3070: Orogeny - Revision history

FaviFake at 10:55, 21 June 2025

2025-06-21T10:55:50Z

FaviFake: /* Explanation */

2025-06-16T13:39:09Z

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FaviFake: /* Explanation */

2025-06-16T13:38:48Z

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FaviFake at 13:37, 16 June 2025

2025-06-16T13:37:47Z

172.70.254.170: The April Fools comic for 2025 was just released on April 9.

2025-04-10T12:47:28Z

The April Fools comic for 2025 was just released on April 9.

172.71.255.78: /* Explanation */ I'm with the in-liner; sometimes you just need to stop acting like April Fools is a given.

2025-04-03T17:34:25Z

‎Explanation: I'm with the in-liner; sometimes you just need to stop acting like April Fools is a given.

DKMell: minor

2025-04-02T16:54:02Z

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Aprilfoolsupdate! at 10:00, 2 April 2025

2025-04-02T10:00:54Z

Aprilfoolsupdate! at 10:00, 2 April 2025

2025-04-02T10:00:17Z

172.70.160.218: /* Explanation */

2025-04-02T08:14:54Z

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 ==Trivia==
-Despite being released on April 1st (in some time zones), it is not an April Fools comic. It was still March 31st for Randall and is consistent with a normal Monday comic; the 2025 April Fools Comic was released on April 9.
+Despite being released on April 1st (in some time zones), it is not an [[April Fools' Day comics|April Fools' Day comic]]. It was still March 31st for Randall and is consistent with a normal Monday comic; the 2025 April Fools' Day comic was released on April 9.
 {{comic discussion}}

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 ==Explanation==
-{{incomplete|Created by a OUTDOOR HEATED WALL+CEILING - Needs someone who knows geology to add stuff. Edit this tag Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
+{{incomplete|Needs someone who knows geology to add more information.}}
 This comic is about an {{w|orogeny}}, the creation of mountain ranges at convergent {{w|tectonic plate}} boundaries. The mountain range that [[Cueball]] and [[Ponytail]] are looking at was formed a billion years ago, but the mountains themselves have been eroded away and replaced. This could reference the {{w|Ship of Theseus}} thought experiment. Cueball analogizes this to a fully-renovated home, and Ponytail continues the analogy by jokingly pretending to use this as a real estate opportunity, offering it for sale to Cueball. She makes the sales pitch that this is good solid {{w|Intrusive rock|plutonic bedrock}}, freshly uplifted (from below the surface from the collision of the tectonic plates). Cueball plays along by saying he'd prefer 'new construction', and suggests a volcanic seamount, which Ponytail rejects on the basis of it being quite literally 'too hot' - covered in lava or soon to be so. This is a pun, as a 'hot' real estate market normally means that properties are selling quickly, usually leading to high prices that may be over-inflated.

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 ==Explanation==
 {{incomplete|Created by a OUTDOOR HEATED WALL+CEILING - Needs someone who knows geology to add stuff. Edit this tag Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
-This comic is about an {{w|orogeny}}, the creation of mountain ranges at convergent {{w|tectonic plate}} boundaries.
+This comic is about an {{w|orogeny}}, the creation of mountain ranges at convergent {{w|tectonic plate}} boundaries. The mountain range that [[Cueball]] and [[Ponytail]] are looking at was formed a billion years ago, but the mountains themselves have been eroded away and replaced. This could reference the {{w|Ship of Theseus}} thought experiment. Cueball analogizes this to a fully-renovated home, and Ponytail continues the analogy by jokingly pretending to use this as a real estate opportunity, offering it for sale to Cueball. She makes the sales pitch that this is good solid {{w|Intrusive rock|plutonic bedrock}}, freshly uplifted (from below the surface from the collision of the tectonic plates). Cueball plays along by saying he'd prefer 'new construction', and suggests a volcanic seamount, which Ponytail rejects on the basis of it being quite literally 'too hot' - covered in lava or soon to be so. This is a pun, as a 'hot' real estate market normally means that properties are selling quickly, usually leading to high prices that may be over-inflated.
-The mountain range that [[Cueball]] and [[Ponytail]] are looking at was formed a billion years ago, but the mountains themselves have been eroded away and replaced. This could reference the {{w|Ship of Theseus}} thought experiment. Cueball analogizes this to a fully-renovated home, and Ponytail continues the analogy by jokingly pretending to use this as a real estate opportunity, offering it for sale to Cueball. She makes the sales pitch that this is good solid {{w|Intrusive rock|plutonic bedrock}}, freshly uplifted (from below the surface from the collision of the tectonic plates). Cueball plays along by saying he'd prefer 'new construction', and suggests a volcanic seamount, which Ponytail rejects on the basis of it being quite literally 'too hot' - covered in lava or soon to be so. This is a pun, as a 'hot' real estate market normally means that properties are selling quickly, usually leading to high prices that may be over-inflated.
+The title text continues the joke, pointing out that most houses with heated floors have them only ''inside'', with the implication that a volcano's magma (underground) or lava (on the surface) can make a heated floor ''outside''. Orogeny was also mentioned in [[1082: Geology]]. This comic is reminiscent of the [[:Category:Home Inspections|Home Inspections]] series but, given that there is not yet a home to assess, it is not strictly part of that category. There was also the recent [[3051: Hardwood]], about defining underlying geology as part of a house, which might hint at Randall working all around a wider theme.
 ==Transcript==

