Talk:Rob - Revision history

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‎Last Initial?

PDesbeginner: /* Last Initial? */

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‎Last Initial?

FaviFake: Replied to two discussions

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QuarterNotes: Posed question

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Posed question

199.27.128.85 at 00:49, 22 March 2014

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92.203.102.185: /* Robert and Little Bobby Tables */ new section

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‎Robert and Little Bobby Tables: new section

Davidy22 at 14:33, 3 December 2012

2012-12-03T14:33:37Z

Jerodast: Corrected stray line accidentally left in; added sig

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Corrected stray line accidentally left in; added sig

Jerodast: Confused about the "clearly" inaccurate made about transcripts

2012-12-03T14:30:11Z

Confused about the "clearly" inaccurate made about transcripts

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Rob is specifically named in [[276: Fixed Width]], [[632: Suspicion]], [[647: Scary]], [[716: Time Machine]], and [[782: Desecration]].

:[[647: Scary]] has the distinction of being the first comic to call Rob by his name in the transcript instead of saying "Man:".
This is despite the fact that the earlier comic [[632: Suspicion]] also calls Rob by his name in the transcript (and of course [[276: Fixed Width]] uses it as well, albeit in an unconventional format). Is this some reference to explainxkcd history that I'm not aware of?

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 In comic 838, we see Rob's *nix username as robm. I assume that would be a last initial... but in any case, should we include it in the wiki as additional information about him?
 :At first I thought "Rob" might be a nickname for Randall, and the M would be for Munroe, but multiple comics mention a "Robert" (for which "Rob" is an obvious nickname,) and [[2584: Headline Words]] reveals that Randall and Rob are different people. [[User:PDesbeginner|PDesbeginner]] ([[User talk:PDesbeginner|talk]]) 22:01, 14 September 2025 (UTC)
 == Rob vs. Cueball ==

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	In comic 838, we see Rob's *nix username as robm. I assume that would be a last initial... but in any case, should we include it in the wiki as additional information about him?		In comic 838, we see Rob's *nix username as robm. I assume that would be a last initial... but in any case, should we include it in the wiki as additional information about him?
		+	:At first I thought "Rob" might be a nickname for Randall, and the M would be for Munroe, but multiple comics mention a "Robert" (for which "Rob" is an obvious nickname,) and [[2584: Headline Words]] reveals that Randall and Rob are different people. [[User:PDesbeginner\|PDesbeginner]] ([[User talk:PDesbeginner\|talk]]) 22:01, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

	== Rob vs. Cueball ==		== Rob vs. Cueball ==

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 Aren't Robert and Little Bobby Tables a.k.a. Robert'); DROP TABLE students;-- in Comic [[327: Exploits of a Mom]] the same person? --[[Special:Contributions/92.203.102.185|92.203.102.185]] 10:31, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
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 I get a vague sense that Rob is the name Randall gives to Cueball when it is appropriate for Cueball to have a name in that context. Am I the only one?
 [[User:QuarterNotes|QuarterNotes]] ([[User talk:QuarterNotes|talk]]) 22:40, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

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 :[[647: Scary]] has the distinction of being the first comic to call Rob by his name in the transcript instead of saying "Man:".
 This is despite the fact that the earlier comic [[632: Suspicion]] also calls Rob by his name in the transcript (and of course [[276: Fixed Width]] uses it as well, albeit in an unconventional format). Is this some reference to explainxkcd history that I'm not aware of? [[User:Jerodast|- jerodast]] ([[User talk:Jerodast|talk]]) 14:31, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
-:Nope. That's a mistake that you may fix. Thanks for finding that! [[User:Davidy22|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]][[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 14:33, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
+:Nope. That's a mistake that you may fix. Thanks for finding that! [[User:Davidy22|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]][[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 14:33, 3 December 2012 (UTC) has
 == Robert and Little Bobby Tables ==
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 In comic 838, we see Rob's *nix username as robm. I assume that would be a last initial... but in any case, should we include it in the wiki as additional information about him?

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	Aren't Robert and Little Bobby Tables a.k.a. Robert'); DROP TABLE students;-- in Comic [[327: Exploits of a Mom]] the same person? --[[Special:Contributions/92.203.102.185\|92.203.102.185]] 10:31, 1 February 2013 (UTC)		Aren't Robert and Little Bobby Tables a.k.a. Robert'); DROP TABLE students;-- in Comic [[327: Exploits of a Mom]] the same person? --[[Special:Contributions/92.203.102.185\|92.203.102.185]] 10:31, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
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		+	In comic 838, we see Rob's *nix username as robm. I assume that would be a last initial... but in any case, should we include it in the wiki as additional information about him?

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	This is despite the fact that the earlier comic [[632: Suspicion]] also calls Rob by his name in the transcript (and of course [[276: Fixed Width]] uses it as well, albeit in an unconventional format). Is this some reference to explainxkcd history that I'm not aware of? [[User:Jerodast\|- jerodast]] ([[User talk:Jerodast\|talk]]) 14:31, 3 December 2012 (UTC)		This is despite the fact that the earlier comic [[632: Suspicion]] also calls Rob by his name in the transcript (and of course [[276: Fixed Width]] uses it as well, albeit in an unconventional format). Is this some reference to explainxkcd history that I'm not aware of? [[User:Jerodast\|- jerodast]] ([[User talk:Jerodast\|talk]]) 14:31, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
	:Nope. That's a mistake that you may fix. Thanks for finding that! [[User:Davidy22\|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]][[User talk:Davidy22\|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 14:33, 3 December 2012 (UTC)		:Nope. That's a mistake that you may fix. Thanks for finding that! [[User:Davidy22\|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]][[User talk:Davidy22\|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 14:33, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
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		+	== Robert and Little Bobby Tables ==
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		+	Aren't Robert and Little Bobby Tables a.k.a. Robert'); DROP TABLE students;-- in Comic [[327: Exploits of a Mom]] the same person? --[[Special:Contributions/92.203.102.185\|92.203.102.185]] 10:31, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

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	:[[647: Scary]] has the distinction of being the first comic to call Rob by his name in the transcript instead of saying "Man:".		:[[647: Scary]] has the distinction of being the first comic to call Rob by his name in the transcript instead of saying "Man:".
	This is despite the fact that the earlier comic [[632: Suspicion]] also calls Rob by his name in the transcript (and of course [[276: Fixed Width]] uses it as well, albeit in an unconventional format). Is this some reference to explainxkcd history that I'm not aware of? [[User:Jerodast\|- jerodast]] ([[User talk:Jerodast\|talk]]) 14:31, 3 December 2012 (UTC)		This is despite the fact that the earlier comic [[632: Suspicion]] also calls Rob by his name in the transcript (and of course [[276: Fixed Width]] uses it as well, albeit in an unconventional format). Is this some reference to explainxkcd history that I'm not aware of? [[User:Jerodast\|- jerodast]] ([[User talk:Jerodast\|talk]]) 14:31, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
		+	:Nope. That's a mistake that you may fix. Thanks for finding that! [[User:Davidy22\|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]][[User talk:Davidy22\|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 14:33, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

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−	~~Rob is specifically named in [[276: Fixed Width]], [[632: Suspicion]], [[647: Scary]], [[716: Time Machine]], and [[782: Desecration]].~~
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	:[[647: Scary]] has the distinction of being the first comic to call Rob by his name in the transcript instead of saying "Man:".		:[[647: Scary]] has the distinction of being the first comic to call Rob by his name in the transcript instead of saying "Man:".
−	This is despite the fact that the earlier comic [[632: Suspicion]] also calls Rob by his name in the transcript (and of course [[276: Fixed Width]] uses it as well, albeit in an unconventional format). Is this some reference to explainxkcd history that I'm not aware of?	+	This is despite the fact that the earlier comic [[632: Suspicion]] also calls Rob by his name in the transcript (and of course [[276: Fixed Width]] uses it as well, albeit in an unconventional format). Is this some reference to explainxkcd history that I'm not aware of? [[User:Jerodast\|- jerodast]] ([[User talk:Jerodast\|talk]]) 14:31, 3 December 2012 (UTC)