Friday, June 12, 2026
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This certainly seems like Heinlein. But have you fact-checked it? I've found a number of quotations lately that are misattributed. I wouldn't want to steal this, resuse it, and then find out it is not him.
ReplyDeleteThe point still stands, regardless.
I just edited a (very long-winded) meme I had on my phone to remove the attribution. I tried searching the work that this meme supposedly was taken from for the lines and get more context only to discover that it wasn't who it claimed to be.
The AI god says:
DeleteThis phrase originates from the 1982 science fiction novel Friday by author Robert A. Heinlein. In the book, the protagonist's mentor argues that a loss of politeness and gentle manners is more indicative of societal collapse than a violent riot. The core idea is that civilization's foundation relies on the quiet, everyday respect people show each other, and when that erodes, the structural integrity of the society is compromised.
I'm writing a short story to be posted on Substack about that very topic. I'd forgotten that I'd scheduled this post.
Also: as a teen, I'd tried to read Friday, but I never got past the first few chapters. I should go back and try again someday.
DeleteSame here on "Friday." I tried it a number of times and never could get through it. I (fairly recently) dropped it and a bunch of other old books off at the used book store for some store credit. I'm starting to do that with older books I can't see myself opening or reading again.
DeleteI don't know whether you ever saw the short-lived prequel series Caprica, about the origins of the Cylons, but the show took Heinlein's idea—from Friday—of a "circle marriage" (e.g., 4 wives, 3 husbands, all married to each other) and made it part of Caprican life for some people.
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