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		<title>Talk:2175: Flag Interpretation</title>
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Can we all just take a moment to appreciate that Randall drew each US flag by hand? He could have just copy-pasted the same one 14 times, but he didn't. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.34.118|172.68.34.118]] 16:27, 12 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Something about a Dali-esque melting flagpole set at half-mast seems very suggestive to me... {{unsigned|ProphetZarquon}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Flying the US flag upside down would be considered a distress signal by many. Should this be in the main description or a &amp;quot;trivia&amp;quot; section? [[User:Cgrimes85|Cgrimes85]] ([[User talk:Cgrimes85|talk]]) 15:51, 12 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:I had the same thought (before I saw your comment) and put it in the main description, since it seems necessary to understand the joke. --[[User:Aquillion|Aquillion]] ([[User talk:Aquillion|talk]]) 05:51, 13 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Half mast or half staff? In the US (which appears to be the flag shown in the comic), the popular usage is half-staff, although half-mast is more common elsewhere. [[User:Cgrimes85|Cgrimes85]] ([[User talk:Cgrimes85|talk]]) 15:56, 12 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: Half-mast should be for naval connotations and half-staff for non-naval connotations, at least in the USA.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Definitely half-mast in the UK. To the point that someone showing a lot of sock has historically drawn comments of &amp;quot;Who's died?&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Your cat died?&amp;quot; which is then clarified by explaining that their trousers appear to be at half-mast. [[User:YorkshirePudding|YorkshirePudding]] ([[User talk:YorkshirePudding|talk]]) 21:59, 12 July 2019 (UTC) &lt;br /&gt;
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: In Northern Ireland, a flag half way up a lamp post usually just illustrates that the ladder was too short. Not strictly relevant, but it feels like an XKCD style punchline.&lt;br /&gt;
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The no one dying for a while was done in the TV Show Torchwood: Miracle Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood:_Miracle_Day [[Special:Contributions/172.69.160.152|172.69.160.152]] 19:01, 12 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: Also the premise of a SCP [http://www.scp-wiki.net/end-of-death-hub End of Death] hub. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.6.118|162.158.6.118]] 10:11, 15 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Note that a flag may traditionally not fly outside at night, to the point that a flag which hangs after dusk should be burned.&lt;br /&gt;
[[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.240|141.101.105.240]] 13:32, 13 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot; a flag which hangs after dusk should be burned.&amp;quot; Uhhh, no. Burning is the respectful way to destroy a worn-out US flag, but just having had the flag fly at night does not mean that that flag should be burned. ( Where DID that idea come from?? )[[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.136|162.158.214.136]] 20:59, 13 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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It's actually acceptable to fly a flag 24 hours a day, provided there is appropriate lighting on it. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 14:02, 14 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Related trolley problem [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIStk5vF0lg link] I am ''not'' adding to the explanation lol. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.85|172.68.189.85]] 22:26, 14 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:2174: First News Memory</title>
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AAAAA, black hat is an alien confirmed in XKCD cinematic universe canon!!!1! [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 23:33, 10 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Should it be linked to [[:category:Comics to make one feel old|Comics to make one feel old]]? it is kind of a similar theme. especially [[1686: Feel Old]]. Also (not of the feel old series): [[1093: Forget]]. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 05:56, 11 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== First News Memory ==&lt;br /&gt;
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The challenger disaster was my first news memory too. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.124|108.162.241.124]] 19:37, 10 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: The Challenger disaster was for me, too -- except I distinctly remember it being during my 8th grade year (two years after it had occurred). Earlier still would be Mt. St. Helens' blowing it's top (well, side) -- except it wasn't a news event, it was a life event (we lived in Idaho at the time, and had a lot of the first ash that came down...) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.52|162.158.75.52]] 05:58, 11 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:: Wait... is the Challenger disaster my first news memory if I watched it happen live? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.124|108.162.241.124]] 12:26, 11 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Bernie Sanders not being admitted into debates was mine... &lt;br /&gt;
