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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic is about the frivolousness of many modern problems. While an offscreen character is panicking over deleting a file, the turtle is content with just being a turtle. The text saying "turtles have it figured out, man" indicates that Randall appreciates this simpler mode of thought. | + | This comic is about the frivolousness of many modern problems. While an offscreen character is panicking over deleting a file, the turtle is content with just being a turtle. The text saying "turtles have it figured out, man" indicates that Randall appreciates this simpler mode of thought. The idea that computer problems are pointless when compared with the whole of life is similar to the sentiment expressed in the title text of [[1173: Steroids]]. |
− | + | ==Alternative Explanation and Correction == | |
+ | The "turtle" shown in the comic clearly has small legs instead of the flipper-ish limbs of turtles. this actually makes it a tortoise! Also, the lifespan of a tortoise is approximately twice (100-150 years) as long as that of a turtle(~80 years) . So,the organism which would look somewhat similar after 50 years must be a tortoise. | ||
+ | An alternative explanation could be that the satisfaction of knowledge that the creature has poses an obstruction to his venturing out and finding its true identity. It was told that it's a turtle, thus, it continues to believe, even though it's wrong. The minor panicking of humans actually is a driving force of our sentience. turtles | ||
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− | The title text is possibly a reference to [[231: Cat Proximity]] | + | The title text is possibly a reference to [[231: Cat Proximity]]. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Turtle (thinking): I am a turtle. | :Turtle (thinking): I am a turtle. | ||
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:Turtles have it figured out, man. | :Turtles have it figured out, man. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Philosophy]] | [[Category:Philosophy]] | ||
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