Talk:2416: Trash Compactor Party

Who invited the dianoga? Oh, it's ok, it's gone now. 141.101.104.177 01:20, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

If the characters aren't supposed to die, then could someone please change the incomplete explanation template? Former was supposed to be a reference to no longer socially distancing and no longer alive, but I don't have any other ideas.162.158.187.79 02:00, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

I read this very differently. I read this as randall needing a trash compactor to force him to stop distancing

I agree with the unsigned comment above, I read it as forcing the party guests to physically get together and break social distancing habits. Doing some quick and dirty measurements, (read: putting my fingers up to my screen and moving them around) showed that the walls wouldn't be able to physically crush them, just force them incredibly close together.--108.162.215.60 02:55, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

I measured with a ruler, The pistons seem to have 2cm of movement each and the space between the walls is 7cm. So, only about half the space will be closed off. MAP (talk) 05:42, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

TV Tropes is referenced on Explain xkcd anew! 172.69.35.85 06:37, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

It's quite similar to 1187, isn't it? 162.158.203.25 17:24, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

To a degree. Most of the similarity arises from the mechanisms on the sides.108.162.245.164 18:24, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

The first thing I thought of was Fermat's Room the 2007 film. Bwisey (talk) 19:01, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Does the fourth paragraph (beginning "Though a significant proportion of the population seem to have returned to being oblivious to the pandemic...") contribute anything of value to the explanation? It seems to me like blatant editorializing. MeZimm 108.162.216.172 00:10, 27 January 2021 (UTC)