Talk:1943: Universal Dreams

Something is very wrong with the title text. 172.68.65.240 17:09, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Yea, I think it's because the title text on xkcd.com is actually designed to change the font midway to make it more jarring. Cgrimes85 (talk) 17:13, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

As explained in my correction summary, I corrected title text to adhere to the comic - it uses UNICODE U+FF21 - U+FF3A for dramatic effect instead of normal letters. See http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/ff21/index.htm or https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/UFF00.pdf 141.101.96.187 22:38, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

"This suggest an earthquake would happen soon in one of those major cities". Why? It's not hollywood, earthquakes can happen even in unpopulated areas. 172.68.54.70 17:38, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Earth quakes that influence few people are less likely to appear in global news and be confirm-able as the comic implies.162.158.74.27 00:42, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

I love the [Citation Needed] tag on the line about dreams. 172.68.143.132 18:20, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, although the jokes are funny, poking a little fun at wikipedia's super serious style, I feel they are a little overused. Nonetheless I still add them occasionally... 108.162.219.214 23:00, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Aww, someone took it out. --172.69.33.167 03:09, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

I don't get why someone suggested that Black Hat is Beret Guy in disguise. The nefarious nature of Black Hat's 'premonitions' is surely entirely consistent with Black Hat's personality...162.158.92.238 19:04, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Common dreams have also been the main topic of https://xkcd.com/557/ and https://xkcd.com/719/ . 172.68.51.88 21:17, 17 January 2018 (UTC) .tnm

Is it just me, or is Blackhat's speech seems very not blackhat like... Linker (talk) 23:10, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

I...did not expect the comic to go that direction. When the first half of the comic loaded (my internet's kinda unreliable right now), I thought "This is probably going to be something questioning how universal these dreams are, and the fourth panel will be some caveman or something talking about its dream taking an exam and everyone will be confused." But no, it was more...surreal. I guess this is why Randall's the comic author and I'm not... 162.158.74.201 03:32, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

The USGS seems to list 6 candidate earthquakes https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#%7B%22autoUpdate%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22grayscale%22%2C%22feed%22%3A%221516268211196%22%2C%22listFormat%22%3A%22default%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A%5B%5B17.14079039331665%2C-124.892578125%5D%2C%5B47.57652571374621%2C-78.2666015625%5D%5D%2C%22overlays%22%3A%5B%22plates%22%5D%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3A%5B%22restrictListToMap%22%5D%2C%22search%22%3A%7B%22id%22%3A%221516268211196%22%2C%22name%22%3A%22Search%20Results%22%2C%22isSearch%22%3Atrue%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22starttime%22%3A%222018-01-17%2000%3A00%3A00%22%2C%22endtime%22%3A%222018-01-18%2023%3A59%3A59%22%2C%22maxlatitude%22%3A36%2C%22minlatitude%22%3A35%2C%22maxlongitude%22%3A180%2C%22minlongitude%22%3A-180%2C%22minmagnitude%22%3A0%2C%22orderby%22%3A%22time%22%7D%7D%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22timezone%22%3A%22utc%22%2C%22viewModes%22%3A%5B%22list%22%2C%22map%22%5D%2C%22event%22%3Anull%7D 172.69.54.105 09:44, 18 January 2018 (UTC)