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XKCD 332 should be referenced here. Gyroscopes are not only directly referenced but also the similar observation that they should not work. I am being careful not to edit this page at the moment since it's probably very active. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.38|162.158.62.38]] 04:46, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
: Done! :D [[User:Esogalt|Esogalt]] ([[User talk:Esogalt|talk]]) 06:10, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
"FIRST ANNUAL"?? How does one know that it will be an annual event until the second one takes place??? <PET PEEVE> [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.195|172.70.126.195]] 10:14, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
: Planning is a thing? [[User:Esogalt|Esogalt]] ([[User talk:Esogalt|talk]]) 10:33, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
: It immediately followed the long-running 363-day conference on Things That Seem Like They Should Work But Don’t, so naturally there’ll be another one every year. They didn’t even have to change the banner.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.131|162.158.106.131]] 10:47, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
: There may ''never'' be a second, especially in Randallworld. As a roundworld example, this very year we had the "31st '''First Annual''' Ig Nobel Prize ceremony". ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.35|172.70.90.35]] 12:35, 11 November 2021 (UTC) I once was in a "First Annual Iron Man" competition that wasn't held the following year, so . . . .[[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.24|162.158.74.24]] 13:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
Uh...I legit want to go to this conference.  [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.209|172.70.130.209]] 13:58, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
:It's actually entirely possible to plan conferences yourself, so maybe if you know some place where it could be held you could organize it? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.80|shitpoocrapfeces]] 15:11, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
::Hey, that's a good idea, thanks shitpoo...crap...maybe I shouldn't take unsolicited advice from strangers on the internet...[[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.195|172.70.126.195]] 15:38, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

I don't think that lunch is listed as if it were a topic. It's normal to say that lunch takes place between sessions. The session topics are described as "on <something>", but lunch isn't. And why isn't there a [citation needed] after saying that many humans eat lunch? That's clearly more sarcastically appropriate than the ones about airships being big and heavy. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 15:33, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

I feel like the conference itself seems like it should not work, but apparently the conference did work. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.82.53|172.70.82.53]] 19:51, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

[https://www.livescience.com/33075-how-bees-fly.html Bumblebees!] [[Special:Contributions/172.68.129.133|172.68.129.133]] 20:39, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Due to the n’t shortening, the banner looks like it could mean “Things That Seem Like They Should Work But Don’t”
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 I don't think that lunch is listed as if it were a topic. It's normal to say that lunch takes place between sessions. The session topics are described as "on <something>", but lunch isn't. And why isn't there a [citation needed] after saying that many humans eat lunch? That's clearly more sarcastically appropriate than the ones about airships being big and heavy. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 15:33, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
-:Agreed, I wasn't sure whether to be annoyed or amused at that entry. I was... "anused" ''(presumably pronounced "ann-YOOZED").'' --mezimm [[Special:Contributions/172.69.68.17|172.69.68.17]] 15:17, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
 I feel like the conference itself seems like it should not work, but apparently the conference did work. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.82.53|172.70.82.53]] 19:51, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
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 [https://www.livescience.com/33075-how-bees-fly.html Bumblebees!] [[Special:Contributions/172.68.129.133|172.68.129.133]] 20:39, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
-Due to the n’t shortening, the banner looks like it could mean “Things That Seem Like They Should Work But Don’t”{unsigned)
+Due to the n’t shortening, the banner looks like it could mean “Things That Seem Like They Should Work But Don’t”
-I would dispute lunch being there for the displacement of dinner. In some parts, dinner is still firmly in the middle of the day, if it is eaten at all. The evening meal is teatime and may be more or less important ("high tea" might happen, if ritualisticly social, but that's leaning firmly towards finger-food) depending on what/if dinner was eaten. 'Lunch' is merely a foreignish term for a dinnertime-'lite' (or more informal, like desk-eating or al-fresco sarnis in a manner that isn't a full-on picnic, where a full dinner is not eaten and tea (or a more formal "evening meal") is the major meal), with 'elevenses' being any mid-morning break (ideally within ''wishful'' range of 11AM, but can be early!) with at least a choice of biscuits accompanying some work-appropriate drink (maybe less filling than the fabled "brunch", but that's not necessary if you have a good fortifying breakfast first thing) sometimes termed a "mid-morning/pre-dinner lunch" in gatherings where there's also to be a cooked buffet at or soon after midday. If you want to (but apparently it's not good for overnight blood-sugar or sleep-patterns) there's also "Supper" to be partaken of before bed. Liquid-lunch (or liquid-supper) is a drinks only repaste, of an alcoholic variety, often in pints and/or short-measures, and very rarely does this apply to other suffixed versions (rather, it could just be continual between the two, but not considered healthy). Of course, I don't speak for everyone, especially hobbits, but there can be much cultural confusion so I'd normally suggest not trying to tie mealtimes down too much. (In dialects of English. The German Abendessen and Mittagessen, etc, seem obvious enough!) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.41|172.70.85.41]] 16:36, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
-== Other Possible Conference Topics ==
-Vinyl records, anyone? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.161|172.70.130.161]] 23:25, 14 May 2022 (UTC)