Talk:226: Swingset - Revision history

81.179.199.253 at 20:31, 2 March 2026

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DollarStoreBa'al: This is the truly important discussion!

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This is the truly important discussion!

172.68.23.151 at 15:27, 3 October 2024

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172.68.23.152 at 15:27, 3 October 2024

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Kazvorpal at 01:49, 22 October 2019

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International Space Station at 09:21, 27 October 2015

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108.162.238.159 at 08:51, 13 May 2015

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173.245.50.154 at 01:46, 10 January 2015

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	Both characters here are not certain. Is the Cueball representing Cueball or Kidball? Cueball can represent Randall, who enjoys doing stuff 'for kids' as an adult, but the supernatural abilities here suggest that it's not representing Randall. In that case, it would make more sense for Kidball to be using a swing, and for the woman to be Miss Lenhart. However, if Cueball ''is'' representing Randall. Then all 4 possibilities (cueball-blondie, kidball-blondie, cueball-lenhart, kidball-lenhart) are open. --'''''[[User:DollarStoreBa'al\|<span style="color:#023020">DollarStoreBa'al</span>]]<sup>[[User Talk:DollarStoreBa'al\|<span style="color:#09ff00">Converse</span>]]</sup> 19:12, 2 March 2026 (UTC)		Both characters here are not certain. Is the Cueball representing Cueball or Kidball? Cueball can represent Randall, who enjoys doing stuff 'for kids' as an adult, but the supernatural abilities here suggest that it's not representing Randall. In that case, it would make more sense for Kidball to be using a swing, and for the woman to be Miss Lenhart. However, if Cueball ''is'' representing Randall. Then all 4 possibilities (cueball-blondie, kidball-blondie, cueball-lenhart, kidball-lenhart) are open. --'''''[[User:DollarStoreBa'al\|<span style="color:#023020">DollarStoreBa'al</span>]]<sup>[[User Talk:DollarStoreBa'al\|<span style="color:#09ff00">Converse</span>]]</sup> 19:12, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
		+	:I don't think he's a Kidball. He's not clearly a 'smaller Cueball' (being the same size as Blondie/Miss Lenhart, unless she's a "Kid Blondie", and no size cues are possible from the swingset given how they come in various different sizes). It's consistent with his occasional kid-like ''mentality'' (whether as pure Cueball, or as a Randall-avatar) to be day-dreamy in this way. And it's {{tvtropes\|AllJustADream\|not a sign of supernatural abilities}}, either.
		+	:In short, I think that it's just straight Cueball/Randall. Though I don't really have any strong opinion about who his companion-character is. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 20:31, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