[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 19:54, 10 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:The debate was with Moses -- Bernie is ''old''. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 19:59, 10 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::And yet distinctly more lucid than Biden &amp;amp; more active than Trump. Bernie's age doesn't concern me much. [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 20:50, 10 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I'm sure I must have watched the moon landing, but I don't actually remember it (I was 8 at the time). I remember Nixon being elected, but I'm not sure if it was 1968 or 1972.[[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]])&lt;br /&gt;
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I was five and was allowed to stay up very late - i think I remember being allowed to stay up more than the moon landing. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.67|162.158.154.67]] 22:10, 10 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I vaguely remember the last moon landing (family didn’t have TV for the first three) but I very clearly remember the first picture of Mars sent back by the Viking lander.  They actually interrupted the regular programming to show it live.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.234.132|172.69.234.132]] 04:23, 11 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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If it's supposed it's first news memory you remember clearly, mine would be the {{w|September 11 attacks}} ... however, i'm sure it was nowhere near first news I was watching. It's just that the ones before were either hard to date (like some road accidents) or not visual enough (talking heads), so I don't remember if I watched that one in TV or read it in newspaper. Also, I suspect it was first news I saw outside of regular news show: they interrupted what was supposed to be in TV at that time, so I though it's some catastrophic movie first. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 10:53, 11 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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For me it was the German election results 1998, where Schröder became the new Kanzler. 3 Years later, 9/11 is much clearer on my mind however --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 11:11, 11 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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It's very hazy, I don't have many memories from when I was young but I recall McCain being defeated. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.234.136|172.69.234.136]] 12:28, 11 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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What comes to my mind was the Great Alaska Earthquake which I read about in the &amp;quot;Weekly Reader&amp;quot; distributed in elementary school. My memory is that I was about 8 years old, but in fact the Alaska earthquake was in March 1964 and I was 10 years old. Which makes the Kennedy assassination in November 1963 my first strong news memory. So this demonstrates the malleability of (at least my) memory. [[User:Rtanenbaum|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum|talk]]) 13:22, 11 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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My first news memory was watching the Apollo–Soyuz link-up from the Apollo side.  NASA televised the opening of the hatch on the Apollo and shaking hands with the Soviet cosmonaut and I remember my mom explaining that that was happening up in space way above us. [[User:Nutster|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster|talk]]) 13:59, 11 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Mine was the 1976 election of Carter over Ford.  Mom was Democrat and her stepfather was Republican.  His derision of Carter was...exuberant. [[User:Observer of the Absurd|Observer of the Absurd]] ([[User talk:Observer of the Absurd|talk]]) 16:20, 11 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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You all make me feel very young... My first news memory was 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, but it's very vague... [[Special:Contributions/172.68.51.166|172.68.51.166]] 09:28, 12 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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For me, it was some news story about Tony Blair. No idea what the story was, and I know I've seen the news before that, but that's the first I can remember.&lt;br /&gt;
It would have been the Fairford MIG 21 crash (mid air collision) in 1993.  But I was camping there and had no access to a TV.  I did however get to see fresh wreckage, both on the runway, and in the (otherwise empty) field next to the one I was staying in...  [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.115|162.158.154.115]] 10:05, 12 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Explain the comic == &lt;br /&gt;
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(Flashblub memories \ Mandela effect)&lt;br /&gt;
I think we need an explanation of Flashbulb memories, for sure. [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 20:50, 10 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Details hazy ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Challenger crashed into and destroyed the Berlin Wall&amp;quot; ... 'That's right, isn't it?' - ''Dexter Walker'' (played by Daryl Mitchell) on ''The John Laroquette Show'' &lt;br /&gt;
[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 20:50, 10 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Links to character pages ==&lt;br /&gt;
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This comic especially felt like it needed links to character pages, so I added them. If we have a policy not to do that, please feel free to unlink. [[User:Jkshapiro|Jkshapiro]] ([[User talk:Jkshapiro|talk]]) 02:10, 11 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Deny/refute ==&lt;br /&gt;
In comment on title text, I changed refutes to denies. Refute means to actually prove something is untrue, not the same as just denying it is true. One deals with proven fact, the other is unsupported opinion.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Amnesia (frame three) ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Has White Hat ever evidenced amnesia before? It just feels like such an unlikely explanation for his comment. Amnesia is a rare and notable thing, and there's something disproportionate about using it as a throwaway line in an otherwise unrelated strip. [[User:Jkshapiro|Jkshapiro]] ([[User talk:Jkshapiro|talk]]) 02:45, 12 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:2173: Trained a Neural Net</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;162.158.154.115: Added comment re &amp;quot;technically&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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Of course it's cheating as human's neural nets came pre-trained. I mean, unless you trained infant to do it, and even then, some things in image recognition are hardwired. In any contest between modern software and infant in face recognition or &amp;quot;is that face happy&amp;quot; recognition, I'm betting on infant. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 21:03, 8 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:Face recognition might be innate, but higher level tasks are not. You're not born knowing how to ride a bicycle or do algebra (there may be some simple counting circuits in the brain), your neural network has to be trained so you can do these.[[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 22:04, 8 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Ahh -- a short and sweet comic and explanation! I'd propose not bloating the explanation too much; the joke has been explained perfectly fine already. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.51.16|172.68.51.16]] 22:16, 8 July 2019 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Perhaps we should just all adhere to Randall's own advice in [[1475|1475:Technically]]:&lt;br /&gt;
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:'My life improved when I realized I could just ignore any sentence that started with &amp;quot;technically.&amp;quot;'&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>2003: Presidential Succession</title>
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| date      = June 6, 2018&lt;br /&gt;
| title     = Presidential Succession&lt;br /&gt;
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| titletext = Ties are broken by whoever was closest to the surface of Europa when they were born.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Explanation==&lt;br /&gt;
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The {{w|United States presidential line of succession}} is the order of people who serve as president if the current incumbent President is incapacitated, dies, resigns, or is removed from office.  &lt;br /&gt;
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The {{w|Presidential_Succession_Act#Presidential_Succession_Act_of_1947|Presidential Succession Act of 1947}} was an act by the U.S. Congress that revised the presidential order of succession to its current order. This act, though never challenged in the courts, may not be constitutional for two reasons. First, it is unclear whether members of Congress can be designated in the line of succession. Secondly, the act allows for a cabinet officer to be &amp;quot;replaced&amp;quot; as acting President by a new Speaker of the House or a new President Pro Tempore of the Senate.&lt;br /&gt;
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The full text of the Second Report of the Continuity of Government Commission can be found here: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_continuity_of_government.pdf&lt;br /&gt;
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The first 6 members of Randall's list are included in the current line of succession. After the top 6, his list ranges from politicians, to actors who have played Presidents, to athletes. &lt;br /&gt;
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Randall's list omits the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, as well as many other cabinet positions. Perhaps he does not find those people qualified to become President of the United States, or is concerned about the constitutionality of lawmakers becoming President.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is another comic in the continuing line of comics about American politics, especially after the election of Donald Trump as President in 2016.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Order of succession==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable sortable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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|President&lt;br /&gt;
|President&lt;br /&gt;
|Not generally considered part of the line of succession, as incumbents cannot &amp;quot;succeed&amp;quot; to their own post.&lt;br /&gt;
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| Vice president&lt;br /&gt;
| Vice president&lt;br /&gt;
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|3&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of State&lt;br /&gt;
|Speaker of the House of Representatives&lt;br /&gt;
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|4&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of Defense&lt;br /&gt;
|President pro tempore of the Senate&lt;br /&gt;
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|5&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of Homeland Security&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of State&lt;br /&gt;
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|Attorney General&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of the Treasury	&lt;br /&gt;
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|Five people who do not live in Washington DC, nominated at the start of the President's term and confirmed by the Senate&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of Defense&lt;br /&gt;
|{{w|Washington, D.C.}} is the capital of the United States, and is where the {{w|White House}}, the President's residence, is located. Presumably this provision covers the case where much of the government, including positions 1–6 here, are killed by a natural disaster or attack in Washington, D.C.&lt;br /&gt;
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It is unclear if these 5 people have to have any qualifications whatsoever. It is also unclear if an order is determined among these 5 or if they take up joint presidency.&lt;br /&gt;
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|8&lt;br /&gt;
|{{w|Tom Hanks}}&lt;br /&gt;
|Attorney General&lt;br /&gt;
|Academy Award-winning American actor&lt;br /&gt;
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|9&lt;br /&gt;
|State Governors, in descending order of state population at last census&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of the Interior&lt;br /&gt;
|At the time of publishing, the last {{w|United States Census}} was the 2010 Census. {{w|2010_United_States_Census#State_rankings|Link}} to state populations.&lt;br /&gt;
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|10&lt;br /&gt;
|Anyone who won an Oscar for playing a governor&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of Agriculture&lt;br /&gt;
|Oscars, or {{w|Academy Awards}}, are annual film awards awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.&lt;br /&gt;
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|11&lt;br /&gt;
|Anyone who won a Governor's award for playing someone named Oscar&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of Commerce	&lt;br /&gt;
|The {{w|Governors Awards}} are an annual award ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to present lifetime achievement awards within the film industry. As this award is a lifetime achievement award, it does not seem possible that an actor could win this award for simply playing someone named Oscar.&lt;br /&gt;
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|12&lt;br /&gt;
|{{w|Kate McKinnon}}, if available&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of Labor&lt;br /&gt;
|Comedic actress famous for being a cast member on {{w|Saturday Night Live}}. She is known for her character work and celebrity impressions.&lt;br /&gt;
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|13&lt;br /&gt;
|Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles artists #1 through #10 (for groups, whoever is credited first in name, liner notes, etc)&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of Health and Human Services	&lt;br /&gt;
|The {{w|Billboard Hot 100}} is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for singles, published weekly by Billboard magazine. &lt;br /&gt;
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|14&lt;br /&gt;
|The top 5 US astronauts in descending order of total spaceflight time&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	&lt;br /&gt;
|The top 5 US astronauts with the most space time are: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kelly_(astronaut) Scott Kelly] (879 total days), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Whitson Peggy Whitson] (665),  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_L%C3%B3pez-Alegr%C3%ADa Michael López-Alegría] (215)&lt;br /&gt;
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|15&lt;br /&gt;
|{{w|Serena Williams}} (or, if she lost her most recent match, whoever beat her)&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of Transportation&lt;br /&gt;
|As of the time of publishing, Serena Williams was the top female tennis player (though not the world #1 ranking, because she took time off for pregnancy). She is arguably the greatest female tennis player of all-time, winning 39 {{w|Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam}} titles, including 23 women's singles titles. At the time of publication Serena Williams did win her most recent match (third round French Open 2018 on June 2nd), although she withdrew from her next match against Maria Sharapova.&lt;br /&gt;
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If her most recent defeat was to a non-US player, it is unclear whether that person would still qualify for President.&lt;br /&gt;
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|16&lt;br /&gt;
|The most recent season NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL MVPs&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of Energy&lt;br /&gt;
