Editing Talk:2197: Game Show

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Suggestion for comic explanation: Black Hat does the things that Black Hat always does. {{unsigned|172.68.65.90}}

I'm unable to find a single instance of any game show ever asking this sort of question. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.142.161|172.68.142.161]] 22:35, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
: The wording of the caption implies this is a new show which was not well thought out. And, as is usual for XKCD, completely fictional. However the QUESTION is an old and common thought experiment, seemingly to get to know a person better by finding out what they value. This is just suggesting somebody made a game show out of the question. Often, as the commenter below seems to have linked to, the question is specifically about what handful of musical albums you'd bring (in other words, what music would you not get sick of after hearing it a million times). [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 06:42, 7 September 2019 (UTC)


How about https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Island_Discs?
    Desktop link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Island_Discs

Note that Desert Island Discs does have a restriction on the item to be taken to the desert island - it must be a luxury item of no practical use. (Note you also get the bible and the complete works of Shakespeare thrown in for nothing). [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.203|141.101.99.203]] 07:53, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

: Desert Island Discs is not a game show: it isn't competitive and has no prizes. It's more like a celebrity interview or chat show. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.64|162.158.34.64]] 13:39, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
::The usual version of this question being asked on a game show is more like the "getting to know the contestants" trope, and could reasonably be considered to be a microcosm of the DID programme. [[User:OhFFS|OhFFS]] ([[User talk:OhFFS|talk]]) 15:36, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

I find myself wondering what Black Hat would do if he had the skeleton. Probably some kind over-elaborate scheme to mess with people? Or maybe it's just because there are so many people who'd be interested in the possibility of bringing it back from a desert island. [[User:Angel|Angel]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 01:07, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

At first it looks like Black Hat is playing a different type of game show game - to associate each item to the one before. The links are mode of transport, plane, relating to Earhart, internal structure, has a crown. Beyond that, items seem to simply be random and hard to obtain.--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.63.89|172.69.63.89]] 01:53, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
*Well, when you consider that Queen Elizabeth is a big fan of this show... --[[User:Account|Account]] ([[User talk:Account|talk]]) 02:05, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Seems like water skiing back home would also require skis. [[User:Miamiclay|Miamiclay]] ([[User talk:Miamiclay|talk]]) 06:25, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Seems DgbrtBOT failed because of the interactivity of the [[How To]] release day comic [[2198: Throw]], which came out on a Tuesday, the release day! --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 07:45, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
:I have tried to create it, and the REDIRECT [[2198]] page as well. Hope it works... --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 07:48, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Is part of the joke also that in pedantic logic "any" can be more than one item? Which is why he lists so many things?[[Special:Contributions/162.158.90.66|162.158.90.66]] 08:40, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Having the crown jewels would quite garanty him to return to continent, I guess, as UK would want to get it back.
 08:47, 3 September 2019 (UTC)Thy

I disagree with some of the suggested motivations for Black Hat's items. I think in most cases he is simply listing things that he knows would be impossible to supply - not because he wants the fame of finding or owning them. Amelia Earhart's plane is lost to history, as is her skeleton (which would be subject to laws regarding the treatment of remains in any case, so it would be difficult to give this to Black Hat). The internal skeleton of the Statue of Liberty is currently holding up the Statue of Liberty; removing this would be difficult and probably illegal as it would destroy a historic landmark. The Crown Jewels belong to the British monarchy and cannot be sold, and stealing them would be difficult (and illegal). The audience of the show are people, not items, and would not consent to being taken to a deserted island. Greenland's ice sheet is too large and heavy to supply. Earth's North magnetic pole is a conceptual point, not an item. Transplanting an entire ocean into another one would be difficult (and probably illegal). [[User:Hawthorn|Hawthorn]] ([[User talk:Hawthorn|talk]]) 12:28, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

According to the current article, if Black Hat was given the entire television audience to take with him, "then at least it would no longer be a deserted island, but of course it would be even more difficult to survive." But why? Does Black Hat seem the type to be disturbed by cannibalism? Wouldn't a crowded island make it easier (for at least one person) to survive? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.22|162.158.75.22]] 17:37, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

I seriously doubt he would survive. Assume for a moment that you are not particularly interested in getting dumped on a remote island, expecting to fend for yourself. But black hat wanted to bring the entire audience. So you wake up one morning and realize you have been transported to said island. Then you happen to meet the person responsible for your predicament. Now, you yourself might be a good christian and meek as a lamb. But in a large audience you must assume there are a number of people that are not. [[User:Epsilon|Epsilon]] ([[User talk:Epsilon|talk]]) 07:14, 9 September 2019 (UTC)