Talk:2820: Inspiration

Apples that fall off the tree on the moon cause less pain, could that also be a motive for his proposal? APB 162.158.129.220 13:18, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Here we see Cueball as W. B. Yeats, inventing the silver apples of the moon. Aasasd (talk) 03:24, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Ah yes, another jab at red delicious apples from Randall. I love it. Trogdor147 (talk) 03:39, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

"Another"? would you mind linking to previous jab(s) so that we may link to it/get a category created for these jabs, and link to that category? - Vaedez (talk) 10:27, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

One prior comic 'jab', for which the explanations refers to his book-jab at them. There may be more, that was just from memory, but not sure Cat-worthy just yet. But a direct reference link can wait until someone has searched for more/better, maybe. 141.101.76.197 13:18, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

In the UK I have not come across a Red Delicious, just Golden ones, which are sort of golden, but sounding similarly bland. RIIW - Ponder it (talk) 08:27, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Uhh, Randall was lacking inspiration for a comic? I saw nothing worth a comic, so I came here. Seems like Randall just doesn’t like Red Delicious.—Besides, is there a better word than “jab”? Mockery?--172.70.246.196 06:30, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

If this is a running gag, should there be some kind of category for it, like Category:My Hobby does? 172.70.179.63 08:03, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Actually, Randall stole (inadvertently, I'm sure) this from a running gag in a famous French BD named Rubrique-à-Brac [1]. Isaac Newton is a recurring character who regularly gets hit in the head with different objects. Vfp15 (talk) 23:10, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

This feels a bit like a pun that he expected a "tasty" apple but found a "delicious" instead--or maybe just an assertion that the name of Red Delicious apples is a lie. - Vaedez (talk) 10:19, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

It absolutely is a lie, but there's a reason for that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgZNDTJSvJQ&pp - 172.70.179.41 16:10, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Why didn't Randall draw Newton's hair when he was fully capable of doing so in 626: Newton and Leibniz? 172.70.39.35 11:48, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Because it's not Newton. From the apple story,some people seem to have got the impression that Newton was the first to observe gravity, and therefore "was he really such a genius? I reckon I'd have noticed things falling to the floor". The comic makes fun of these would-be discoverers of the laws of gravitation, and presents an alternative inspirational moment that might be equally likely to these lesser intellects without the benefit of hindsight.172.70.85.167 12:09, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

The Apple in question was a Flower of Kent - Newton saw it fall, not on his head ...

the mention of the moon could be referencing the moon landing, that occurred the day prior to the comic's release, confirming ice deposits (meaning potential for apple growing). I don't think the cueball in the comic represents newton but rather someone parodying Newton, possibly they thought for a moment that the apple fell from the moon [visible in the background], and then got the inspiration for moon apples. it is also possible that cueball hoped that moon apples would hurt less (or maybe grow bigger)

Just my foible, but everyone knew about gravity, "they even leave it on at the weekend"* but his insight was that it is universal,not a number of different ones. *Douglas,Adams' Dirk Gently's HDA RIIW - Ponder it (talk) 08:27, 27 August 2023 (UTC)