神不只一次带我当面对付我生命中怪诞不经的神祇，我虽然知道早该丢弃，却迟迟没付诸行动。

More than once god has brought me face to face with a strange god in my life, and I knew that I should have given it up, but I didn't do it.

在有利可图且有望逃脱惩处之时，人们便会破坏规则，但他们不敢承认这点，于是种种怪诞不经的副作用便应运而生。

Absurd side effects occur when people are afraid to concede that they will break the rules if the stakes are high and there is any prospect of getting off scot-free.