[JoeAltmaier]

Sure, lots of us have done more than half of those things. Its supposed to be illustrative of how a person is a gadget for figuring out how to do whatever comes along, instead of being programmed for a particular life plan.

But you knew that. I'd have to wonder why the pedantic complaint?

[JoshTriplett]

Because you didn't say any of it. The quote is amusing; using the quote to contrast with the post it replied to adds much more. And personally, I got something entirely different out of the quote than you did, and I found the point of view you just explained interesting.