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Once again, Black Hat is thus provoked into online retaliation bordering on the sociopathic, choosing a form of retribution that doesn't necessarily break any written rules but strikes directly at the heart and/or mind of his opponent. In this case, he tells the ''first'' guy when all his childhood heroes are likely to die - this could make anyone miserable. To do this, he is using {{w|Life table|actuarial table}}s or life tables, which show for each age the probability that a certain person will be alive by their next birthday. | Once again, Black Hat is thus provoked into online retaliation bordering on the sociopathic, choosing a form of retribution that doesn't necessarily break any written rules but strikes directly at the heart and/or mind of his opponent. In this case, he tells the ''first'' guy when all his childhood heroes are likely to die - this could make anyone miserable. To do this, he is using {{w|Life table|actuarial table}}s or life tables, which show for each age the probability that a certain person will be alive by their next birthday. | ||
| − | Cueball reflects that he doesn't wish to become the target of such ire himself, but (without apparent malice on Black Hat's part...) still suffers from a piece of memetic shrapnel from the original attack | + | Cueball reflects that he doesn't wish to become the target of such ire himself, but (without apparent malice on Black Hat's part...) still suffers from a piece of memetic shrapnel from the original attack - Cueball obviously loves the original ''{{w|Star Wars}}'' movies - and Black Hat would know this! |
| − | In the title text, it is said how {{tvtropes| | + | In the title text, it is said how {{tvtropes|InsaneTrollLogic|Black Hat's offensive is so effective that he appears to have caused grief even to his own author and creator}}, [[Randall]], who only managed to check up on the ''Star Wars'' cast before getting too depressed. |
| − | + | (So far, six main cast members have died: {{w|Peter Cushing}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wilhuff_Tarkin Grand Moff Tarkin]) in 1994, {{w|Alec Guinness}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi]) in 2000, {{w|Kenny Baker (English actor)}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/R2-D2 R2-D2]) and {{w|Carrie Fisher}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Leia_Organa Princess Leia]), both in 2016, {{w|Peter Mayhew}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Chewbacca Chewbacca]) in 2019, and finally {{w|David Prowse}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Darth Vader]) in 2020.) | |
| − | So far, six main cast members have died: | ||
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Randall has used this idea again in [[893: 65 Years]] and published a [http://blog.xkcd.com/2012/07/12/a-morbid-python-script/ 'morbid' program] (the original code has been removed, but an implementation can be found on Github) that uses actuarial tables to calculate the probability that someone will die within a given time. The offense that provoked Black hat was mentioned already in [[269: TCMP]] and then returned to in both [[1019: First Post]] and [[1258: First]]. | Randall has used this idea again in [[893: 65 Years]] and published a [http://blog.xkcd.com/2012/07/12/a-morbid-python-script/ 'morbid' program] (the original code has been removed, but an implementation can be found on Github) that uses actuarial tables to calculate the probability that someone will die within a given time. The offense that provoked Black hat was mentioned already in [[269: TCMP]] and then returned to in both [[1019: First Post]] and [[1258: First]]. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | :[Cueball, seated at a computer terminal, facing | + | :[A dialog between Cueball, seated at a computer terminal, and Black Hat, seated in an armchair reading a book. They are facing away from each other.] |
:Cueball: I know you shouldn't feed the trolls, but sometimes they just provoke me to where I can't help replying. | :Cueball: I know you shouldn't feed the trolls, but sometimes they just provoke me to where I can't help replying. | ||
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:Black Hat: Yeah, me too. Yesterday this guy kept spamming "First!", so I got a set of actuarial tables and spent twenty minutes telling him when all his childhood heroes would likely die. | :Black Hat: Yeah, me too. Yesterday this guy kept spamming "First!", so I got a set of actuarial tables and spent twenty minutes telling him when all his childhood heroes would likely die. | ||
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:Cueball: ... | :Cueball: ... | ||
| − | + | :Cueball: Remind me never to upset you, ever. | |
| − | :Cueball | ||
:Black Hat: 2038: Last of the original Star Wars cast dies. | :Black Hat: 2038: Last of the original Star Wars cast dies. | ||
| − | :Cueball | + | :Cueball: Augh! |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
