Talk:2527: New Nobel Prizes - Revision history

42.book.addict: that's because it....drumroll please.....isn't! (please do properly sign comments when you notice spoofs like these in the future)

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that's because it....drumroll please.....isn't! (please do properly sign comments when you notice spoofs like these in the future)

Qwertyuiopfromdefly at 05:02, 26 February 2026

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MeZimm at 16:12, 25 February 2025

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108.162.246.220 at 01:49, 26 November 2021

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108.162.246.220 at 01:47, 26 November 2021

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162.158.203.26 at 06:03, 16 October 2021

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162.158.94.219 at 07:38, 14 October 2021

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162.158.159.119 at 19:57, 13 October 2021

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MrYellow04: Commented on the possibility of renaming "Doctor Ponytail" to "Dr. Adams"

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Commented on the possibility of renaming "Doctor Ponytail" to "Dr. Adams"

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 I can't understand the title text --[[User:GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e|GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e]] ([[User talk:GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e|talk]]) 02:33, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
-:It means they made stopping Dr. Adams part of the medicine category of Nobel prizes. ---- {{unsigned|69.69.69.69 who didn't use a condom}}
+:I think it's implying that they're so desperate to stop Dr. Adams that they're offering a Nobel Prize to whoever gets her to stop. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.21|162.158.63.21]] 03:09, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 ::I refuse to believe that that is your ip address. [[User:Qwertyuiopfromdefly|Qwertyuiopfromdefly]] ([[User talk:Qwertyuiopfromdefly|talk]]) 05:02, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
-:I think it's implying that they're so desperate to stop Dr. Adams that they're offering a Nobel Prize to whoever gets her to stop. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.21|162.158.63.21]] 03:09, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
-I think the comic is riffing on the gender imbalance. We're led to expect the dialogue to say all this year's Nobel prizes went to men (which in 2021 they did - which was newsworthy). ---- {{unsigned|141.101.107.229 who didn't use tildes}}
+I think the comic is riffing on the gender imbalance. We're led to expect the dialogue to say all this year's Nobel prizes went to men (which in 2021 they did - which was newsworthy). ---- {{unsigned ip|141.101.107.229|07:28, 12 October 2021 (UTC)}}
 : Indeed, because there is no Nobel Prize for Mathematics laureate to tell them that the odds of this happening are 1/64, which isn't *that* surprising, especially given that the gender imbalance, (for whatever reason(s), good or bad) mean that the odds are actually higher because it's not an even 50/50 chance to pick a specific gender per 'coin flip.' For instance if the split were 75:25 in favor of women, then the odds of an all-female prize winning year would be ~18%, which means that at least every 6th year random chance should deliver a all-female-winner year if genders really do have no role in awarding winners. Ergo, it's only newsworthy if you have a political angle.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.68.235|172.69.68.235]] 16:40, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 ::You're assuming that there are only 6 winners, when in fact there were 13. Assuming a 75:25 split, that's only a 2% chance. [[User:Ahecht|Ahecht]] ([[User talk:Ahecht|talk]]) 17:22, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

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 I can't understand the title text --[[User:GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e|GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e]] ([[User talk:GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e|talk]]) 02:33, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 :It means they made stopping Dr. Adams part of the medicine category of Nobel prizes. ---- {{unsigned|69.69.69.69 who didn't use a condom}}
 :I think it's implying that they're so desperate to stop Dr. Adams that they're offering a Nobel Prize to whoever gets her to stop. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.21|162.158.63.21]] 03:09, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 I think the comic is riffing on the gender imbalance. We're led to expect the dialogue to say all this year's Nobel prizes went to men (which in 2021 they did - which was newsworthy). ---- {{unsigned|141.101.107.229 who didn't use tildes}}

