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A man builds.. a parasite asks "where's my share?"

A man creates.. a parasite says "what will the neighbours think"

A man invents!.. the parasite says "Watch out, or you'll tread on the toes of god"

So, my fellow Lemmings, what is the difference?

Disclosure this is a joke question, ive been revisiting Bioshock too much recently this week

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[โ€“] [email protected] 46 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Would you kindly answer this yourself?

A man determines his own answers, the parasite seeks forums.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

A man uses latinate plurals, a parasite anglicizes.

[โ€“] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago

A lemming chooses, a redditor obeys

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

The working class builds; the capitalist class is a parasite on their labor.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

A man and a parasite might overlap on each other.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

One isn't a miserable little pile of secrets.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Edit2: added a reply to question; fomat to seperate quotes


"A man chooses. A slave obeys."


โ€œWe all make choices, but in the end... our choices make us.โ€

Quotes are by Andrew Ryan.

Andrew Ryan is a fictional character in the BioShock video game series developed by Irrational Games. He serves as the secondary antagonist in BioShock, and also appears in its follow-ups BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea.