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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | This comic refers to {{w|Candy Buttons}}, a type of candy sold by Necco in the U.S. since 1980. Because they were glued to paper, each candy button would have some paper stuck to it. As said in the comic, some kids would carefully check each candy button to make sure they would | + | This comic refers to {{w|Candy Buttons}}, a type of candy sold by Necco in the U.S. since 1980. Because they were glued to paper, each candy button would have some paper stuck to it. As said in the comic, some kids would carefully check each candy button to make sure they would accidentally eat paper, while some kids didn't care and ripped them off, eating large scraps of paper in the process. |
Because of the resemblance of the strips of paper to the tape of a {{w|Turing Machine}}, a small minority of children (possibly only [[Randall]] or some of his friends) pretended to be a Turing Machine by creating rules and executing them upon the tape of candy exactly like a real Turing Machine would do. | Because of the resemblance of the strips of paper to the tape of a {{w|Turing Machine}}, a small minority of children (possibly only [[Randall]] or some of his friends) pretended to be a Turing Machine by creating rules and executing them upon the tape of candy exactly like a real Turing Machine would do. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:When it came to eating strips of candy buttons, there were two main strategies. Some kids carefully removed each bead, checking closely for paper residue before eating. | :When it came to eating strips of candy buttons, there were two main strategies. Some kids carefully removed each bead, checking closely for paper residue before eating. | ||
| − | :[To the right, a small section of a strip of Candy Buttons paper is shown. | + | :[To the right, a small section of a strip of Candy Buttons paper is shown. 2 red buttons have been removed from the top of the strip.] |
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:[To the left, a long strip is shown. It seems to be waving in the air.] | :[To the left, a long strip is shown. It seems to be waving in the air.] | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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