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I think we should start a category of comics in which Randall/Cueball interacts with (or imagines interacting with) his past self or someone from the past -- some of them are literally [[:Category:Time travel|time travel]] comics (e.g. [[2280: 2010 and 2020]] and [[2220: Imagine Going Back in Time]]), but others are not, at least not directly (like this one, or [[2302: 2020 Google Trends]]).  Some ideas for the category name: "Retrospectives", "Comics featuring perspectives from the past", "Comics imagining what the past might think of the present"...I'm not wild about any of these; does anyone else have other suggestions?  --[[User:NotaBene|NotaBene]] ([[User talk:NotaBene|talk]]) 18:15, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 
I think we should start a category of comics in which Randall/Cueball interacts with (or imagines interacting with) his past self or someone from the past -- some of them are literally [[:Category:Time travel|time travel]] comics (e.g. [[2280: 2010 and 2020]] and [[2220: Imagine Going Back in Time]]), but others are not, at least not directly (like this one, or [[2302: 2020 Google Trends]]).  Some ideas for the category name: "Retrospectives", "Comics featuring perspectives from the past", "Comics imagining what the past might think of the present"...I'm not wild about any of these; does anyone else have other suggestions?  --[[User:NotaBene|NotaBene]] ([[User talk:NotaBene|talk]]) 18:15, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
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I swear I thought this was about Tide Pods or such. I just figured that Canada products called them "bubbles". [[Special:Contributions/108.162.210.162|108.162.210.162]] 05:20, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

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What's a "pod"? Incoherent comic. 172.69.63.173 15:31, 29 July 2020 (UTC)


According to this New York Times article, it has to do with families forming groups during quarantine. "One idea that some families are considering — and that infectious disease epidemiologists think might be a smart way to balance mental health needs with physical safety — is to create quarantine “pods” or “bubbles,” in which two or three families agree to socialize with one another but no one else. In a pod, families hang out together, often without regard to social distancing — but outside of the pod, they follow recommended social distancing rules." --Borgendorf (talk) 16:01, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

From context, especially the reference to Canada, I take it that Pod is the US term (more predominantly) for the situation that Canada may (and UK does) mostly call a Bubble. It may be a good sign that the person who wants to Bubble/Pod comes from the place where the situation is worse (US v Canada, at least). In the UK we used (and still do) the term Key Workers for what others may call Essential Workers (asked to continue to work, even in lock-down, and ideally take more care outside of work to prevent forcing them into deeper isolation), which was especially funny when applied to a locksmith on contract with the health service... 162.158.154.131 16:22, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

I don't think this is a US-Canada thing. I'm an American (Californian more specifically) and I've heard both terms commonly. 172.68.142.99 19:50, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

I think we should start a category of comics in which Randall/Cueball interacts with (or imagines interacting with) his past self or someone from the past -- some of them are literally time travel comics (e.g. 2280: 2010 and 2020 and 2220: Imagine Going Back in Time), but others are not, at least not directly (like this one, or 2302: 2020 Google Trends). Some ideas for the category name: "Retrospectives", "Comics featuring perspectives from the past", "Comics imagining what the past might think of the present"...I'm not wild about any of these; does anyone else have other suggestions? --NotaBene (talk) 18:15, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

I swear I thought this was about Tide Pods or such. I just figured that Canada products called them "bubbles". 108.162.210.162 05:20, 30 July 2020 (UTC)