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1228: Prometheus

2013-06-21T14:13:12Z

Pnariyoshi: Added links to wikipedia for some specific terms

{{comic
| number = 1228
| date = June 21, 2013
| title = Prometheus
| image = prometheus.png
| titletext = 'I'm here to return what Prometheus stole.' would be a good thing to say if you were a fighter pilot in a Michael Bay movie where for some reason the world's militaries had to team up to defeat every god from human mythology, and you'd just broken through the perimeter and gotten a missile lock on Mount Olympus.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Information wants to be free.}}
The cartoon is referring to myth of {{w|Prometheus}}, who "stole" the secret of fire from the {{w|Twelve Olympians|Greek gods}} and gave it to humankind and is an (only slightly) oblique reference to {{w|file-sharing}} activities, where opponents accuse those taking part of stealing music / movies / other {{w|copyright}} content but others say that 'sharing' is just that - no one is deprived of the original and many shared copies would never be purchased anyway.

It is also making a not so subtle dig at the prevalent idea that you can't steal ideas because the original owner still has them.

The hover text references hollywood director {{w|Michael Bay}} (famous for {{w|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} and {{w|Armageddon (film)|Armageddon}}) whose over-the-top action movies often involve a character saying a line that is a play on words right before doing something heroic. The play on words here is that "What Prometheus stole" was fire, and without it, modern rocketry and missile technology would not exist, so a fighter pilot firing a missile at {{w|Mount Olympus}} (where the Greek gods reside) would be, in effect, "returning" the fire that Prometheus stole from them.

==Transcript==
:[Prometheus holding a torch. Cueball pointing at him and talking to another person.]
:Cueball: Prometheus has stolen fire from the gods!
:Prometheus: Well, sort of.
:Prometheus: I mean, when you use a fire to make another fire, the first fire doesn't go away.
:Prometheus: So really, it's more like ''sharing''
:Fire wants to be free.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics with color]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]

Talk:78: Garfield

2013-06-21T14:10:51Z

Pnariyoshi:

I disagree with the original author of the article, I don't think Garfield is poorly written. However, to avoid any greater conflict, I decided to keep it as it is. Does everyone else think it is "poorly written"? --[[User:Pnariyoshi|Pnariyoshi]] ([[User talk:Pnariyoshi|talk]]) 21:56, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
:There was certainly controversy sparked within the comic writing community when Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, quit early because he felt that cartoonists targeted their comics at too wide a market to be meaningful and funny. This was at the gestation of the internet, when the only funding that a cartoonist could find was from newspapers looking for something to fill the back page, and had to follow the newspaper's guidelines for neutrality to avoid offending anyone. Watterson called other cartoonists "sell-outs" for dumbing down their work for the mass-market, and he quit in disgust at his own newspaper's attempts to cull the philosophical speeches that were ever-so-common in Calvin and Hobbes. Since then, widespread corporate culture has made Dilbert a hit, and we ourselves are discussing XKCD here. Watterson would be smiling right now. '''[[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 00:44, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
::Wow, that was incredibly instructive. I'm actually very excited about this discussion. While I do agree "dumbing down" something that was originally intended for a specific niche is what ruins a lot of media (besides comic strips, I feel it commonly ruins TV shows, Movie adaptations etc), I think it would be unfair to call it "poorly written". I think a better word would be "unexciting", "lacking passion" or "having lost it's first love". Making a strip appeal to a wide range of people is not always as easy as it seems, especially without making it come down to bathroom/sexual jokes. While I do feel that Randall sometimes gets very close to the border of "distasteful", I think xkcd still maintains its roots and it is pretty funny and smart. --[[User:Pnariyoshi|Pnariyoshi]] ([[User talk:Pnariyoshi|talk]]) 02:25, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
:::Hi there, I'm the original author of the page in question. I do not mind if it is changed or even removed. [[Special:Contributions/98.162.150.124|98.162.150.124]] 02:08, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
::::How about "repetitive and predictable"? On a side note, I haven't read garfield strips in years and everything for tv and cinemas that has been made recently is pure junk. --[[User:Pnariyoshi|Pnariyoshi]] ([[User talk:Pnariyoshi|talk]]) 14:10, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

I definitely agree that Garfield isn't poorly written, but it is basically lacking in creativity at this point. The underlying point remains however, and that is that the 'mainstream' all suffers from that same mass appeal sickness, which is rather outmoded in the modern era.

148: Mispronouncing

2013-06-20T21:37:35Z

Pnariyoshi: Added the explanation about "blag"

{{comic
| number = 148
| date = August 25, 2006
| title = Mispronouncing
| image = mispronouncing.png
| titletext = 'My pal Emad does this all the time. 'Hey man, which way to the airpart?'
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete}}
This is the sixth comic in [[My Hobby]] series. One type of joking is to deliberately mispronounce common words. In this strip he makes it his hobby. [[Randall]] suggests that he got idea for this comic as one of his friends keep doing this as the title text suggests.

Interestingly, [[blag]] is how [[Randall]] calls [http://blag.xkcd.com his blog]
*Wobsite = Website
*Blag = Blog
*Airpart = Airport

==Transcript==
:Cueball: Yeah, did you see what he said on his wobsite?
:Man 2: ...his what?
:Cueball: Wobsite.
:Man 2: ... I think you mean "website."
:Cueball: Why don't you write about it in your blag?

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Language]]
[[Category:My Hobby]]

306: Orphaned Projects

2013-06-04T21:59:24Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */ Added further explanation to the wiki, corrected a few typos

{{comic
| number = 306
| date = August 22, 2007
| title = Orphaned Projects
| image = orphaned_projects.png
| titletext = His date works for Red Hat, who hired a coach for her, too. She advised her to 'rent lots of movies like Hitch. Guys love those.'
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete}}
Some companies/foundations, while not needing these developers can greatly benefit from a community-maintained projects. In the comic, one of the devs is "helped" by Debian leaders with a "dating coach" that would only give him bad advice. Men, can sometimes, have the tendency of using criticism (even if constructive) to demonstrate their intelligence in order to impress/help a girl.

