Talk:2866: Snow
"This comic is a interesting comic about how most people get childishly excited about snow, including Randall." Really, that's the best you can come up with? Can we all please either try a little harder than that or leave the explanation for others? Darkwolf0218 (talk) 04:39, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
- But it's snow. SNOW.
I don't think the graph actually plateaus, to me it still seems to be (very slightly) rising at the end. I expect Cueball's "apparent age" is asymptotically approaching the original value. MAP (talk) 06:28, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
- I superimposed the portions of the graph in question in image-processing software. The result is ambiguous ... this is a cartoon, after all, not a scientifically-rigorous depiction. The asymptotic approach hypothesis is reasonable, especially if "t" is as short (days? hours?) as it appears to be. Also reasonable is the hypothesis below, in which "apparent age" approaches the original value episodically, via events inverse to the original. An earlier version of the explanation mentioned these points, but these explanations have been edited out; indeed, the entire paragraph in question has been replaced. I suppose they can be put back. 172.70.210.247 17:03, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
Regarding the lower plateau, what isn't shown is the negative effects of having to go and shovel the drive or the disappointment when the snow melts. These will reset his age and may overshoot the other way :'( RIIW - Ponder it (talk) 08:40, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
- Furthermore, if the recovery state were lower after every snowfall, and he's seen hundreds, then he should be like a baby now. Wouldn't it be cool if snowstorms were the cause of Benjamin Buttons Disease? Barmar (talk) 17:11, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
Is it worth noting that it snowed in Boston on December 6? Nedlum (talk) 21:46, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
- I thought of this as well. I live a little North and West of Randall (the nearest corner of Vermont) and had a few earlier snow falls this year, but the December 6 snowfall may have been the first this year for Randall. MAP (talk) 22:02, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
If there were a cat in the show, I would expect IQ to plummet into negative values. -- Cavaler (talk) 10:25, 14 December 2023 (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- I had planned to reply to your comment, but there was a cat in the snow outside, & I felt compelled to go tell it "You're a kitty!" & "It's cold and snowy outside, kitty!" & I fear my senses have just recently returned enough for me to return here.
- Sorry I'm a bit late.
- ProphetZarquon (talk) 02:43, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
I really appreciate that somehow, despite panels 1 and 4 being practically identical, we can tell that panel 4 Cueball is staring out the window at the snow... 162.158.174.128 03:26, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
