Maybe one is not enlightened enough to fully understand its brilliance?

"Ours started out 20 years ago, at NeXT. You could say it goes back to 1977, with the BSD guys. Heck, you could even say it goes back to 1969 with Dennis Thompson and Lionel Ritchie."

I "get" it, but the delivery falls flat like a stand-up comedian that makes the audience uncomfortable because no one is laughing. At least that's how it is in my head.