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[[Cueball]] is playing with a {{w|gyroscope}}, which is fun to him. Even when he did understand how this momentum should work, he likes to play with it and they seem to bother him somewhat. And at the end the Gyroscope is talking to him, thus showing why they made him feel strange.
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[[Randall]], speaking through [[Cueball]], is playing with a {{w|gyroscope}}, which is fun to him. Even when he did understand how this momentum should work, he likes to play with it and they seem to bother him somewhat. And at the end the Gyroscope is revealed to be a sapient lifeform and can talk to him, thus showing why they made him feel strange.
  
 
At the title text [[Randall]] is mocking the {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}} and refers to the {{w|Lunar precession}} in process. It's a joke about ''precession'' and ''precision''. And so, precise gyroscopes caused the 9/11 incident by helping the planes hit their targets accurately.
 
At the title text [[Randall]] is mocking the {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}} and refers to the {{w|Lunar precession}} in process. It's a joke about ''precession'' and ''precision''. And so, precise gyroscopes caused the 9/11 incident by helping the planes hit their targets accurately.

Revision as of 10:28, 23 November 2013

Gyroscopes
We didn't actually land on the moon -- it just looked like we did because of precession. Also, gyroscopes caused 9/11.
Title text: We didn't actually land on the moon -- it just looked like we did because of precession. Also, gyroscopes caused 9/11.

Explanation

Randall, speaking through Cueball, is playing with a gyroscope, which is fun to him. Even when he did understand how this momentum should work, he likes to play with it and they seem to bother him somewhat. And at the end the Gyroscope is revealed to be a sapient lifeform and can talk to him, thus showing why they made him feel strange.

At the title text Randall is mocking the Moon landing conspiracy theories and refers to the Lunar precession in process. It's a joke about precession and precision. And so, precise gyroscopes caused the 9/11 incident by helping the planes hit their targets accurately.

Transcript

[Cueball at desk with Gyroscope.]
Despite years of studying physics, I still find gyroscopes a little freaky.
[Cueball starts gyroscope with a zzzzip.]
[Gyroscope spins with a zzzzzz.]
[Gyroscope lifts into the air.]
Gyroscope: Greetings, Human.


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Discussion

"At the title text Randall is claiming mankind did not land on the moon because of lack of precession." should perhaps be more "...mankind did not land on the moon, but that (the existence of) precession mad it look like we did." At least, that's how I read that. 178.98.31.27 09:13, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

I also think whoever wrote that bit about the gyroscopes helping the planes hit their targets is completely missing the humor Randall was shooting for. He wasn't being serious, much as he wasn't with the moon line. He was implying, as a conspiracy theory, that gyroscopes are sentient, and it was at their bidding that the attacks happened. 152.119.255.250 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Lunar precession must be one of the oldest significant "stubs" to still be in a bad place. It didn't even have the article name at the beginning and bold. —Kazvorpal (talk) 15:48, 9 November 2019 (UTC)