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Re: Show HN: I Am Pickle Rick

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Post by _visgean »

haldora wrote: post #9

Hey HN! This is a silly site based on the Rick and Morty clip of Rick turning himself into a pickle [1] (because ??? he could). The amusement comes from Rick revealing he is the pickle, so I turned that into a command line 'surprise'. When you type "flip-pickle" into the mock-terminal, an asciiart image of Rick the pickle is shown. That's it... lol. A simple and silly project. I considered making it more of a text ad…

> because ??? he could

spoiler alert

is it not just to avoid therapy?

Re: Show HN: I Am Pickle Rick

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Post by erulabs »

_visgean wrote: post #21
haldora wrote: post #9

Hey HN! This is a silly site based on the Rick and Morty clip of Rick turning himself into a pickle [1] (because ??? he could). The amusement comes from Rick revealing he is the pickle, so I turned that into a command line 'surprise'. When you type "flip-pickle" into the mock-terminal, an asciiart image of Rick the pickle is shown. That's it... lol. A simple and silly project. I considered making it more of a text ad…

> because ??? he could spoiler alert is it not just to avoid therapy?

I believe that's the point of the episode - people go far out of their way to elaborately avoid getting help or working on their problems - or to even acknowledge they have problems in the first place. Rick is willing to turn himself into a pickle and fight to the death in the sewers before he talks to his daughter about his mental health.

Re: Show HN: I Am Pickle Rick

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Post by luma »

> Rick turning himself into a pickle [1] (because ??? he could)

I feel like most people miss the thrust of that episode. Pickle Rick is an allegory about Rick’s drinking problem taken to an absurd literalist extreme.

Re: Show HN: I Am Pickle Rick

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Post by haldora »

codehusker wrote: post #10
haldora wrote: post #9

Hey HN! This is a silly site based on the Rick and Morty clip of Rick turning himself into a pickle [1] (because ??? he could). The amusement comes from Rick revealing he is the pickle, so I turned that into a command line 'surprise'. When you type "flip-pickle" into the mock-terminal, an asciiart image of Rick the pickle is shown. That's it... lol. A simple and silly project. I considered making it more of a text ad…

This is wonderful. A silly reference dressed in 'hacker' style. It doesn't boost productivity, it's just joyful. Well done.

You comment is so nice. I keep coming back to it. I'll strive to leave comments like this elsewhere; simple but very powerful!

Re: Show HN: I Am Pickle Rick

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Post by airstrike »

zelias wrote: post #14

UX improvement: make it case insensitive. I'm on mobile and it took me a sec to realize that it didn't work because my keyboard automatically capitalizes the first letter in an input box

time to turn off that auto-capitalization! down with capitalism!

Re: Show HN: I Am Pickle Rick

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Post by carrozo »

haldora wrote: post #9

Hey HN! This is a silly site based on the Rick and Morty clip of Rick turning himself into a pickle [1] (because ??? he could). The amusement comes from Rick revealing he is the pickle, so I turned that into a command line 'surprise'. When you type "flip-pickle" into the mock-terminal, an asciiart image of Rick the pickle is shown. That's it... lol. A simple and silly project. I considered making it more of a text ad…

Aw geez. Did you make this to get out of therapy? :p

Re: Show HN: I Am Pickle Rick

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Post by Waterluvian »

luma wrote: post #24

> Rick turning himself into a pickle [1] (because ??? he could) I feel like most people miss the thrust of that episode. Pickle Rick is an allegory about Rick’s drinking problem taken to an absurd literalist extreme.

He's literally pickled himself.

This was obvious to me but I love these kinds of things that are hiding in plain sight. It took me 30 years to understand the "chicken cross the road" joke.

I adore the "ohhhhh" feeling you get when discovering them.

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