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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Explain Granny Smith}} | ||
+ | The comic shows a {{w|spectrum}} of different types of apples, with {{w|Red Delicious}} towards the bad end of the spectrum, and {{w|Honeycrisp}} towards the good end of the spectrum. Although most spectrums are only one-dimensional, {{w|Granny Smith}} is on some side branch, implying that the taste is so different from the other two that it deserves its own category. (Perhaps this refers to the fact that the Granny Smith is primarily a cooking apple while the named apples on the main spectrum are eating apples. Additionally, Granny Smith apples have a tart, or sour, flavor with a subtle sweetness.) The rest of the apple types fall somewhere in between. [[Randall]] has previously shown his disdain for Red Delicious apples in [[388: Fuck Grapefruit]] and footnote 1 in [https://books.google.com/books?id=tgZIBAAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA97#v=onepage&q&f=false this what if]. | ||
− | + | In the title text Randall observes a common type of hypothetical question. If he was on a desert island with an unlimited supply of any one type of apple, what would the type be? However, Randall dodges the question by questioning the logic of the system, and asking why he was in this particular situation, as most people who are stuck on a desert island wouldn't have an unlimited supply of apple. The question is designed to figure out what a person likes the best, however it completely backfired, as the person, instead of answering, questioned the plausibility of the situation. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | [A | + | [A flowchart, showing types of apples. Each apple is in a bubble] |
<div style="text-align: center;"> | <div style="text-align: center;"> | ||
− | <span style="color: gray;">Bad | + | <span style="color: gray;">Bad <--</span> Red Delicious <span style="color: gray;">--</span> Regular apples <span style="color: gray;">--</span> Honeycrisp <span style="color: gray;">--> Good</span> |
− | + | <span style="color: gray;"><br>| | |
+ | <br>|</span> | ||
<br>Granny Smith | <br>Granny Smith | ||
− | + | <span style="color: gray;"><br>| | |
+ | <br>V | ||
<br>Doing their own thing</span> | <br>Doing their own thing</span> | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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