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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic is about an irrational fear about the depth of water beneath oneself | + | {{incomplete|Created by a CONTINENTAL SHELF. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | This comic is about an irrational fear about the depth of water beneath oneself. Whenever you don't explicitly know how deep the water is, and cannot see the bottom, there is nothing preventing the sea/lake/riverbed from being exceptionally far away. This phenomenon is actually quite common with many bodies of water having a relatively shallow shelf extending a short ways out from land. These typically end with little to no warning, giving rise to the fear that is depicted here. | ||
− | It is an '''irrational''' fear because if one is swimming, the depth of the water underneath is not important to safety | + | It is an '''irrational''' fear because if one is swimming, the depth of the water underneath is not important to safety. If one is wading, presumably one would feel the bottom drop away. |
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===Related comics=== | ===Related comics=== | ||
− | * In [[731: Desert Island]] a similar vision of not knowing what is beneath the surface is depicted. | + | *In [[731: Desert Island]] a similar vision of not knowing what is beneath the surface is depicted. |
− | * Randall provided the depths of various bodies of water without mentioning any specific fears in [[1040: Lakes and Oceans]]. | + | *Randall provided the depths of various bodies of water without mentioning any specific fears in [[1040: Lakes and Oceans]]. |
− | * The title text may be a reference to [[1115: Sky]], where [[Megan]] similarly starts freaking out about the depth of the sky. | + | *The title text may be a reference to [[1115: Sky]], where [[Megan]] similarly starts freaking out about the depth of the sky. |
− | * | + | *[[what if%3F]] #103 covers what would happen if all the bodies of water vanished. It refers to the sharp drop-off of the continental shelf, and divides boats into two categories: those over the shelf that crash within a few seconds, and those past the shelf that take up to a minute to reach bottom. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[The single panel comic is around | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
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+ | :[The single panel comic is around 6-7 times higher than it is wide. Cueball is watching from the beach while Megan with another character is standing neck deep in water near an extreme drop off (continental shelf?) and another Cueball is swimming further. This part of the comic is at the very top, and the characters are drawn much smaller than usual.] | ||
:Megan: It's OK, I can still touch bottom here. | :Megan: It's OK, I can still touch bottom here. | ||
− | :[As the tall image is scrolled down, there | + | :[As the tall image is scrolled down, there are some deep water fish, a jellyfish, and an octopus, a bottom ledge with a beach umbrella on it, and another drop off.] |
:[Caption below the panel:] | :[Caption below the panel:] |