3215: Solar Warning
| Solar Warning |
 Title text: This replaces the previous solar activity watch, which was issued last month when the sun took off its sunglasses. |
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Children's drawings may stereotypically personify objects that are not living, even such as planets or stars. In children's drawings, the Sun is normally drawn smiling. This comic acts as if this smile was an actual thing that the Sun (which is sentient in this comic) has. Apparently, the emotion that the Sun is expressing can signal imminent solar flares and coronal mass ejections, hence this official announcement of a warning.
The title text indicates that the prior change that provoked a warning was when the Sun's sunglasses were removed. The Sun wearing sunglasses is a further (possibly paradoxical) element of personification often added to such an image of the Sun. Randall has previously refered to the Sun's sunglasses is comics such as 1733: Solar Spectrum and a couple of What If? articles.
The removal of eyewear is used in the "Deal With It" visual meme or as part of the various other tropes that reflect a change in attitude. Another interpretation could be that it is referencing Minesweeper, where the Sun puts on sunglasses when the game is won and takes them back off when the game is reset, e.g. there is more danger.
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- [Blondie stands at a table with her hands together, resting her arms on the table. Behind her are two pictures of the sun: one with a smiling face, labeled "Last week," and one with a frowning face labeled "Today."]
- Blondie: A warning for solar flares and geomagnetic storms has been issued after new images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory show that the big smiley face on the sun has turned into a frown.
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No comments yet, add the first comment! 45.178.1.151 15:32, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
I feel like, the sunglasses in the title text are a reference to the game Minesweeper, in which the iconic sun puts on sunglasses after the minefield has been completely cleared. To start a new game, you click on the sun, the minefield gets reset, the sun takes its sunglasses off and you are facing refreshed "danger". 2A02:3100:B0BF:FE00:383B:CEDD:D49C:6689 16:21, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
- I was thinking only in the context of emoji, but that's actually a really good possibility, too! 16:23, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
- I forgot to sign my comment. :sadge: 130.76.187.47 16:24, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
- I feel like the Minesweeper face isn't a sun, instead being a generic face. This is probably a reference to stereotypical depictions of a smiling sun.SlimothyJ (talk) 16:29, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
- I think Minesweeper is just a "sunglasses smiley", really, but I left that in when (fighting edit-conflicts, which I won't complain about) I added something on past "Sun wearing sunglasses" lore from Randall, plus acouple of the "glasses-pull" memes, various bits of which I've partially linked. And, though Randall does not adhere to this, it's better as the Sun, unless you're just talking about it (or any other) being a sun or the sun of a different solar system. 82.132.239.55 18:12, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
I'm sure this is referencing the "Jack-O-Lantern"[1] and "smiley face"[2] images of the sun that observatories sometimes put out for good press. 64.201.132.210 16:53, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
I feel like, on recent evidence, this is as good as the explanation's going to get - we should just leave it as is. 82.13.184.33 17:01, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
I've done a stub explanation. My personal interpretation is that Randall is riffing on children's media, in which the sun is stereotypically depicted smiling and/or wearing sunglasses. --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 17:51, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
- I personally think this because other people's proposals have been incredibly niche things (why would Randall reference jack-o-lanterns in March?). --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 17:52, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
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