3172: Fifteen Years

2025-11-24T21:45:04Z

2601:444:981:56A0:CF9:9A0E:FE5B:546C: Added "X Years" Category

{{comic
| number = 3172
| date = November 24, 2025
| title = Fifteen Years
| image = fifteen_years_2x.png
| imagesize = 740x2623px
| noexpand = true
| titletext = "Want to feel old?" "Yes."
}}

==Explanation==
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[[Randall]]'s then-fiancée, now wife was diagnosed with cancer in late 2010. This is a matter he has discussed in the comic [[:Category:Cancer|multiple times before]], with Randall being depicted as Cueball and his wife as Megan. At this comic's release, it had been 15 years since her diagnosis and treatments.

This comic continues previous comics in the [[:Category:X Years|the series]] – [[1141: Two Years]], [[1928: Seven Years]], and [[2386: Ten Years]] – the initial parts of which are shown in the first 20 panels, which are grayed-out.

The first of the new panels shows Randall and his wife in bed, with Randall reading her a book. He wants to stop because they need to get to sleep, she convinces him to read one more chapter. It didn't take much arm-twisting, her argument was simply a grunt.

The next panel appears to depict the {{w|Covid-19 pandemic}}. [[Hairy]], Megan, Cueball, [[Ponytail]], and [[White Hat]] are all wearing masks and looking at cellphone graphs showing the progression of the virus.

==Transcript==
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[[Category:X Years]]
[[Category:Comics with color]]
[[Category:Cancer]] [[Category:X Years]] [[Category:Comics featuring Randall Munroe]] [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] [[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]]

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3172: Fifteen Years