Talk:1359: Phone Alarm - Revision history

Dgbrt at 18:40, 25 April 2014

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Alanbbent at 23:55, 24 April 2014

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Davidy22 at 21:29, 24 April 2014

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141.101.88.211 at 19:43, 24 April 2014

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141.101.92.231 at 12:37, 24 April 2014

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Taibhse at 22:34, 23 April 2014

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Taibhse at 22:34, 23 April 2014

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Athang at 21:57, 23 April 2014

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Tbc: wpitw

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wpitw

Brettpeirce at 12:20, 23 April 2014

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 : I am the original transcriber of this comic. My first attempt has, for reasons I don't understand, been reverted (strictly speaking, undented (flattened), thus making it ambiguous, which my version wasn't).
 : I didn't and won't re-revert it, but I have come up with another layout, tabular this time (and unambiguous again, with one cell per field-arrow node, and with fields distinguished from arrows via HTML table headers vs. cells). Feel free to revert this one, too. {{unsigned ip|141.101.88.211}}
 My interpretation of the WPITW comment is not that it's thought to be a prank call, but that the poor soul who answers the phone while dreaming may dream that they are receiving a phone call from, say, the Giraffe King, Future Morgan Freeman, the Worst Person in the World, etc. [[User:Alanbbent|Alanbbent]] ([[User talk:Alanbbent|talk]]) 23:55, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

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	: I am the original transcriber of this comic. My first attempt has, for reasons I don't understand, been reverted (strictly speaking, undented (flattened), thus making it ambiguous, which my version wasn't).		: I am the original transcriber of this comic. My first attempt has, for reasons I don't understand, been reverted (strictly speaking, undented (flattened), thus making it ambiguous, which my version wasn't).
	: I didn't and won't re-revert it, but I have come up with another layout, tabular this time (and unambiguous again, with one cell per field-arrow node, and with fields distinguished from arrows via HTML table headers vs. cells). Feel free to revert this one, too. {{unsigned ip\|141.101.88.211}}		: I didn't and won't re-revert it, but I have come up with another layout, tabular this time (and unambiguous again, with one cell per field-arrow node, and with fields distinguished from arrows via HTML table headers vs. cells). Feel free to revert this one, too. {{unsigned ip\|141.101.88.211}}
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		+	My interpretation of the WPITW comment is not that it's thought to be a prank call, but that the poor soul who answers the phone while dreaming may dream that they are receiving a phone call from, say, the Giraffe King, Future Morgan Freeman, the Worst Person in the World, etc. [[User:Alanbbent\|Alanbbent]] ([[User talk:Alanbbent\|talk]]) 23:55, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

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 Hi, I always though that the comic transcriptions were for the visually impaired, so the arrows on the left of this comic's transcript feels a bit off to me. Can we possibly replace them with textual explanations? Kind regards. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.92.231|141.101.92.231]] 12:37, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 : I am the original transcriber of this comic. My first attempt has, for reasons I don't understand, been reverted (strictly speaking, undented (flattened), thus making it ambiguous, which my version wasn't).
-: I didn't and won't re-revert it, but I have come up with another layout, tabular this time (and unambiguous again, with one cell per field-arrow node, and with fields distinguished from arrows via HTML table headers vs. cells). Feel free to revert this one, too.
+: I didn't and won't re-revert it, but I have come up with another layout, tabular this time (and unambiguous again, with one cell per field-arrow node, and with fields distinguished from arrows via HTML table headers vs. cells). Feel free to revert this one, too. {{unsigned ip|141.101.88.211}}

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	Hi, I always though that the comic transcriptions were for the visually impaired, so the arrows on the left of this comic's transcript feels a bit off to me. Can we possibly replace them with textual explanations? Kind regards. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.92.231\|141.101.92.231]] 12:37, 24 April 2014 (UTC)		Hi, I always though that the comic transcriptions were for the visually impaired, so the arrows on the left of this comic's transcript feels a bit off to me. Can we possibly replace them with textual explanations? Kind regards. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.92.231\|141.101.92.231]] 12:37, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
		+	: I am the original transcriber of this comic. My first attempt has, for reasons I don't understand, been reverted (strictly speaking, undented (flattened), thus making it ambiguous, which my version wasn't).
		+	: I didn't and won't re-revert it, but I have come up with another layout, tabular this time (and unambiguous again, with one cell per field-arrow node, and with fields distinguished from arrows via HTML table headers vs. cells). Feel free to revert this one, too.

