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42.book.addict: we don't use TOCs in comic pages

2025-10-23T05:07:46Z

we don't use TOCs in comic pages

2001:4450:813D:C800:FCCA:442D:8C9D:DF33 at 22:14, 22 October 2025

2025-10-22T22:14:41Z

Firestar233 at 04:35, 13 February 2025

2025-02-13T04:35:26Z

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2024-08-06T12:06:02Z

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172.69.23.203: is this list really necessary?

2024-05-23T03:58:53Z

is this list really necessary?

42.book.addict at 22:46, 22 May 2024

2024-05-22T22:46:21Z

Brycemw: For fun

2024-05-22T21:36:43Z

For fun

Poxy6 at 17:28, 3 April 2024

2024-04-03T17:28:16Z

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	==Explanation==		==Explanation==
−	~~{{TOC}}~~
	In this [[:Category:New Year\|New Year comic]], [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] share some of their (or [[Randall\|Randall's]]) thoughts about the ending 2016 and the new year 2017 (hence the title). 2016 was a year which many people eagerly awaited the end of because of its increased turmoil (terrorist attacks, controversial political events in numerous countries including the election of [[Donald Trump]] for president in the United States and the United Kingdom {{w\|2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum\|voting for Brexit}}) as well as the deaths of an unusually large number of well-known and beloved celebrities (several of these died in the first few days after Christmas).		In this [[:Category:New Year\|New Year comic]], [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] share some of their (or [[Randall\|Randall's]]) thoughts about the ending 2016 and the new year 2017 (hence the title). 2016 was a year which many people eagerly awaited the end of because of its increased turmoil (terrorist attacks, controversial political events in numerous countries including the election of [[Donald Trump]] for president in the United States and the United Kingdom {{w\|2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum\|voting for Brexit}}) as well as the deaths of an unusually large number of well-known and beloved celebrities (several of these died in the first few days after Christmas).

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		+	{{TOC}}
	In this [[:Category:New Year\|New Year comic]], [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] share some of their (or [[Randall\|Randall's]]) thoughts about the ending 2016 and the new year 2017 (hence the title). 2016 was a year which many people eagerly awaited the end of because of its increased turmoil (terrorist attacks, controversial political events in numerous countries including the election of [[Donald Trump]] for president in the United States and the United Kingdom {{w\|2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum\|voting for Brexit}}) as well as the deaths of an unusually large number of well-known and beloved celebrities (several of these died in the first few days after Christmas).		In this [[:Category:New Year\|New Year comic]], [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] share some of their (or [[Randall\|Randall's]]) thoughts about the ending 2016 and the new year 2017 (hence the title). 2016 was a year which many people eagerly awaited the end of because of its increased turmoil (terrorist attacks, controversial political events in numerous countries including the election of [[Donald Trump]] for president in the United States and the United Kingdom {{w\|2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum\|voting for Brexit}}) as well as the deaths of an unusually large number of well-known and beloved celebrities (several of these died in the first few days after Christmas).

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-<noinclude>:''This page refers to the comic named "2017". For comic #2017, see [[2017: Stargazing 2]].''</noinclude>
+<noinclude>{{distinguish|2017: Stargazing 2}}</noinclude>
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 However, Randall also offers a glimpse of hope in the last few panels when Cueball observes that, just as all of the bad things in 2016 were unexpected, good things in 2017 that are unexpected could also happen, which should make us less sure what good may come of 2017. As such, he argues that we should hold on to our hope even though things seem difficult right now.
-As the conversation unfolds, Megan and Cueball encounter an uprooted tree and cross it like a balance beam. This is a visual metaphor; the dead tree represents the end of the old year, while the crossing represents the transition into the new year. This is similar to the magical toboggan from {{w|Calvin and Hobbes}} that serves as a metaphor for their conversations, mentioned in [[529: Sledding Discussion]] and [[409: Electric Skateboard (Double Comic)]].
+As the conversation unfolds, Megan and Cueball encounter an uprooted tree and cross it like a balance beam. This is a visual metaphor; the dead tree represents the end of the old year, while the crossing represents the transition into the new year. This is similar to the magical toboggan from {{w|Calvin and Hobbes}} that serves as a metaphor for their conversations, mentioned in [[529: Sledding Discussion]] and [[409: Electric Skateboard (Double Comic)]]. Or Randall just included this because he thinks using trees as balance beams is fun.
 In the last panel Cueball mentioned that 2017 will also have a cool {{w|solar eclipse|eclipse}}, going through the central parts of North America. This may also serve as a reminder that the Earth continues to spin on despite all of the human turmoil going on on its surface. This is literally true, as the eclipse Randall is excited about is caused by the orbits of three celestial bodies lining up just right (the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon).