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 It may be worth noting that Dr. Adams [[1954: Impostor Syndrome|is a social psychologist and the world's top expert on impostor syndrome]]. [[Special:Random|Kpalion]] 10:59, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
-: Oh man, you're right. [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Doctor_Ponytail And she's also frequently depicted wearing a lab coat in the role of a medical doctor.] I know there's a lot of precedent in this wiki for calling her Ponytail, but I'm wondering if "Dr. Adams" could theoretically be used ''whenever'' she appears, as we do with Megan. --mezimm [[Special:Contributions/172.69.71.167|172.69.71.167]] 13:29, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
+: Oh man, you're right. [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Doctor_Ponytail And she's also frequently depicted wearing a lab coat in the role of a medical doctor.] I know there's a lot of precedent in this wiki for calling her Ponytail, but I'm wondering if "Dr. Adams" could theoretically be used ''whenever'' she appears, as we do with Megan. [[User:MeZimm|MeZimm]] ([[User talk:MeZimm|talk]]) 13:29, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
 : Wow, that could be right! We'll probably need at least one more comic for evidence to be sure about referring to lab-coat ponytail as "Dr. Adams". Someone should look at that list of [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Doctor_Ponytail Doctor Ponytail] comics and see if there's any other precedent for this. [[User:MrYellow04|MrYellow04]] ([[User talk:MrYellow04|talk]]) 18:00, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
 : For my part (though there's no reason I'm correct on this) I think there's equal precedent in Cueball not being universally renamed as Rob. Even if Megan now seems to be always be accepted as Megan, I think that Dr (Joanna?) Adams still is only ''an'' identity of Ponytail. Maybe her future storyline will increasingly cement this reality, but it still might not indicate retroactive intentions upon all prior Ponytails. Keep "...featuring Ponytail" ''and'' "...featuring Dr. Adamas" as frequently co-present categories, or some similar setup. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.119|162.158.159.119]] 19:57, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
 : I think there are two figures: Ponytail and Ponytail with lab coat. Ponytail with lab coat is always performing as a medical practitioner. Ponytail with out the lab coat takes on different roles. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.203.26|162.158.203.26]] 06:03, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 :: I mean, this makes sense when you consider that many other characters appear to be Cueball with different clothing, but are treated as other characters completely. Like Black Hat etc. (Hats are clothing.) So a character interpreted as female with a lab coat and ponytail is Dr. Adams, while a character with a ponytail and no lab coat, interpreted to be female, is usually just Ponytail unless otherwise specified like here. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.220|108.162.246.220]] 01:47, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

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 I can't understand the title text --[[User:GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e|GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e]] ([[User talk:GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e|talk]]) 02:33, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 :I think it's implying that they're so desperate to stop Dr. Adams that they're offering a Nobel Prize to whoever gets her to stop. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.21|162.158.63.21]] 03:09, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 I think the comic is riffing on the gender imbalance. We're led to expect the dialogue to say all this year's Nobel prizes went to men (which in 2021 they did - which was newsworthy). ---- {{unsigned|141.101.107.229 who didn't use tildes}}

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 : For my part (though there's no reason I'm correct on this) I think there's equal precedent in Cueball not being universally renamed as Rob. Even if Megan now seems to be always be accepted as Megan, I think that Dr (Joanna?) Adams still is only ''an'' identity of Ponytail. Maybe her future storyline will increasingly cement this reality, but it still might not indicate retroactive intentions upon all prior Ponytails. Keep "...featuring Ponytail" ''and'' "...featuring Dr. Adamas" as frequently co-present categories, or some similar setup. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.119|162.158.159.119]] 19:57, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
 : I think there are two figures: Ponytail and Ponytail with lab coat. Ponytail with lab coat is always performing as a medical practitioner. Ponytail with out the lab coat takes on different roles. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.203.26|162.158.203.26]] 06:03, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
-:: I mean, this makes sense when you consider that many other characters appear to be Cueball with different clothing, but are treated as other characters completely. Like Black Hat etc. (Hats are clothing.) So a character interpreted as female with a lab coat and ponytail is Dr. Adams, while a character with a ponytail and no lab coat, interpreted to be female, is Ponytail. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.220|108.162.246.220]] 01:47, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
+:: I mean, this makes sense when you consider that many other characters appear to be Cueball with different clothing, but are treated as other characters completely. Like Black Hat etc. (Hats are clothing.) So a character interpreted as female with a lab coat and ponytail is Dr. Adams, while a character with a ponytail and no lab coat, interpreted to be female, is usually just Ponytail unless otherwise specified like here. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.220|108.162.246.220]] 01:47, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

