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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | [[Hairy]] walks up to [[Black Hat]], utters a nonsense phrase and them proclaims that he is "so random". This is a reference to a modern phenomenon in which people make "random" statements, and somehow imagine themselves to be funny and interesting because of this. Black Hat, never one to hesitate over bringing someone down, replies that he is also random. He then proves this by pouring forth a torrential stream of numbers that overcomes poor Hairy. Black Hat then resumes his posture at the computer, as if nothing has happened. | |
− | It is true that when brilliant and creative people speak passionately about a subject, they can make mental leaps and changes of context that might seem bewildering to an outsider. The conversation may even seem to be "random". However, simply vocalizing nonsense is not analogous, or even desirable; it is more likely a character trait of someone who | + | It is true that when brilliant and creative people speak passionately about a subject, they can make mental leaps and changes of context that might seem bewildering to an outsider. The conversation may even seem to be "random". However, simply vocalizing nonsense is not analogous, or even desirable; it is more likely a character trait of someone who has difficulty in following or adding to a normal human conversation. |
Black Hat's "random" numbers are actually quoted from [http://oeis.org/A002205 the first lines] of ''{{w|A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates}}'' making it both "officially random", but also essentially not. This book is also referenced in [[1751: Movie Folder]]. See also: [[221: Random Number]]. | Black Hat's "random" numbers are actually quoted from [http://oeis.org/A002205 the first lines] of ''{{w|A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates}}'' making it both "officially random", but also essentially not. This book is also referenced in [[1751: Movie Folder]]. See also: [[221: Random Number]]. | ||
− | A side note is that "Monkey tacos" is a phrase | + | A side note is that "Monkey tacos" is a phrase which contains two trochees. A {{w|trochee}} is a {{w|Foot_(prosody)|metric foot}} with one stressed beat and one unstressed beat; it may be a reference to or an unconscious allusion to [[856: Trochee Fixation]]. |
− | The title text | + | The title text elaborates on "random text", where [[Randall]] states that he once when he was a kid he believed that random outbursts, as Hairy's, would made him interesting despite the definition of "interesting" meaning the opposite. {{w|White noise}} is essentially random sounds waves which taken en masse blend into audio static essentially taking on a macroscopically uniform sound experience despite their random nature. This can be used in some sleep or relaxation therapies, which foils well with the random assault experienced in the comic. There are also other {{w|colors of noise}}, and yes, [[915: Connoisseur|people have strong opinions as to which one is better]]. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Black Hat: Yeah, me too. | :Black Hat: Yeah, me too. | ||
− | :[Black Hat | + | :[Black Hat swings in his chair around (as shown with a gray curved line beneath the chair at his feet) to face Hairy. Then he emits a massive speech bubble filled with gray random numbers that seems to emanate fro his mouth and then blow up. This torrent of random numbers knock Hairy to the ground as he shields his face with one arm while the other grasp for the floor to cushion the fall. Speech bubbles are not used normally, and in this one an arrow points at Black Hat's mouth. Where the arrow stops and the bubble "blows" up is the first number. But then there are two numbers in the next column and then three and so forth but as the numbers also grow bigger there are less numbers at the right side of the panel, than if they had stayed the same size. About 8-9 numbers are there above each other where the bubble leaves the panel. There is no numbers fully inside Hairy's head, although they do overlap where his arm comes up. It is for many reason difficult to read them in a particular order, but for reason explained above, there is actually some order, and using that order they should appear like this:] |
:Black Hat: | :Black Hat: | ||
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− | :[With Hairy gone | + | :[With Hairy gone Black Hat has turned back and resumed working at his computer.] |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |