693: Children's Fantasy - Revision history

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 ==Transcript==
-:[Kid is sitting on the ground with his chin in his hand.]
+:[Kidball is sitting on the ground with his chin in his hand.]
-:Kid: I'm such a loser-
+:Kidball: I'm such a loser-
 :''POP''
 :[Princess sticks her head through a portal.]
 :Princess: Come quickly, young one!
-:Kid: Holy crap, a portal!
+:Kidball: Holy crap, a portal!
 :Princess: My kingdom needs you!
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 :[We see him on horseback, helmeted wielding a sword. There's a castle on the horizon and two moons in the sky. There are a few other riders as well.]
-:[Kid, with helmet and sword, stands before King, Princess, and another warrior. Princess is holding out a ring.]
+:[Kidball, with helmet and sword, stands before King, Princess, and another warrior. Princess is holding out a ring.]
 :King: You've saved our kingdom and found your self-confidence. Now it's time to return home. Goodbye, young hero!
 :Princess: Take this ring to remember us!
-:[Kid stands alone, holding the ring.]
+:[Kidball stands alone, holding the ring.]
-:Kid: Well, I guess I spend the rest of my life pretending that didn't happen or knowing that everyone I love suspects I'm crazy.
+:Kidball: Well, I guess I spend the rest of my life pretending that didn't happen or knowing that everyone I love suspects I'm crazy.
-:Kid: This'll be a fun 70 years.
+:Kidball: This'll be a fun 70 years.
 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 [[Category:Fiction]]
 [[Category:Comics with a Spanish translation]]

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 The comic illustrates this type of story and considers what the rest of the child's life would really be like as they reach adulthood. If they tell their friends, spouse, and family what happened to them, no one will believe them and these loved ones will think them crazy. If they don't tell anyone, they are pretending that the episode never happened. Either way, it seems this would not be an enjoyable experience to live with for their entire adult life.
-The title text continues the thought by pointing out the impossibility of contributing anything to the scientific world after visiting a magical world, as the child would know many scientific baselines, and, indeed, most regularly practiced scientific theory to be false, but would be unable to say anything or convince anyone of what they knew, just like an antimemetic.
+The title text continues the thought by pointing out the impossibility of contributing anything to the scientific world after visiting a magical world, as the child would know many scientific baselines, and, indeed, most regularly practiced scientific theory to be false, but would be unable to say anything or convince anyone of what they knew.
 ==Transcript==

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 The comic illustrates this type of story and considers what the rest of the child's life would really be like as they reach adulthood. If they tell their friends, spouse, and family what happened to them, no one will believe them and these loved ones will think them crazy. If they don't tell anyone, they are pretending that the episode never happened. Either way, it seems this would not be an enjoyable experience to live with for their entire adult life.
-The title text continues the thought by pointing out the impossibility of contributing anything to the scientific world after visiting a magical world, as the child would know many scientific baselines, and, indeed, most regularly practiced scientific theory to be false, but would be unable to say anything or convince anyone of what they knew.
+The title text continues the thought by pointing out the impossibility of contributing anything to the scientific world after visiting a magical world, as the child would know many scientific baselines, and, indeed, most regularly practiced scientific theory to be false, but would be unable to say anything or convince anyone of what they knew, just like an antimemetic.
 ==Transcript==

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 Children's fantasy stories such as {{w|The Chronicles of Narnia}} and {{w|The Phantom Tollbooth}} involve a kid who is magically transported out of their time to some fantastic realm, goes through trials and becomes a hero, and then is returned to their own mundane world at about the same time they left with no one else realizing or believing what happened to them. The growth of the protagonist often involves learning self-confidence.
-The comic illustrates this type of story and considers what the rest of the child's life would really be like as they reach adulthood. If they tell their friends, spouse, and family what happened to them, no one will believe them and these loved ones will think them a bit crazy. If they don't tell anyone, they are pretending that the episode never happened. Either way, it seems this would not be an enjoyable experience to live with for their entire adult life.
+The comic illustrates this type of story and considers what the rest of the child's life would really be like as they reach adulthood. If they tell their friends, spouse, and family what happened to them, no one will believe them and these loved ones will think them crazy. If they don't tell anyone, they are pretending that the episode never happened. Either way, it seems this would not be an enjoyable experience to live with for their entire adult life.
 The title text continues the thought by pointing out the impossibility of contributing anything to the scientific world after visiting a magical world, as the child would know many scientific baselines, and, indeed, most regularly practiced scientific theory to be false, but would be unable to say anything or convince anyone of what they knew.

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 [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 [[Category:Fiction]]
-[[Category:Kids]]
+[[Category:Comics featuring children]]

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