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	: For my part (though there's no reason I'm correct on this) I think there's equal precedent in Cueball not being universally renamed as Rob. Even if Megan now seems to be always be accepted as Megan, I think that Dr (Joanna?) Adams still is only ''an'' identity of Ponytail. Maybe her future storyline will increasingly cement this reality, but it still might not indicate retroactive intentions upon all prior Ponytails. Keep "...featuring Ponytail" ''and'' "...featuring Dr. Adamas" as frequently co-present categories, or some similar setup. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.119\|162.158.159.119]] 19:57, 13 October 2021 (UTC)		: For my part (though there's no reason I'm correct on this) I think there's equal precedent in Cueball not being universally renamed as Rob. Even if Megan now seems to be always be accepted as Megan, I think that Dr (Joanna?) Adams still is only ''an'' identity of Ponytail. Maybe her future storyline will increasingly cement this reality, but it still might not indicate retroactive intentions upon all prior Ponytails. Keep "...featuring Ponytail" ''and'' "...featuring Dr. Adamas" as frequently co-present categories, or some similar setup. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.119\|162.158.159.119]] 19:57, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
	: I think there are two figures: Ponytail and Ponytail with lab coat. Ponytail with lab coat is always performing as a medical practitioner. Ponytail with out the lab coat takes on different roles. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.203.26\|162.158.203.26]] 06:03, 16 October 2021 (UTC)		: I think there are two figures: Ponytail and Ponytail with lab coat. Ponytail with lab coat is always performing as a medical practitioner. Ponytail with out the lab coat takes on different roles. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.203.26\|162.158.203.26]] 06:03, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
		+	:: I mean, this makes sense when you consider that many other characters appear to be Cueball with different clothing, but are treated as other characters completely. Like Black Hat etc. (Hats are clothing.) So a character interpreted as female with a lab coat and ponytail is Dr. Adams, while a character with a ponytail and no lab coat, interpreted to be female, is Ponytail. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.220\|108.162.246.220]] 01:47, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

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	: Wow, that could be right! We'll probably need at least one more comic for evidence to be sure about referring to lab-coat ponytail as "Dr. Adams". Someone should look at that list of [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Doctor_Ponytail Doctor Ponytail] comics and see if there's any other precedent for this. [[User:MrYellow04\|MrYellow04]] ([[User talk:MrYellow04\|talk]]) 18:00, 13 October 2021 (UTC)		: Wow, that could be right! We'll probably need at least one more comic for evidence to be sure about referring to lab-coat ponytail as "Dr. Adams". Someone should look at that list of [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Doctor_Ponytail Doctor Ponytail] comics and see if there's any other precedent for this. [[User:MrYellow04\|MrYellow04]] ([[User talk:MrYellow04\|talk]]) 18:00, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
	: For my part (though there's no reason I'm correct on this) I think there's equal precedent in Cueball not being universally renamed as Rob. Even if Megan now seems to be always be accepted as Megan, I think that Dr (Joanna?) Adams still is only ''an'' identity of Ponytail. Maybe her future storyline will increasingly cement this reality, but it still might not indicate retroactive intentions upon all prior Ponytails. Keep "...featuring Ponytail" ''and'' "...featuring Dr. Adamas" as frequently co-present categories, or some similar setup. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.119\|162.158.159.119]] 19:57, 13 October 2021 (UTC)		: For my part (though there's no reason I'm correct on this) I think there's equal precedent in Cueball not being universally renamed as Rob. Even if Megan now seems to be always be accepted as Megan, I think that Dr (Joanna?) Adams still is only ''an'' identity of Ponytail. Maybe her future storyline will increasingly cement this reality, but it still might not indicate retroactive intentions upon all prior Ponytails. Keep "...featuring Ponytail" ''and'' "...featuring Dr. Adamas" as frequently co-present categories, or some similar setup. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.119\|162.158.159.119]] 19:57, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
		+	: I think there are two figures: Ponytail and Ponytail with lab coat. Ponytail with lab coat is always performing as a medical practitioner. Ponytail with out the lab coat takes on different roles. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.203.26\|162.158.203.26]] 06:03, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

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	Today is the 42nd anniversary of Douglas Adams's ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', so it is possible Randall is referencing him with the name of Dr. Adams. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.114.3\|172.70.114.3]] 18:48, 12 October 2021 (UTC)		Today is the 42nd anniversary of Douglas Adams's ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', so it is possible Randall is referencing him with the name of Dr. Adams. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.114.3\|172.70.114.3]] 18:48, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
		+	:Actually, Hitchhiker started in March 1978 so it can hardly be the 42nd anniversary. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.94.219\|162.158.94.219]] 07:38, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