{{w|Debian}} is a {{w|GNU/Linux}} distribution (but also ships {{w|GNU Hurd}} and {{w|BSD}} versions). {{w|Red Hat}} is the company behind {{w|Fedora Linux}} and {{w|RHEL}}.

{{w|Hitch (film)}} is a {{w|romantic comedy}} in which {{w|Will Smith}} plays a "dating coach", which helps men to have successful dates with women.

The comic is about orphaned Linux projects, because volunteer FOSS developers will often leave their projects aside whenever something of greater importance to them requires more time (like dating relationships, tiredness, sickness etc).

The title text goes on to say that, similarly, the girl is also a volunteer developer. Red Hat hires a "dating coach" to persuade her to watch a romantic comedy movie with Cueball, which is almost universaly hated by men.

==Transcript==
:[Voices are coming from behind a door with a sign that reads "Debian Linux HQ".]
:First voice: Problem: One of the volunteer developers has a date this weekend. Dates lead to romance, romance leads to orphaned projects.
:Second voice: What's the plan?
:First voice: We're hiring him a relationship coach. He's like Will Smith in "Hitch," but he only gives bad advice.
:[Black Hat is talking to Cueball, who is standing in from of a mirror.]
:Black Hat: Okay, remember: The key to conversation is constructive criticism.
:Black Hat: You need to show you're smart enough to solve her problems.
:Cueball: Makes sense.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]

1206: Einstein

2013-05-01T17:13:01Z

Pnariyoshi: Sorry for the triple edit, I forgot to add explanation - Correcting a typo (vauge->vague)

{{comic
| number = 1206
| date = May 1, 2013
| title = Einstein
| image = einstein.png
| titletext = Einstein was WRONG when he said that provisional patent #39561 represented a novel gravel-sorting technique and should be approved by the Patent Office.
}}

==Explanation==
Nobel laureate and ''Time'' Person of the Century {{w|Albert Einstein}} is often considered one of the smartest and most influential men in world history. His theories revolutionized our understanding of the Universe and inspired generations of scientists. In this comic, [[Cueball]] indicates to a friend that he is working on an experiment that may disprove Einstein. The implication is that Cueball is conducting a formal scientific experiment which may disprove one of Einstein's scientific theorys. The second frame, however, implies that the Einsteinian "theory" Cueball's experiment may disprove is an offhand (and subjective) remark by Einstein about the availability of good sandwiches.

There are two possible interpretations/explanations for this comic, which is slightly vague:

The first possibility is that [[Randall]] is playing with the notion that everything Einstein said constitutes words to live by: A casual observation on the quality of sandwiches is treated as a major hypothesis, and Cueball is in fact conducting a formal scientific experiment which may "disprove" the statement.

This would not be the first time that xkcd has addressed people taking scientists too seriously. In [[947: Investing]], Randall comments on how people put too much credence in a joke Einstein made in passing, and in [[799|comic 799]] we see {{w|Stephen Hawking}} in a similar predicament, every word he says taken as a major declaration.

A key part of the humour is that a significant number of people believe Einstein's physical theories (particularly Special and General Relativity) to be wrong: its universal promotion in scientific literature is ascribed to a conspiracy. This attitude has been lampooned before in xkcd [[808|comic 808]] and [[675|comic 675]].

The second possiblity is that Cueball is simply trying to impress his friend by using "technically accurate" language to imply that he is involved in important scientific work whereas in reality all is doing is buying sandwiches and hoping to find a good one.

The title text demonstrates the ability to "disprove" Einstein while not challenging his scientific work but rather one of his decisions in his capacity as a patent clerk at the Swiss Patent Office at the time he published his first major papers (previously alluded to in [[1067: Pressures]]). According to [https://www.ige.ch/en/about-us/einstein/frequently-asked-questions.html the Einstein FAQ] on the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property's website, patent #39561 is one of several patents that "we can assume ... were personally examined by Einstein". A PDF of the patent, which was indeed a gravel sorter, can be found [https://www.ige.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Institut/d/i109401.pdf here] (in German).

==Transcript==
:[Cueball and friend eating at a table.]
:Cueball: I'm currently conducting an experiment which may prove Einstein wrong!
:Friend: Ooh, exciting!

:1947:
:[Einstein and Cueball walking.]
:Einstein: It's ''impossible'' to find a good sandwich in this town.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring real people]]

1206: Einstein

2013-05-01T17:12:22Z

Pnariyoshi: Undo revision 35889 by Pnariyoshi (talk)

{{comic
| number = 1206
| date = May 1, 2013
| title = Einstein
| image = einstein.png
| titletext = Einstein was WRONG when he said that provisional patent #39561 represented a novel gravel-sorting technique and should be approved by the Patent Office.
}}

==Explanation==
Nobel laureate and ''Time'' Person of the Century {{w|Albert Einstein}} is often considered one of the smartest and most influential men in world history. His theories revolutionized our understanding of the Universe and inspired generations of scientists. In this comic, [[Cueball]] indicates to a friend that he is working on an experiment that may disprove Einstein. The implication is that Cueball is conducting a formal scientific experiment which may disprove one of Einstein's scientific theorys. The second frame, however, implies that the Einsteinian "theory" Cueball's experiment may disprove is an offhand (and subjective) remark by Einstein about the availability of good sandwiches.

There are two possible interpretations/explanations for this comic, which is slightly vauge:

The first possibility is that [[Randall]] is playing with the notion that everything Einstein said constitutes words to live by: A casual observation on the quality of sandwiches is treated as a major hypothesis, and Cueball is in fact conducting a formal scientific experiment which may "disprove" the statement.

This would not be the first time that xkcd has addressed people taking scientists too seriously. In [[947: Investing]], Randall comments on how people put too much credence in a joke Einstein made in passing, and in [[799|comic 799]] we see {{w|Stephen Hawking}} in a similar predicament, every word he says taken as a major declaration.

A key part of the humour is that a significant number of people believe Einstein's physical theories (particularly Special and General Relativity) to be wrong: its universal promotion in scientific literature is ascribed to a conspiracy. This attitude has been lampooned before in xkcd [[808|comic 808]] and [[675|comic 675]].

The second possiblity is that Cueball is simply trying to impress his friend by using "technically accurate" language to imply that he is involved in important scientific work whereas in reality all is doing is buying sandwiches and hoping to find a good one.

The title text demonstrates the ability to "disprove" Einstein while not challenging his scientific work but rather one of his decisions in his capacity as a patent clerk at the Swiss Patent Office at the time he published his first major papers (previously alluded to in [[1067: Pressures]]). According to [https://www.ige.ch/en/about-us/einstein/frequently-asked-questions.html the Einstein FAQ] on the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property's website, patent #39561 is one of several patents that "we can assume ... were personally examined by Einstein". A PDF of the patent, which was indeed a gravel sorter, can be found [https://www.ige.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Institut/d/i109401.pdf here] (in German).

==Transcript==
:[Cueball and friend eating at a table.]
:Cueball: I'm currently conducting an experiment which may prove Einstein wrong!
:Friend: Ooh, exciting!

:1947:
:[Einstein and Cueball walking.]
:Einstein: It's ''impossible'' to find a good sandwich in this town.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring real people]]

1206: Einstein

2013-05-01T17:11:44Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

206: Reno Rhymes

2013-04-18T15:42:18Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 206
| date = January 5, 2007
| title = Reno Rhymes
| image = reno rhymes.png
| titletext = Did you shoot a man in Reno? Now, I don't mean to pry.
}}

==Explanation==
This comic starts with a line from the song "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash. Cash is noted as saying "I sat with my pen in my hand, trying to think up the worst reason a person could have for killing another person, and that's what came to mind," which fits pretty well with the personality of Black Hat. Rather than react badly Cueball starts a rhyming-game, which they continue until Black Hat refers to the the horrifying {{w|My Lai massacre}}, which is apparently going too far for Cueball.

==Transcript==
:[Two men stand facing one another. Man on the left is wearing a hat]
:Black Hat: You know, I once shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.
:Cueball: Really? Well, I once shot a man in Reno, but I couldn't tell you why.
:Black Hat: I once shot a man in Reno, then I went home to cry.
:Cueball: I once shot a man in Reno, then I watered his cacti.
:Black Hat: I once shot a man in Reno 'cause they cancelled Firefly.
:Cueball: I once shot a man in Reno, him and all his succubi.
:Black Hat: I once shot a man in Reno and a bunch more in My Lai.
:Cueball: I think we're done.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]

Talk:1199: Silence

2013-04-15T14:23:12Z

Pnariyoshi:

What are the chances that: that empty room is an anechoic chamber? [[Special:Contributions/66.42.134.195|66.42.134.195]] 04:38, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
:plain walls..plain floor...virtually zero[[User:Xseo|Xseo]] ([[User talk:Xseo|talk]]) 09:29, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
::Besides, 4'33" was not meant for anechoic chambers, Cage specifically talks about all the "sound and music" going on while the piano player is "doing nothing". 4'33" is separated into 3 parts, in which the piano player is also supposed to open and close the piano. --[[User:Pnariyoshi|Pnariyoshi]] ([[User talk:Pnariyoshi|talk]]) 14:22, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

I may have had a professor in college show us a recording of 4'33", I can honestly say it was the least usefull 4'33" minutes of my academic career.... The argument we had over if this was artistic shortly afterwards was much more entertaining however.[[Special:Contributions/69.146.97.120|69.146.97.120]] 04:57, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Hmm... if we know the room is 4'33", couldn't we use that to figure out how tall Megan is? Just a thought. [[Special:Contributions/86.181.5.232|86.181.5.232]] 12:37, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
:4'33" I believe is the length of the song. Not feet and inches.

Do you guys think the title text might be a reference to Parks and Rec's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt3rEJrRDjE|"Jazz plus Jazz equals Jazz"]? --[[User:Pnariyoshi|Pnariyoshi]] ([[User talk:Pnariyoshi|talk]]) 14:23, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Talk:1199: Silence

2013-04-15T14:22:57Z

Pnariyoshi:

1199: Silence

2013-04-15T14:19:16Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1199
| date = April 15, 2013
| title = Silence
| image = silence.png
| titletext = All music is just performances of 4'33" in studios where another band happened to be playing at the time.
}}

==Explanation==
''{{w|4'33"}}'' is a 1952 composition by American avant-garde composer {{w|John Cage}} consisting of four minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence. More specifically, 4'33" consists entirely of faint ambient sounds coming from the environment. It is Cage's most famous work, and the subject of many music jokes. (PSA: John Cage wrote plenty of other [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fPSz-o4zzY non-silent things].)

[[Megan]] is using an app on her smartphone that analyzes music that is playing and uses an online database to figure out what it is (popular real-world examples include {{w|Shazam (service)|Shazam}} and {{w|SoundHound}}). She does this in an empty room, correctly matching ''4'33"''. ([[Cueball]] attempted to use the same app in [[1192: Humming]], but Megan hacked it there.)

The title text refers to the fact that (under low volumes - aka pressure fields) you can superpose acoustic waves linearly. In this case, you can "add as much silence" to any music, making all music have Cage's work "embedded" into it.

==Transcript==
:[Megan is walking with a phone in her hand.]

:[Megan stops.]

:[Megan raises her phone.]
:Phone: Identify song recorded
:Phone: > LIVE [Beta]

:[Megan is in an empty room.]
:Phone: Listening...

:[The phone screen.]
:Positive match:
:'''4'33"'''
:'''John Cage'''

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
[[Category:Music]]

147: A Way So Familiar

2013-03-16T15:08:41Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 147
| date = August 23, 2006
| title = A Way So Familiar
| image = a_way_so_familiar.png
| titletext = Two Hedwig references, an obscure Joey Comeau, and a girl with a mohawk. Yes.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete}}

Some {{w|Introversion|introverts}} tend to empathize with other people they perceive as being shy or introverted. Sometimes their imagination leads them on to far/obscure futures. A person outside the imaginative world can easily see through this and judge as a delusion.

In this comic, [[Hairy]] points out he saw a girl at the bank and probably started having platonic romantic feelings toward her, describing many characteristics that would be impossible to know about her without actually talking to her (sweetness, soul pain)

In the last comic, the reader finds out she probably does not look like the sweet girl the reader imagined, having a Mohawk and shoveling prostitutes into a car.

{{w|Joey Comeau}} is a Canadia writer, best know for the "A softer world" webcomic.

The joke is that Hairy seems oblivious to the fact that his imagination is a very obvious delusion. While people could forgive a guy empathizing with a "cute pretty girl", [[Cueball]] seems annoyed by the lack of judgement of Hairy.

==Transcript==
:Hairy: I saw a cute girl outside the bank today. She looked nice.
:Cueball: Oh no, not again. You are the worst judge of these things.
:Hairy: But she was so sweet. Shy, but there was something in her eyes. A pain down in her soul, the same as the one down in mine.
:Cueball: Mm hmm.
:Hairy: The police light played through her mohawk like the sun setting through pine trees as she shoveled the third hooker into the trunk of the camry...
:Cueball: Back up.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]]

147: A Way So Familiar

2013-03-15T15:05:26Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 147
| date = August 23, 2006
| title = A Way So Familiar
| image = a_way_so_familiar.png
| titletext = Two Hedwig references, an obscure Joey Comeau, and a girl with a mohawk. Yes.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete}}

Some {{w|Introvesion|introverts}} tend to empathize with other people they perceive as being shy or introverted. Sometimes their imagination leads them on to far/obscure futures. A person outside the imaginative world can easily see through this and judge as a delusion.

In this comic, [[Hairy]] points out he saw a girl at the bank and probably started having platonic romantic feelings toward her, describing many characteristics that would be impossible to know about her without actually talking to her (sweetness, soul pain)

In the last comic, the reader finds out she probably does not look like the sweet girl the reader imagined, having a Mohawk and shoveling prostitutes into a car.

{{w|Joey Comeau}} is a Canadia writer, best know for the "A softer world" webcomic.

The joke is that Hairy seems oblivious to the fact that his imagination is a very obvious delusion. While people could forgive a guy empathizing with a "cute pretty girl", [[Cueball]] seems annoyed by the lack of judgement of Hairy.

==Transcript==
:Hairy: I saw a cute girl outside the bank today. She looked nice.
:Cueball: Oh no, not again. You are the worst judge of these things.
:Hairy: But she was so sweet. Shy, but there was something in her eyes. A pain down in her soul, the same as the one down in mine.
:Cueball: Mm hmm.
:Hairy: The police light played through her mohawk like the sun setting through pine trees as she shoveled the third hooker into the trunk of the camry...
:Cueball: Back up.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]]

147: A Way So Familiar

2013-03-15T14:37:46Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 147
| date = August 23, 2006
| title = A Way So Familiar
| image = a_way_so_familiar.png
| titletext = Two Hedwig references, an obscure Joey Comeau, and a girl with a mohawk. Yes.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete}}

Some {{w|Introvesion|introverts}} tend to empathize with other people they perceive as being shy or introverted. Sometimes their imagination leads them on to far/obscure futures. A person outside the imaginative world can easily see through this and judge as a delusion.

In this comic, [[Hairy]] (?) points out he saw a girl at the bank and probably started having platonic romantic feelings toward her, describing many characteristics that would be impossible to know about her without actually talking to her (sweetness, soul pain)

In the last comic, the reader finds out she probably does not look like the sweet girl the reader imagined, having a Mohawk and shoveling prostitutes into a car.

{{w|Joey Comeau}} is a Canadia writer, best know for the "A softer world" webcomic.

The joke is that Hairy seems oblivious to the fact that his imagination is a very obvious delusion. While people could forgive a guy empathizing with a "cute pretty girl", [[Cueball]] seems annoyed by the lack of judgement of Hairy.

==Transcript==
:Hairy: I saw a cute girl outside the bank today. She looked nice.
:Cueball: Oh no, not again. You are the worst judge of these things.
:Hairy: But she was so sweet. Shy, but there was something in her eyes. A pain down in her soul, the same as the one down in mine.
:Cueball: Mm hmm.
:Hairy: The police light played through her mohawk like the sun setting through pine trees as she shoveled the third hooker into the trunk of the camry...
:Cueball: Back up.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]]

Talk:147: A Way So Familiar

2013-03-15T14:33:59Z

Pnariyoshi:

I've added some explanation. But the joke could be taken the other way. Cueball is judgemental on girls with mohawks (that shovel prostitutes into cars), maybe she is indeed a {{w|Hooker with a heart of gold|cute girl in pain}}. Now that's food for thought! --[[User:Pnariyoshi|Pnariyoshi]] ([[User talk:Pnariyoshi|talk]]) 14:33, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Talk:147: A Way So Familiar

2013-03-15T14:33:07Z

Pnariyoshi: Created page with "I've added some explanation. But the joke could be take to other way. Cueball is judgemental on girls with mohawks (that shovel prostitutes into cars), maybe she is indeed a {..."

I've added some explanation. But the joke could be take to other way. Cueball is judgemental on girls with mohawks (that shovel prostitutes into cars), maybe she is indeed a {{w|Hooker with a heart of gold|cute girl in pain}}. Now that's food for thought! --[[User:Pnariyoshi|Pnariyoshi]] ([[User talk:Pnariyoshi|talk]]) 14:33, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

147: A Way So Familiar

2013-03-15T14:30:41Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 147
| date = August 23, 2006
| title = A Way So Familiar
| image = a_way_so_familiar.png
| titletext = Two Hedwig references, an obscure Joey Comeau, and a girl with a mohawk. Yes.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete}}

Some {{w|Introvesion|introverts}} tend to empathize with other people they perceive as being shy or introverted. Sometimes their imagination leads them on to far/obscure futures. A person outside the imaginative world can easily see through this and judge as a delusion.

In this comic, [[Hairy]] (?) points out he saw a girl at the bank and probably started having platonic romantic feelings toward her, describing many characteristics that would be impossible to know about her without actually talking to her (sweetness, soul pain)

In the last comic, the reader finds out she probably does not look like the sweet girl the reader imagined, having a Mohawk and shoveling prostitutes into a car.

The joke is that Hairy seems oblivious to the fact that his imagination is a very obvious delusion. While people could forgive a guy empathizing with a "cute pretty girl", [[Cueball]] seems annoyed by the lack of judgement of Hairy.

==Transcript==
:Hairy: I saw a cute girl outside the bank today. She looked nice.
:Cueball: Oh no, not again. You are the worst judge of these things.
:Hairy: But she was so sweet. Shy, but there was something in her eyes. A pain down in her soul, the same as the one down in mine.
:Cueball: Mm hmm.
:Hairy: The police light played through her mohawk like the sun setting through pine trees as she shoveled the third hooker into the trunk of the camry...
:Cueball: Back up.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]]

147: A Way So Familiar

2013-03-15T14:30:26Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 147
| date = August 23, 2006
| title = A Way So Familiar
| image = a_way_so_familiar.png
| titletext = Two Hedwig references, an obscure Joey Comeau, and a girl with a mohawk. Yes.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete}}

Some {{w|Introvesion|introverts} tend to empathize with other people they perceive as being shy or introverted. Sometimes their imagination leads them on to far/obscure futures. A person outside the imaginative world can easily see through this and judge as a delusion.

In this comic, [[Hairy]] (?) points out he saw a girl at the bank and probably started having platonic romantic feelings toward her, describing many characteristics that would be impossible to know about her without actually talking to her (sweetness, soul pain)

In the last comic, the reader finds out she probably does not look like the sweet girl the reader imagined, having a Mohawk and shoveling prostitutes into a car.

The joke is that Hairy seems oblivious to the fact that his imagination is a very obvious delusion. While people could forgive a guy empathizing with a "cute pretty girl", [[Cueball]] seems annoyed by the lack of judgement of Hairy.

==Transcript==
:Hairy: I saw a cute girl outside the bank today. She looked nice.
:Cueball: Oh no, not again. You are the worst judge of these things.
:Hairy: But she was so sweet. Shy, but there was something in her eyes. A pain down in her soul, the same as the one down in mine.
:Cueball: Mm hmm.
:Hairy: The police light played through her mohawk like the sun setting through pine trees as she shoveled the third hooker into the trunk of the camry...
:Cueball: Back up.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]]

147: A Way So Familiar

2013-03-15T14:28:51Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 147
| date = August 23, 2006
| title = A Way So Familiar
| image = a_way_so_familiar.png
| titletext = Two Hedwig references, an obscure Joey Comeau, and a girl with a mohawk. Yes.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete}}

Some {{w|Introverts}} tend to empathize with other people they perceive as being shy or introverted. Sometimes their imagination leads them on to far/obscure futures. A person outside the imaginative world can easily see through this and judge as a delusion.

In this comic, [[Hairy]] (?) points out he saw a girl at the bank and probably started having platonic romantic feelings toward her, describing many characteristics that would be impossible to know about her without actually talking to her (sweetness, soul pain)

In the last comic, the reader finds out she probably does not look like the sweet girl the reader imagined, having a Mohawk and shoveling prostitutes into a car.

The joke is that Hairy seems oblivious to the fact that his imagination is a very obvious delusion. While people could forgive a guy empathizing with a "cute pretty girl", [[Cueball]] seems annoyed by the lack of judgement of Hairy.

==Transcript==
:Hairy: I saw a cute girl outside the bank today. She looked nice.
:Cueball: Oh no, not again. You are the worst judge of these things.
:Hairy: But she was so sweet. Shy, but there was something in her eyes. A pain down in her soul, the same as the one down in mine.
:Cueball: Mm hmm.
:Hairy: The police light played through her mohawk like the sun setting through pine trees as she shoveled the third hooker into the trunk of the camry...
:Cueball: Back up.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]]

147: A Way So Familiar

2013-03-15T14:27:57Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 147
| date = August 23, 2006
| title = A Way So Familiar
| image = a_way_so_familiar.png
| titletext = Two Hedwig references, an obscure Joey Comeau, and a girl with a mohawk. Yes.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete}}

Some {{w|Introverts}} tend to empathize with other people they perceive as being shy or introverted. Sometimes their imagination leads them on to far/obscure futures. A person outside the imaginative world can easily see through this and judge as a delusion.

In this comic, {{Hairy}} (?) points out he saw a girl at the bank and probably started having platonic romantic feelings toward her, describing many characteristics that would be impossible to know about her without actually talking to her (sweetness, soul pain)

In the last comic, the reader finds out she probably does not look like the sweet girl the reader imagined, having a Mohawk and shoveling prostitutes into a car.

The joke is that Hairy seems oblivious to the fact that his imagination is a very obvious delusion. While people could forgive a guy empathizing with a "cute pretty girl", {{Cueball}} seems annoyed by the lack of judgement of Hairy.

==Transcript==
:Hairy: I saw a cute girl outside the bank today. She looked nice.
:Cueball: Oh no, not again. You are the worst judge of these things.
:Hairy: But she was so sweet. Shy, but there was something in her eyes. A pain down in her soul, the same as the one down in mine.
:Cueball: Mm hmm.
:Hairy: The police light played through her mohawk like the sun setting through pine trees as she shoveled the third hooker into the trunk of the camry...
:Cueball: Back up.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]]

147: A Way So Familiar

2013-03-15T14:27:38Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 147
| date = August 23, 2006
| title = A Way So Familiar
| image = a_way_so_familiar.png
| titletext = Two Hedwig references, an obscure Joey Comeau, and a girl with a mohawk. Yes.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete}}

Some {{w|Introverts}} tend to empathize with other people they perceive as being shy or introverted. Sometimes their imagination leads them on to far/obscure futures. A person outside the imaginative world can easily see through this and judge as a delusion.