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	When I'm alone in elevators, I'll sometimes jump right before the elevator stars to descend. Because I have to fall a longer distance than I jumped, it tricks my brain into feeling a moment of weightlessness more than what I feel at my apogee. I also sometimes like to float underwater for long periods of time, pretending I'm on the ISS. Unfortunately I'm fucking terrified of deep water, and due to my lack of water-based activity, I've quite declined in my ability to hold my breath underwater. I used to be able to do it for at least a minute to a minute and a half when I was 12. I used to either pretend I was Neo, or pretend I was on the ISS or generically in space. Never both, though. Now I can hardly do 20 seconds. Now that I really want to start swimming again, I can't. I grew up with a pool I hardly used, and now I'm in college, and all of our pools are lap-based. i.e. I can't hog 25sqft of space to just be all floaty in. I'd have to take up an entire lane, which I don't want to do. So the only way I'd really be able to experience this is if I scuba dived. Maybe I should do that again. It's the closest, for now, I'll ever get to feeling like I'm in space. Maybe later I can afford a Zero G flight. Maybe later I can do some space tourism stuff. Maybe later I'll be an actual astronaut. Only I'm two inches too short, for now, apparently -3- [[User:International Space Station\|International Space Station]] ([[User talk:International Space Station\|talk]]) 09:21, 27 October 2015 (UTC)		When I'm alone in elevators, I'll sometimes jump right before the elevator stars to descend. Because I have to fall a longer distance than I jumped, it tricks my brain into feeling a moment of weightlessness more than what I feel at my apogee. I also sometimes like to float underwater for long periods of time, pretending I'm on the ISS. Unfortunately I'm fucking terrified of deep water, and due to my lack of water-based activity, I've quite declined in my ability to hold my breath underwater. I used to be able to do it for at least a minute to a minute and a half when I was 12. I used to either pretend I was Neo, or pretend I was on the ISS or generically in space. Never both, though. Now I can hardly do 20 seconds. Now that I really want to start swimming again, I can't. I grew up with a pool I hardly used, and now I'm in college, and all of our pools are lap-based. i.e. I can't hog 25sqft of space to just be all floaty in. I'd have to take up an entire lane, which I don't want to do. So the only way I'd really be able to experience this is if I scuba dived. Maybe I should do that again. It's the closest, for now, I'll ever get to feeling like I'm in space. Maybe later I can afford a Zero G flight. Maybe later I can do some space tourism stuff. Maybe later I'll be an actual astronaut. Only I'm two inches too short, for now, apparently -3- [[User:International Space Station\|International Space Station]] ([[User talk:International Space Station\|talk]]) 09:21, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
	:Guys, don't jump in elevators. Modern elevators have failsafes to detect unnatural changes in momentum. Jumping in an elevator can trigger it to come to a halt, and then you're stuck there until maintenance can come by to see if everyone is OK and what went wrong. You're now just wasting everyone's time. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.91\|162.158.91.91]] 18:22, 19 September 2024 (UTC)		:Guys, don't jump in elevators. Modern elevators have failsafes to detect unnatural changes in momentum. Jumping in an elevator can trigger it to come to a halt, and then you're stuck there until maintenance can come by to see if everyone is OK and what went wrong. You're now just wasting everyone's time. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.91\|162.158.91.91]] 18:22, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
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		+	Both characters here are not certain. Is the Cueball representing Cueball or Kidball? Cueball can represent Randall, who enjoys doing stuff 'for kids' as an adult, but the supernatural abilities here suggest that it's not representing Randall. In that case, it would make more sense for Kidball to be using a swing, and for the woman to be Miss Lenhart. However, if Cueball ''is'' representing Randall. Then all 4 possibilities (cueball-blondie, kidball-blondie, cueball-lenhart, kidball-lenhart) are open. --'''''[[User:DollarStoreBa'al\|<span style="color:#023020">DollarStoreBa'al</span>]]<sup>[[User Talk:DollarStoreBa'al\|<span style="color:#09ff00">Converse</span>]]</sup> 19:12, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

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 The woman appears to be his mother. {{unsigned|173.245.52.173}}
-:Nah, I think it's [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Miss_Lenhart Miss Lenhart]
+:Nah, I think it's [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Miss_Lenhart Miss Lenhart]. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.23.151|172.68.23.151]] 15:27, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
 Weight is actually a description of reaction force; if you're in free fall, and therefore not being pushed on by the floor or pulled on by a rope, you are weightless. If you are being swung on a rope, the direction of your "weight" is constantly changing. This might seem arbitrary, but it avoids things like everyone on a rotating space station being considered "weightless" due to the lack of gravity; a closed physical system can't tell the difference between gravity and uniform acceleration. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.159|108.162.238.159]] 08:51, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

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		+	:Nah, I think it's [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Miss_Lenhart Miss Lenhart]

	Weight is actually a description of reaction force; if you're in free fall, and therefore not being pushed on by the floor or pulled on by a rope, you are weightless. If you are being swung on a rope, the direction of your "weight" is constantly changing. This might seem arbitrary, but it avoids things like everyone on a rotating space station being considered "weightless" due to the lack of gravity; a closed physical system can't tell the difference between gravity and uniform acceleration. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.159\|108.162.238.159]] 08:51, 13 May 2015 (UTC)		Weight is actually a description of reaction force; if you're in free fall, and therefore not being pushed on by the floor or pulled on by a rope, you are weightless. If you are being swung on a rope, the direction of your "weight" is constantly changing. This might seem arbitrary, but it avoids things like everyone on a rotating space station being considered "weightless" due to the lack of gravity; a closed physical system can't tell the difference between gravity and uniform acceleration. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.159\|108.162.238.159]] 08:51, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

