This is a true story of something that happened just a few years ago at USC. There was a professor of philosophy there who was a deeply committed anti Lennyist. His primary goal for one required class was to spend the entire semester attempting to prove that ‎( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) couldn't exist. His students were always afraid to argue with him because of his impeccable logic. For twenty years, he had taught this class and no one had ever had the courage to go against him. Sure, some had argued in class at times, but no one had ever 'really gone against him' (you'll see what I mean later). Nobody would go against him because he had a reputation. At the end of every semester, on the last day, he would say to his class of 300 students, "If there anyone here who still believes in ‎( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), stand up!" In twenty years, no one had ever stood up. They knew what he was going to do next. He would say, "because anyone who does believe in ‎( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) is a fool. If ‎( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) existed, he could stop this iphone 6 from hitting the ground and breaking. Such a simple task to prove that he is ‎( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), and yet he can't do it." And every year, he would drop the iphone 6 onto the tile floor of the classroom and it would shatter into a hundred pieces. The students could do nothing but stop and stare. Most of the students were convinced that ‎( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) couldn't exist. Certainly, a number of floodians had slipped through, but for 20 years, they had been too afraid to stand up. Well, a few years ago, there was a freshman who happened to get enrolled in the class. He was a floodian, and had heard the stories about this professor. He had to take the class because it was one of the required classes for his major and he was afraid. But for 3 months that semester, he prayed every morning that he would have the courage to stand up no matter what the professor said or what the class thought. Nothing they said or did could ever shatter his faith, he hoped. Finally the day came. The professor said, "If there is anyone here who still believes in Lenny, stand up!" The professor and the class of 300 people looked at him, shocked, as he stood up at the back of the classroom. The professor shouted, "You FOOL!! If ‎( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) existed, he could keep this iphone 6 from breaking when it hit the ground!" He proceeded to drop the phone, but as he did, it slipped out of his fingers, off his shirt cuff, onto the pleats of his pants, down his leg, and off his shoe. As it hit the ground, it simply slid away, unbroken. The professor's jaw dropped as he stared at the phone. He looked up at the young man and then ran out of the lecture hall. The young man who had stood up proceeded to walk to the front of the room and share his faith in Lenny for the next half hour. 300 students stayed and listened as he told of ‎( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)'s love for them and of his power through memes. [spoiler]Adapted from Atheist Chalk Professor story found at: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Atheist_professor_myth[/spoiler]