Black graduation caps with gold tassels form a small pyramid against a deep blue background.

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Mostly Harmless  ·  1992

Douglas Adams

People knew how to have a good time, and if they didn’t there were courses they could sign up for which would put that right.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker sketches a world so organised that even enjoyment can be taught: anyone unsure how to have a good time could enrol in a course to fix it. The dry irony treats pleasure as a skill to be certified, mocking the urge to systematise fun.

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