▲ 93 ▼ 2025-06-18 (discuss.online) submitted 1 year ago by m_f@discuss.online to c/thefarside@sh.itjust.works 3 comments fedilink hide all child comments 🔗 Caption: “Excuse me, but may I assume you're not Dr. Livingstone?” No alt text Disqus comments Archived Page
[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Reference to the song "Dr Livingstone I Presume" by The Moody Blues. Dr. Livingstone, I presume Stepping out of the jungle bloom Into the mid-day sun What did you find there? [...] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jagot@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) More likely a reference to Stanley’s meeting with Dr. Livingstone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Livingstone#Stanley_meeting permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago* And also Dr Frankenstein working on his monster, though he worked in a lab attached to his apartment in a city Dr Frankenfurter OTOH worked in an isolated gothic mansion and made a much better man, not monstrous at all XKCD for Frankenstein (mobile view) Another XKCD for Frankenstein (mobile view) Wikipedia for the other doctor's movie OTOH stands for 'on the other hand' permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jagot@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) More likely a reference to Stanley’s meeting with Dr. Livingstone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Livingstone#Stanley_meeting permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago* And also Dr Frankenstein working on his monster, though he worked in a lab attached to his apartment in a city Dr Frankenfurter OTOH worked in an isolated gothic mansion and made a much better man, not monstrous at all XKCD for Frankenstein (mobile view) Another XKCD for Frankenstein (mobile view) Wikipedia for the other doctor's movie OTOH stands for 'on the other hand' permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago* And also Dr Frankenstein working on his monster, though he worked in a lab attached to his apartment in a city Dr Frankenfurter OTOH worked in an isolated gothic mansion and made a much better man, not monstrous at all XKCD for Frankenstein (mobile view) Another XKCD for Frankenstein (mobile view) Wikipedia for the other doctor's movie OTOH stands for 'on the other hand' permalink fedilink source parent
