Consider, for instance, the number of freak-show images that occur in this suite, sourced from a global underground of crackpotitude.

Don't try to make a deep copy of that: you'll pull in half the database.

[…] when he hears of Guzman’s mishap, mortifyingly roars with laughter, revealing soon afterwards that the occasion is not the boy’s discomfiture, but a practical joke subsequently played on the innkeeperess which has effectively avenged him.

On the other hand, since dotfiles are a Unixy concept, we're not that concerned.