Talk:535: It Might Be Cool - Revision history

82.132.231.180: Made no sense in its moved location. A case where not materially changing someone else's words was problematic, during an allowable reshuffle. But as I said those words, I might as well remove them now that they're out of original context.

2026-03-10T10:50:10Z

Made no sense in its moved location. A case where *not* materially changing someone else's words was problematic, during an allowable reshuffle. But as I said those words, I might as well remove them now that they're out of original context.

42.book.addict at 15:45, 9 March 2026

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82.132.222.89 at 11:48, 9 March 2026

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110.145.224.178 at 05:16, 9 March 2026

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110.145.224.178: Uhh. Yeah i have faith randall's an alright guy

2026-03-09T05:15:18Z

Uhh. Yeah i have faith randall's an alright guy

2600:100D:B16E:4F2B:488E:E750:AE57:5D81 at 01:22, 2 February 2026

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2600:4040:4528:F300:D52C:52E1:4B3C:532B at 22:31, 22 December 2025

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42.book.addict at 16:39, 5 November 2024

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42.book.addict: /* “Eggs” */ new section

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‎“Eggs”: new section

172.70.90.172 at 15:34, 18 March 2024

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 :::to be clear, what you're looking at is a dogwhistle. that's why it's incomprehensible and seemingly unprompted - dude's not trying to make a point, they just saw something that reminded  'em of the "evil transes" and decided to announce their opinions on the matter ( read: boiling hatred ) by parroting terf shit [[Special:Contributions/2600:100D:B16E:4F2B:488E:E750:AE57:5D81|2600:100D:B16E:4F2B:488E:E750:AE57:5D81]] 01:22, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
 :As Trans person myself, I'd like to advocate for Randall. First of all, even if this WAS intentionally malicious at the time, I have faith that Randall has changed from since he made this comic 17 damn years ago. Secondly, being trans was not part of the public conciousness (as others have pointed out), and it's unfair to blast someone for not having considered every single possible angle on a comic. [[Special:Contributions/110.145.224.178|110.145.224.178]] 05:16, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
-:::This is also xkcd-world, wherein exists various [[:Category:Strange powers of Beret Guy|apparent (so far!) impossibilities]] of biology, as well as physics or even logic itself. As pointed out by you above and others below (I indented us a bit more, to honour your stated viewpoint, but highlight its asynchronous insertion), this was likely never a point against transness in any way. At worst, failing to fully consider how it could be read by both trans/trans-ally and trans-opposed camps, unintendedly hitting a sore point with one set and presenting a dogwhistle opportunity to the other.
+:::This is also xkcd-world, wherein exists various [[:Category:Strange powers of Beret Guy|apparent (so far!) impossibilities]] of biology, as well as physics or even logic itself. As pointed out by you and others, this was likely never a point against transness in any way. At worst, failing to fully consider how it could be read by both trans/trans-ally and trans-opposed camps, unintendedly hitting a sore point with one set and presenting a dogwhistle opportunity to the other.
 :::But that's the peril of the modern age, unfortunately. The internet brings us all together, making it easy for (sometimes imagined, or even wishful) factionalism to tear us back apart again. It's a shame we have to deal with such probable mishaprehensions at all. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.222.89|82.132.222.89]] 11:48, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

