Editing 1111: Premiere
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[[Megan]] represents the reporter at the premiere reporting for the television program. The {{w|red carpet}} is a tradition whereby a long red carpet is laid out leading to the entrance of a theater as a symbol of elegance. {{w|Movie stars}} are said to "walk the red carpet" when they arrive and do interviews and pose for photos along this carpet, most famously seen at the {{w|Oscars}}. | [[Megan]] represents the reporter at the premiere reporting for the television program. The {{w|red carpet}} is a tradition whereby a long red carpet is laid out leading to the entrance of a theater as a symbol of elegance. {{w|Movie stars}} are said to "walk the red carpet" when they arrive and do interviews and pose for photos along this carpet, most famously seen at the {{w|Oscars}}. | ||
| β | When asked the ambiguous question "How do things look?", instead of reporting on the premiere and the movie stars arriving, Megan reports on the bleak {{w|Future of the Earth|long-term outlook}} for the {{w|Earth}} as we know it. She states than in about 800 million years the {{w|Sun}} will become so hot that the Earth's {{w|Future_of_the_Earth#Loss_of_oceans|oceans boil away}}. According to the Wikipedia article this will though first happen in about 1.1 billion years. But the | + | When asked the ambiguous question "How do things look?", instead of reporting on the premiere and the movie stars arriving, Megan reports on the bleak {{w|Future of the Earth|long-term outlook}} for the {{w|Earth}} as we know it. She states than in about 800 million years the {{w|Sun}} will become so hot that the Earth's {{w|Future_of_the_Earth#Loss_of_oceans|oceans boil away}}. According to the Wikipedia article this will though first happen in about 1.1 billion years. But the 8ohs/hzberiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII fb.RLALSHUO.00 million years may have been the best estimate back in 2012 when this comic was released, see for instance this [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2523012/Good-news-Planet-Earth-gets-extra-850-million-years-oceans-boil-away-scientists-expand-Goldilocks-zone.html article] from 2013 that states 850 million years. (The loss of oceans will still happen long before the sun {{w|Sun#After_core_hydrogen_exhaustion|turns into}} a {{w|red giant}} in about 5 billion years). |
When Hairy then asks how the stars are reacting (meaning how the ''movie stars'' are reacting to this news about the oceans), Megan instead replies that the stars are reacting with {{w|hydrogen fusion}}, the nuclear reaction of actual ''{{w|stars}}'' like the Sun, thus again ostensibly mistaking the intent of the question. All astronomical stars eventually {{w|Star#Collapse|die}} when there is not enough hydrogen (or other heavier atoms) to continue the fusion process that keeps the stars stable. | When Hairy then asks how the stars are reacting (meaning how the ''movie stars'' are reacting to this news about the oceans), Megan instead replies that the stars are reacting with {{w|hydrogen fusion}}, the nuclear reaction of actual ''{{w|stars}}'' like the Sun, thus again ostensibly mistaking the intent of the question. All astronomical stars eventually {{w|Star#Collapse|die}} when there is not enough hydrogen (or other heavier atoms) to continue the fusion process that keeps the stars stable. | ||
