Talk:2417: 1/1,000th Scale World - Revision history

Psychoticpotato at 01:50, 20 September 2024

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Jkshapiro: On the skin colour of stick figures

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On the skin colour of stick figures

Jkshapiro: Golden Gate Bridge

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Golden Gate Bridge

Esogalt at 07:11, 9 October 2021

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Esogalt at 07:10, 9 October 2021

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RingTailedLemur: Discussion comment

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Discussion comment

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‎Order of comics

Lupo at 11:26, 1 February 2021

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These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For at 23:39, 31 January 2021

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RAGBRAIvet at 07:09, 30 January 2021

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	:::FWIW I had the same problem at first trying to understand what I was looking at there. It kind of looks like she's sitting about 10 feet above the duck pond. It took me a while to kind of figure out some of the implied 3D aspects of the drawing. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.168\|108.162.245.168]] 07:26, 29 January 2021 (UTC)		:::FWIW I had the same problem at first trying to understand what I was looking at there. It kind of looks like she's sitting about 10 feet above the duck pond. It took me a while to kind of figure out some of the implied 3D aspects of the drawing. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.168\|108.162.245.168]] 07:26, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
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		+	This is the one time that funneling Niagara through a straw would actually work, lol. [[User:Psychoticpotato\|P?sych??otic?pot??at???o ]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato\|talk]]) 01:50, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

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 Tensile/shear strength works on cross-section, so would be proportional to the square of the scale, not the cube. A scaled-down Golden Gate Bridge would only support a millionth of the full load, not a billionth, so the proportional load is only 0.3 of a person. (And it basically wouldn't have to support itself, which, as it turns out, takes care of most of the remaining part.) --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.183.117|162.158.183.117]] 22:07, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
-::Hey 162, I rewrote this section a little bit. Would welcome feedback or corrections. [[User:Jkshapiro|Jkshapiro]] ([[User talk:Jkshapiro|talk]]) 20:46, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
+:Hey 162, I rewrote this section a little bit. Would welcome feedback or corrections. [[User:Jkshapiro|Jkshapiro]] ([[User talk:Jkshapiro|talk]]) 20:46, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
 Neutrino Detector/Observatory seem to be 2 different things? one under an icesheet, one in tunnels? Some light should be shed on what they are, where they are, wether the ice sheet is to scale, etc. Also why the implication of the neutrino detector being functional ("The fact that people are not supposed to create false positives implies that the neutrino detector is functional.") - also: The no hot stuff on the ice could be just about not melting the ice and therefore destroying the model, instead of messing with the detectors... --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 06:25, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
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 :Even in [[617: Understocked]] where real people of colour are pictured, they are drawn in the same style without of any indication of skin colour. Therefore it is possible that that person is black, but I don't think it has any relevance here, as it doesn't change anything about the meaning of the comic. The artstyle simply doesn't reflect skin colour. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 11:26, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
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	Tensile/shear strength works on cross-section, so would be proportional to the square of the scale, not the cube. A scaled-down Golden Gate Bridge would only support a millionth of the full load, not a billionth, so the proportional load is only 0.3 of a person. (And it basically wouldn't have to support itself, which, as it turns out, takes care of most of the remaining part.) --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.183.117\|162.158.183.117]] 22:07, 27 January 2021 (UTC)		Tensile/shear strength works on cross-section, so would be proportional to the square of the scale, not the cube. A scaled-down Golden Gate Bridge would only support a millionth of the full load, not a billionth, so the proportional load is only 0.3 of a person. (And it basically wouldn't have to support itself, which, as it turns out, takes care of most of the remaining part.) --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.183.117\|162.158.183.117]] 22:07, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
		+	::Hey 162, I rewrote this section a little bit. Would welcome feedback or corrections. [[User:Jkshapiro\|Jkshapiro]] ([[User talk:Jkshapiro\|talk]]) 20:46, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

