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For some reason, this made me think of the countdown timer in Galaxy Quest that counts down but stops before getting to zero because the ship's design is based on a TV show.





"Spoiler alert", I guess, if you've not seen Galaxy Quest in the quarter century since it was released.

Which, if you haven't, you absolutely should!

You can edit your comments. I didn't reply to your second one so you can delete it if you want.

It was sarcasm. 25 year old movies don't need spoiler alerts.

But also, in a meta way, it wasn't a spoiler anyway because countdowns never reach zero anyway.




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