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The Cat Lady at 20:52, 6 September 2021

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Davidy22 at 21:21, 2 April 2014

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DruidDriver: /* Existential? */

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‎Existential?

192.136.15.177 at 12:41, 24 September 2012

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Hkmaly: /* Existential? */

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‎Existential?

IronyChef at 15:29, 22 September 2012

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Carewolf at 14:51, 22 September 2012

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Carewolf at 14:50, 22 September 2012

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Joehammer79: Created page with "Maybe I'm just splitting hairs, but I'm not sure that's Megan. Her hair looks a little shorter. --~~~~"

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Created page with "Maybe I'm just splitting hairs, but I'm not sure that's Megan. Her hair looks a little shorter. --~~~~"

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Maybe I'm just splitting hairs, but I'm not sure that's Megan. Her hair looks a little shorter. --[[User:Joehammer79|Joehammer79]] ([[User talk:Joehammer79|talk]]) 20:55, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

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	I highly doubt any media produced today will survive as long as our star. Shakes spears works or cave paintings have only been around for a micro sliver of our suns life cycle. Their mediums would not last that long since even our mountains won't last that long. [[User:DruidDriver\|DruidDriver]] ([[User talk:DruidDriver\|talk]]) 07:40, 21 January 2013 (UTC)		I highly doubt any media produced today will survive as long as our star. Shakes spears works or cave paintings have only been around for a micro sliver of our suns life cycle. Their mediums would not last that long since even our mountains won't last that long. [[User:DruidDriver\|DruidDriver]] ([[User talk:DruidDriver\|talk]]) 07:40, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
		+	:And yet they'll still be under copyright... [[User:The Cat Lady\|-- The Cat Lady]] ([[User talk:The Cat Lady\|talk]]) 20:52, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

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 I think the title text "distraction" is not about a literal buzz, but about the movie in question: the mindless Hollywood "entertainment" is supposed to distract us from our problems of total, eventual annihilation at the hands of a mindless, uncaring universe. --BigMal27 / [[Special:Contributions/192.136.15.177|192.136.15.177]] 12:41, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
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 I think the comic is existential, and perhaps even mocking fatalism. Everything Megan says is technically true, but also immediately irrelevant and the terms used, and even bringing it up is over-the-top bleak.

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	:Personally, I would consider the limited livespan of Sun to be more important that the movie. Less pressing, of course. The movie stars will be dead sooner ... unless you consider them live as long as their films are showing, in which case they may last as long as our civilisation. --[[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 07:55, 24 September 2012 (UTC)		:Personally, I would consider the limited livespan of Sun to be more important that the movie. Less pressing, of course. The movie stars will be dead sooner ... unless you consider them live as long as their films are showing, in which case they may last as long as our civilisation. --[[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 07:55, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
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		+	I highly doubt any media produced today will survive as long as our star. Shakes spears works or cave paintings have only been around for a micro sliver of our suns life cycle. Their mediums would not last that long since even our mountains won't last that long. [[User:DruidDriver\|DruidDriver]] ([[User talk:DruidDriver\|talk]]) 07:40, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

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 Maybe I'm just splitting hairs, but I'm not sure that's Megan. Her hair looks a little shorter. --[[User:Joehammer79|Joehammer79]] ([[User talk:Joehammer79|talk]]) 20:55, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 :The ''coif de mode'' is for the camera; she's gussied up for the event! -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 15:29, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
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	Take your pick. I am not adding it to the explanation yet, since it is only two of several interpretation, but existentialism has been a feature of many other xkcd strips. [[User:Carewolf\|Carewolf]] ([[User talk:Carewolf\|talk]]) 14:50, 22 September 2012 (UTC)		Take your pick. I am not adding it to the explanation yet, since it is only two of several interpretation, but existentialism has been a feature of many other xkcd strips. [[User:Carewolf\|Carewolf]] ([[User talk:Carewolf\|talk]]) 14:50, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
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		+	:Personally, I would consider the limited livespan of Sun to be more important that the movie. Less pressing, of course. The movie stars will be dead sooner ... unless you consider them live as long as their films are showing, in which case they may last as long as our civilisation. --[[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 07:55, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

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	Maybe I'm just splitting hairs, but I'm not sure that's Megan. Her hair looks a little shorter. --[[User:Joehammer79\|Joehammer79]] ([[User talk:Joehammer79\|talk]]) 20:55, 21 September 2012 (UTC)		Maybe I'm just splitting hairs, but I'm not sure that's Megan. Her hair looks a little shorter. --[[User:Joehammer79\|Joehammer79]] ([[User talk:Joehammer79\|talk]]) 20:55, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
		+	:The ''coif de mode'' is for the camera; she's gussied up for the event! -- [[User:IronyChef\|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef\|talk]]) 15:29, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

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	Maybe I'm just splitting hairs, but I'm not sure that's Megan. Her hair looks a little shorter. --[[User:Joehammer79\|Joehammer79]] ([[User talk:Joehammer79\|talk]]) 20:55, 21 September 2012 (UTC)		Maybe I'm just splitting hairs, but I'm not sure that's Megan. Her hair looks a little shorter. --[[User:Joehammer79\|Joehammer79]] ([[User talk:Joehammer79\|talk]]) 20:55, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

		+	=== Existential? ===
	I think the comic is existential, and perhaps even mocking fatalism. Everything Megan says is technically true, but also immediately irrelevant and the terms used, and even bringing it up is over-the-top bleak.		I think the comic is existential, and perhaps even mocking fatalism. Everything Megan says is technically true, but also immediately irrelevant and the terms used, and even bringing it up is over-the-top bleak.

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	Maybe I'm just splitting hairs, but I'm not sure that's Megan. Her hair looks a little shorter. --[[User:Joehammer79\|Joehammer79]] ([[User talk:Joehammer79\|talk]]) 20:55, 21 September 2012 (UTC)		Maybe I'm just splitting hairs, but I'm not sure that's Megan. Her hair looks a little shorter. --[[User:Joehammer79\|Joehammer79]] ([[User talk:Joehammer79\|talk]]) 20:55, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
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		+	I think the comic is existential, and perhaps even mocking fatalism. Everything Megan says is technically true, but also immediately irrelevant and the terms used, and even bringing it up is over-the-top bleak.
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		+	Then again. It might make fun of news, since being over the top about things that often doesn't matter is a big part of what they do. So perhaps what news would be like if the reporters where more knowledgeable but still acted as stupid?
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		+	Take your pick. I am not adding it to the explanation yet, since it is only two of several interpretation, but existentialism has been a feature of many other xkcd strips. [[User:Carewolf\|Carewolf]] ([[User talk:Carewolf\|talk]]) 14:50, 22 September 2012 (UTC)