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{{comic
 
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| date      = May 24, 2007
 
| title    = Choices: Part 4
 
| title    = Choices: Part 4
 
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| titletext = Making out with yourself: now an official xkcd theme? Troubling.
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| titletext = Making out with yourself: now an official xkcd theme? Troubling.
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This is the {{w|existentialistic}} {{w|climax (nattative)|climax}} of the Choices series. It takes up the recurring [[xkcd]]-theme how people tend to be blind towards the staggering amount of possibilities that each day holds, with routine and boredom as a result. (See e.g. [[137: Dreams]] and [[706: Freedom]].)
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The [[Megan]]-clone implies that Megan has been taken to some kind of {{w|afterlife}}.
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The title text refers to [[105: Parallel Universe]].
  
 
All parts of "[[:Category:Choices|Choices]]":
 
All parts of "[[:Category:Choices|Choices]]":
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==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:<nowiki>[[Girl in bubble, floating in outer space next to her clone]]</nowiki>
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:[Megan in bubble, floating in outer space next to her clone.]
 
:Clone: I shouldn't do this, but I pulled you out for a moment to give you a hint.
 
:Clone: I shouldn't do this, but I pulled you out for a moment to give you a hint.
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:Girl: A hint?
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:Megan: A hint?
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:Clone: Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what :they're doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out.
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:Clone: Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they're doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out.
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:Girl: Why tell me this?
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:Clone: You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go.
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:Megan: Why tell me this?
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:Girl: So, wait, what *is* this place? Am I going to wake up thinking this was a dream?
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:Clone: You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are <u>always</u> making up the future as you go.
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:Clone: This is... think of this as after the game, outside the theatre. To go in, I had to suspend disbelief, forget the outside.
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:Girl: So you... Huh. Why give me hints I'm going to forget?
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:Megan: So, wait, what ''is'' this place? Am I going to wake up thinking this was a dream?
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:Clone: This is... Think of this as after the game, outside the theatre. To go in, I had to suspend disbelief, forget the outside.
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:Megan: So you... Huh. Why give me hints I'm going to forget?
 
:Clone: You'll forget this trip but I think the hints should stay with you.
 
:Clone: You'll forget this trip but I think the hints should stay with you.
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:Girl: ...if this is a game, are you--are *we*--cheating?
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:Megan: ...If this is a game, are you— are ''we''— cheating?
 
:Clone: Yup.
 
:Clone: Yup.
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:Girl: Is that a good idea?
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:Megan: Is that a good idea?
 
:Clone: Well it's an interesting one.  We'll see how it goes.
 
:Clone: Well it's an interesting one.  We'll see how it goes.
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:Girl: Well, I guess I'll see you aroun--Wait a minute; have you brought me here before?
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:Megan: Well, I guess I'll see you aroun—
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:Clone: I... maybe. once.
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:Girl: For another hint?
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:Megan: Wait a minute; have you brought me here before?
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:Clone: Er. Actually we just made out.
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:Clone: I... maybe. once.
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:Girl: We wh--
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:Megan: For another hint?
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:Clone: Er. Actually we just made out.
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:Megan: We wh--
 
:Clone: Bye!
 
:Clone: Bye!
  
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Revision as of 20:47, 13 February 2014

Choices: Part 4
Making out with yourself: now an official xkcd theme? Troubling.
Title text: Making out with yourself: now an official xkcd theme? Troubling.

Explanation

This is the existentialistic climax of the Choices series. It takes up the recurring xkcd-theme how people tend to be blind towards the staggering amount of possibilities that each day holds, with routine and boredom as a result. (See e.g. 137: Dreams and 706: Freedom.)

The Megan-clone implies that Megan has been taken to some kind of afterlife.

The title text refers to 105: Parallel Universe.

All parts of "Choices":

Transcript

[Megan in bubble, floating in outer space next to her clone.]
Clone: I shouldn't do this, but I pulled you out for a moment to give you a hint.
Megan: A hint?
Clone: Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they're doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out.
Megan: Why tell me this?
Clone: You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go.
Megan: So, wait, what is this place? Am I going to wake up thinking this was a dream?
Clone: This is... Think of this as after the game, outside the theatre. To go in, I had to suspend disbelief, forget the outside.
Megan: So you... Huh. Why give me hints I'm going to forget?
Clone: You'll forget this trip but I think the hints should stay with you.
Megan: ...If this is a game, are you— are we— cheating?
Clone: Yup.
Megan: Is that a good idea?
Clone: Well it's an interesting one. We'll see how it goes.
Megan: Well, I guess I'll see you aroun—
Megan: Wait a minute; have you brought me here before?
Clone: I... maybe. once.
Megan: For another hint?
Clone: Er. Actually we just made out.
Megan: We wh--
Clone: Bye!


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Discussion

Has the theme of making out with yourself popped up again? (No examples come to mind, but there's more than 2,000 of them, so I might have missed some.) And if there are more examples, are there enough to turn them into a category page? GreatWyrmGold (talk) 05:08, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

I don't think so, but here's a similar SMBC for you: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2007-07-13
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