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graemep
5d ago
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Thea article says the title is a reference to Hemingway, but Hemingway's use of it was a reference to John Donne. The latter is far more familiar to me. Its no more relevant to the game though.
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jaccola
5d ago
Indeed, the same meditation that originated the phrase ‘no man is an island’.
Though, of course, the better version is “Ask not for whom the timer ticks. It ticks for thee”
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