1026: Compare and Contrast - Revision history

Cheesesentience: /* Explanation */

2025-05-21T15:40:17Z

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RadiantRainwing at 01:07, 26 August 2024

2024-08-26T01:07:55Z

172.70.35.86: Reworded sentence

2024-01-09T02:03:33Z

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FaviFake at 21:23, 28 August 2023

2023-08-28T21:23:26Z

FaviFake: added Category:Comics featuring politicians using HotCat

2023-08-28T21:19:59Z

added Category:Comics featuring politicians using HotCat

172.70.85.219: /* Explanation */ Properly punctuated (and unredirected, as I'm already editing), though it's a very marginal gain to have this one here...

2023-07-26T09:28:24Z

‎Explanation: Properly punctuated (and unredirected, as I'm already editing), though it's a very marginal gain to have this one here...

172.69.134.244: /* Explanation */

2023-07-26T04:11:27Z

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172.70.90.252: /* Explanation */When ye applies(/d), and when not.

2023-04-19T20:38:50Z

‎Explanation: When ye applies(/d), and when not.

172.71.246.11: /* Explanation */

2023-04-19T20:16:44Z

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162.158.203.56: /* Explanation */

2023-04-19T20:09:53Z

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 # "Harbinger of hurricane season" is technically accurate; hurricane season does follow the summer.
 # "Required for a good beach party" is not a pun, although it is another example of a word with slightly different meanings.  The party is required to be held on a summer's day and with "thee" present at the party.  The party would not be held on "thee", although some of the other lines suggest that the writer might personally be on top of "thee" during the party.
-# Heat stroke is a condition mainly affecting children and the elderly. Heat waves and excessively hot days are highly linked with heat stroke incidence.
+# "Major cause of heat stroke in the elderly" does not contain any puns, but simply refers to the fact that summer is hot, and excessively high temperature can cause heat stroke, especially in children and the elderly. Obviously, "thee" cannot cause heat stroke.
 # "Linked to higher rates of juvenile delinquency" refers to juveniles committing crimes. Apparently, "thee" is either a juvenile delinquent or inspires juvenile delinquency (or both). Summer is also linked to juvenile delinquency. This results, to some degree, from school not being in session, rather than simply as a direct result of the summer weather.
 # "Sometimes too stifling" can refer to the weather - oppressive heat and humidity, or a person that is overly oppressive and constraining. It is also unusual in that it expresses a negative feeling about "thee", unlike the other entries which express what the author likes or admires about thee.
 # "Arrested for releasing snakes in the library" is a fairly self-explanatory criterion. Apparently "thee" has been caught doing this. A summer's day, on the other hand, cannot be arrested at all,{{Citation needed}} much less for this. This is possibly inspired by the movie ''{{w|Snakes on a Plane}}''.
-# The last line "difficult to focus on work while I'm in" is probably a sexual reference, on the "thee" side, not on the "summer's day" side.  To be "in" someone refers to the penetrative part of sex, which would occupy a typical person's attention,{{Citation needed}} or that while she is around the house it can be difficult to focus of work. Summer can be distracting from work due to heat, excitement, or just the general feeling of the season.
+# The last line "difficult to focus on work while I'm in" is probably a sexual reference, on the "thee" side, not on the "summer's day" side.  To be "in" someone refers to the penetrative part of sex, which would occupy a typical person's attention,{{Citation needed}} or that while they are around the house it can be difficult to focus on work. Summer can be distracting from work due to heat, excitement, or just the general feeling of the season.
 The title text is a reference to [[Ron Paul]], a 2012 {{w|Republican Party (United States)|Republican}} candidate for {{w|President of the United States|President}} who was on top in the {{w|Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012|Republican Primary}} against a few other challengers for the nomination. Ron Paul was frequently represented on the internet using similar language to the title text (with Paul offering an alternative to typical Republican and Democratic candidates). Paul was seen by many as an alternative because of his {{w|Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian}} views.

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 # "Harbinger of hurricane season" is technically accurate; hurricane season does follow the summer.
 # "Required for a good beach party" is not a pun, although it is another example of a word with slightly different meanings.  The party is required to be held on a summer's day and with "thee" present at the party.  The party would not be held on "thee", although some of the other lines suggest that the writer might personally be on top of "thee" during the party.
-# Heat stroke is a condition mainly affecting children and the elderly. Heat waves and excessively hot days are highly linked with heat stroke incidence
+# Heat stroke is a condition mainly affecting children and the elderly. Heat waves and excessively hot days are highly linked with heat stroke incidence.
 # "Linked to higher rates of juvenile delinquency" refers to juveniles committing crimes. Apparently, "thee" is either a juvenile delinquent or inspires juvenile delinquency (or both). Summer is also linked to juvenile delinquency. This results, to some degree, from school not being in session, rather than simply as a direct result of the summer weather.
 # "Sometimes too stifling" can refer to the weather - oppressive heat and humidity, or a person that is overly oppressive and constraining. It is also unusual in that it expresses a negative feeling about "thee", unlike the other entries which express what the author likes or admires about thee.

