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| :::Nevertheless everyone is welcome to add more interpretations, but please don't write it like a comment. Think about the readers. | | :::Nevertheless everyone is welcome to add more interpretations, but please don't write it like a comment. Think about the readers. |
| :::--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:22, 14 August 2018 (UTC) | | :::--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:22, 14 August 2018 (UTC) |
− | ::::I liked the explanation as it was, because it was explaining how Megan, and other puzzle solving people, would likely be trying to solve Cueball's fake puzzle, giving examples of the kinds of things they would be looking for. You see Megan fixating on words like "start" and "parts", as if she's treating it like a Cryptic puzzle. Yes, signing it like in the comments isn't right, but the rest of it felt just fine for the explanation section, but best located after the more direct explanations. [[User:N0lqu|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu|talk]]) 18:56, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
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| Although Randall says he is messing with us, the fact that he is so much cleverer than any of the rest of us means that Cueball's statement might even be a legitimate cryptic clue. --John [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.214|108.162.219.214]] 18:40, 13 August 2018 (UTC) | | Although Randall says he is messing with us, the fact that he is so much cleverer than any of the rest of us means that Cueball's statement might even be a legitimate cryptic clue. --John [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.214|108.162.219.214]] 18:40, 13 August 2018 (UTC) |
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| :Sounds reasonable. I'm not native English but I thought the more complex variant would fit into this comic. Maybe I'm wrong and I don't mind when you or someone else is changing it. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 16:59, 14 August 2018 (UTC) | | :Sounds reasonable. I'm not native English but I thought the more complex variant would fit into this comic. Maybe I'm wrong and I don't mind when you or someone else is changing it. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 16:59, 14 August 2018 (UTC) |
| ::I've done the proper change. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 17:17, 14 August 2018 (UTC) | | ::I've done the proper change. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 17:17, 14 August 2018 (UTC) |
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| [[559: No Pun Intended]] is related: there too Cueball talks about a hobby where he tries to fool people to think there's some hidden layer under his words. This usually works out better for him than the opposite, [[153: Cryptography]] or [[410: Math Paper]], when tries to fool people that he's giving a serious presentation but it's all just a joke. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.154|162.158.92.154]] 08:41, 15 August 2018 (UTC) | | [[559: No Pun Intended]] is related: there too Cueball talks about a hobby where he tries to fool people to think there's some hidden layer under his words. This usually works out better for him than the opposite, [[153: Cryptography]] or [[410: Math Paper]], when tries to fool people that he's giving a serious presentation but it's all just a joke. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.154|162.158.92.154]] 08:41, 15 August 2018 (UTC) |
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− | Isn't there a page that lists all the comics in the "My Hobby" series? If so, we should add it in a Trivia section and make sure to update it with this comic. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 13:18, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
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− | : Ok, I see the link to that page was shared in an earlier discussion post, and this comic was added to that page. Now we just need to consider whether or not a link should be added somehow in the explanation, similar to the link in 1995: MC Hammer [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 13:28, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
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− | :: Dangit anyway, I'm starting to feel like a Cueball! I now see the page IS linked at the top, but it's not obvious it's to the My Hobby series page - I thought it linked to some webpage on the word "hobby" instead. I'll rework it slightly to be clearer. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 13:36, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
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− | :::You're talking about the category "My Hobby" which is always shown at the bottom of the comic page. Your rework is clearer - I just thought the simple word "hobby" for that link would be enough. Nevertheless the "My Hobby" category is not only about word puzzles, so I changed your edit slightly. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 16:59, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
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− | I saw this comment on the Guardian's cryptic crossword blog[https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/crossword-blog/2018/aug/06/crossword-roundup-donald-trump-in-nine-squares#comment-119413228], which makes the point that it contains both the short vowel-heavy words American crosswords are notorious for using ("aria", "Eno", "opera", "era", arguably "au pair") and the common cryptic indicators ("parts of", "composed", "at the start"). In addition I see some semordnilaps ("parts", "Eno", "star", "live era", arguably "opera"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sator_Square]) and other anagrammable words ("this"="hits"="shit"="Sith", "Brian"="brain"="bairn"="Rabin", "post"="pots"="opts"="stop"="spot"="tops"). Also "star"+"p"="parts", "star"+"t"="start", "op"+"era"="opera", and "opera" in Spanish sounds like "au pair, ah" at least according to this[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W3Zwi9Otac] pronunciation video. There are many potential wild goose chases here.
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− | [[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.90|172.68.65.90]] 12:59, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
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− | :Also ARIA occurs backwards in "au pAIR At the start" and the alt-text's "AIRAsian arena." Not sure if it's necessarily a cryptic, since it could just be wordplay without a definition.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.226|172.69.62.226]] 00:13, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
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− | Of course another reason it sounds like a word puzzle is simply that the whole scenario sounds impossibly contrived! [[User:Ciphergoth|Ciphergoth]] ([[User talk:Ciphergoth|talk]]) 04:35, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
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− | Is there any reason to think this explanation is actually incomplete, or were we just waiting to see if there as a real puzzle here? [[User:GreatWyrmGold|GreatWyrmGold]] ([[User talk:GreatWyrmGold|talk]]) 19:42, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
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− | :I would support marking this correct. [[User:Ciphergoth|Ciphergoth]] ([[User talk:Ciphergoth|talk]]) 20:50, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
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− | ::Thanks for your input, if not done by you I will remove the incomplete tag. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:04, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
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− | See: [[User:ColorfulGalaxy/Cryptic|List of XKCD-related cryptic clues]].
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− | : You can also see my user page for a cryptic clue guide. [[User:CrypticGuide|CrypticGuide]] ([[User talk:CrypticGuide|talk]]) 03:45, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
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