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 Thank goodness, we all now know how transphobic this cartoon, and by extension Randall Munroe, is. Who says a woman has to menstruate, or have ovaries? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.43.243|172.69.43.243]] 12:10, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 :Not sure you can assert any of that, from the comic. You're reading too much into it. But, just so this statement isn't left hanging, I'll run through some obvious counter-arguments.
 :Yes, trans-women currently cannot menstruate, etc. Yet I bet there are some who would want to, should medicine (or magic) be able to grant them that ability. Left-Cueball might well be imagining just such a hypothetical and technomagical situation where trans-ness isn't just a case of finding a sweet spot along the line of "passing/top-surgery/top-and-bottom-surgery" that you can happily reach, but extends all the way to total biological and corporeal sex-flip, internals and all. The series of comics have presented far more radical 'reality shifts' than that.
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 ::Your IP changes because (even connection to connection) the proxy gateway betwixt you and this server changes. And I (172.70.85.26, above, whatever this signs as) was trying to say the same as you, I think. More or less. Not sure if OP was trolling or actually seeing a problem that really isn't there. Hard to tell, what with Poe's Law. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.172|172.70.90.172]] 15:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 :::to be clear, what you're looking at is a dogwhistle. that's why it's incomprehensible and seemingly unprompted - dude's not trying to make a point, they just saw something that reminded  'em of the "evil transes" and decided to announce their opinions on the matter ( read: boiling hatred ) by parroting terf shit [[Special:Contributions/2600:100D:B16E:4F2B:488E:E750:AE57:5D81|2600:100D:B16E:4F2B:488E:E750:AE57:5D81]] 01:22, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
-== “Eggs” ==
+;“Eggs”
 Right, eggs. An egg is a person who is transgender that isn’t aware of the fact that they are trans, perhaps due to not being exposed to the LGBTQ+ community yet in life. Here in the comic, the first [[Cueball]] is shown musing about biologically female reproductive organs and processes. He is wondering what it would be like to be a woman, and have processes that come along with having those body parts. This fits in with typical “egg” behaviour, as he is displaying behaviour that is shared with many other “eggs”, such as thinking that it would be “cool” with being a woman.{{Citation needed}} Of course, there is also the alternative that he may just be wondering, and may not actually want to have these body parts. But at ExplainXKCD, we don’t know exactly what Randall is thinking when he drew the strips, and therefore we usually like to explore all possible options and explanations. [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 18:45, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 :The top Urban Dictionary entries on "egg" were created in like 2019 and I'm fairly sure the term didn't exist in 2009. Randall is not transgender, and this character musing, for the sake of a joke, about being the opposite sex (with no particular enthusiasm attached – he thinks it sounds "freaky") seems an insufficient basis on which to call him an "egg". [[Special:Contributions/2600:4040:4528:F300:D52C:52E1:4B3C:532B|2600:4040:4528:F300:D52C:52E1:4B3C:532B]] 22:31, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

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 Thank goodness, we all now know how transphobic this cartoon, and by extension Randall Munroe, is. Who says a woman has to menstruate, or have ovaries? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.43.243|172.69.43.243]] 12:10, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
-:As Trans person myself, I'd like to advocate for Randall. First of all, even if this WAS intentionally malicious at the time, I have faith that Randall has changed from since he made this comic 17 damn years ago. Secondly, being trans was not part of the public conciousness (as others have pointed out), and it's unfair to blast someone for not having considered every single possible angle on a comic. {110.145.224.178}
+::As Trans person myself, I'd like to advocate for Randall. First of all, even if this WAS intentionally malicious at the time, I have faith that Randall has changed from since he made this comic 17 damn years ago. Secondly, being trans was not part of the public conciousness (as others have pointed out), and it's unfair to blast someone for not having considered every single possible angle on a comic. [[Special:Contributions/110.145.224.178|110.145.224.178]] 05:16, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
+:::This is also xkcd-world, wherein exists various [[:Category:Strange powers of Beret Guy|apparent (so far!) impossibilities]] of biology, as well as physics or even logic itself. As pointed out by you above and others below (I indented us a bit more, to honour your stated viewpoint, but highlight its asynchronous insertion), this was likely never a point against transness in any way. At worst, failing to fully consider how it could be read by both trans/trans-ally and trans-opposed camps, unintendedly hitting a sore point with one set and presenting a dogwhistle opportunity to the other.
 :Not sure you can assert any of that, from the comic. You're reading too much into it. But, just so this statement isn't left hanging, I'll run through some obvious counter-arguments.