|MVP stands for {{w|Most Valuable Player}}. The 4 listed leagues are the major sports leagues in the United States, the {{w|National Basketball Association}} (NBA), the {{w|National Football League}} (NFL), {{w|Major League Baseball}} (MLB), and the {{w|National Hockey League}} (NHL).&lt;br /&gt;
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As of the time of publishing, the most recent MVPs for the listed sports are {{w|Russell Westbrook}} (NBA), {{w|Tom Brady}} (NFL), {{w|José Altuve}} and {{w|Giancarlo Stanton}} (MLB has two, one for the American League and one for the National League), and {{w|Connor McDavid}} (NHL).&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|17&lt;br /&gt;
|{{w|Bill Pullman}} and his descendants by absolute primogeniture&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of Education	&lt;br /&gt;
|American actor, known for playing President Thomas J. Whitmore in the 1996 film ''{{w|Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day}}''. &lt;br /&gt;
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Absolute primogeniture is a form of succession where the oldest direct descendant receives the title. This is contrasted to {{w|Male-preference primogeniture}}, in which males come before females in the order of the throne, whether the males were born first or not. This may be a reference to the British law {{w|Succession to the Crown Act 2013}}, which changed the order of the throne from male-preference primogeniture to absolute primogeniture. This act allows {{w|Princess Charlotte of Cambridge|Princess Charlotte}} to retain her place in line before {{w|Prince Louis of Cambridge|Prince Louis}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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|18&lt;br /&gt;
|The entire line of succession to the British throne&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of Veterans Affairs	&lt;br /&gt;
|Unsure if this is constitutional, or what the Founding Fathers would have wanted (a Brit sitting as U.S. President!). The first 57 names on the list are {{w|Succession_to_the_British_throne#Current_line_of_succession|here}}, as of the time of publishing. [https://lineofsuccession.co.uk/?date=2018-06-06 British Line of Succession on 6 June 2018] shows the list as it was at the comic's publication. In theory this entry includes several thousand people.&lt;br /&gt;
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|19&lt;br /&gt;
|The current champion of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest&lt;br /&gt;
|Secretary of Homeland Security&lt;br /&gt;
|The {{w|Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest}} is an annual American hot dog competitive eating competition sponsored by {{w|Nathan's Famous}} held on July 4th. As of the time of publishing, the most recent men's winner is {{w|Joey Chestnut}} and the women's winner is {{w|Miki Sudo}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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|20&lt;br /&gt;
|All other US citizens, chosen by a 29-round single-elimination Jousting tournament&lt;br /&gt;
|''None''&lt;br /&gt;
|Effective for a population up to 536,870,912 individuals (2^29), although additional rounds can be added should the population grow further.&lt;br /&gt;
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The title text mentions whoever was closest to the surface of Europa when they were born. {{w|Europa}} is a moon of Jupiter, so most people would be very far from its surface when they were born. Alternatively, Randall could be playing on how Europa sounds like Europe.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Transcript==&lt;br /&gt;
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}&lt;br /&gt;
: A proposal for a new presidential line of succession&lt;br /&gt;
: Current politics aside, most experts agree the existing process is flawed. The presidential succession act of 1947 is probably unconstitutional on several counts, and there are many practical issues with the system as well.&lt;br /&gt;
: (for more, see the surprisingly gripping [https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-continuity-of-the-presidency-the-second-report-of-the-continuity-of-government-commission/ ''Second Report of the Continuity of Government Commission'', June 2009]).&lt;br /&gt;
: Proposed line of succession:&lt;br /&gt;
:# President&lt;br /&gt;
:# Vice president&lt;br /&gt;
:# Secretary of State&lt;br /&gt;
:# Secretary of Defense&lt;br /&gt;
:# Secretary of Homeland Security&lt;br /&gt;
:# Attorney General&lt;br /&gt;
:# Five people who do not live in Washington DC, Nominated at the start of the president's term and confirmed by the Senate&lt;br /&gt;
:# Tom Hanks&lt;br /&gt;
:# State Governors, in descending order of state population at last census&lt;br /&gt;
:# Anyone who won an Oscar for playing a governor&lt;br /&gt;
:# Anyone who won a Governor's award for playing someone named Oscar&lt;br /&gt;
:# Kate McKinnon, if available&lt;br /&gt;
:# Billboard year-end hot 100 singles artists #1 through #10 (for groups, whoever is credited first in name, liner notes, etc)&lt;br /&gt;
:# The top 5 US astronauts in descending order of total spaceflight time&lt;br /&gt;
:# Serena Williams (or, if she lost her most recent match, whoever beat her)&lt;br /&gt;
:# The most recent season NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL MVPs&lt;br /&gt;
:# Bull Pullman and his descendants by absolute primogeniture&lt;br /&gt;
:# The entire line of succession to the British throne&lt;br /&gt;
:# The current champion of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest&lt;br /&gt;
:# All other US citizens, chosen by a 29-round single-elimination Jousting tournament.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Title text: Ties are broken by whoever was closest to the surface of Europa when they were born.&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Talk:840: Serious</title>
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&lt;div&gt;A full four pounds of silly putty becomes pretty serious when it falls on your head. Just sayin' '''[[User:Davidy22|&amp;lt;u&amp;gt;{{Color|purple|David}}&amp;lt;font color=green size=3px&amp;gt;y&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/u&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=indigo size=4px&amp;gt;²²&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|&amp;lt;tt&amp;gt;[talk]&amp;lt;/tt&amp;gt;]] 09:57, 9 March 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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This comic has been out for six years now and still nobody has actually implemented Silly PuTTY, c'mon guys... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.18|141.101.98.18]] 22:57, 25 September 2016 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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: Any recent version of PuTTY can function as Serious PuTTY. You [https://i.imgur.com/O5vLECd.png just have to enable the option “Allow selection of variable-pitch fonts”]. [[User:TisTheAlmondTavern|TisTheAlmondTavern]] 15:00, 6 December 2016 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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: Notwithstanding, considerable respect will go to whosoever produces a version of PuTTY where this is the default case [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.115|162.158.154.115]] 15:00, 1 April 2017 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Silly Putty got its name partly because it is made of silicones, which were new materials in the 1950s when this stuff was first sold. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.242.117|108.162.242.117]] 19:28, 21 October 2016 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:782: Desecration</title>
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&lt;div&gt;Oh god, I thought the tombstones were just there for decoration! I didn't think there'd actually be ''people'' buried under them! '''[[User:Davidy22|&amp;lt;u&amp;gt;{{Color|#707|David}}&amp;lt;font color=#070 size=3&amp;gt;y&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/u&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=#508 size=4&amp;gt;²²&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|&amp;lt;tt&amp;gt;[talk]&amp;lt;/tt&amp;gt;]] 02:33, 24 April 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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(Personally I think the real explanation is something of a &amp;quot;Hot Apple Pie may be hot!&amp;quot; nature.  While they apparently have no problem with unburrying indian bones from the ground, the realisation that they were in an ''indian burial ground'' (surprise, surprise!) causes them concern.  Just like the (semi-mythical?) people who don't realise hot things are... hot. [[Special:Contributions/178.98.77.240|178.98.77.240]] 00:20, 4 May 2013 (UTC) )&lt;br /&gt;
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Is it too unsafe to assume that because the standard, typically drawn stick figure is referred to as Rob, that the character in most of these strips is named Rob and not Cueball? As I understand it, Cueball was made up on this site and not by Randall. --[[Special:Contributions/98.203.241.55|98.203.241.55]] 22:12, 22 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: Rob Cueball?&lt;br /&gt;
: And 11 years after the first mention of &amp;quot;Rob&amp;quot;, we finally have our answer [[1783: Emails]] {{unsigned|Yosho27}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 17:15, 26 January 2015 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I think this is a truth in fiction so to speak. In many story lines there's moments where, &amp;quot;You remember that time we broke all those spiritual laws? Well it appears that [G]od(s) is angry.&amp;quot; A secular example, anyone thinking to themselves, &amp;quot;Seriously officer, I only had three or four drinks, and I had to get home.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Well, now you are DUI.&amp;quot; *gasp* &amp;quot;Really?!??! Oh no!&amp;quot; [[User:Cflare|Cflare]] ([[User talk:Cflare|talk]]) 17:58, 7 August 2014 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Another interesting thing here is that Cueball instantly understands the association between curses and desecrating Indian burial grounds despite being stupid enough not to know A. you shouldn't mess with burial places and whatnot in the first place, and B. that the site of buried Indians is, by definition, and Indian burial ground. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.92|173.245.52.92]] 03:21, 20 May 2015 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I actually heard Rob's voice as the narmy &amp;quot;Oh my God!!!!&amp;quot; quote from Trolls 2.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.144|108.162.219.144]] 18:30, 4 June 2015 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I feel like it's not clearly enough explained here that the joke is that a place where Indian bones are buried is by definition an Indian burial ground (as is mentioned above in the discussion) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.115|162.158.154.115]] 15:01, 30 March 2017 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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