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 Cueball then also notes that 2017 is a {{w|prime number}} and states that prime-numbered years (prime years) have always been good to him. He thus illustrates the positive attitude that people can choose to take in order to see all that which is good and to spread a little bit more cheerfulness, and Megan is ready to take this positive view, although she may not totally buy in to it. This could also be a pun referencing the saying "being in his prime years".
-It should be noted that Cueball is working with a relatively small sample size. If Cueball is roughly the same age as Randall Munroe, prime-numbered years he was alive in would include 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, and 2011. Prime years are always uneven, and therefore never feature US presidential elections, or the Olympic Games.
+It should be noted that Cueball is working with a relatively small sample size. If Cueball is roughly the same age as Randall Munroe, prime-numbered years he was alive in would include 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, and 2011. Prime years are always uneven, and therefore never feature US presidential elections, or the Olympic Games (although if the COVID pandemic had occured four years prior, the "2016 Olympics" ''might'' have also actually occured in a prime-numbered year, just as the 2020 Tokyo games were delayed and held in the year 2021, itself only the semiprime of 43x47).
 The title text is a reference to [[Nate Silver]] who is well-known (in the United States) as an election polling analyst on {{w|FiveThirtyEight}}.  His model allowed for a higher chance that Donald Trump would win the presidency compared to other similar models — though the fact that he still favored a Clinton win may be contributing to getting humor from the idea that he may be "wrong" again, and the Moon could possibly vanish in 2017, making the year definitely worse than 2016. (Earth and Moon are so close in the space order of things, that any event affecting Moon orbit seriously will almost certainly end our civilization too.) This is accentuated by the qualifier "almost definitely", which is of humorously low confidence for presenting a fact as certain as the Moon not somehow disappearing within the next year.

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 There have been three previous New Year's comics with only the year used as the title: [[998: 2012]] in 2012, [[1311: 2014]] in 2014 and [[1624: 2016]] in 2016. This is the first odd-numbered year (and thus of course the first prime year) using only the new year as the title.
-===Things in 2016 that some people might describe as bad===
+===Things in 2016 that could be described as bad===
 Obviously, anything in this list is controversial so the section title is {{w|Hedge (linguistics)|hedged}}. Also, this was written in 2024, so everything seems not so bad compared to 2020, when the {{w|COVID-19}} pandemic hit.
 * The World Health Organization announced an outbreak of the Zika virus.
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 * The term ghost kitchen is coined to describe deceptive alternate names for restaurants on food delivery apps to garner more orders.
-===Things in 2017 that some people might describe as good===
+===Things in 2017 that could be described as good===
 A disclaimer that not everyone will consider all of these things as positive.
 * Millions of people worldwide join the Women's March becoming the largest single-day protest in American history.

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 ===Things in 2016 that some people might describe as bad===
-Obviously, anything in this list is controversial so I've {{w|Hedge (linguistics)|hedged}} the section title. Also, I'm writing this in 2024 so everything seems not so bad compared to 2020.
+Obviously, anything in this list is controversial so the section title is {{w|Hedge (linguistics)|hedged}}. Also, this was written in 2024, so everything seems not so bad compared to 2020, when the {{w|COVID-19}} pandemic hit.
 * The World Health Organization announced an outbreak of the Zika virus.
 * An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.
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 * A gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and injuring 53 others.
 * The United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the European Union.
 * 86 people were killed and more than 400 others injured in a truck attack in Nice, France, during Bastille Day celebrations.
 * In Turkey, an unsuccessful coup against resulted in the deaths of at least 240 people.
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 * WikiLeaks released thousands of private emails from inside the political campaign of candidate Hillary Clinton.
 * Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States. (Let's not start on this; at least some people consider it bad)
-* LaMia Flight 2933 crashed into a mountain killing 71 of the 77 people on board.
+* LaMia Flight 2933 crashed into a mountain, killing 71 of the 77 people on board.
 * A Tupolev Tu-154 jetliner crashed into the Black Sea shortly after taking off. All 92 people on board were killed.
 * The term ghost kitchen is coined to describe deceptive alternate names for restaurants on food delivery apps to garner more orders.
 ===Things in 2017 that some people might describe as good===
-Same disclaimer that not everyone will consider all of these things good.
+A disclaimer that not everyone will consider all of these things as positive.
-* Millions of people worldwide joinrf the Women's March becoming the largest single-day protest in American history.
+* Millions of people worldwide join the Women's March becoming the largest single-day protest in American history.
 * An annular solar eclipse was visible from Pacific, Chile, Argentina, Atlantic, Africa.
 * Nintendo released the Switch worldwide.

