#!/usr/bin/env emd ; This is a riff on the Unix fortune program. ; See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_%28Unix%29 for more context %- (:def quote (:lambda q (text, text) (:match q [(qu, name) "${qu}\n — ${name}"]))) (:def fortune (:oneof (| "Fight god constantly.") (| "You will be let down by someone close to you.") (| "I'm not high-strung. I'm strung precisely as I am meant to be.") (| "Do not fail.") (| "Empathy opposes impartiality") (| "Trim the fat.") (| "The world rewards vigilance") (| "Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.") (| "Cleanliness is next to godliness.") (| "Do not complain.") (| "Correction is mercy.") (| "Guilt redeems, not love.") (| "There is no such thing as metaphors.") (| "Compliments turn to insults when you're insolent enough to believe your input matters.") (| "Excess is a sin.") (| "Hunger is hope.") (| "Spurn your family.") (| "Salvation is finality.") (| "If you go outside today, you will become nauseous") (| "Knowledge begets humility.") (| "Mushrooms are made of flesh.") (| "Love animals.") (| "Today is a good day to practice bilocation.") (| "Drugs have no mystic content.") (| "Irony is the weakest brand of pessimism") (| "Sin rots the flesh.") (| "Sex wastes the male body.") ; male sexuality is fundamentally weak (| "Did you remember to put apotheosis on your to-do list?") (| "Cultivate weakness.") (| "Beauty is a moral imperative.") (| "We are all united in being damned by our own personalities. That is beauty.") (| "What do you know about dietetics?") (| "Hobbies are sublunary") (| "To err is immoral.") (| "No man is holy.") (| "Bats can give humans rabies.") ; contrition and certitude (| $ quote (''' No more pennies to fill my pockets ''', "Arrow de Wilde")) (| $ quote ("\"I never made it with moderation.\"", "Florence Welch")) (| $ quote ("« Le beau est ce qu'on désire sans vouloir le manger. »", "Simone Weil")) (| $ quote ("\"You're more likely to get cut with a dull tool than a sharp one.\"", "Fiona Apple")) (| $ quote ("\"You forgot the difference between equanimity and passivity.\"", "Fiona Apple")) (| $ quote ("\"I don't believe in empirical science. I only believe in a priori truth.\"", "Kurt Gödel")) ; german? hm (| "Obedience is a virtue.") (| "\"You have potential,\" is an insult.") (| "Leisure is a sin") (| "Strive on all fronts"))) (:def main fortune)