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I believe this comic is meant to make us ask "What stories that we dismiss as myths have a kernel, however small, of truth to them?". | I believe this comic is meant to make us ask "What stories that we dismiss as myths have a kernel, however small, of truth to them?". | ||
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+ | So far the comics in this series have had the name pattern [noun] [field of science ending in -ology]. Too perfect to be a coincidence. [[User:CJB42|CJB42]] ([[User talk:CJB42|talk]]) 17:36, 19 October 2016 (UTC) |
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Second reference is actually to music video: [Aaron Carter - That's How I Beat Shaq] 141.101.98.5 04:11, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
Here I thought it was a reference to The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny--108.162.226.115 04:25, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
- I made the same mistake! Had to recite the entire thing in my head to see if those two fought, then impressed myself with my memory of lyrics I hadn't heard since high school. 173.245.48.87 04:51, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
"we do like our flood narratives" - the same day (or the day before?) a new what-if.xkcd (152) about flooding death valley was uploaded - the first for a while... 162.158.86.29 08:18, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
- A rare type of series?
{sorry if it sounds dumb: first time here} Have any two consecutive xkcds ever been part of such a clear "series" without being labelled "part I", "part II", ...? Or is this a rare occurrence of such thing? In case, it should be mentioned in the trivia, maybe? 141.101.98.70 08:04, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
Aaron who?
PoconoChuck (talk) 12:27, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
Someone should make a character page for the time traveler dot dude. This is at least the third time xe has appeared. 173.245.48.69 13:15, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
- Which sounds more reasonable?
I think there's another layer to this comic not yet address by this page.
From Future Dot's perspective, a man building a boat to survive a flood sounds like a real event. A man challenging and defeating a God, less so.
However, in modern times, the story of Noah's Flood is widely regarded as a myth, while the music video is widely regarded as having actually happened.
I believe this comic is meant to make us ask "What stories that we dismiss as myths have a kernel, however small, of truth to them?". 108.162.237.84 14:49, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
So far the comics in this series have had the name pattern [noun] [field of science ending in -ology]. Too perfect to be a coincidence. CJB42 (talk) 17:36, 19 October 2016 (UTC)