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She asks [[Cueball]] when the last time he flipped the {{w|tectonic plates}}, because they look heavily eroded. This may be an allusion to the practice of turning mattresses over every few months. This was common until the 20th century, to even out the wear and tear, and prevent permanent body impressions. When modern box springs became common, the practice became unnecessary. | She asks [[Cueball]] when the last time he flipped the {{w|tectonic plates}}, because they look heavily eroded. This may be an allusion to the practice of turning mattresses over every few months. This was common until the 20th century, to even out the wear and tear, and prevent permanent body impressions. When modern box springs became common, the practice became unnecessary. | ||
| − | Flipping mattresses only | + | Flipping mattresses only makes sense because both sides are similar to each other, but the "underside" of a plate is nothing like the surface. The current side that Cueball and Ponytail are standing on is the outermost layer of the {{w|Earth's crust|crust}}. However, the "underside" of the plate reaches until the solid layer of the {{w|mantle (geology)|mantle}}, whose temperature can reach over 1000 °C. As Cueball points out, if you could flip a continent over, the new surface would be molten rock, not a surface suitable for life. Ponytail thinks the warmth would be soothing, and that walking on it would {{w|exfoliation (cospmetology)|exfoliate}} your feet, but at hundreds of degrees, it would do far more damage than just removing dead skin.{{cn}} |
| − | The title text expands on this joke, saying that it would "exfoliate" | + | The title text expands on this joke, saying that it would "exfoliate" just about everything on the surface (which would somehow have to stay in place while the plate below it is flipped). |
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Revision as of 04:55, 14 June 2026
| Plate Flip |
 Title text: It's great for exfoliating your skin, bones, houses, cities, landscape, etc. |
Explanation
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Ponytail resumes her role as a cosmic home inspector.
She asks Cueball when the last time he flipped the tectonic plates, because they look heavily eroded. This may be an allusion to the practice of turning mattresses over every few months. This was common until the 20th century, to even out the wear and tear, and prevent permanent body impressions. When modern box springs became common, the practice became unnecessary.
Flipping mattresses only makes sense because both sides are similar to each other, but the "underside" of a plate is nothing like the surface. The current side that Cueball and Ponytail are standing on is the outermost layer of the crust. However, the "underside" of the plate reaches until the solid layer of the mantle, whose temperature can reach over 1000 °C. As Cueball points out, if you could flip a continent over, the new surface would be molten rock, not a surface suitable for life. Ponytail thinks the warmth would be soothing, and that walking on it would exfoliate your feet, but at hundreds of degrees, it would do far more damage than just removing dead skin.[citation needed]
The title text expands on this joke, saying that it would "exfoliate" just about everything on the surface (which would somehow have to stay in place while the plate below it is flipped).
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- Ponytail: These tectonic plates look pretty eroded. When did you last flip them?
- Cueball: Flip them?
- Ponytail: Yeah, to use the underside of the continent.
- Cueball: ...Never?
- Ponytail: Wow. Explains the eons of weathering, debris basins, and ... is this isostatic depression?
- Cueball: It's rebounding!
- Ponytail: You should really flip it. You'll get a whole new landscape!
- Cueball: But I like this landscape!
- Ponytail: Just think how warm and fresh the other side will feel.
- Cueball: A sea of molten rock?
- Ponytail: Good for the feet. Helps exfoliate.
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Writing this to keep people from saying "First!" on this comic. AmethystSky14 (talk) 16:17, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
Second! Logalex8369 (talk) 16:32, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
Now you know how come comment boxes disappeared from blogs. I'm the shortstop. 2605:59C8:160:DB08:39D0:2269:6983:E38 16:52, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
Fourth! (But third base I guess?) 47.151.65.120 04:03, 14 June 2026 (UTC)
- I don't know, Abbott. 2605:59C8:160:DB08:39D0:2269:6983:E38 04:29, 14 June 2026 (UTC)
Should we add a category for the "Ponytail the planetary housing inspector" saga? Previously in the series: 3192, 3037, probably others that I forgot as well. Also of note, when the comics contain a geologist it is almost exclusively Ponytail, perhaps that deserves a category like Category:Doctor Ponytail? 185.36.194.22 04:28, 14 June 2026 (UTC)
- There already is one. There's the Home Inspection saga. GSLikesCats307 (talk) 09:53, 14 June 2026 (UTC)
Okay the current explanation says the underside of the plate would melt just about anything currently on the surface. What wouldn’t it melt? Or is this just hedging? Salsmachev (talk) 13:22, 14 June 2026 (UTC)
Is this the same ponytail as in 3192: Planetary Alignment? (After typing I saw that GSLikesCats307 had the same idea) SacrifycedStoat (talk) 16:20, 14 June 2026 (UTC) Add comment