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	The comic you are thinking of is #451 http://www.xkcd.com/451/ [[User:Taibhse\|Taibhse]] ([[User talk:Taibhse\|talk]]) 22:34, 23 April 2014 (UTC)		The comic you are thinking of is #451 http://www.xkcd.com/451/ [[User:Taibhse\|Taibhse]] ([[User talk:Taibhse\|talk]]) 22:34, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
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		+	Hi, I always though that the comic transcriptions were for the visually impaired, so the arrows on the left of this comic's transcript feels a bit off to me. Can we possibly replace them with textual explanations? Kind regards. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.92.231\|141.101.92.231]] 12:37, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

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	I can't remember the comic number, but I feel like the title text might be a reference to the comic where he talks about pretending to be an expert in someone else's field and sees how long it takes them to notice. Talking to sociologists (I think) he says his latest work is in ranking people from best to worst. [[User:Athang\|Athang]] ([[User talk:Athang\|talk]]) 21:57, 23 April 2014 (UTC)		I can't remember the comic number, but I feel like the title text might be a reference to the comic where he talks about pretending to be an expert in someone else's field and sees how long it takes them to notice. Talking to sociologists (I think) he says his latest work is in ranking people from best to worst. [[User:Athang\|Athang]] ([[User talk:Athang\|talk]]) 21:57, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
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	The comic you are thinking of is #451 http://www.xkcd.com/451/ [[User:Taibhse\|Taibhse]] ([[User talk:Taibhse\|talk]]) 22:34, 23 April 2014 (UTC)		The comic you are thinking of is #451 http://www.xkcd.com/451/ [[User:Taibhse\|Taibhse]] ([[User talk:Taibhse\|talk]]) 22:34, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

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	Sometimes I think Randall likes to mess with us with obscure, trippy comics just so he can see us scramble to explain them using logical thought progressions. [[User:Enchantedsleeper\|Enchantedsleeper]] ([[User talk:Enchantedsleeper\|talk]]) 10:32, 23 April 2014 (UTC)		Sometimes I think Randall likes to mess with us with obscure, trippy comics just so he can see us scramble to explain them using logical thought progressions. [[User:Enchantedsleeper\|Enchantedsleeper]] ([[User talk:Enchantedsleeper\|talk]]) 10:32, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
	:I feel confident the "???" is referring to the initial confusion of any dream world (the first time around), followed by continued confusion of things "not working like they're supposed to" (which often happens in a dream world), especially when you hang up the phone and it keeps ringing but nobody's on the other side - [[User:Brettpeirce\|Brettpeirce]] ([[User talk:Brettpeirce\|talk]]) 12:20, 23 April 2014 (UTC)		:I feel confident the "???" is referring to the initial confusion of any dream world (the first time around), followed by continued confusion of things "not working like they're supposed to" (which often happens in a dream world), especially when you hang up the phone and it keeps ringing but nobody's on the other side - [[User:Brettpeirce\|Brettpeirce]] ([[User talk:Brettpeirce\|talk]]) 12:20, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
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		+	I can't remember the comic number, but I feel like the title text might be a reference to the comic where he talks about pretending to be an expert in someone else's field and sees how long it takes them to notice. Talking to sociologists (I think) he says his latest work is in ranking people from best to worst. [[User:Athang\|Athang]] ([[User talk:Athang\|talk]]) 21:57, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

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	I think I understand the title text -- the "worst person in the world" is a reference to the fact that when he picks up the phone to talk to whoever's "calling", all he gets is beeping in his ear, which makes for an awful "conversation".		I think I understand the title text -- the "worst person in the world" is a reference to the fact that when he picks up the phone to talk to whoever's "calling", all he gets is beeping in his ear, which makes for an awful "conversation".
		+	:I red it as the caller being the wpitw because they called while Randall was trying to sleep. ''— [[User:Tbc\|tbc]] ([[User talk:Tbc\|talk]])''

	However, I don't understand the "???" box or the reason why one of the arrows keeps looping in on itself, unless it's to show an eventuality where Randall doesn't wake up or ignores the phone?		However, I don't understand the "???" box or the reason why one of the arrows keeps looping in on itself, unless it's to show an eventuality where Randall doesn't wake up or ignores the phone?

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	Sometimes I think Randall likes to mess with us with obscure, trippy comics just so he can see us scramble to explain them using logical thought progressions. [[User:Enchantedsleeper\|Enchantedsleeper]] ([[User talk:Enchantedsleeper\|talk]]) 10:32, 23 April 2014 (UTC)		Sometimes I think Randall likes to mess with us with obscure, trippy comics just so he can see us scramble to explain them using logical thought progressions. [[User:Enchantedsleeper\|Enchantedsleeper]] ([[User talk:Enchantedsleeper\|talk]]) 10:32, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
−	:I feel confident the "???" is referring to the initial confusion of any dream world (the first time around), followed by continued confusion of things "not working like they're supposed to" (which often happens in a dream world), especially when you hang up the phone and it keeps ringing but nobody's on the other side	+	:I feel confident the "???" is referring to the initial confusion of any dream world (the first time around), followed by continued confusion of things "not working like they're supposed to" (which often happens in a dream world), especially when you hang up the phone and it keeps ringing but nobody's on the other side - [[User:Brettpeirce\|Brettpeirce]] ([[User talk:Brettpeirce\|talk]]) 12:20, 23 April 2014 (UTC)