Type Cookie (Proverbs 6:6)
Exhibit AKey Evidence
- The Cookie Monster virus from Hackers (1995) is one of the film's best gags. A whole system is getting eaten, and the man at the keyboard has to be told the one simple thing to do.
- It's funny because we all know the feeling. The answer is right in front of us, and we freeze or wait for someone else to move. Proverbs points to the ant, which needs no boss standing over it and still gets the work done when it's time.
- Sometimes wisdom is just doing the next right thing.
Exhibit BFrom the Word
“Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise,”
Clip: Hackers (1995), dir. Iain Softley. Used as fair-use commentary.
ClassifiedFull Briefing
"There's a new virus in the database." "It's replicating, eating up memory." "What do I do?" "Type cookie, you idiot."
The Cookie Monster virus from Hackers (1995) is one of the film's best gags. A whole system is getting eaten, and the man at the keyboard has to be told the one simple thing to do.
It's funny because we all know the feeling. The answer is right in front of us, and we freeze or wait for someone else to move. Proverbs points to the ant, which needs no boss standing over it and still gets the work done when it's time.
"Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise," Proverbs 6:6 (NKJV)
Sometimes wisdom is just doing the next right thing.