In this comic, {Hairy} (?) points out he saw a girl at the bank and probably started having platonic romantic feelings toward her, describing many characteristics that would be impossible to know about her without actually talking to her (sweetness, soul pain)

In the last comic, the reader finds out she probably does not look like the sweet girl the reader imagined, having a Mohawk and shoveling prostitutes into a car.

The joke is that Hairy seems oblivious to the fact that his imagination is a very obvious delusion. While people could forgive a guy empathizing with a "cute pretty girl", Cueball seems annoyed by the lack of judgement of Hairy.

==Transcript==
:Hairy: I saw a cute girl outside the bank today. She looked nice.
:Cueball: Oh no, not again. You are the worst judge of these things.
:Hairy: But she was so sweet. Shy, but there was something in her eyes. A pain down in her soul, the same as the one down in mine.
:Cueball: Mm hmm.
:Hairy: The police light played through her mohawk like the sun setting through pine trees as she shoveled the third hooker into the trunk of the camry...
:Cueball: Back up.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]]

147: A Way So Familiar

2013-03-15T14:27:16Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 147
| date = August 23, 2006
| title = A Way So Familiar
| image = a_way_so_familiar.png
| titletext = Two Hedwig references, an obscure Joey Comeau, and a girl with a mohawk. Yes.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete}}

Some {w|Introverts} tend to empathize with other people they perceive as being shy or introverted. Sometimes their imagination leads them on to far/obscure futures. A person outside the imaginative world can easily see through this and judge as a delusion.

In this comic, Hairy (?) points out he saw a girl at the bank and probably started having platonic romantic feelings toward her, describing many characteristics that would be impossible to know about her without actually talking to her (sweetness, soul pain)

In the last comic, the reader finds out she probably does not look like the sweet girl the reader imagined, having a Mohawk and shoveling prostitutes into a car.

The joke is that Hairy seems oblivious to the fact that his imagination is a very obvious delusion. While people could forgive a guy empathizing with a "cute pretty girl", Cueball seems annoyed by the lack of judgement of Hairy.

==Transcript==
:Hairy: I saw a cute girl outside the bank today. She looked nice.
:Cueball: Oh no, not again. You are the worst judge of these things.
:Hairy: But she was so sweet. Shy, but there was something in her eyes. A pain down in her soul, the same as the one down in mine.
:Cueball: Mm hmm.
:Hairy: The police light played through her mohawk like the sun setting through pine trees as she shoveled the third hooker into the trunk of the camry...
:Cueball: Back up.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]]

202: YouTube

2013-03-01T16:56:16Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 202
| date = December 27, 2012
| title = YouTube
| image = youtube.png
| titletext = I pray GunPistolMan never learns the word 'sheeple'.
}}

==Explanation==
This comic is pointing out the fact that many of the comments on Youtube videos are insipid and poorly informed, being pointless arguments over some minor topic, or factually incorrect position.

In this case, the moon landing hoaxers are at the receiving end of Randall's pen.

The comment from ''gunpistolman'' mistakenly refers to the absence of gravity (which is present, but approximately 1/6th G.) Actually, there is no atmosphere on the moon.

The comment by ''bigmike133'' confuses the {{w|Space Shuttle}} (which was never capable of landing and subsequent take-off in any off-world situation, let alone leaving near-earth orbit) with the {{w|Apollo Lunar Module}}.

{{w|Louis Armstrong}} was a famous jazz musician, who may have [http://lyrics.wikia.com/Louis_Armstrong:Moon_Song waxed] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5x8HnyIYHE lyrical] about the moon, but never went there. The ill-informed ''crackmonkey74'' meant the astronaut {{w|Neil Armstrong}}, who did.

Finally, ''simpleplan2009'' presents the ludicrous position that the moon shot was faked by suggesting that the footage was filmed by actors on {{w|Mars}}, a planet many thousands of times father away than the moon. Landing humans on Mars is a feat that has (as of this writing in 2013) still not been accomplished, and if it had been possible during the Apollo era, would have made a landing on the moon trivial in comparison. In other words, why go through all the trouble of faking it, if doing it for real would have been no trouble at all?

==Transcript==
:[A YouTube comments page for a moon landing video.]
:Comments & Responses
:rocckir (48 minutes ago)
:this is so obviously faked its unbilevable, why r people so gullible??? morons
:bigmike133 (35 minutes ago)
:ive seen the space shuttle ass hole it definetly landed on the moon do some research...
:gunpistolman (22 minutes ago)
:if it was real why is their gravity? americans r fucken sheep
:crackmonkey74 (17 minutes ago)
:u dont think we went to the moon why not tell louis armstrong to his face
:simpleplan2009 (3 minutes ago)
:it was a soundstage on mars

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics with color]]
[[Category:Youtube]]
[[Category:Internet]]
[[Category:Sheeple]]

Talk:1167: Star Trek into Darkness

2013-01-31T22:45:14Z

Pnariyoshi:

There has been a considerable amount of debate as to whether the title of this movie should have a colon in it, which would have appeared as "Star Trek: Into Darkness." They eventually decided against the colon, and I wonder if this comic is poking fun at that debate.[[Special:Contributions/169.234.40.187|169.234.40.187]] 00:49, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

I suspect an allusion to movie title spellings that can be seen on moviez sites, torrent sites etc. -- [[Special:Contributions/193.174.118.70|193.174.118.70]] 08:20, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

The Associated Press style manual says to capitalize all prepositions that are four letters or more in titles, e.g. Into, Through, etc. --[[User:Prooffreader|Prooffreader]] ([[User talk:Prooffreader|talk]]) 09:54, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

This could also have to do with WP's MOS of capitalizing "The first word in a compound preposition (e.g. "Time Out of Mind", "Get Off of My Cloud")".

