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You can't envision the final collapse of capitalism? Incredible!

— Stoic Club patron ‧ EarthBound (1995)

A plain grey stone sits on a miniature stage beside a crystal glass of water in a purple-lit lounge.
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A Stoic Club customer makes a sweeping question sound like a test of the young heroes' intelligence. The setting satirises adult pretension: people pay to drink water and contemplate a rock. This English wording belongs to the 1995 North American localisation.

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  • PolygonSelected wording, credit and scene; edition and limitations recorded in source review.Reference checked
  • NintendoNorth American English edition release: 5 June 1995. Date support only, not quotation wording.Reference checked

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