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− | Displayed is a | + | Displayed is a timeline chart showing the percentage of people in the United States who have a camera at every moment. [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] refers to the fact that today most people carry embedded camera devices using their {{w|cell phones}} or the even more modern {{w|Smartphone|smartphones}}. |
− | The chart shows that after the 1980s the percentage increases rapidly, almost reaching 100% by 2013. The text below the image states that "We have conclusively settled the questions of {{w|Flying_saucer|flying saucers}}, lake monsters [such as | + | The chart shows that after the 1980s the percentage increases rapidly, almost reaching 100% by 2013. The text below the image states that "''We have conclusively settled the questions of {{w|Flying_saucer|flying saucers}}, lake monsters [such as {{w|the Loch Ness Monster}}], {{w|Ghost|ghosts}} and {{w|Bigfoot}}''", implying that because almost everyone carries a camera the evidence should have arisen by now to settle any question about such phenomena. Of course, such evidence has ''not'' arisen — but that doesn't stop many people from continuing to believe the myths. |
− | The title text declares that, in the case of ghosts, only the questions regarding phenomena that can be captured with a camera have been settled - leaving, in other words, ghosts that can't be seen, heard, or felt | + | The title text declares that, in the case of ghosts, only the questions regarding phenomena that can be captured with a camera have been settled - leaving, in other words, ghosts that can't be seen, heard, or felt and essentially indistinguishable from an absence of ghosts. The title text also makes a joke about the ghosts of ''{{w|Ghostbusters}}'', a popular film that featured highly visible and noisy ghosts which left a slime. If such ghosts existed, recording them would be very easy. |
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:Percentage of the US population carrying cameras everywhere they go, every waking moment of their lives: | :Percentage of the US population carrying cameras everywhere they go, every waking moment of their lives: | ||
− | :Y | + | :[A graph with years from 1975 to 2013 as the X axis and a percentage from 0 to 100 as the Y axis. The sole line starts at just above 0, jumps to 1-2 at around 2000, is at 10% at 2005, 75% at 2010, and around 90% at 2013.] |
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:In the last few years, with very little fanfare, we've conclusively settled the questions of flying saucers, lake monsters, ghosts, and Bigfoot. | :In the last few years, with very little fanfare, we've conclusively settled the questions of flying saucers, lake monsters, ghosts, and Bigfoot. | ||
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[[Category:Timelines]] | [[Category:Timelines]] | ||
[[Category:Line graphs]] | [[Category:Line graphs]] | ||
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