However, you cannot simply change the title of a page on WP. This requires actually moving the whole page. [[Special:Contributions/84.208.51.23|84.208.51.23]] 14:02, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

I think there is a capitalization error in the comic. The second to last 's' should be capitalized in order to match the rest of the pattern in "xX_StAr TrEk InTo DaRkNess_Xx". Unless the author is trying to subtly troll us into arguing about that capitalization... [[User:Sayno2quat|Sayno2quat]] ([[User talk:Sayno2quat|talk]]) 14:31, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
:Non-sense, double consonants should never be capitalized! Unless of course you want to use them for structural purposes, like spacing or framing, obviously.--[[User:Pnariyoshi|Pnariyoshi]] ([[User talk:Pnariyoshi|talk]]) 15:05, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

I believe Cueball's comment, "I have a new favorite edit war," is refering to the title text in this comic http://xkcd.com/878 about the great debate of HO vs. H0. [[Special:Contributions/206.39.12.245|206.39.12.245]] 15:23, 30 January 2013 (UTC)Pat

"Magnificient"?

The actual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Star_Trek_into_Darkness#xkcd_Mention Talk Page] of the Wikipedia article in question has an item about this comic. --[[User:Prooffreader|Prooffreader]] ([[User talk:Prooffreader|talk]]) 16:32, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
:Oh sweet mother of god. Between that and the spam on this wiki, I think I'll take the spam. '''[[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 11:33, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

I spent a good portion of last night reading through Wikipedia's talk pages for that. Worth a good laugh. [[Special:Contributions/76.122.5.96|76.122.5.96]] 16:56, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Well it obviously should be capitalized. --[[User:Shine|Shine]] ([[User talk:Shine|talk]]) 17:43, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

:I tried to make a point on wikipedia that Wikipedia itself went out of its way to create a "lowercase first letter" template so that iPod and things of that nature could be capitalized the way the producer styled it, but there's really nowhere to point it as all discussions have closed and been ground to a halt. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 19:50, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

But is it really an edit war? Have they been moving the page bach and forth? --[[User:St.nerol|St.nerol]] ([[User talk:St.nerol|talk]]) 00:18, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

I still feel the most retarded of discussions on Wikipedia is for the Hentai article, where a disturbing majority demand pornography. --[[Special:Contributions/59.167.191.93|59.167.191.93]] 08:05, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Just a minor matter of correctness... but shouldn't this page be entitled "1167: Star Trek Into Darkness", with a capital I, you know, since that's the way the movie studio is writing it, even though it doesn't follow MOS? I think someone needs to fix it RIGHT NOW! --boB
:Hey boB, you should fix your username! :P I'm kidding. I think the wiki just follows what is on the xkcd website, which has the lower case "i".--[[User:Pnariyoshi|Pnariyoshi]] ([[User talk:Pnariyoshi|talk]]) 22:45, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

I wish the Super Bowl Halftime Show could be that talk page being presented in a dramatic on stage performance. wow. Do you think Ian McKellen is available?--[[User:Shine|Shine]] ([[User talk:Shine|talk]]) 19:29, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Talk:1167: Star Trek into Darkness

2013-01-30T15:33:43Z

Pnariyoshi:

I suspect an allusion to movie title spellings that can be seen on moviez sites, torrent sites etc. -- [[Special:Contributions/193.174.118.70|193.174.118.70]] 08:20, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

The Associated Press style manual says to capitalize all prepositions that are four letters or more in titles, e.g. Into, Through, etc. --[[User:Prooffreader|Prooffreader]] ([[User talk:Prooffreader|talk]]) 09:54, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

This could also have to do with WP's MOS of capitalizing "The first word in a compound preposition (e.g. "Time Out of Mind", "Get Off of My Cloud")".

However, you cannot simply change the title of a page on WP. This requires actually moving the whole page. [[Special:Contributions/84.208.51.23|84.208.51.23]] 14:02, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

I think there is a capitalization error in the comic. The second to last 's' should be capitalized in order to match the rest of the pattern in "xX_StAr TrEk InTo DaRkNess_Xx". Unless the author is trying to subtly troll us into arguing about that capitalization... [[User:Sayno2quat|Sayno2quat]] ([[User talk:Sayno2quat|talk]]) 14:31, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
:Non-sense, double consonants should never be capitalized! Unless of course you want to use them for structural purposes, like spacing or framing, obviously.--[[User:Pnariyoshi|Pnariyoshi]] ([[User talk:Pnariyoshi|talk]]) 15:05, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

I believe Cueball's comment, "I have a new favorite edit war," is refering to the title text in this comic http://xkcd.com/878 about the great debate of HO vs. H0. [[Special:Contributions/206.39.12.245|206.39.12.245]] 15:23, 30 January 2013 (UTC)Pat

Talk:1167: Star Trek into Darkness

2013-01-30T15:32:51Z

Pnariyoshi: Undo revision 26692 by 206.39.12.245 (talk)

I believe Cueball's comment, "I have a new favorite edit war," is refering to the title text in this comic http://xkcd.com/878 about the great debate of HO vs. H0. [[Special:Contributions/206.39.12.245|206.39.12.245]] 15:23, 30 January 2013 (UTC)Pat

Talk:1167: Star Trek into Darkness

2013-01-30T15:05:27Z

Pnariyoshi:

User:Pnariyoshi

2013-01-29T03:48:54Z

Pnariyoshi: Created page with "Hello World"

Hello World

Talk:78: Garfield

2013-01-29T02:25:43Z

Pnariyoshi:

78: Garfield

2013-01-28T22:05:08Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 78
| date = March 20, 2006
| title = Garfield
| image = garfield.jpg
| imagesize =
| titletext = The use of the 'Garfield' character for the purposes of this parody qualifies as fair use under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. sec. 107. See Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music (92-1292), 510 U.S. 569
}}

==Explanation==
{{w|Garfield}} has been known for repetitive, poorly written strips. Intended for a wide audience, these strips are now ghost written and do not do anything unconventional. The author is challenging {{w|Jim Davis}}, the creator of Garfield, to do something unexpected and surprise us all. And also accuses Jim Davis of being a "sell out", sticking to bourgeois/commercial logic, something that dadaist artists challenged.

{{w|Dadaism}} was an artistic movement in the early 20th century marked primarily by chaos, irrationality and surrealism. Some of the artists believed that the bourgeois logic, made human being unhappy and therefore led to war.

