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| − | Should've and shouldn't've imply that he made a different choice. Perhaps the ratio of tallies in the comic is merely a result of the ratio of how often he is prone to staying vs prone to leaving situations. | + | Should've and shouldn't've imply that he made a different choice. Perhaps the ratio of tallies in the comic is merely a result of the ratio of how often he is prone to staying vs prone to leaving situations. If the implication is true, we need the number of times that he's stayed when he should've stayed and left when he should've left in order to make any statistically based recommendations. [[User:NotLock|NotLock]] ([[User talk:NotLock|talk]]) 04:31, 6 December 2016 (UTC) |
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I'm not sure it's just about places where you live(d). This scorecard is applicable to relationships of one person and surely other things as well. 162.158.91.218 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
And of course the title text is about time travel or that groundhog-day-thing with Bill Murray. 162.158.91.218 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
I think people also may stick with what they've got due to an inability to appreciate that the resulting unhappiness and even chaos is temporary. We are prone to thinking our present state of mind is permanent. ExternalMonolog (talk) 20:32, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
There's this recurring theme in xkcd of the possibility and choice to pursue the unknown, with other such comics including 59, 137, 267, and 706. Should we have a category for it? ~AgentMuffin
The obvious question: is Randall really happy writing XKCD?199.27.128.98 01:37, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
- Too Meta... (But a good question nonetheless heh, he has been doing it a long time though, and continues What If? As well, which it seems he enjoys doing)
--108.162.242.101 03:57, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
Should've and shouldn't've imply that he made a different choice. Perhaps the ratio of tallies in the comic is merely a result of the ratio of how often he is prone to staying vs prone to leaving situations. If the implication is true, we need the number of times that he's stayed when he should've stayed and left when he should've left in order to make any statistically based recommendations. NotLock (talk) 04:31, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