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	When I'm alone in elevators, I'll sometimes jump right before the elevator stars to descend. Because I have to fall a longer distance than I jumped, it tricks my brain into feeling a moment of weightlessness more than what I feel at my apogee. I also sometimes like to float underwater for long periods of time, pretending I'm on the ISS. Unfortunately I'm fucking terrified of deep water, and due to my lack of water-based activity, I've quite declined in my ability to hold my breath underwater. I used to be able to do it for at least a minute to a minute and a half when I was 12. I used to either pretend I was Neo, or pretend I was on the ISS or generically in space. Never both, though. Now I can hardly do 20 seconds. Now that I really want to start swimming again, I can't. I grew up with a pool I hardly used, and now I'm in college, and all of our pools are lap-based. i.e. I can't hog 25sqft of space to just be all floaty in. I'd have to take up an entire lane, which I don't want to do. So the only way I'd really be able to experience this is if I scuba dived. Maybe I should do that again. It's the closest, for now, I'll ever get to feeling like I'm in space. Maybe later I can afford a Zero G flight. Maybe later I can do some space tourism stuff. Maybe later I'll be an actual astronaut. Only I'm two inches too short, for now, apparently -3- [[User:International Space Station\|International Space Station]] ([[User talk:International Space Station\|talk]]) 09:21, 27 October 2015 (UTC)		When I'm alone in elevators, I'll sometimes jump right before the elevator stars to descend. Because I have to fall a longer distance than I jumped, it tricks my brain into feeling a moment of weightlessness more than what I feel at my apogee. I also sometimes like to float underwater for long periods of time, pretending I'm on the ISS. Unfortunately I'm fucking terrified of deep water, and due to my lack of water-based activity, I've quite declined in my ability to hold my breath underwater. I used to be able to do it for at least a minute to a minute and a half when I was 12. I used to either pretend I was Neo, or pretend I was on the ISS or generically in space. Never both, though. Now I can hardly do 20 seconds. Now that I really want to start swimming again, I can't. I grew up with a pool I hardly used, and now I'm in college, and all of our pools are lap-based. i.e. I can't hog 25sqft of space to just be all floaty in. I'd have to take up an entire lane, which I don't want to do. So the only way I'd really be able to experience this is if I scuba dived. Maybe I should do that again. It's the closest, for now, I'll ever get to feeling like I'm in space. Maybe later I can afford a Zero G flight. Maybe later I can do some space tourism stuff. Maybe later I'll be an actual astronaut. Only I'm two inches too short, for now, apparently -3- [[User:International Space Station\|International Space Station]] ([[User talk:International Space Station\|talk]]) 09:21, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
		+	:Guys, don't jump in elevators. Modern elevators have failsafes to detect unnatural changes in momentum. Jumping in an elevator can trigger it to come to a halt, and then you're stuck there until maintenance can come by to see if everyone is OK and what went wrong. You're now just wasting everyone's time. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.91\|162.158.91.91]] 18:22, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

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 :No, you don't have weight in some instances. Weight is dependent upon gravity, so in deep space with no planets or stars close enough to matter you would be weightless. Mass, on the other hand... [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.154|173.245.50.154]] 01:46, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
-::He was talking about orbit around a body, where in one sense you still have real weight. The bureaucrats on the ISS have nearly earth-normal weight, being only what, five percent farther from the center of the earth's mass? That weight is simply hidden by the fact that everything else around it has the same relative velocity, all of it falling at the earth and eternally missing, thanks to its forward velocity. I miss Douglass Adams. —[[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 01:48, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
+::He was talking about orbit around a body, where in one sense you still have real weight. The bureaucrats on the ISS have nearly earth-normal weight, being only what, five percent farther from the center of the earth's mass? That weight is simply hidden by the fact that everything else around it has the same relative velocity, all of it falling at the earth and eternally missing, thanks to its forward velocity. I miss Douglas Adams. —[[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 01:48, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
 The woman appears to be his mother. {{unsigned|173.245.52.173}}

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	Weight is actually a description of reaction force; if you're in free fall, and therefore not being pushed on by the floor or pulled on by a rope, you are weightless. If you are being swung on a rope, the direction of your "weight" is constantly changing. This might seem arbitrary, but it avoids things like everyone on a rotating space station being considered "weightless" due to the lack of gravity; a closed physical system can't tell the difference between gravity and uniform acceleration. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.159\|108.162.238.159]] 08:51, 13 May 2015 (UTC)		Weight is actually a description of reaction force; if you're in free fall, and therefore not being pushed on by the floor or pulled on by a rope, you are weightless. If you are being swung on a rope, the direction of your "weight" is constantly changing. This might seem arbitrary, but it avoids things like everyone on a rotating space station being considered "weightless" due to the lack of gravity; a closed physical system can't tell the difference between gravity and uniform acceleration. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.159\|108.162.238.159]] 08:51, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
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		+	When I'm alone in elevators, I'll sometimes jump right before the elevator stars to descend. Because I have to fall a longer distance than I jumped, it tricks my brain into feeling a moment of weightlessness more than what I feel at my apogee. I also sometimes like to float underwater for long periods of time, pretending I'm on the ISS. Unfortunately I'm fucking terrified of deep water, and due to my lack of water-based activity, I've quite declined in my ability to hold my breath underwater. I used to be able to do it for at least a minute to a minute and a half when I was 12. I used to either pretend I was Neo, or pretend I was on the ISS or generically in space. Never both, though. Now I can hardly do 20 seconds. Now that I really want to start swimming again, I can't. I grew up with a pool I hardly used, and now I'm in college, and all of our pools are lap-based. i.e. I can't hog 25sqft of space to just be all floaty in. I'd have to take up an entire lane, which I don't want to do. So the only way I'd really be able to experience this is if I scuba dived. Maybe I should do that again. It's the closest, for now, I'll ever get to feeling like I'm in space. Maybe later I can afford a Zero G flight. Maybe later I can do some space tourism stuff. Maybe later I'll be an actual astronaut. Only I'm two inches too short, for now, apparently -3- [[User:International Space Station\|International Space Station]] ([[User talk:International Space Station\|talk]]) 09:21, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

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		+	Weight is actually a description of reaction force; if you're in free fall, and therefore not being pushed on by the floor or pulled on by a rope, you are weightless. If you are being swung on a rope, the direction of your "weight" is constantly changing. This might seem arbitrary, but it avoids things like everyone on a rotating space station being considered "weightless" due to the lack of gravity; a closed physical system can't tell the difference between gravity and uniform acceleration. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.159\|108.162.238.159]] 08:51, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

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	Isn't the point about illustrating that you do in fact have weight even in instences that are written off as weightless? In space you just happen to be falling at the same velocity of your surroundings, maintaining orbit simply by moving fast enough to miss the Earth. On top of which, in a low enough orbit g is still close to 9.8 m/s^2 if only because altitude is insignificant compared to the radius of the Earth.--Passing Stranger 14:10 August 2014 (UTC)		Isn't the point about illustrating that you do in fact have weight even in instences that are written off as weightless? In space you just happen to be falling at the same velocity of your surroundings, maintaining orbit simply by moving fast enough to miss the Earth. On top of which, in a low enough orbit g is still close to 9.8 m/s^2 if only because altitude is insignificant compared to the radius of the Earth.--Passing Stranger 14:10 August 2014 (UTC)
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		+	No, you don't have weight in some instances. Weight is dependent upon gravity, so in deep space with no planets or stars close enough to matter you would be weightless. Mass, on the other hand... [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.154\|173.245.50.154]] 01:46, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

	The woman appears to be his mother. {{unsigned\|173.245.52.173}}		The woman appears to be his mother. {{unsigned\|173.245.52.173}}