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From the children's nuclear-warfare simulation game described in
David Foster Wallace
's "
Infinite Jest
." When the game master puts on the red beanie, s/he signifies an utter global crisis. The only time the red beanie has been put on in earnest was when a user-input error in the hideously complex computer program used to calculate
thermonuclear
yield output an apparent ignition of the Earth's atmosphere.
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