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Girlfriend: So much for altruism and providing for the needs of others.
Eric: Oh, I only say that when I want free stuff.

Paradox: Pwotagonists! I challenge you to a card game!
Yusei: You mean the thing that's going to destroy the world?
Paradox: Yes! That.
Yusei: Seems kind of hypocritical.

(After Malachite, who had a couple of rants on how New Technology Is Evil, gets off on his iPhone)
Nostalgia Critic: Uhhhh...
Malachite: What?
Nostalgia Critic: That’s a friggin’ iPhone!
Malachite: So what?
Nostalgia Critic: So what— That’s technology!
Malachite: No it isn’t.
Nostalgia Critic: Yes it is!
Paw Dugan: Dude, it’s like having a freaking computer in your hand!
Malachite: Well, I’m just using it for now.
Nostalgia Critic: Oh, yeah, and what are you going to do when all of technology is destroyed?!
Malachite: {pauses} Think of something.
Nostalgia Critic: "Think of something." "Think of something." You're an idiot.
Malachite: Well, at least I’m not a hypocrite.

"He never could follow his own rules. Said he couldn't abide the taste of livestock. So, every once in a while, he'd go out and gorge himself on human blood."
Kraven on Viktor, Underworld (2003)

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