Talk:1120: Blurring the Line - Revision history

146.70.174.163 at 22:17, 24 January 2026

2026-01-24T22:17:21Z

2.98.65.8: I'm guessing Rashby is English, and so used the normal English spelling in their own comment. And, even if it's exactly thirteen years old, this is an example of something that should not have been changed.

2025-11-14T22:45:22Z

I'm guessing Rashby is English, and so used the normal English spelling in their own comment. And, even if it's exactly thirteen years old, this is an example of something that should not have been changed.

42.book.addict at 21:12, 14 November 2025

2025-11-14T21:12:45Z

CalibansCreations: no, patrick, movies about movies have existed for decades /ref

2025-03-17T11:41:07Z

no, patrick, movies about movies have existed for decades /ref

Mathmannix at 16:22, 2 September 2021

2021-09-02T16:22:54Z

Beanie: ;)

2021-05-19T13:20:46Z

;)

Lupo: formated and signed ip-user comment

2019-10-25T07:58:24Z

formated and signed ip-user comment

172.68.38.64: Why am I supposed to summarize this?!

2019-10-25T02:34:21Z

Why am I supposed to summarize this?!

108.162.250.155 at 03:07, 13 April 2016

2016-04-13T03:07:45Z

173.245.54.52 at 19:53, 30 October 2015

2015-10-30T19:53:59Z

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 :There's a whole host of movies that white hat might be referring to. We can't know just from one theme present in the play, as there's a bajillion possible movies that it could be. Best to leave it unnamed.[[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]] ([[User talk:Davidy22|talk]]) 11:54, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 ::Or we could just mention the best-known (recent enough that a plurality of modern First-Worlders remember the ad blitz for it, yet old enough that many of those already probably regard it as a classic) example of such a movie, "Inception".  I could say a lot more on the subject of MNG, but I'm not exactly an unbiased witness, so I'll leave the topic alone for now. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.52|173.245.54.52]] 19:53, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
 I don't think he was "passing the conversational ball" so much as it was meant to be a humorous blurring of the line between metaphor and reality (he's the "Michael Jordan" of blurring the line between metaphor and reality and then he has an actual basketball).

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 Also, what is "masturbatory naval gazing" supposed to mean? If someone could explain that portion, that would be great. [[User:Trek7553|Trek7553]] ([[User talk:Trek7553|talk]]) 14:51, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
-Referring to the basketball's orange color in the transcript could make a more accurate transcript.  The appearance of the colored basketball in the otherwise black and white panels is a very dramatic intrusion of "more reality" into the black and white 2D panel.  "More reality" since color is an important property most of us experience in our real lives.  A very abstract 2D drawing of people discussing 3D movie depictions of our shared actual reality (i've never considered xkcd to reference Flatland) seems to be playing with levels of abstraction visually, in addition to the self-referential language.[[User:Rashby|Rashby]] ([[User talk:Rashby|talk]]) 07:07, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
+Referring to the basketball's orange color in the transcript could make a more accurate transcript.  The appearance of the coloured basketball in the otherwise black and white panels is a very dramatic intrusion of "more reality" into the black and white 2D panel.  "More reality" since color is an important property most of us experience in our real lives.  A very abstract 2D drawing of people discussing 3D movie depictions of our shared actual reality (i've never considered xkcd to reference Flatland) seems to be playing with levels of abstraction visually, in addition to the self-referential language.[[User:Rashby|Rashby]] ([[User talk:Rashby|talk]]) 07:07, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
 Wow!