	Neutrino Detector/Observatory seem to be 2 different things? one under an icesheet, one in tunnels? Some light should be shed on what they are, where they are, wether the ice sheet is to scale, etc. Also why the implication of the neutrino detector being functional ("The fact that people are not supposed to create false positives implies that the neutrino detector is functional.") - also: The no hot stuff on the ice could be just about not melting the ice and therefore destroying the model, instead of messing with the detectors... --[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 06:25, 28 January 2021 (UTC)		Neutrino Detector/Observatory seem to be 2 different things? one under an icesheet, one in tunnels? Some light should be shed on what they are, where they are, wether the ice sheet is to scale, etc. Also why the implication of the neutrino detector being functional ("The fact that people are not supposed to create false positives implies that the neutrino detector is functional.") - also: The no hot stuff on the ice could be just about not melting the ice and therefore destroying the model, instead of messing with the detectors... --[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 06:25, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

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 ::or just a person of any gender who likes having really short hair/a shaved head. A person doesn't need to have a medical reason for deciding for a specific hairstyle. But how is asking "is she black?" introducing an agenda? --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 11:26, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
-:: Danish is named after a pastry. Otherwise though I generally agree with your premise, there's no need to try to project attributes onto characters like this when it's not relevant to the comic.
+:: Danish is named after a pastry. Otherwise though I generally agree with your premise, there's no need to try to project attributes onto characters like this when it's not relevant to the comic. [[User:Esogalt|Esogalt]] ([[User talk:Esogalt|talk]]) 07:11, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
 :Even in [[617: Understocked]] where real people of colour are pictured, they are drawn in the same style without of any indication of skin colour. Therefore it is possible that that person is black, but I don't think it has any relevance here, as it doesn't change anything about the meaning of the comic. The artstyle simply doesn't reflect skin colour. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 11:26, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

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 :I find it distressing that someone is trying to introduce an identity policy/agenda into a cartoon using minimalistic stick figures.  Anyone could be anything — Cueball, who is generally assumed to be male, could actually be a female suffering from alopecia areata or other hair loss, perhaps due to chemotherapy; and the pony-tailed character sometime referred to as 'Danish' (and for that matter, how do we know he or she is Danish?) could be a male rocking the old hippie look. [[User:RAGBRAIvet|RAGBRAIvet]] ([[User talk:RAGBRAIvet|talk]]) 07:08, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
 ::or just a person of any gender who likes having really short hair/a shaved head. A person doesn't need to have a medical reason for deciding for a specific hairstyle. But how is asking "is she black?" introducing an agenda? --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 11:26, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 :Even in [[617: Understocked]] where real people of colour are pictured, they are drawn in the same style without of any indication of skin colour. Therefore it is possible that that person is black, but I don't think it has any relevance here, as it doesn't change anything about the meaning of the comic. The artstyle simply doesn't reflect skin colour. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 11:26, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

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	do we have a category for these small scale world comics if not we might want to discuss that. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.246\|162.158.75.246]] 18:51, 27 January 2021 (UTC)		do we have a category for these small scale world comics if not we might want to discuss that. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.246\|162.158.75.246]] 18:51, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
		+	:Yeah, I was wondering about this because when the first two came out, there wasn't a category. Now with the appearance of this one, there is. Does there need to be three in a series? Is there even really a specific number? [[User:RingTailedLemur\|RingTailedLemur]] ([[User talk:RingTailedLemur\|talk]]) 22:26, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

	Based on the original Star Trek canon, I believe it more than reasonable to say that all of the Enterprises would be able to operate at least partially submerged, but I would be very worried about a scale aircraft carrier breaking in two if lifted. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.115\|162.158.62.115]] 20:56, 27 January 2021 (UTC)		Based on the original Star Trek canon, I believe it more than reasonable to say that all of the Enterprises would be able to operate at least partially submerged, but I would be very worried about a scale aircraft carrier breaking in two if lifted. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.115\|162.158.62.115]] 20:56, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