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 # The first line is a reference to the sonnet itself, which reads: "Thou art more lovely and more temperate". He considers both thee and a summer's day to be "fair" (this is a pun; depending on context, "fair" can refer to complexion or weather) and "temperate" (meaning "warm", which again can describe a person or the weather).
-# "Hot, sticky" also refers to both, in different ways.  "Hot" can mean sexually attractive or simply that the temperature is high.  "Sticky" refers to either a humid day (for summer day) or to have ejaculated after sex (for "thee").
+# "Hot, sticky" also refers to both, in different ways.  "Hot" can mean sexually attractive or simply that the temperature is high.  "Sticky" refers to either a humid day (for summer day) or to be covered in sweat and other bodily fluids (mainly from ejaculation after sex for "thee").
 # "Short" is another pun.  "Thee" (the subject of the comparison with the summer's day) is not tall. Alternatively if “Thee” is male it could refer to their primary sexual organ. This is typically seen as a bad quality. In line 8 "Thee" is attributed another bad quality. A summer day is chronologically long (time from dawn to dusk.)
 # "Harbinger of hurricane season" is technically accurate; hurricane season does follow the summer.

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-A reference to the most well-known {{w|sonnet}} in the English-speaking world: {{w|William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare's}} "{{w|Sonnet 18}}", the first line of which is: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?". In this comic [[Randall]] sets about this in a typically goal-oriented chart, as opposed to the rather more romantic poetry of the Bard.
+A reference to the most well-known {{w|sonnet}} in the English-speaking world: {{w|William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare's}} "{{w|Sonnet 18}}", the first line of which is: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?". In this comic [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] sets about this in a typically purposeful chart, as opposed to the rather more romantic poetry of the Bard. "Thee" is a form of the archaic second-person singular pronoun "thou". In Shakespeare's day, English had more second-person pronouns in common use, thou/thee (informal and singular, subjective/objective), and ye/you (plural, subjective/objective, or just "you" as the formal singulars). This is similar to second-person pronouns in many modern European languages, such as French. {{w|English personal pronouns#Full list of personal pronouns|Wikipedia}} has a nice chart for all of English's personal pronouns, current and archaic.
-"Thee" is a form of the archaic second-person singular pronoun "thou". In Shakespeare's day, English had more second-person pronouns in common use, thou/thee (informal and singular, subjective/objective), and ye/you (plural, subjective/objective, or just "you" as the formal singulars). This is similar to second-person pronouns in many modern European languages, such as French. {{w|English personal pronouns#Full list of personal pronouns|Wikipedia}} has a nice chart for all of English's personal pronouns, current and archaic.
+For both the chart and the original sonnet, whether or not the work is autobiographical is unknown. Also unknown is the identity of the person whom each work refers to.  It is believed that Sonnet 18 is addressed to a {{w|Shakespeare's Sonnets#Fair Youth|young man}}.
-For both the chart and the original sonnet, whether or not the work is autobiographical is unknown.  Also unknown is the identity of the person whom each work refers to.  It is believed that Sonnet 18 is addressed to a {{w|Shakespeare's Sonnets#Fair Youth|young man}}.
+# The first line is a reference to the sonnet itself, which reads: "Thou art more lovely and more temperate". He considers both thee and a summer's day to be "fair" (this is a pun; depending on context, "fair" can refer to complexion or weather) and "temperate" (meaning "warm", which again can describe a person or the weather).
 # "Hot, sticky" also refers to both, in different ways.  "Hot" can mean sexually attractive or simply that the temperature is high.  "Sticky" refers to either a humid day (for summer day) or to have ejaculated after sex (for "thee").
 # "Short" is another pun.  "Thee" (the subject of the comparison with the summer's day) is not tall. Alternatively if “Thee” is male it could refer to their primary sexual organ. This is typically seen as a bad quality. In line 8 "Thee" is attributed another bad quality. A summer day is chronologically long (time from dawn to dusk.)
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 # The last line "difficult to focus on work while I'm in" is probably a sexual reference, on the "thee" side, not on the "summer's day" side.  To be "in" someone refers to the penetrative part of sex, which would occupy a typical person's attention,{{Citation needed}} or that while she is around the house it can be difficult to focus of work. Summer can be distracting from work due to heat, excitement, or just the general feeling of the season.
-The title text is a reference to {{w|Ron Paul}}, a 2012 {{w|Republican Party (United States)|Republican}} candidate for {{w|President of the United States|President}} who was on top in the {{w|Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012|Republican Primary}} against a few other challengers for the nomination. Ron Paul was frequently represented on the internet using similar language to the title text (with Paul offering an alternative to typical Republican and Democratic candidates). Paul was seen by many as an alternative because of his {{w|Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian}} views.
+The title text is a reference to [[Ron Paul]], a 2012 {{w|Republican Party (United States)|Republican}} candidate for {{w|President of the United States|President}} who was on top in the {{w|Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012|Republican Primary}} against a few other challengers for the nomination. Ron Paul was frequently represented on the internet using similar language to the title text (with Paul offering an alternative to typical Republican and Democratic candidates). Paul was seen by many as an alternative because of his {{w|Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian}} views.
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