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| | | date = September 30, 2005 | | | date = September 30, 2005 |
| − | | title = Barrel - Part 1 | + | | title = 1: Barrel - Part 1 |
| − | | before = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001941/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40#:~:text=8%3A38%20pm-,Barrel,-He%27s%20fairly%20upbeat Original title</span>]: '''Barrel'''</big></big>
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| | | image = barrel_cropped_(1).jpg | | | image = barrel_cropped_(1).jpg |
| − | | titletext = Don't we all.<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001941/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40#:~:text=8%3A38%20pm-,Barrel,-He%27s%20fairly%20upbeat Original caption</span>]: He's fairly upbeat about the situation! | + | | imagesize = |
| | + | | titletext = Don't we all. |
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| − | ==Explanation== | + | == Explanation == |
| − | This was the fifth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]], as well as being categorized as comic #1 on xkcd.com. The previous one was [[2: Petit Trees (sketch)]], and the next one was [[24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey]]. It was among the [[:Category:First day on LiveJournal|first thirteen comics]] posted to LiveJournal within 12 minutes on September 30, 2005, on the first day of the xkcd LiveJournal account.
| + | [Quote from [[Randall]]] |
| | + | "He's fairly upbeat about the situation!" |
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| − | This is the first comic in the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]], which shows a young boy floating in a barrel in an ocean that doesn't have a visible end. It comments on the unlikely optimism and perhaps naïveté people sometimes display. The [[Barrel Boy]] is completely lost and seems hopelessly alone, without any plan or control of the situation. Yet rather than afraid or worried, he is instead quietly curious: "I wonder where I'll float next?" Although not necessarily the situation in this comic, this is a behavior people often exhibit when there is nothing they can do about a problematic situation for a long time; they may have given up hope or developed a cavalier attitude as a coping mechanism. The isolation of the boy may also represent the way in which we often feel lost through life, never knowing quite where we are, believing that there is no one to whom to turn. In [[1110: Click and Drag]] there is a reference to this comic at {{1110|1|n|48|e}}. {{w|Wired (magazine)|Wired}} determined a [http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/12/should-dwarves-stand-up-in-floating-barrels/ more realistic description] of the behaviour of a barrel in the water. | + | This comic is mocking the optimism of people in a satirical way. The boy in the barrel has nothing to eat, drink or no way of directing his travel. Yet he only wonders 'I wonder where i'll float next?' [[Randall]] also makes an oblique reference to how we often become optimistic even in our own hopeless lives. |
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| | + | This is the first in a five-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features a [[:Category:Barrel|character]] that is not consistent with what would quickly become the [[xkcd]] [[stick figure]] style. The character is in a barrel. The full series is: |
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| − | This is the first in a six-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features [[Barrel Boy]], a character that is different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style. The full series can be found [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|here]]. After Randall released the full [http://liveweb.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html The Boy and his Barrel] story on the site, it became clear that the original comic [[20: Ferret]] was also part of the series. The comics are listed in the order chosen by Randall:
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| | * [[1: Barrel - Part 1]] | | * [[1: Barrel - Part 1]] |
| − | * [[20: Ferret]]
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| | * [[11: Barrel - Part 2]] | | * [[11: Barrel - Part 2]] |
| | * [[22: Barrel - Part 3]] | | * [[22: Barrel - Part 3]] |
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| | * [[31: Barrel - Part 5]] | | * [[31: Barrel - Part 5]] |
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| − | The title text expands on the philosophical content, with the boy representing the average human being: wandering through life with no real plan, quietly optimistic, always opportunistic, and clueless as to what the future may hold.
| + | == Trivia == |
| | + | * {{1110|1|n|48|e}} from [[1110| comic 1110]] reference to this comic. |
| | + | * Originally posted at [[Randall]]'s livejournal site. |
| | + | * View archive at: http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 |
| | + | * This is the fifth comic posted on livejournal. The previous comic is [[2]]. The next comic is [[24]] |
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| − | ==Transcript== | + | == Transcript == |
| | :[A boy sits in a barrel which is floating in an ocean.] | | :[A boy sits in a barrel which is floating in an ocean.] |
| | :Boy: i wonder where i'll float next? | | :Boy: i wonder where i'll float next? |
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| − | :[A smaller frame with a zoom out of the boy in the barrel seen from afar. The barrel drifts into the distance. Nothing else can be seen.] | + | :[The barrel drifts into the distance. Nothing else can be seen.] |
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| − | * This is the first comic not drawn on [[:Category:Checkered paper|checkered paper]].
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| − | * This is the first xkcd comic featuring [[Barrel Boy]].
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| − | {{comic discussion}} | + | {{Comic discussion}} |
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| − | [[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 05]] | + | [[Category:Barrel|01]] |
| − | [[Category:First day on LiveJournal| 05]]
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| − | [[Category:First day on xkcd.com]]
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| − | [[Category:The Boy and his Barrel|01]]
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| − | [[Category:Comics sharing name|Barrel 01]] | |
| − | [[Category:Philosophy]]
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| − | [[Category:Comics featuring Barrel Boy]]
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