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	I wonder why he posted this one after the 1/10,000 and 1/100,000 comics instead of publishing them in order. My thought is maybe he worked on them simultaneously but this one wasn't ready, or maybe he made this one because he felt the response to the previous two was positive. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.68.11\|172.69.68.11]] 23:50, 27 January 2021 (UTC)		I wonder why he posted this one after the 1/10,000 and 1/100,000 comics instead of publishing them in order. My thought is maybe he worked on them simultaneously but this one wasn't ready, or maybe he made this one because he felt the response to the previous two was positive. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.68.11\|172.69.68.11]] 23:50, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
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		+	I can almost guarantee that it's the second one.

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	:I find it distressing that someone is trying to introduce an identity policy/agenda into a cartoon using minimalistic stick figures. Anyone could be anything — Cueball, who is generally assumed to be male, could actually be a female suffering from alopecia areata or other hair loss, perhaps due to chemotherapy; and the pony-tailed character sometime referred to as 'Danish' (and for that matter, how do we know he or she is Danish?) could be a male rocking the old hippie look. [[User:RAGBRAIvet\|RAGBRAIvet]] ([[User talk:RAGBRAIvet\|talk]]) 07:08, 30 January 2021 (UTC)		:I find it distressing that someone is trying to introduce an identity policy/agenda into a cartoon using minimalistic stick figures. Anyone could be anything — Cueball, who is generally assumed to be male, could actually be a female suffering from alopecia areata or other hair loss, perhaps due to chemotherapy; and the pony-tailed character sometime referred to as 'Danish' (and for that matter, how do we know he or she is Danish?) could be a male rocking the old hippie look. [[User:RAGBRAIvet\|RAGBRAIvet]] ([[User talk:RAGBRAIvet\|talk]]) 07:08, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
		+	::or just a person of any gender who likes having really short hair/a shaved head. A person doesn't need to have a medical reason for deciding for a specific hairstyle. But how is asking "is she black?" introducing an agenda? --[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 11:26, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
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		+	:Even in [[617: Understocked]] where real people of colour are pictured, they are drawn in the same style without of any indication of skin colour. Therefore it is possible that that person is black, but I don't think it has any relevance here, as it doesn't change anything about the meaning of the comic. The artstyle simply doesn't reflect skin colour. --[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 11:26, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
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 I find that the zeppelin part doesn't make much sense (in the comic, not the explanation) as modern zeppelins are filled with helium rather than hydrogen... even "classic" zeppelins were filled with helium if available. The resaon for the Hindenburg not being filled with helium but hydrogen was a ban on helium exports by the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg#Use_of_hydrogen_instead_of_helium [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 09:04, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 Would have been interesting if he had put a shipwreck on the ocean floor next to Cueball with the warning/reminder, "Do not try to raise the Titanic." [[User:RAGBRAIvet|RAGBRAIvet]] ([[User talk:RAGBRAIvet|talk]]) 09:46, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 In the upper left corner of the comic there is a girl with a "Mickey Mouse" and perhaps cornrows hairstyle. Is she black? Does Randal have other black characters in any of the comics?

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 [[User:Punchcard|Punchcard]] ([[User talk:Punchcard|talk]])
 :I thought that was Science Girl...looks like her in [[1058]]. [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 15:35, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 :I find it distressing that someone is trying to introduce an identity policy/agenda into a cartoon using minimalistic stick figures.  Anyone could be anything — Cueball, who is generally assumed to be male, could actually be a female suffering from alopecia areata or other hair loss, perhaps due to chemotherapy; and the pony-tailed character sometime referred to as 'Danish' (and for that matter, how do we know he or she is Danish?) could be a male rocking the old hippie look. [[User:RAGBRAIvet|RAGBRAIvet]] ([[User talk:RAGBRAIvet|talk]]) 07:08, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
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