	It may be worth noting that Dr. Adams [[1954: Impostor Syndrome\|is a social psychologist and the world's top expert on impostor syndrome]]. [[Special:Random\|Kpalion]] 10:59, 13 October 2021 (UTC)		It may be worth noting that Dr. Adams [[1954: Impostor Syndrome\|is a social psychologist and the world's top expert on impostor syndrome]]. [[Special:Random\|Kpalion]] 10:59, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

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	: Oh man, you're right. [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Doctor_Ponytail And she's also frequently depicted wearing a lab coat in the role of a medical doctor.] I know there's a lot of precedent in this wiki for calling her Ponytail, but I'm wondering if "Dr. Adams" could theoretically be used ''whenever'' she appears, as we do with Megan. --mezimm [[Special:Contributions/172.69.71.167\|172.69.71.167]] 13:29, 13 October 2021 (UTC)		: Oh man, you're right. [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Doctor_Ponytail And she's also frequently depicted wearing a lab coat in the role of a medical doctor.] I know there's a lot of precedent in this wiki for calling her Ponytail, but I'm wondering if "Dr. Adams" could theoretically be used ''whenever'' she appears, as we do with Megan. --mezimm [[Special:Contributions/172.69.71.167\|172.69.71.167]] 13:29, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
	: Wow, that could be right! We'll probably need at least one more comic for evidence to be sure about referring to lab-coat ponytail as "Dr. Adams". Someone should look at that list of [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Doctor_Ponytail Doctor Ponytail] comics and see if there's any other precedent for this. [[User:MrYellow04\|MrYellow04]] ([[User talk:MrYellow04\|talk]]) 18:00, 13 October 2021 (UTC)		: Wow, that could be right! We'll probably need at least one more comic for evidence to be sure about referring to lab-coat ponytail as "Dr. Adams". Someone should look at that list of [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Doctor_Ponytail Doctor Ponytail] comics and see if there's any other precedent for this. [[User:MrYellow04\|MrYellow04]] ([[User talk:MrYellow04\|talk]]) 18:00, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
		+	: For my part (though there's no reason I'm correct on this) I think there's equal precedent in Cueball not being universally renamed as Rob. Even if Megan now seems to be always be accepted as Megan, I think that Dr (Joanna?) Adams still is only ''an'' identity of Ponytail. Maybe her future storyline will increasingly cement this reality, but it still might not indicate retroactive intentions upon all prior Ponytails. Keep "...featuring Ponytail" ''and'' "...featuring Dr. Adamas" as frequently co-present categories, or some similar setup. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.119\|162.158.159.119]] 19:57, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

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	It may be worth noting that Dr. Adams [[1954: Impostor Syndrome\|is a social psychologist and the world's top expert on impostor syndrome]]. [[Special:Random\|Kpalion]] 10:59, 13 October 2021 (UTC)		It may be worth noting that Dr. Adams [[1954: Impostor Syndrome\|is a social psychologist and the world's top expert on impostor syndrome]]. [[Special:Random\|Kpalion]] 10:59, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
	: Oh man, you're right. [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Doctor_Ponytail And she's also frequently depicted wearing a lab coat in the role of a medical doctor.] I know there's a lot of precedent in this wiki for calling her Ponytail, but I'm wondering if "Dr. Adams" could theoretically be used ''whenever'' she appears, as we do with Megan. --mezimm [[Special:Contributions/172.69.71.167\|172.69.71.167]] 13:29, 13 October 2021 (UTC)		: Oh man, you're right. [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Doctor_Ponytail And she's also frequently depicted wearing a lab coat in the role of a medical doctor.] I know there's a lot of precedent in this wiki for calling her Ponytail, but I'm wondering if "Dr. Adams" could theoretically be used ''whenever'' she appears, as we do with Megan. --mezimm [[Special:Contributions/172.69.71.167\|172.69.71.167]] 13:29, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
		+	: Wow, that could be right! We'll probably need at least one more comic for evidence to be sure about referring to lab-coat ponytail as "Dr. Adams". Someone should look at that list of [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Doctor_Ponytail Doctor Ponytail] comics and see if there's any other precedent for this. [[User:MrYellow04\|MrYellow04]] ([[User talk:MrYellow04\|talk]]) 18:00, 13 October 2021 (UTC)