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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | {{w|Jet lag|Jet lag}} is a physiological condition widely attributed to the effect of changing one's longitude fast enough that one's | + | {{w|Jet lag|Jet lag}} is a physiological condition widely attributed to the effect of changing one's longitude wide and fast enough that one's body clock is unable to adapt to the official clock. (The actual causes are somewhat more complex, and may be influenced by the cramped conditions on the airplane. The effect of travel between the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America, which are at nearly the same longitude, and differ by only one hour in official clock time, is much more severe than the effects of setting clocks ahead an hour in the spring and behind an hour in the fall. Some White House staffers get jet lag on when they travel on commercial flights but not when they travel on Air Force One.) Symptoms include a sleep cycle which does not match the solar cycle as it usually would{{Citation needed}}. |
− | [[Hairy]] | + | [[Hairy]] has just woken up at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and [[Ponytail]] mentions he must be still jet lagged (possibly from a recent trip). Hairy then {{tvtropes|AccidentalPublicConfession|accidentally public confesses}} that he has actually been up to some late-night Wikipedia browsing and reading about {{w|List of maritime disasters|maritime disasters}}. |
− | + | At the bottom, [[Randall]] confesses jet lag is a nice excuse for his usual sleep cycle altering behavior. | |
− | In the title text, Randall | + | In the title text, Randall further mentions reading about proposed {{w|Interstellar travel|interstellar}} space missions, {{w|basketball statistics}}, {{w|Proposed_tall_buildings_and_structures#Abandoned_proposals|canceled skyscrapers}}, and every article linked from Wikipedia's "{{w|Women in warfare and the military in the 19th century}}." Randall has earlier illustrated this issue in [[214: The Problem with Wikipedia]]. |
− | Randall has previously discussed his oft-changing sleep cycle in [[320: 28-Hour Day]] and [[448: Good Morning]], and has alluded to it more subtly in [[68: Five Thirty]], [[92: Sunrise]], and [[776: Still No Sleep]]. We can thus see that this is a habit of Randall's that has persisted for more than a decade, | + | Randall has previously discussed his oft-changing sleep cycle in [[320: 28-Hour Day]] and [[448: Good Morning]], and has alluded to it more subtly in [[68: Five Thirty]], [[92: Sunrise]], and [[776: Still No Sleep]]. We can thus see that this is a habit of Randall's that has persisted for more than a decade. |
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+ | ===Trivia=== | ||
+ | [[Randall]] was doing events in Great Britain the week before this comic was published, the last of which was on October 2nd. This arguably makes this a rare [[:Category:Comics featuring Randall Munroe|comic featuring Randall]]. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Hairy | + | :[Hairy is rubbing his eyes and facing Ponytail.] |
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:Hairy: Sorry, I just woke up. | :Hairy: Sorry, I just woke up. | ||
:Ponytail: It's 3 PM! ...Oh, of course, you're still jet lagged. | :Ponytail: It's 3 PM! ...Oh, of course, you're still jet lagged. | ||
:Hairy: I-yeah, that's it! I definitely didn't spend half the night reading Wikipedia articles about random maritime disasters. | :Hairy: I-yeah, that's it! I definitely didn't spend half the night reading Wikipedia articles about random maritime disasters. | ||
− | :[Caption below the panel | + | :[Caption below the panel] |
:I love traveling, because my sleep schedule is as messed up as always, but suddenly I have an excuse. | :I love traveling, because my sleep schedule is as messed up as always, but suddenly I have an excuse. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
[[Category:Wikipedia]] | [[Category:Wikipedia]] | ||
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