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	There have been three previous New Year's comics with only the year used as the title: [[998: 2012]] in 2012, [[1311: 2014]] in 2014 and [[1624: 2016]] in 2016. This is the first odd-numbered year (and thus of course the first prime year) using only the new year as the title.		There have been three previous New Year's comics with only the year used as the title: [[998: 2012]] in 2012, [[1311: 2014]] in 2014 and [[1624: 2016]] in 2016. This is the first odd-numbered year (and thus of course the first prime year) using only the new year as the title.
		+
		+	===Things in 2016 that some people might describe as bad===
		+	Obviously, anything in this list is controversial so I've {{w\|Hedge (linguistics)\|hedged}} the section title. Also, I'm writing this in 2024 so everything seems not so bad compared to 2020.
		+	* The World Health Organization announced an outbreak of the Zika virus.
		+	* An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.
		+	* North Korea launched a reconnaissance satellite that was condemned internationally as a long-range ballistic missile test.
		+	* Suicide bombing attacks at Brussels' Zaventem airport and Maalbeek metro station kill 35 people and injure 300 more.
		+	* A 7.8 earthquake struck northwestern Ecuador killing 676 people and injuring over 6,000.
		+	* EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea en route from Paris to Cairo, killing all 66 people on board.
		+	* Gorilla Harambe was shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden in an incident involving a child leading to a global meme.
		+	* A gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and injuring 53 others.
		+	* The United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the European Union.
		+	* The augmented reality mobile game Pokémon Go was released.
		+	* 86 people were killed and more than 400 others injured in a truck attack in Nice, France, during Bastille Day celebrations.
		+	* In Turkey, an unsuccessful coup against resulted in the deaths of at least 240 people.
		+	* A 6.2 earthquake hit central Italy, killing 299 people.
		+	* The government of North Korea conducted its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test.
		+	* Global CO2 levels exceeded 400 ppm at the time of year normally associated with minimum levels.
		+	* U.S. intelligence agencies publicly accused the Russian government of using computer hacking to interfere with the U.S. election process.
		+	* The Washington Post released a videotape showing candidate Donald Trump privately bragging about sexual improprieties.
		+	* WikiLeaks released thousands of private emails from inside the political campaign of candidate Hillary Clinton.
		+	* Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States. (Let's not start on this; at least some people consider it bad)
		+	* LaMia Flight 2933 crashed into a mountain killing 71 of the 77 people on board.
		+	* A Tupolev Tu-154 jetliner crashed into the Black Sea shortly after taking off. All 92 people on board were killed.
		+	* The term ghost kitchen is coined to describe deceptive alternate names for restaurants on food delivery apps to garner more orders.
		+
		+	===Things in 2017 that some people might describe as good===
		+	Same disclaimer that not everyone will consider all of these things good.
		+	* Millions of people worldwide joinrf the Women's March becoming the largest single-day protest in American history.
		+	* An annular solar eclipse was visible from Pacific, Chile, Argentina, Atlantic, Africa.
		+	* Nintendo released the Switch worldwide.
		+	* The Eurovision Song Contest took place in Kyiv, Ukraine.
		+	* Montenegro joined NATO as the 29th member.
		+	* The 2017 World Expo opened in Astana, Kazakhstan.
		+	* The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was voted for by 122 states.
		+	* The first observation of a collision of two neutron stars occurred with both gravitational and electromagnetic waves from the event detected.
		+	* The Great American Eclipse was visible within across the entire contiguous United States of America.
		+	* The International Olympic Committee awarded Paris and Los Angeles the right to host the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics, respectively.
		+	* Cassini–Huygens ended its 13-year mission by plunging into Saturn, becoming the first spacecraft to enter the planet's atmosphere.
		+	* A new species of orangutan was identified, becoming the third known species of orangutan and the first great ape discovered in almost a century.
		+	* A paper was published recognizing a high-velocity asteroid as originating from outside the Solar System, the first known interstellar object.
		+	* The Walt Disney Company announced that it would acquire most of 21st Century Fox.

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