Randall leads by example by featuring a strip with multiple colors (xkcd usually contains only black and white, with some few containing an additional color like red or yellow) and a character that is not a stick figure, which breaks the "whole xkcd logic". Another dadaistic aspect is the fact the while Garfield is smiling, he is "saying" something that could be considered terrifying.

==Transcript==
:{I want to see something unexpected in comics. Just one strip could make up for it all.}
:[Garfield is standing on hind legs facing and looking directly at the camera. But is offcenter in the frame, about 1/3 from the left, rotated very slightly clockwise.]
:[Zoom in on Garfield, still to the left, now rotated slightly counterclockwise.]
:[Zoom in again on Garfield, now the frame clips off the left side of his face.]
:Garfield thought bubble: The world is burning.
:[Final zoom in, the frame is ripped like a page, offset, and Garfield's eyes are half closed on the right half.]
:Garfield thought bubble: Run.
:{Jim Davis, throw off your commercial shackles. Challenge us. Go out in a blaze of Dadaist glory. There is still time.

78: Garfield

2013-01-28T22:01:36Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 78
| date = March 20, 2006
| title = Garfield
| image = garfield.jpg
| imagesize =
| titletext = The use of the 'Garfield' character for the purposes of this parody qualifies as fair use under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. sec. 107. See Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music (92-1292), 510 U.S. 569
}}

==Explanation==
{{w|Garfield}} has been known for repetitive, poorly written strips. Intended for a wide audience, these strips are now ghost written and do not do anything unconventional. The author is encouraging Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield, to do something unexpected and surprise us all.

{{w|Dadaism}} was an artistic movement in the early 20th century marked primarily by chaos, irrationality and surrealism.

Randall leads by example by featuring a strip with multiple colors (xkcd usually contains only black and white, with some few containing an additional color like red or yellow) and a character that is not a stick figure, which breaks the "whole xkcd logic". Another dadaistic aspect is the fact the while Garfield is smiling, he is "saying" something that could be considered terrifying.

==Transcript==
:{I want to see something unexpected in comics. Just one strip could make up for it all.}
:[Garfield is standing on hind legs facing and looking directly at the camera. But is offcenter in the frame, about 1/3 from the left, rotated very slightly clockwise.]
:[Zoom in on Garfield, still to the left, now rotated slightly counterclockwise.]
:[Zoom in again on Garfield, now the frame clips off the left side of his face.]
:Garfield thought bubble: The world is burning.
:[Final zoom in, the frame is ripped like a page, offset, and Garfield's eyes are half closed on the right half.]
:Garfield thought bubble: Run.
:{Jim Davis, throw off your commercial shackles. Challenge us. Go out in a blaze of Dadaist glory. There is still time.

78: Garfield

2013-01-28T22:01:09Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 78
| date = March 20, 2006
| title = Garfield
| image = garfield.jpg
| imagesize =
| titletext = The use of the 'Garfield' character for the purposes of this parody qualifies as fair use under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. sec. 107. See Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music (92-1292), 510 U.S. 569
}}

==Explanation==
{{w|Garfield}} has been known for repetitive, poorly written strips. Intended for a wide audience, these strips are now ghost written and do not do anything unconventional. The author is encouraging Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield, to do something unexpected and surprise us all.

{{w|Dadaism}} was an artistic movement in the early 20th century marked primarily by chaos, irrationality and surrealism.

Randall leads by example by featuring a strip with multiple colors, (xkcd usually contains only black and white, with some few containing an additional color like red or yellow) and a character that is not a stick figure, which breaks the "whole xkcd logic". Another dadaistic aspect is the fact the while Garfield is smiling, he is "saying" something that could be considered terrifying.

==Transcript==
:{I want to see something unexpected in comics. Just one strip could make up for it all.}
:[Garfield is standing on hind legs facing and looking directly at the camera. But is offcenter in the frame, about 1/3 from the left, rotated very slightly clockwise.]
:[Zoom in on Garfield, still to the left, now rotated slightly counterclockwise.]
:[Zoom in again on Garfield, now the frame clips off the left side of his face.]
:Garfield thought bubble: The world is burning.
:[Final zoom in, the frame is ripped like a page, offset, and Garfield's eyes are half closed on the right half.]
:Garfield thought bubble: Run.
:{Jim Davis, throw off your commercial shackles. Challenge us. Go out in a blaze of Dadaist glory. There is still time.

Talk:78: Garfield

2013-01-28T21:56:59Z

Pnariyoshi: Created page with "I disagree with the original author of the article, I don't think Garfield is poorly written. However, to avoid any greater conflict, I decided to keep it as it is. Does every..."

78: Garfield

2013-01-28T21:55:10Z

Pnariyoshi: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 78
| date = March 20, 2006
| title = Garfield
| image = garfield.jpg
| imagesize =
| titletext = The use of the 'Garfield' character for the purposes of this parody qualifies as fair use under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. sec. 107. See Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music (92-1292), 510 U.S. 569
}}

==Explanation==
{{w|Garfield}} has been known for repetitive, poorly written strips. Intended for a wide audience, these strips are now ghost written and do not do anything unconventional. The author is encouraging Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield, to do something unexpected and surprise us all.

{{w|Dadaism}} was an artistic movement in the early 20th century marked primarily by chaos, irrationality and surrealism.

==Transcript==
:{I want to see something unexpected in comics. Just one strip could make up for it all.}
:[Garfield is standing on hind legs facing and looking directly at the camera. But is offcenter in the frame, about 1/3 from the left, rotated very slightly clockwise.]
:[Zoom in on Garfield, still to the left, now rotated slightly counterclockwise.]
:[Zoom in again on Garfield, now the frame clips off the left side of his face.]
:Garfield thought bubble: The world is burning.
:[Final zoom in, the frame is ripped like a page, offset, and Garfield's eyes are half closed on the right half.]
:Garfield thought bubble: Run.
:{Jim Davis, throw off your commercial shackles. Challenge us. Go out in a blaze of Dadaist glory. There is still time.