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-This comic might refer to the movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_%28film%29 Adaptation] --[[User:Mambro|Mambro]] ([[User talk:Mambro|talk]]) 10:53, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
+This comic might refer to the movie {{w|Adaptation (film)|Adaptation}} --[[User:Mambro|Mambro]] ([[User talk:Mambro|talk]]) 10:53, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
-:It might also refer to the movie, "Teen Titans Go! to the Movies". {{unsigned ip|172.68.38.64|02:34, 25 October 2019}}
+:It might also refer to the movie, "Teen Titans Go! to the Movies". {{unsigned ip|172.68.38.64|02:34, 25 October 2019 (UTC)}}
 ::Highly unlikely (at least originally), as that movie came out in 2018, nearly six years after the comic. [[User:Mathmannix|Mathmannix]] ([[User talk:Mathmannix|talk]]) 16:22, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
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 Also, what is "masturbatory naval gazing" supposed to mean? If someone could explain that portion, that would be great. [[User:Trek7553|Trek7553]] ([[User talk:Trek7553|talk]]) 14:51, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
-Referring to the basketball's orange color in the transcript could make a more accurate transcript.  The appearance of the coloured basketball in the otherwise black and white panels is a very dramatic intrusion of "more reality" into the black and white 2D panel.  "More reality" since color is an important property most of us experience in our real lives.  A very abstract 2D drawing of people discussing 3D movie depictions of our shared actual reality (i've never considered xkcd to reference Flatland) seems to be playing with levels of abstraction visually, in addition to the self-referential language.[[User:Rashby|Rashby]] ([[User talk:Rashby|talk]]) 07:07, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
+Referring to the basketball's orange color in the transcript could make a more accurate transcript.  The appearance of the colored basketball in the otherwise black and white panels is a very dramatic intrusion of "more reality" into the black and white 2D panel.  "More reality" since color is an important property most of us experience in our real lives.  A very abstract 2D drawing of people discussing 3D movie depictions of our shared actual reality (i've never considered xkcd to reference Flatland) seems to be playing with levels of abstraction visually, in addition to the self-referential language.[[User:Rashby|Rashby]] ([[User talk:Rashby|talk]]) 07:07, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
 Wow!

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 This comic might refer to the movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_%28film%29 Adaptation] --[[User:Mambro|Mambro]] ([[User talk:Mambro|talk]]) 10:53, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
-:It might also refer to the movie, "Teen Titans Go! to the Movies". {{unsigned ip|172.68.38.64}}
+:It might also refer to the movie, "Teen Titans Go! to the Movies". {{unsigned ip|172.68.38.64|02:34, 25 October 2019}}
 ::Highly unlikely (at least originally), as that movie came out in 2018, nearly six years after the comic. [[User:Mathmannix|Mathmannix]] ([[User talk:Mathmannix|talk]]) 16:22, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

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 This comic might refer to the movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_%28film%29 Adaptation] --[[User:Mambro|Mambro]] ([[User talk:Mambro|talk]]) 10:53, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 :It might also refer to the movie, "Teen Titans Go! to the Movies". {{unsigned ip|172.68.38.64}}
 :There's a whole host of movies that white hat might be referring to. We can't know just from one theme present in the play, as there's a bajillion possible movies that it could be. Best to leave it unnamed.[[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]] ([[User talk:Davidy22|talk]]) 11:54, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

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	From Merriam-Webster: Naval-gazing is useless or excessive self-contemplation. One could define a movie about movies in this way. Masturbation is self-love, and a movie about movies could be thought of as a form of self love too. --[[User:Johngardner\|Johngardner]] ([[User talk:Johngardner\|talk]]) 15:44, 12 October 2012 (UTC)		From Merriam-Webster: Naval-gazing is useless or excessive self-contemplation. One could define a movie about movies in this way. Masturbation is self-love, and a movie about movies could be thought of as a form of self love too. --[[User:Johngardner\|Johngardner]] ([[User talk:Johngardner\|talk]]) 15:44, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
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		+	Time to add absolutely nothing to anything.
		+	b0nk
		+	There we go. [[User:Beanie\|Beanie]] ([[User talk:Beanie\|talk]]) 13:20, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

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 Is sexual self arousal the goal of masturbation?[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 17:33, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
 "Masturbatory navel gazing" is a contradiction in terms, hence the cursor text.
 From Merriam-Webster: Naval-gazing is useless or excessive self-contemplation.  One could define a movie about movies in this way.  Masturbation is self-love, and a movie about movies could be thought of as a form of self love too. --[[User:Johngardner|Johngardner]] ([[User talk:Johngardner|talk]]) 15:44, 12 October 2012 (UTC)