Editing Talk:1783: Emails

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Added the starting point of the explanation. Please add onto my work. --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|'''JayRules''XKCD'''  ]]<sup>[[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|what's up?]]</sup> 12:14, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

(BTW, Rob, if the offer's still on the table, I'll go with you to WALL-E if Cueball's not around. 😉 ) --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|'''JayRules''XKCD'''  ]]<sup>[[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|what's up?]]</sup> 12:15, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Dammit, another Time Ghost! [[Special:Contributions/162.158.222.10|162.158.222.10]] 13:41, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Another thing to point out: for a long time (since [[276: Fixed Width]]) there has  been a little side debate of "should a single cueball be referred to as Rob?" (and should a single ponytail be referred to as Joanne). The title text of [[1783: Emails]] I think officially confirms that we should not. [[User:Yosho27|Yosho27]] ([[User talk:Yosho27|talk]]) 14:00, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
:You mean [[explain xkcd:Community portal/Proposals#Merge Cueball & Rob|this?]] [[User:Jacky720|That's right, Jacky720 just signed this]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|contribs]]) 14:57, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
::Yes that discussion is also relevant but the Joanne part must have been discussed elsewhere... Completely agree though that there is no doubt that any generic character does not only go by one name. Only the three with hats are clearly meant to have specific traits. But even White Hat can appear very different from comic to comic. leaving only Black Hat and Beret Guy to (mainly) stay true to their general behavior. Randall uses names when he find that would be most useful in a given comic. Apart from Megan and Rob, he has hardly used any name more than a few times. And in this comic it is clear that Cueball is not Rob. On the other hand there is no reason to believe this Rob is the same as [[Rob]] from the early cartons. But still relevant that he used this name again after so long without it being used. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 11:12, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

this story is surely related to: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/606:_Cutting_Edge [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.35|108.162.250.35]] 19:54, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

;Email bankruptcy
This is related to Email bankruptcy ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_bankruptcy ) --[[User:ElfQrin|ElfQrin]] ([[User talk:ElfQrin|talk]]) 07:47, 8 August 2017 (UTC)