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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic is about the fact that much of the way we see the world is | + | This comic is about the fact that much of the way we see the world is subjective. From the directions up and down appear subjective, as gravity can not be strongly felt. Also since the {{w|vestibular}} system (the balance glands in the ear) does not strongly impact {{w|equilibrioception}} (the sense of balance) and the sense of balances is often based on vision, which uses subjective clues to determine what is the up and down, up and down can seem arbitrary at times. For example, people can convince themselves (accidentally or deliberately) that up is down and down is up or be confused about their orientation (dizzy). Forcing yourself to think in a different perspective changes a lot of things that are usually thought of as mundanities. |
− | + | [[Beret Guy]] convinces himself that down is toward the sky. [[Megan]] and asks him why he is clinging to the ground. He responds that he is holding on to the ground so that he does not fall into the sky. Megan at first dismisses this but later looks up, gets scared and is found by [[Ponytail]], clinging to a mailbox afraid of falling up. | |
− | + | The title text continues this idea, where Megan "drops" a bird into the sky, and never hears it hit the "bottom". As birds can fly, and captured birds often fly away when released, its flight appeared to Megan as the bird falling upward. "didn't hear it hit bottom" would normally mean that, after you throw a rock into a pit, it takes too long to hit bottom, or the sound couldn't even make it to the thrower. | |
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− | The title text continues this idea, where Megan "drops" a bird into the sky, and never hears it hit the "bottom". As birds can fly, and captured birds often fly away when released, its flight appeared to Megan as the bird falling upward. " | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Megan | + | :[Megan approaches Beret Guy, who appears to be doing a handstand on the lawn.] |
:Megan: What are you doing? | :Megan: What are you doing? | ||
:Beret Guy: Clinging to the ceiling of a bottomless abyss. | :Beret Guy: Clinging to the ceiling of a bottomless abyss. | ||
− | :[Megan walks past | + | :[Megan walks past him.] |
:Megan: You are very odd. | :Megan: You are very odd. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Megan towards a mailbox.] |
− | :[As | + | :[As she passes the mailbox, she looks up.] |
− | :[ | + | :[This panel appears to be upside down. Megan is clinging to the mailbox, and Ponytail approaches her.] |
:Ponytail: What's wrong? | :Ponytail: What's wrong? | ||
:Megan: I looked down. | :Megan: I looked down. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | *This comic's | + | *This comic's official transcript actually refers to [[Ponytail]] as Ponytail. |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy] | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics Sharing Names]] |