Talk:3206: Installation - Revision history

Elizium23 at 01:18, 14 February 2026

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Elizium23 at 01:11, 14 February 2026

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Elizium23 at 01:10, 14 February 2026

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Elizium23 at 01:08, 14 February 2026

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2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:3CC7:9D58:4AD5:E009 at 22:55, 13 February 2026

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2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:3CC7:9D58:4AD5:E009 at 22:46, 13 February 2026

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76.180.39.133 at 18:27, 13 February 2026

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2A10:D586:3E93:0:987B:F906:73FC:CB6: Go, go, Gadget Great Circle!

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Go, go, Gadget Great Circle!

209.240.116.218 at 22:47, 12 February 2026

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SDSpivey at 21:46, 12 February 2026

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	Just had a another thought, could they be trying to (re)carpet a ruin and already have passed where the other wall used to be?[[Special:Contributions/2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:3CC7:9D58:4AD5:E009\|2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:3CC7:9D58:4AD5:E009]] 22:55, 13 February 2026 (UTC)		Just had a another thought, could they be trying to (re)carpet a ruin and already have passed where the other wall used to be?[[Special:Contributions/2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:3CC7:9D58:4AD5:E009\|2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:3CC7:9D58:4AD5:E009]] 22:55, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
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		+	I disagree that "the last roll is about to run out" here, because in the final frame, Megan's cart is halfway out of frame, and may still hold the roll from the previous frame. So that's what gives pause to their efforts. Also, the carpet rolls are loaded parallel to the cart wheels, so they will have a tendency to fall off unless lashed down, much more so than loading them perpendicular, although that may result in more overhang with a rectangular cart. [[User:Elizium23\|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23\|talk]]) 01:18, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

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 :How do you reckon that? Other than the presence of a carpet, how does it uniquely reference Wonko's setup, as opposed to being a coincidence? [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 10:07, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
 ::It doesn't say anything about uniquely referencing Wonko's setup – it's says it's a knowing reference. Treating the space outside the walls as the true contents of the walls themselves is what Wonko did, but obviously, that's not how walled enclosures work. They are carpeting the space outside the walls, apparently having been able to get confused about what the walls represent. Carpet isn't about wall-to-wall coverage per se – the walls aren't relevant, other than to describe the fact that the carpet covers the whole floor. Considering the walls as a way to delineate the exterior as the target for your interaction is what Wonko did, and is also what they are doing. It's not really something that anyone else does. [[User:Yorkshire Pudding|Yorkshire Pudding]] ([[User talk:Yorkshire Pudding|talk]]) 18:54, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
-:::[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=big%20room "The Big Room"] has been a meme for over 20 years. I recall we embellished it as "the big room with the bright yellow light in the ceiling", for example. The basis of the comic is punning on [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wall-to-wall "Wall-to-wall carpeting"] which is explicitly mentioned in the last panel. As a marketing term, probably originated in the United States and I don't know whether it was popularized in other English-speaking regions. The setting appears to be Megan and Cueball just moving in, or the installation of new wall-to-wall carpet at least, and it's an ordinary domestic scene with really typical confusion about laypersons doing DIY home improvement. There's no theme of sanity, or "the world's gone crazy" or any deliberate intention to build an inside-out home. The Wonko situation has a lot of specifics, and a mention of carpet that someone parked a car on, but other than that, I don't see distinctive similarities. [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 01:08, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
+:::[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=big%20room "The Big Room"] has been a meme for over 20 years. I recall we embellished it as "the big room with the bright yellow light in the ceiling", for example. The basis of the comic is punning on [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wall-to-wall "Wall-to-wall carpeting"] which is explicitly mentioned in the last panel. As a marketing term, probably originated in the United States and I don't know whether it was popularized in other English-speaking regions. The setting appears to be Megan and Cueball just moving in, or the installation of new wall-to-wall carpet at least. It is funny because if they've gone a great distance and haven't run out of "wall-to-wall carpet" yet, how big is their supply and the intended room(s)? It's an ordinary domestic scene with really typical confusion about laypersons doing DIY home improvement. There's no theme of sanity, or "the world's gone crazy" or any deliberate intention to build an inside-out home. The Wonko situation has a lot of specifics, and a mention of carpet that someone parked a car on, but other than that, I don't see distinctive similarities. [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 01:08, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
 This invention would go really well with outdoor floor-to-ceiling windows. -flatdurian [[Special:Contributions/138.75.249.122|138.75.249.122]] 11:54, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

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 :How do you reckon that? Other than the presence of a carpet, how does it uniquely reference Wonko's setup, as opposed to being a coincidence? [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 10:07, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
 ::It doesn't say anything about uniquely referencing Wonko's setup – it's says it's a knowing reference. Treating the space outside the walls as the true contents of the walls themselves is what Wonko did, but obviously, that's not how walled enclosures work. They are carpeting the space outside the walls, apparently having been able to get confused about what the walls represent. Carpet isn't about wall-to-wall coverage per se – the walls aren't relevant, other than to describe the fact that the carpet covers the whole floor. Considering the walls as a way to delineate the exterior as the target for your interaction is what Wonko did, and is also what they are doing. It's not really something that anyone else does. [[User:Yorkshire Pudding|Yorkshire Pudding]] ([[User talk:Yorkshire Pudding|talk]]) 18:54, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
-:::[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=big%20room "The Big Room"] has been a meme for over 20 years. I recall we embellished it as "the big room with the bright yellow light in the ceiling", for example. The basis of the comic is punning on [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wall-to-wall "Wall-to-wall carpeting"] which probably originated in the United States and I don't know whether it was popularized in other English-speaking regions. The setting appears to be Megan and Cueball just moving in, or the installation of new wall-to-wall carpet at least, and it's an ordinary domestic scene with really typical confusion about laypersons doing DIY home improvement. There's no theme of sanity, or "the world's gone crazy" or any deliberate intention to build an inside-out home. The Wonko situation has a lot of specifics, and a mention of carpet that someone parked a car on, but other than that, I don't see distinctive similarities. [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 01:08, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
+:::[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=big%20room "The Big Room"] has been a meme for over 20 years. I recall we embellished it as "the big room with the bright yellow light in the ceiling", for example. The basis of the comic is punning on [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wall-to-wall "Wall-to-wall carpeting"] which is explicitly mentioned in the last panel. As a marketing term, probably originated in the United States and I don't know whether it was popularized in other English-speaking regions. The setting appears to be Megan and Cueball just moving in, or the installation of new wall-to-wall carpet at least, and it's an ordinary domestic scene with really typical confusion about laypersons doing DIY home improvement. There's no theme of sanity, or "the world's gone crazy" or any deliberate intention to build an inside-out home. The Wonko situation has a lot of specifics, and a mention of carpet that someone parked a car on, but other than that, I don't see distinctive similarities. [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 01:08, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
 This invention would go really well with outdoor floor-to-ceiling windows. -flatdurian [[Special:Contributions/138.75.249.122|138.75.249.122]] 11:54, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

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 :How do you reckon that? Other than the presence of a carpet, how does it uniquely reference Wonko's setup, as opposed to being a coincidence? [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 10:07, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
 ::It doesn't say anything about uniquely referencing Wonko's setup – it's says it's a knowing reference. Treating the space outside the walls as the true contents of the walls themselves is what Wonko did, but obviously, that's not how walled enclosures work. They are carpeting the space outside the walls, apparently having been able to get confused about what the walls represent. Carpet isn't about wall-to-wall coverage per se – the walls aren't relevant, other than to describe the fact that the carpet covers the whole floor. Considering the walls as a way to delineate the exterior as the target for your interaction is what Wonko did, and is also what they are doing. It's not really something that anyone else does. [[User:Yorkshire Pudding|Yorkshire Pudding]] ([[User talk:Yorkshire Pudding|talk]]) 18:54, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
 This invention would go really well with outdoor floor-to-ceiling windows. -flatdurian [[Special:Contributions/138.75.249.122|138.75.249.122]] 11:54, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

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	This reminds me of the farmer's sons and the three pieces of fence inheritance test… his youngest stated that he fenced in the superior region (approx. 99% of the Earth) instead of the inferior region and won. [[Special:Contributions/2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:3CC7:9D58:4AD5:E009\|2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:3CC7:9D58:4AD5:E009]] 22:46, 13 February 2026 (UTC)		This reminds me of the farmer's sons and the three pieces of fence inheritance test… his youngest stated that he fenced in the superior region (approx. 99% of the Earth) instead of the inferior region and won. [[Special:Contributions/2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:3CC7:9D58:4AD5:E009\|2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:3CC7:9D58:4AD5:E009]] 22:46, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
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		+	Just had a another thought, could they be trying to (re)carpet a ruin and already have passed where the other wall used to be?[[Special:Contributions/2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:3CC7:9D58:4AD5:E009\|2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:3CC7:9D58:4AD5:E009]] 22:55, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

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	I'd suggest a reference to https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2403:_Wrapping_Paper and https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2951:_Bad_Map_Projection:_Exterior_Kansas. Is that enough to make an eversion catagory? [[Special:Contributions/76.180.39.133\|76.180.39.133]] 18:27, 13 February 2026 (UTC)		I'd suggest a reference to https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2403:_Wrapping_Paper and https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2951:_Bad_Map_Projection:_Exterior_Kansas. Is that enough to make an eversion catagory? [[Special:Contributions/76.180.39.133\|76.180.39.133]] 18:27, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
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		+	This reminds me of the farmer's sons and the three pieces of fence inheritance test… his youngest stated that he fenced in the superior region (approx. 99% of the Earth) instead of the inferior region and won. [[Special:Contributions/2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:3CC7:9D58:4AD5:E009\|2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:3CC7:9D58:4AD5:E009]] 22:46, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

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	Strange, If I follow the great circle that starts at my front door and follow it to where it runs through my back door, it is about forty feet, and most of that distance is actually outside the exterior walls of the house. It also deviates only slightly from a straight line! But I guess I am as confused as Cueball...[[Special:Contributions/209.240.116.218\|209.240.116.218]] 22:47, 12 February 2026 (UTC)		Strange, If I follow the great circle that starts at my front door and follow it to where it runs through my back door, it is about forty feet, and most of that distance is actually outside the exterior walls of the house. It also deviates only slightly from a straight line! But I guess I am as confused as Cueball...[[Special:Contributions/209.240.116.218\|209.240.116.218]] 22:47, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
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		+	I'd suggest a reference to https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2403:_Wrapping_Paper and https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2951:_Bad_Map_Projection:_Exterior_Kansas. Is that enough to make an eversion catagory? [[Special:Contributions/76.180.39.133\|76.180.39.133]] 18:27, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

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 This cartoon has made me go look at how I can map the great circle starting at my front door and running through my back door. It looks possible, but less easy than I was hoping for. Guess I know how my day is starting. :D [[Special:Contributions/130.76.187.47|130.76.187.47]] 12:11, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
 : Wouldn't work for me, my front and back doors are ~90° (and an entire floor) apart, not 180°. [[User:SDSpivey|SDSpivey]] ([[User talk:SDSpivey|talk]]) 21:46, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
 Strange, If I follow the great circle that starts at my front door and follow it to where it runs through my back door, it is about forty feet, and most of that distance is actually outside the exterior walls of the house. It also deviates only slightly from a straight line! But I guess I am as confused as Cueball...[[Special:Contributions/209.240.116.218|209.240.116.218]] 22:47, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

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	This cartoon has made me go look at how I can map the great circle starting at my front door and running through my back door. It looks possible, but less easy than I was hoping for. Guess I know how my day is starting. :D [[Special:Contributions/130.76.187.47\|130.76.187.47]] 12:11, 12 February 2026 (UTC)		This cartoon has made me go look at how I can map the great circle starting at my front door and running through my back door. It looks possible, but less easy than I was hoping for. Guess I know how my day is starting. :D [[Special:Contributions/130.76.187.47\|130.76.187.47]] 12:11, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
	: Wouldn't work for me, my front and back doors are ~90° (and an entire floor) apart, not 180°. [[User:SDSpivey\|SDSpivey]] ([[User talk:SDSpivey\|talk]]) 21:46, 12 February 2026 (UTC)		: Wouldn't work for me, my front and back doors are ~90° (and an entire floor) apart, not 180°. [[User:SDSpivey\|SDSpivey]] ([[User talk:SDSpivey\|talk]]) 21:46, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
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		+	Strange, If I follow the great circle that starts at my front door and follow it to where it runs through my back door, it is about forty feet, and most of that distance is actually outside the exterior walls of the house. It also deviates only slightly from a straight line! But I guess I am as confused as Cueball...[[Special:Contributions/209.240.116.218\|209.240.116.218]] 22:47, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

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	This cartoon has made me go look at how I can map the great circle starting at my front door and running through my back door. It looks possible, but less easy than I was hoping for. Guess I know how my day is starting. :D [[Special:Contributions/130.76.187.47\|130.76.187.47]] 12:11, 12 February 2026 (UTC)		This cartoon has made me go look at how I can map the great circle starting at my front door and running through my back door. It looks possible, but less easy than I was hoping for. Guess I know how my day is starting. :D [[Special:Contributions/130.76.187.47\|130.76.187.47]] 12:11, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
		+	: Wouldn't work for me, my front and back doors are ~90° (and an entire floor) apart, not 180°. [[User:SDSpivey\|SDSpivey]] ([[User talk:SDSpivey\|talk]]) 21:46, 12 February 2026 (UTC)