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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|A reference that links to the fact that "normal" has a special meaning in structural geology is needed.}} | |
− | In | + | In {{w|structural geology}}, {{w|subduction}} is the mechanism by which one {{w|tectonic plate}} disappears under another. This process usually creates a {{w|mountain range}} on the second tectonic plate. (In some cases it will take the form of an {{w|island arc}} or a {{w|volcanic arc}}) |
− | + | In this comic, [[Beret Guy]] is very happy because he has just received his ''subduction license''. His roommate [[Cueball]] very reasonably asks him: ''Your what?''. But instead of answering him, Beret Guy begins to move towards him in their small room. It turns out that the license has literally enabled him to start a subduction: As he moves towards Cueball, he slowly sinks under the floorboard of the room, and in this process he creates a small mountain range on the floor. In the end, much to Cueball's consternation, these mountains turn his desk and chair over. Cueball actually falls out of the frame in the final panel, where Beret Guy is already halfway down beneath the floor. | |
− | + | The title text plays on the double meaning of the word "normal", which in structural geology refers specifically to mountain-building faults that form when plates or other crustal blocks relax '''away''' from one another (e.g., the {{w|Teton Range}}). However, since in subduction the plates are necessarily moving TOWARD one another (as noted in the roommate's response in the title text), mountain building is not due to normal (i.e., extensional) faults, but rather to compressional faults. It is typical for Beret Guy to act like this and also for him to misunderstand ''normal'' questions. | |
− | + | These types of atypical licenses has been mentioned previously in [[410: Math Paper]], but here a license was obtained instead of lost. | |
− | + | A ''{{w|thrust fault}}'' is a type of compressional fault that is itself part of the extended geologic/erotic play on words that drives [[1082: Geology]]. Here in this comic, ''I'm coming toward you'' may reflect a confusion, in Beret Guy's mind, between ''subduction'' and ''seduction''. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Cueball: ''Stop it! Stop it!'' | :Cueball: ''Stop it! Stop it!'' | ||
− | :[Beret Guy is waist-deep, and snow caps have formed on the mountains. Cueball is falling backwards from his desk | + | :[Beret Guy is waist-deep, and snow caps have formed on the mountains. Cueball is falling backwards from his desk, and the monitor unplugs itself from his computer.] |
− | :Cueball: '' | + | :Cueball: ''AUGH!'' |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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