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 This comic is reminiscent of the [[:Category:Home Inspections|Home Inspections]] series, but given that there is not yet a home to assess, it is not strictly part of that category. There was also the recent [[3051: Hardwood]], about defining underlying geology as part of a house, which might hint at Randall working all around a wider theme.
 ==Transcript==
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 :Cueball: I dunno, I was looking for new construction. You got any emerging volcanic seamounts?
 :Ponytail: Nah, that market is a little too hot right now.
 {{comic discussion}}

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 This comic is reminiscent of the [[:Category:Home Inspections|Home Inspections]] series, but given that there is not yet a home to assess, it is not strictly part of that category. There was also the recent [[3051: Hardwood]], about defining underlying geology as part of a house, which might hint at Randall working all around a wider theme.
-Despite being released on April 1st (in some timezones of the world), it is not an April Fools comic. It was still March 31st for Randall, and is consistent with a normal Monday comic; 2025 proceeded without an April Fools comic.
+Despite being released on April 1st (in some timezones of the world), it is not an April Fools comic. It was still March 31st for Randall, and is consistent with a normal Monday comic; the 2025 April Fools Comic was released on April 9.
 ==Transcript==

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 ==Explanation==
-{{incomplete|Created by a OUTDOOR HEATED FLOOR - Needs someone who knows geology to add stuff. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
+{{incomplete|Created by a OUTDOOR HEATED WALL+CEILING - Needs someone who knows geology to add stuff. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
 This comic is about an {{w|orogeny}}, the creation of mountain ranges at convergent plate boundaries.

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 This comic is about an {{w|orogeny}}, the creation of mountain ranges at convergent plate boundaries.
-The mountain range that [[Cueball]] and [[Ponytail]] are looking at was formed a billion years ago, but the mountains themselves have been eroded away and replaced. This could reference the {{w|Ship of Theseus}} thought experiment. Cueball analogizes this to a fully-renovated home, and Ponytail continues the analogy by jokingly pretending to use this as a business opportunity, offering it for sale to Cueball. She makes the sales pitch that this is good solid {{w|Intrusive rock|plutonic bedrock}}, freshly uplifted , i.e., from below the surface from the collision of the tectonic plates. Cueball plays along by saying he'd prefer 'new construction', in this case a volcanic seamount, which Ponytail rejects on the basis of it being quite literally 'too hot' - covered in lava or soon to be so. This is a pun, as a 'hot' real estate market normally means that properties are selling quickly.
+The mountain range that [[Cueball]] and [[Ponytail]] are looking at was formed a billion years ago, but the mountains themselves have been eroded away and replaced. This could reference the {{w|Ship of Theseus}} thought experiment. Cueball analogizes this to a fully-renovated home, and Ponytail continues the analogy by jokingly pretending to use this as a business opportunity, offering it for sale to Cueball. She makes the sales pitch that this is good solid {{w|Intrusive rock|plutonic bedrock}}, freshly uplifted (from below the surface from the collision of the tectonic plates). Cueball plays along by saying he'd prefer 'new construction', and suggests a volcanic seamount, which Ponytail rejects on the basis of it being quite literally 'too hot' - covered in lava or soon to be so. This is a pun, as a 'hot' real estate market normally means that properties are selling quickly, usually leading to high prices that may be over-inflated.
 The title text points out that most houses with heated floors have them only ''inside'', with the implication that a volcano's magma (underground) or lava (on the surface) can make a heated floor ''outside''.
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 This comic is reminiscent of the [[:Category:Home Inspections|Home Inspections]] series, but given that there is not yet a home to assess, it is not strictly part of that category. There was also the recent [[3051: Hardwood]], about defining underlying geology as part of a house, which might hint at Randall working all around a wider theme.
-Despite being released on April 1st (in some timezones of the world), it is not an April Fools comic. It was still March 31st for Randall, and is consistent with a normal Monday comic. This may or may not imply that the April Fools comic will be released later (or as soon as it practical, as in [[2916: Machine]] which was only ready for release on the Friday of the week in which Monday ''was'' April 1st), or there may not be an April Fools comic at all this year.<!-- Time will tell. Too early to speculate, it might be out in a few hours, but give it a week of no-show to decide that it probably isn't happening this year? Really, why are people so eager to announce April Fool 'missing', just because March 31st is a 'normal' comic? (Writing this inline, like this, because it'll be more obvious to anyone who comes along later than either Talk comment or Edit Summary. Patience, padawans. Take a deep breath and rest easy. There may or may not be good reason to completely re-edit this paragraph later today, tomorrow, by the end of the week or... with precedent... a couple of weeks hence. Be calm, be fruitful, be joyous if/when something happens.-->
+Despite being released on April 1st (in some timezones of the world), it is not an April Fools comic. It was still March 31st for Randall, and is consistent with a normal Monday comic. This may or may not imply that an April Fools comic will be released later (or as soon as it practical, as in [[2916: Machine]] which was only ready for release on the Friday of the week in which Monday ''was'' April 1st), or there may not be an April Fools comic at all this year.<!-- Time will tell. Too early to speculate, it might be out in a few hours, but give it a week of no-show to decide that it probably isn't happening this year? Really, why are people so eager to announce April Fool 'missing', just because March 31st is a 'normal' comic? Or, indeed, so obsessed over whether there is or is not one at all? (Writing this inline, like this, because it'll be more obvious to anyone who comes along later than either Talk comment or Edit Summary. Patience, padawans. Take a deep breath and rest easy. There may or may not be good reason to completely re-edit this paragraph later today, tomorrow, by the end of the week or... with precedent... a couple of weeks hence. Be calm, be fruitful, be joyous if/when something happens.-->
 ==Transcript==