2191: Conference Question - Revision history

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Tromag at 16:08, 5 February 2026

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162.158.155.180 at 12:56, 25 November 2023

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172.69.33.215: /* Transcript */ Removed a period, because in the real comic the period wasn’t there (which is OBVIOUSLY a grammar error, but that’s the original version lmao)

2022-10-24T18:59:18Z

‎Transcript: Removed a period, because in the real comic the period wasn’t there (which is OBVIOUSLY a grammar error, but that’s the original version lmao)

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 :'''Want to meet it?'''  He has decided that he and the friendly bug are actual friends and ironically comes full circle by finally asking a question, though presumably whether the speaker wants to meet a bug is not related to the topic of the speaker's talk.
-The title text takes the opposite route of Beret Guy, and each step instead refers to successively worse forms of magic spells that would, presumably, have a negative effect upon the listener. There is a [[Black Hat|certain xkcd character]] that is likely to do this. Starting from a mere utterance and then using Beret Guy's "it is less than" scheme, it progresses over worse and worse curses, ending with an unforgivable curse!
+The title text takes the opposite route of Beret Guy, and each step instead refers to successively worse forms of magic spells that would, presumably, have a negative effect upon the listener. There is a [[Black Hat|certain xkcd character]] that is likely to do this. Starting from a mere utterance and then using Beret Guy's "less of ____, more of ____" scheme, it progresses over worse and worse curses, ending with an unforgivable curse!
 :'''Utterance.''' It begins with "utterance", which was also used by Beret Guy. See above.

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 ==Explanation==
-Usually, at a conference or other event involving a speaker addressing a crowd, members of the crowd are given the chance to ask questions. This is intended so that people can perhaps ask the speaker to elaborate on a point they've made, or to ask the speaker's opinion on a topic related to their talk.
+Frequently, at conferences or other events where speakers address a crowd, members of the audience are given the chance to ask questions. This is intended so that people can perhaps ask the speaker to elaborate on a point they've made, or to ask the speaker's opinion on a topic related to their talk.
-Occasionally, people at such an event will use (or, rather, abuse) the opportunity to ask a question to instead provide their own (unsolicited) opinion or statement. Such statements are often preceded with something along the lines of "I have a question. Well, less of a question and more of a comment." This formulation in particular has attracted a lot of criticism for not adding anything to the discussion and for pulling focus away from the speaker.
+Occasionally, people at such an event will use (or, rather, abuse) the opportunity to ask a question to instead provide their own (unsolicited) opinion or statement. Such statements are often preceded with something along the lines of "I have a question. Well, less of a question and more of a comment." This is generally considered a breach in etiquette, as it effectively represents an audience member trying to seize time and attention away from the speaker for their own ends.
 In the comic, this idea is taken to an extreme, with [[Beret Guy]] not only transforming the opportunity to ask a question into an opportunity to make a statement through successive rephrasing, turning this into an opportunity to show off a bug he has found. This is accomplished by using a multitude of synonyms in a ''continuum'' of relatable word pairs, except near the last: "question" and "comment" are similar, as are "comment" and "utterance", but the extremes, the difference between the first and the last in the entire set (in this case "question" and "friendly bug") is profound. In a way, this segue is meant to be similar to how, in the lines of a color spectrum, red fades into yellow: gradually, and with no abrupt transitions in color ({{wiktionary|your_mileage_may_vary|YMMV}}: {{w|Color Graphics Adapter|CGA}} versus {{w|4K resolution|4K}}).

@@ Line 29: / Line 29: @@
 :'''Want to meet it?'''  He has decided that he and the friendly bug are actual friends and ironically comes full circle by finally asking a question, though presumably whether the speaker wants to meet a bug is not related to the topic of the speaker's talk.
-The title text takes the opposite route of Beret Guy, and each step instead refers to successively worse forms of magic spells that would, presumably, have a negative effect upon the listener. Starting from a mere utterance and then using Beret Guy's "it is less than" scheme, it progresses over worse and worse curses, ending with an unforgivable curse!
+The title text takes the opposite route of Beret Guy, and each step instead refers to successively worse forms of magic spells that would, presumably, have a negative effect upon the listener. There is a [[Black Hat|certain xkcd character]] that is likely to do this. Starting from a mere utterance and then using Beret Guy's "it is less than" scheme, it progresses over worse and worse curses, ending with an unforgivable curse!
 :'''Utterance.''' It begins with "utterance", which was also used by Beret Guy. See above.

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 :Beret Guy: Well, less of a question and more of a comment.
 :Beret Guy: I guess it's less of a comment and more of an utterance
-:Beret Guy: Really it's less an utterance more an air pressure wave.
+:Beret Guy: Really it's less an utterance, more an air pressure wave.
 :Beret Guy: It's less an air pressure wave and more a friendly hand wave.
 :Beret Guy: I guess it's less a friendly wave than it is a friendly bug.

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 Usually, at a conference or other event involving a speaker addressing a crowd, members of the crowd are given the chance to ask questions. This is intended so that people can perhaps ask the speaker to elaborate on a point they've made, or to ask the speaker's opinion on a topic related to their talk.
-Occasionally, people at such an event will use (or, rather, abuse) the opportunity to ask a question to instead provide their own (unsolicited) opinion or statement. Such statements are often preceded with something along the lines of "I have a question. Well, less of a question and more of a comment." This formulation in particular has attracted [https://jamesmendezhodes.com/blog/2019/4/30/less-of-a-question-more-of-a-comment a lot of criticism] for not adding anything to the discussion and for pulling focus away from the speaker.
+Occasionally, people at such an event will use (or, rather, abuse) the opportunity to ask a question to instead provide their own (unsolicited) opinion or statement. Such statements are often preceded with something along the lines of "I have a question. Well, less of a question and more of a comment." This formulation in particular has attracted a lot of criticism for not adding anything to the discussion and for pulling focus away from the speaker.
 In the comic, this idea is taken to an extreme, with [[Beret Guy]] not only transforming the opportunity to ask a question into an opportunity to make a statement through successive rephrasing, turning this into an opportunity to show off a bug he has found. This is accomplished by using a multitude of synonyms in a ''continuum'' of relatable word pairs, except near the last: "question" and "comment" are similar, as are "comment" and "utterance", but the extremes, the difference between the first and the last in the entire set (in this case "question" and "friendly bug") is profound. In a way, this segue is meant to be similar to how, in the lines of a color spectrum, red fades into yellow: gradually, and with no abrupt transitions in color ({{wiktionary|your_mileage_may_vary|YMMV}}: {{w|Color Graphics Adapter|CGA}} versus {{w|4K resolution|4K}}).