labs|the company]] will almost immediately send you the newest model. | + | 39) If you need a new computer, don't worry about it because [[Tachibana General Laboratories|the company]] will almost immediately send you the newest model. |
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| 40) If the telephone lines start dripping blood, be concerned. | | 40) If the telephone lines start dripping blood, be concerned. |
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| 44) Don't tell God that maybe he isn't really God, he'll go nuts. | | 44) Don't tell God that maybe he isn't really God, he'll go nuts. |
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− | 45) If your [[Shoko|mom]] doesn't show up after telling her it’s her turn to play, go check on her. | + | 45) If your [[Shoko Masatsugu|mom]] doesn't show up after telling her it's her turn to play, go check on her. |
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| 46) If you find yourself sitting in the middle of a busy street, don't worry the cars will go around you. | | 46) If you find yourself sitting in the middle of a busy street, don't worry the cars will go around you. |
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| 47) Avoid men in black suits, men in ducktape, kids in bear suits, and boys playing video games like the plague. | | 47) Avoid men in black suits, men in ducktape, kids in bear suits, and boys playing video games like the plague. |
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− | 48) Don’t be judgmental; everyone is connected (So the guy who picks his nose in gym class is a part of you...EEWW!) | + | 48) Don't be judgmental; everyone is connected (So the guy who picks his nose in gym class is a part of you...EEWW!) |
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| 49) Remember to update your software, you never know when your connection might go bad (How would you update a human being anyway?) | | 49) Remember to update your software, you never know when your connection might go bad (How would you update a human being anyway?) |
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| 70) For that matter, just don't trust. | | 70) For that matter, just don't trust. |
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− | 71) No one with a friend named [[Alice]] has a Normal life. | + | 71) No one with a friend named [[Alice Mizuki|Alice]] has a Normal life. |
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− | 72) [[Love]] is never having to speak to your spouse, unless your daughter freaks out. | + | 72) Love is never having to speak to your spouse, unless your daughter freaks out. |
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| 73) She's not your kid, or at least she wasn't until the update. | | 73) She's not your kid, or at least she wasn't until the update. |
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− | 74) Taro is a lot like life. It has what you want, but you have to make it happy with you to get it, and it always wants you to be what you’re not... | + | 74) Taro is a lot like life. It has what you want, but you have to make it happy with you to get it, and it always wants you to be what you're not... |
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| 75) You are what you aren't you just are. Not. | | 75) You are what you aren't you just are. Not. |
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| 82) Be afraid if you see the reflection of a little girl in your laser-goggle thingies. Be very afraid. | | 82) Be afraid if you see the reflection of a little girl in your laser-goggle thingies. Be very afraid. |
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− | 83) [[Lain|Small girls]] with a single braid in their hair are all-powerful God's. Accept it. | + | 83) [[Lain Iwakura|Small girls]] with a single braid in their hair are all-powerful God's. Accept it. |
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− | ==Source== | + | ==Sources== |
| Taken from [http://web.archive.org/web/20090829113407/http://geocities.com/the_hfil/Features/all_lain.html here] | | Taken from [http://web.archive.org/web/20090829113407/http://geocities.com/the_hfil/Features/all_lain.html here] |
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