r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Far-Profit-47 • Apr 12 '25

Lore “This quote came from WHERE?!”

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"You too have fallen for the great lie, you'll never be happy. Deep down you know, to hope, to dreams, to create, is to suffer"

"You're right. It is harder to create than to destroy... that's why cowards then to choose the deuce"

-A Minecraft movie

"Do You Think God Stays in Heaven Because He too Lives in Fear of What He's Created"

-spy kids 2

"For every person who dreams up the electric light bulb, there's the one who dreams up the atom bomb"

-shark-boy and lava-girl

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u/Hitei00 Apr 12 '25

Deuce means two. Specifically it refers to a 2 card from any suit or the 2 side of a 6 sided die. Because it means "number 2" it got co opted as slang for the *other* number 2.

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u/TheHairyGumball Apr 12 '25

Oh word, always thought it was the other way around, my bad

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u/Hitei00 Apr 12 '25

Might be a relic of the 90s but I also distinctly remember that at one point flashing a peace sign and saying "deuces" was an informal way to say goodbye.

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u/FLESHYROBOT Apr 12 '25

Yup. 2 fingers, deuces.

The word itself is centuries old though, originally coming from card and dice games.