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Possibly the title text is a reference to the theory, that higher concentration of oxygen (this comic being about oxidation, which obviously requires oxygen) in the air would result in larger insects? [http://www.livescience.com/1083-oxygen-giant-bugs.html] [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/06/04/giant-insects-disappeared-thanks-to-falling-oxygen-levels-and-agile-birds/] [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/08/110808-ancient-insects-bugs-giants-oxygen-animals-science/] [[Special:Contributions/172.68.11.49|172.68.11.49]] 11:14, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 
Possibly the title text is a reference to the theory, that higher concentration of oxygen (this comic being about oxidation, which obviously requires oxygen) in the air would result in larger insects? [http://www.livescience.com/1083-oxygen-giant-bugs.html] [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/06/04/giant-insects-disappeared-thanks-to-falling-oxygen-levels-and-agile-birds/] [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/08/110808-ancient-insects-bugs-giants-oxygen-animals-science/] [[Special:Contributions/172.68.11.49|172.68.11.49]] 11:14, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
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:Oxidation does not require oxygen. It is simply a term used to describe a reaction with a loss of electrons. There's a mnemonic to remember this, "OIL RIG; Oxidation Is Loss, Reduction Is Gain" and a few others as well. It is called oxidation because diatomic oxygen was the first recognized oxidizing agent.

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The white balance is off in this comic. Mikemk (talk) 04:39, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Where? I checked it in gimp and the white balance is fine. In fact, the .png file for this comic uses the greyscale colour mode.141.101.98.130 09:57, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
Reference to 1014: Car Problems 141.101.98.132 18:47, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Maybe Randall drew this one on paper, which had already started oxidizing before it was scanned. ;D 108.162.216.91 08:36, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

I thought the arthropods mentioned were meant to be a reference to pubic lice (crabs). 141.101.104.42 06:11, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Okay, who else had immediately thought of Skitter? 172.68.11.43 09:52, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

    \ I can't say that I did, but I like this reference. 108.162.219.80 12:55, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

There's no reason to think the Title Text is from Megan to Pony tail. It could just as easily be the other way around. 173.245.54.47 12:30, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Could this be a prequel to 1014: Car Problems? Luc (talk) 15:33, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Possibly inspired by What If #97? Randall talks about oxidation and mentions car rusting vs. car combustion. Meareaperson (talk) 18:05, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Possibly the title text is a reference to the theory, that higher concentration of oxygen (this comic being about oxidation, which obviously requires oxygen) in the air would result in larger insects? [1] [2] [3] 172.68.11.49 11:14, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Oxidation does not require oxygen. It is simply a term used to describe a reaction with a loss of electrons. There's a mnemonic to remember this, "OIL RIG; Oxidation Is Loss, Reduction Is Gain" and a few others as well. It is called oxidation because diatomic oxygen was the first recognized oxidizing agent.