Talk:3074: Push Notifications

2025-04-09T20:22:10Z

Moss:

So...this is the April Fool's comic, if I'm not mistaken... Oh ye of little faith! [[Special:Contributions/172.71.26.106|172.71.26.106]] 20:00, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

I turned this on thinking it would just be a few every so often but I quickly realized how this is xkcd and it doesn't "joke". I had to turn this off because it disrupted my schoolwork by popping up every fricking 5 minutes

3059: Water Damage

2025-03-05T18:53:09Z

Moss: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 3059
| date = March 5, 2025
| title = Water Damage
| image = water_damage_2x.png
| imagesize = 612x329px
| noexpand = true
| titletext = Your homeowner's insurance might cover it, but be sure to check the subductible.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Created by VOLCANIC ACTIVITY - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}

Similar to [[3037: Radon]], [[Cueball]] is once again getting his home inspected by [[Ponytail]]. This time, she alerts Cueball for {{w|water damage}}, normally caused by leaky pipes. Water damage is hazardous to homes due to its ability to harbor mold and its negative impact on structural stability of the home. Instead of "regular water damage", she claims that the crust under Cueball's home suffers from water damage. The Earth's crust typically {{w|groundwater|contains water}}; however, she could be referring to {{w|erosion}}, which can cause {{w|subsidence}}, a concern to homeowners. Upon further investigation, Ponytail discovers that Cueball's home is near a {{w|subduction|subduction zone}}, which is when two {{w|tectonic plate}}s meet and one pushes beneath the other. This does lead to fluids and gases from incinerated dead plankton being released and could lead to volcanic activity as Ponytail mentions.[https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discovering-geology/earth-hazards/volcanoes/how-volcanoes-form-2/] However, there is nothing that Cueball can actually do about this.{{citation needed}} Ponytail suggests "lithospheric" {{w|dehumidifier}}s, which supposedly would dry out the Earth's crust, but this is not realistically possible. In addition, by drying out the crust, it can {{w|Groundwater-related_subsidence|cause further subsidence}} and present additional hazards to the home.

An example of an area with many volcanoes caused by subduction is the {{w|Ring of Fire}} along the coasts of the Pacific Ocean.

The title text conflates the {{w|deductible}}(/excess), which an insurance policy requires you to pay ''before'' it starts to contribute to the cost of the losses or expenses it covers, with the concept of subduction.

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
:[Ponytail stands to the left of Cueball. She is looking down at a meter of some sort in her left hand, and is holding a clipboard in the other hand.
:Ponytail: The crust under your house shows signs of water damage. Is there a subduction zone nearby?
:Cueball: Uh, I think there's one off the coast.
:Ponytail: Oof. I was afraid of that.

:[Closeup on Ponytail who is pointing to a diagram of subducting faults.]
:Ponytail: Subducting hydrous minerals carry water down into the mantle, causing melting in the overlying crust. If you let this go, you'll have volcanoes everywhere.

:[Cueball, with his hand to his chin, looks at the diagram. Ponytail, holding her equipment, is standing behind him.]
:Cueball: Is there any solution?
:Ponytail: Giant lithospheric dehumidifiers. But the installation won't be cheap.
:Cueball: ''Oh no...''

{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Geology]]
[[Category:Volcanoes]]

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