Talk:1637: Salt Mine - Revision history

172.69.70.159 at 18:28, 4 May 2022

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198.41.243.240 at 03:13, 24 February 2016

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198.41.243.240 at 03:10, 24 February 2016

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Elvenivle at 06:10, 9 February 2016

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Elvenivle at 05:08, 9 February 2016

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Davidy22 at 19:00, 5 February 2016

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KDLadage at 16:46, 5 February 2016

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141.101.80.88 at 16:31, 5 February 2016

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Davidy22 at 00:26, 5 February 2016

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162.158.49.24 at 11:21, 4 February 2016

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	So...this one is just not funny at all and has no meaning whatsoever? --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.243.240\|198.41.243.240]] (also that's not my IP at all, weird) 03:10, 24 February 2016 (UTC)		So...this one is just not funny at all and has no meaning whatsoever? --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.243.240\|198.41.243.240]] (also that's not my IP at all, weird) 03:10, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
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		+	I'm not sure how to flag this one. Or where to begin on a repair.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.70.159\|172.69.70.159]] 18:28, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

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	Could the title (Salt Mine) also be a bit of a play on words, as in "this salt is mine"? [[User:KDLadage\|KDLadage]] ([[User talk:KDLadage\|talk]]) 16:46, 5 February 2016 (UTC)		Could the title (Salt Mine) also be a bit of a play on words, as in "this salt is mine"? [[User:KDLadage\|KDLadage]] ([[User talk:KDLadage\|talk]]) 16:46, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

−	So...this one is just not funny at all and has no meaning whatsoever? --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.243.240\|198.41.243.240]] 03:10, 24 February 2016 (UTC)	+	So...this one is just not funny at all and has no meaning whatsoever? --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.243.240\|198.41.243.240]] (also that's not my IP at all, weird) 03:10, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

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	Could the title (Salt Mine) also be a bit of a play on words, as in "this salt is mine"? [[User:KDLadage\|KDLadage]] ([[User talk:KDLadage\|talk]]) 16:46, 5 February 2016 (UTC)		Could the title (Salt Mine) also be a bit of a play on words, as in "this salt is mine"? [[User:KDLadage\|KDLadage]] ([[User talk:KDLadage\|talk]]) 16:46, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
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		+	So...this one is just not funny at all and has no meaning whatsoever? --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.243.240\|198.41.243.240]] 03:10, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

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 ::I have removed it. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.76|108.162.238.76]] 00:45, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
 : Ponytail appears to be snarkily hiding the trivial reason she built it there: so she can say "off to the salt mines", a phrase indicating you (probably) hate your job, which is hard, grossly unrewarding and repetitive. As "slave labor", it's exactly who was often sent to the mines. Sifting through massive amounts of mostly unfruitful data would probably feel like working a salt mine, though sequestering funds to achieve this historical accuracy might be frowned upon. Another idea from the munching sounds at [https://what-if.xkcd.com/124/ What If:Lunar Swimming ]: The first image explains going to the moon "because it is hard", and the audience offers that eating a bag of pinecones is also hard. Its title text reads that the Soviets are already a third of the way through their bag...and then reads "(grabs bag) Homf Nomf Homf...". If Ponytail's mine were on the moon and the "salt" were Helium3 (essential for neutron detection and energy) then the Russians (and Chinese) are [http://www.realclearpolicy.com/blog/2015/12/01/helium_3_climate_solution_from_the_moon_1480.html trying] and perhaps there's a new space race in the making. Finally for the munchers, slave/prison labor is intentionally an experientially bland experience, but salt might enhance your day. Though I'd hate to think they're mining by eating the tunnels, perhaps "shaking" the salt would provide another taste enhancement like drinking [http://www.eater.com/2015/5/15/8612181/science-airplane-food-tastes-bad-loud-noise-umami Tomato Juice on a Plane] (airplane vibration enhances umami perception). And...having seen the horsepower reference (to the moon) in the What-If and realizing we give workhorses salt chunks, I'm off to read about [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1640 too much context]. [[User:Elvenivle|Elvenivle]] ([[User talk:Elvenivle|talk]]) 05:08, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 The science facility in a salt mine made me think of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_2 Portal 2]. Now i'm wondering if the IMB served as an inspiration for Portal 2. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.25|141.101.104.25]] 08:36, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

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 : I agree. The comment about restaurants only adds to the potential confusion around the comic. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.59|108.162.216.59]] 08:05, 1 February 2016 (UTC)BK201
 ::I have removed it. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.76|108.162.238.76]] 00:45, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
 The science facility in a salt mine made me think of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_2 Portal 2]. Now i'm wondering if the IMB served as an inspiration for Portal 2. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.25|141.101.104.25]] 08:36, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

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 I don't think that the exotic restaurants relate, here. As well, I think that Ponytail says "Yes, that is definitely why" because she is saying "Yes, we definitely built the detector here to block out cosmic rays, and definitely *not* to eat the delicious salt." You know what I mean? Thoughts? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.21|173.245.54.21]] 06:46, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
 : I agree. The comment about restaurants only adds to the potential confusion around the comic. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.59|108.162.216.59]] 08:05, 1 February 2016 (UTC)BK201
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 I vaguely recall a movie (probably '80s or early '90s) about some salt mine workers whose tunnel unexpectedly broke into an underground room complete with  a carcass of a dinosaur (or was it a mammoth). The workers and later the whole population (minus the hero and sidekick) of the mining town were taken over by maggot-like parasites that had been the end of the unfortunate dinosaur (mammoth?) and had survived on salt (hence the underground room). Maybe the comic is about that movie.
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		+	Could the title (Salt Mine) also be a bit of a play on words, as in "this salt is mine"? [[User:KDLadage\|KDLadage]] ([[User talk:KDLadage\|talk]]) 16:46, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
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	I don't think that the exotic restaurants relate, here. As well, I think that Ponytail says "Yes, that is definitely why" because she is saying "Yes, we definitely built the detector here to block out cosmic rays, and definitely not to eat the delicious salt." You know what I mean? Thoughts? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.21\|173.245.54.21]] 06:46, 1 February 2016 (UTC)		I don't think that the exotic restaurants relate, here. As well, I think that Ponytail says "Yes, that is definitely why" because she is saying "Yes, we definitely built the detector here to block out cosmic rays, and definitely not to eat the delicious salt." You know what I mean? Thoughts? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.21\|173.245.54.21]] 06:46, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
	: I agree. The comment about restaurants only adds to the potential confusion around the comic. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.59\|108.162.216.59]] 08:05, 1 February 2016 (UTC)BK201		: I agree. The comment about restaurants only adds to the potential confusion around the comic. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.59\|108.162.216.59]] 08:05, 1 February 2016 (UTC)BK201

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	Rock Salt is not a "mixture of rock and salt" as mentioned above. Its simply plain old salt in a compressed crystalline form that just happens to looks like rocks. On average its not any less salty that sea-salt. So the part about some salt having more rock content and hence being bland doesn't ring true. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.49.24\|162.158.49.24]] 11:19, 4 February 2016 (UTC)GG		Rock Salt is not a "mixture of rock and salt" as mentioned above. Its simply plain old salt in a compressed crystalline form that just happens to looks like rocks. On average its not any less salty that sea-salt. So the part about some salt having more rock content and hence being bland doesn't ring true. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.49.24\|162.158.49.24]] 11:19, 4 February 2016 (UTC)GG
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		+	I vaguely recall a movie (probably '80s or early '90s) about some salt mine workers whose tunnel unexpectedly broke into an underground room complete with a carcass of a dinosaur (or was it a mammoth). The workers and later the whole population (minus the hero and sidekick) of the mining town were taken over by maggot-like parasites that had been the end of the unfortunate dinosaur (mammoth?) and had survived on salt (hence the underground room). Maybe the comic is about that movie.
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−	Rock Salt is not a "~~combination~~ of rock and salt" as mentioned above. Its simply plain old salt in a compressed crystalline form that just happens to looks like rocks. On average its not any less salty that sea-salt. So the part about some salt having more rock content and hence being bland doesn't ring true. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.49.24\|162.158.49.24]] 11:19, 4 February 2016 (UTC)GG	+	Rock Salt is not a "mixture of rock and salt" as mentioned above. Its simply plain old salt in a compressed crystalline form that just happens to looks like rocks. On average its not any less salty that sea-salt. So the part about some salt having more rock content and hence being bland doesn't ring true. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.49.24\|162.158.49.24]] 11:19, 4 February 2016 (UTC)GG

	I don't think that the exotic restaurants relate, here. As well, I think that Ponytail says "Yes, that is definitely why" because she is saying "Yes, we definitely built the detector here to block out cosmic rays, and definitely not to eat the delicious salt." You know what I mean? Thoughts? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.21\|173.245.54.21]] 06:46, 1 February 2016 (UTC)		I don't think that the exotic restaurants relate, here. As well, I think that Ponytail says "Yes, that is definitely why" because she is saying "Yes, we definitely built the detector here to block out cosmic rays, and definitely not to eat the delicious salt." You know what I mean? Thoughts? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.21\|173.245.54.21]] 06:46, 1 February 2016 (UTC)