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+ | *This comic come out just a few minutes after the [[Countdown in header text]] finished. Since the countdown was to the revelation in this comic! | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic is [[Randall]]'s way of announcing and [[:Category:Book promotion|promoting]] his new book, '' | + | {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | This comic is [[Randall]]'s way of announcing and [[:Category:Book promotion|promoting]] his new book, ''what If? 2'', based on his [[what if?]] blog and following his first what if book. | ||
− | The entire comic | + | The entire comic as well as the new [[xkcd Header text]] is a link to a [https://xkcd.com/what-if-2/ what if? 2: the book] page on {{xkcd}}. |
− | + | In the title text Randall feels that he must clarify the release day, since he has often joked about the different way countries (and people) write dates, and he has not used the one version he himself has promoted in earlier comics, even though he gives two different versions of the release date (first "9/13" in the first panel, and then, harder to misinterpret, "Sep 13, 2022" in the final panel). What he should have written was, the book is released on 2022-09-13. Using the international standard as defined in the {{W|ISO 8601}} standard and used in [[1340: Unique Date]]. | |
− | + | The clarification: By 9/13, I mean September 13th, not the 9th day of Jancember, the cursed 13th month that exists between December and January in the transdimensional temporal plane. | |
− | + | Since there are only 12 months in the year 2022, in this dimension, then 9/13 actually cannot be mistaken, as could 9/12. So there was really no need for this clarification, especially with the last text in the last panel. So this is of course just a title text joke, where he can manage to make a [[:Category:Portmanteau|portmanteau]] of January and December, Jancember. And then calls this a cursed month, since it would be the 13th month, if it came before New Year. This comic came out at the end of January, so it could have been at the end of Jancember instead. And 13 is by many seen as an unlucky number, so a thirteenth month would be considered cursed by some, or at least unlucky. | |
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− | Since there are only 12 months in the year, 9/13 actually cannot be mistaken, | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Randall, drawn as Cueball, is throwing his arms out as he stands next to a big red book with white drawings on the cover. The cover shows a large passenger plane that has just taken off, as can be seen since the landing gear still has the wheels extended (only one wheel is visible at the middle part and then the one in the front). A Tyrannosaurus Rex has jumped on to the plane and it is biting down on the ceiling of the plane a bit in front of the wings, as if on the back of a prey. The dinosaur has already broken through the ceiling. Below is a jagged landscape with small mountain like peaks in the background. Megan and Cueball are standing on the top of the second of two raised plateaus, looking up at the plane and dinosaur. There is unreadable white text above the plane, then a title beneath the plane, and the authors name below the landscape, and more unreadable text beneath that, all in white. Below the book, there is a small arrow pointing to the right bottom of the book, with a label beneath.] | :[Randall, drawn as Cueball, is throwing his arms out as he stands next to a big red book with white drawings on the cover. The cover shows a large passenger plane that has just taken off, as can be seen since the landing gear still has the wheels extended (only one wheel is visible at the middle part and then the one in the front). A Tyrannosaurus Rex has jumped on to the plane and it is biting down on the ceiling of the plane a bit in front of the wings, as if on the back of a prey. The dinosaur has already broken through the ceiling. Below is a jagged landscape with small mountain like peaks in the background. Megan and Cueball are standing on the top of the second of two raised plateaus, looking up at the plane and dinosaur. There is unreadable white text above the plane, then a title beneath the plane, and the authors name below the landscape, and more unreadable text beneath that, all in white. Below the book, there is a small arrow pointing to the right bottom of the book, with a label beneath.] | ||
− | :Randall: ''' | + | :Randall: '''Anouncement:''' I’m publishjing a ''what if?'' sequel! |
:Book cover: what if? 2 | :Book cover: what if? 2 | ||
:Book cover: Randall Munroe | :Book cover: Randall Munroe | ||
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:Randall narrating: Ever since I wrote '''''what if?''''', I’ve been flooded with questions. | :Randall narrating: Ever since I wrote '''''what if?''''', I’ve been flooded with questions. | ||
:Randall narrating: And not just from readers- My friends and family stated texting them to me, too. | :Randall narrating: And not just from readers- My friends and family stated texting them to me, too. | ||
− | :Text 1: <font color="gray">Hey | + | :Text 1: <font color="gray">Hey could s.. ele</font> |
:Text 2: <font color="gray">Hypothe…</font> | :Text 2: <font color="gray">Hypothe…</font> | ||
:Text 3: <font color="gray">If you s… Jupiter…</font> | :Text 3: <font color="gray">If you s… Jupiter…</font> | ||
− | :Text 4: <font color="gray">Could my | + | :Text 4: <font color="gray">Could my c… or…</font> |
:Text 5: <font color="gray">Do you… my car…</font> | :Text 5: <font color="gray">Do you… my car…</font> | ||
− | :Text 6: <font color="gray">If I trie… | + | :Text 6: <font color="gray">If I trie… The Sun…</font> |
− | :Randall narrating | + | :Randall narrating Honestly, I love it. |
:[Randall is again standing next to his red book talking. There is also a second version of the book lying to the right of the closed book, and this has been opened up to reveal two pages. The text is unreadable and the images are very hard to see, but it seems that two people are standing next to each other on the right page. The image at the top of the left page has been enlarged and shown to the right of the open book. It is an image of the Earth that is being peeled by a potato peeler, which takes off a large peel from the north part of Scandinavia and then goes via Russia into Asia. The title and author name can still just be read on the book,but maybe only because they are already known...] | :[Randall is again standing next to his red book talking. There is also a second version of the book lying to the right of the closed book, and this has been opened up to reveal two pages. The text is unreadable and the images are very hard to see, but it seems that two people are standing next to each other on the right page. The image at the top of the left page has been enlarged and shown to the right of the open book. It is an image of the Earth that is being peeled by a potato peeler, which takes off a large peel from the north part of Scandinavia and then goes via Russia into Asia. The title and author name can still just be read on the book,but maybe only because they are already known...] | ||
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:Book cover: Randall Munroe | :Book cover: Randall Munroe | ||
:Randall narrating: Available Sep 13, 2022 | :Randall narrating: Available Sep 13, 2022 | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:What If?]] | [[Category:What If?]] | ||
[[Category:Book promotion]] | [[Category:Book promotion]] | ||
− | [[Category:Portmanteau]] <!-- Title text --> | + | [[Category:Portmanteau]] <!-- Title text--> |
− | [[Category:Calendar]] <!-- Title text --> | + | [[Category:Calendar]] <!-- Title text--> |
[[Category:Dinosaurs]] | [[Category:Dinosaurs]] | ||
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