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 Thank goodness, we all now know how transphobic this cartoon, and by extension Randall Munroe, is. Who says a woman has to menstruate, or have ovaries? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.43.243|172.69.43.243]] 12:10, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
-:As Trans person myself, I'd like to advocate for Randall. First of all, even if this WAS intentionally malicious at the time, I have faith that Randall has changed from since he made this comic 17 damn years ago. Secondly, being trans was not part of the public conciousness (as others have pointed out), and it's unfair to blast someone for not having considered every single possible angle on a comic.
+:As Trans person myself, I'd like to advocate for Randall. First of all, even if this WAS intentionally malicious at the time, I have faith that Randall has changed from since he made this comic 17 damn years ago. Secondly, being trans was not part of the public conciousness (as others have pointed out), and it's unfair to blast someone for not having considered every single possible angle on a comic. {110.145.224.178}
 :Not sure you can assert any of that, from the comic. You're reading too much into it. But, just so this statement isn't left hanging, I'll run through some obvious counter-arguments.
 :Yes, trans-women currently cannot menstruate, etc. Yet I bet there are some who would want to, should medicine (or magic) be able to grant them that ability. Left-Cueball might well be imagining just such a hypothetical and technomagical situation where trans-ness isn't just a case of finding a sweet spot along the line of "passing/top-surgery/top-and-bottom-surgery" that you can happily reach, but extends all the way to total biological and corporeal sex-flip, internals and all. The series of comics have presented far more radical 'reality shifts' than that.

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 Thank goodness, we all now know how transphobic this cartoon, and by extension Randall Munroe, is. Who says a woman has to menstruate, or have ovaries? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.43.243|172.69.43.243]] 12:10, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 :Not sure you can assert any of that, from the comic. You're reading too much into it. But, just so this statement isn't left hanging, I'll run through some obvious counter-arguments.
 :Yes, trans-women currently cannot menstruate, etc. Yet I bet there are some who would want to, should medicine (or magic) be able to grant them that ability. Left-Cueball might well be imagining just such a hypothetical and technomagical situation where trans-ness isn't just a case of finding a sweet spot along the line of "passing/top-surgery/top-and-bottom-surgery" that you can happily reach, but extends all the way to total biological and corporeal sex-flip, internals and all. The series of comics have presented far more radical 'reality shifts' than that.

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	Right, eggs. An egg is a person who is transgender that isn’t aware of the fact that they are trans, perhaps due to not being exposed to the LGBTQ+ community yet in life. Here in the comic, the first [[Cueball]] is shown musing about biologically female reproductive organs and processes. He is wondering what it would be like to be a woman, and have processes that come along with having those body parts. This fits in with typical “egg” behaviour, as he is displaying behaviour that is shared with many other “eggs”, such as thinking that it would be “cool” with being a woman.{{Citation needed}} Of course, there is also the alternative that he may just be wondering, and may not actually want to have these body parts. But at ExplainXKCD, we don’t know exactly what Randall is thinking when he drew the strips, and therefore we usually like to explore all possible options and explanations. [[User:42.book.addict\|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict\|talk]]) 18:45, 22 May 2024 (UTC)		Right, eggs. An egg is a person who is transgender that isn’t aware of the fact that they are trans, perhaps due to not being exposed to the LGBTQ+ community yet in life. Here in the comic, the first [[Cueball]] is shown musing about biologically female reproductive organs and processes. He is wondering what it would be like to be a woman, and have processes that come along with having those body parts. This fits in with typical “egg” behaviour, as he is displaying behaviour that is shared with many other “eggs”, such as thinking that it would be “cool” with being a woman.{{Citation needed}} Of course, there is also the alternative that he may just be wondering, and may not actually want to have these body parts. But at ExplainXKCD, we don’t know exactly what Randall is thinking when he drew the strips, and therefore we usually like to explore all possible options and explanations. [[User:42.book.addict\|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict\|talk]]) 18:45, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
		+	:The top Urban Dictionary entries on "egg" were created in like 2019 and I'm fairly sure the term didn't exist in 2009. Randall is not transgender, and this character musing, for the sake of a joke, about being the opposite sex (with no particular enthusiasm attached – he thinks it sounds "freaky") seems an insufficient basis on which to call him an "egg". [[Special:Contributions/2600:4040:4528:F300:D52C:52E1:4B3C:532B\|2600:4040:4528:F300:D52C:52E1:4B3C:532B]] 22:31, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

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 How many life sentences has the idiot had to commute?
-And how long after they were given?
+And how long after they were given? [[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 19:01, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
 :You're going to have to be more specific on which idiot you are referring to. Your comment is kind of a non sequitur. -Pennpenn [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162|108.162.250.162]] 01:55, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

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	:I'm all for inclusion, but not actively including isn't necessarily excluding. (To be clear, this is the same post is from the same guy as the one above. Why did my IP address change?) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.30.133\|172.71.30.133]] 15:25, 18 March 2024 (UTC)		:I'm all for inclusion, but not actively including isn't necessarily excluding. (To be clear, this is the same post is from the same guy as the one above. Why did my IP address change?) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.30.133\|172.71.30.133]] 15:25, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
	::Your IP changes because (even connection to connection) the proxy gateway betwixt you and this server changes. And I (172.70.85.26, above, whatever this signs as) was trying to say the same as you, I think. More or less. Not sure if OP was trolling or actually seeing a problem that really isn't there. Hard to tell, what with Poe's Law. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.172\|172.70.90.172]] 15:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC)		::Your IP changes because (even connection to connection) the proxy gateway betwixt you and this server changes. And I (172.70.85.26, above, whatever this signs as) was trying to say the same as you, I think. More or less. Not sure if OP was trolling or actually seeing a problem that really isn't there. Hard to tell, what with Poe's Law. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.172\|172.70.90.172]] 15:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
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		+	== “Eggs” ==
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		+	Right, eggs. An egg is a person who is transgender that isn’t aware of the fact that they are trans, perhaps due to not being exposed to the LGBTQ+ community yet in life. Here in the comic, the first [[Cueball]] is shown musing about biologically female reproductive organs and processes. He is wondering what it would be like to be a woman, and have processes that come along with having those body parts. This fits in with typical “egg” behaviour, as he is displaying behaviour that is shared with many other “eggs”, such as thinking that it would be “cool” with being a woman.{{Citation needed}} Of course, there is also the alternative that he may just be wondering, and may not actually want to have these body parts. But at ExplainXKCD, we don’t know exactly what Randall is thinking when he drew the strips, and therefore we usually like to explore all possible options and explanations. [[User:42.book.addict\|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict\|talk]]) 18:45, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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	:Please let this be a troll post. Putting aside the fact that this is a 2009 comic certainly written without this angle as its focus, how is associating females with menstruation transphobic? If he said, "it would be cool to be a bird, but that flying thing is freaky", would you say he has something against penguins? This comic was clearly written to highlight Randall's quirky wandering line of thought and how it confounds people around him, not to define what a woman is. This is not malicious, and calling it ignorant is unfair - trans people weren't in the public consciousness in 2009, so it's not his fault for thinking of this angle when writing a short comic about, ALLOW ME TO REPEAT, a COMPLETELY UNRELATED TOPIC.[[Special:Contributions/172.71.26.217\|172.71.26.217]] 15:13, 18 March 2024 (UTC)		:Please let this be a troll post. Putting aside the fact that this is a 2009 comic certainly written without this angle as its focus, how is associating females with menstruation transphobic? If he said, "it would be cool to be a bird, but that flying thing is freaky", would you say he has something against penguins? This comic was clearly written to highlight Randall's quirky wandering line of thought and how it confounds people around him, not to define what a woman is. This is not malicious, and calling it ignorant is unfair - trans people weren't in the public consciousness in 2009, so it's not his fault for thinking of this angle when writing a short comic about, ALLOW ME TO REPEAT, a COMPLETELY UNRELATED TOPIC.[[Special:Contributions/172.71.26.217\|172.71.26.217]] 15:13, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
	:I'm all for inclusion, but not actively including isn't necessarily excluding. (To be clear, this is the same post is from the same guy as the one above. Why did my IP address change?) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.30.133\|172.71.30.133]] 15:25, 18 March 2024 (UTC)		:I'm all for inclusion, but not actively including isn't necessarily excluding. (To be clear, this is the same post is from the same guy as the one above. Why did my IP address change?) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.30.133\|172.71.30.133]] 15:25, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
		+	::Your IP changes because (even connection to connection) the proxy gateway betwixt you and this server changes. And I (172.70.85.26, above, whatever this signs as) was trying to say the same as you, I think. More or less. Not sure if OP was trolling or actually seeing a problem that really isn't there. Hard to tell, what with Poe's Law. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.172\|172.70.90.172]] 15:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC)