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Talk:2380: Election Impact Score Sheet

2020-11-03T03:20:01Z

162.158.62.79:

Please vote, everyone! #Hashtag. ''(Unsigned. Whoever you are.)''

Cool, how to convince citizens of other countries to vote for this shitsotrm?

I always told myself that if I ever joined Twitter (rather than 'browse-lurked' the feeds of people of interest, as I do now) I would use #hashtag a lot, and other ironic self-referential things in order to stop myself taking it too seriously. Nice to know I'm on the same wavelength with Randall, but now I must further delay my inevitable signing up until I've got something newer and better in mind! [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.61|162.158.158.61]] 00:06, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

This "as if you voted again!" should not be confused with the stuff that Trump keeps yammering about. :-) [[User:BunsenH|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH|talk]]) 02:44, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Why is Alaska four points?? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.79|162.158.62.79]] 03:20, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

2303: Error Types

2020-05-06T22:51:08Z

162.158.62.79: Today is May 6, and I presume I have not time-traveled from the future.

{{comic
| number = 2303
| date = May 6, 2020
| title = Error Types
| image = error_types.png
| titletext = Type IIII error: Mistaking tally marks for Roman neumerals
}}

==Explanation==
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Talk:709: I Am

2020-03-29T00:40:42Z

162.158.62.79:

The explanation leaps to the C3P0 explanation without even ''mentioning'' Ewoks. It might not make sense without mentioning Ewoks. And that's not a sentence I ever expected to ever type. [[Special:Contributions/31.111.50.225|31.111.50.225]] 21:43, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

I thought Lars wanted to play bocce with c3po. This changes the whole series for me; the prequels are a parody. {{unsigned ip|173.245.56.191}}
:YES THEY ARE!!!!! THEY ARE FAKE!!!!! [[User:SilverMagpie|SilverMagpie]] ([[User talk:SilverMagpie|talk]]) 02:18, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

The prequels were Lucas trolling Star Wars' fan base. It just kept getting worse and worse.
[[User:Jakee308|Jakee308]] ([[User talk:Jakee308|talk]]) 19:47, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Is Moses dabbing? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.79|162.158.62.79]] 00:40, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

2229: Rey and Kylo

2019-11-16T01:49:58Z

162.158.62.79: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 2229
| date = November 15, 2019
| title = Rey and Kylo
| image = rey_and_kylo.png
| titletext = We're like 10+ movies in and the focus has been almost entirely on the WARS half.
}}

==Explanation==
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Rey and Kylo Ren, from the latest trilogy of the ''{{w|Star Wars}}'' series, are engaging in a lightsaber duel. Rey tells Kylo that they should not fight, but work together on {{w|cosmology}}, the study of the origins of the universe. Specifically she wants to study the expansion rate of the universe; scientists believe that the universe is expanding, and that the expansion rate is accelerating, but aren't sure of the exact rate, what the rate was in the past, or if it varies depending on location. Since the Star Wars movies take place "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away", if Rey and Kylo presented their findings in the movie, it would give scientists more data points.

The caption, besides explaining the obvious nerd cred this turn of events would earn if it actually occurred in the movies, is also a play on the accusations of pandering to progressives that were made by some against The Force Awakens, citing its racially diverse cast and powerful—arguably overpowered—female protagonist.

The title text is Randall's complaint that the ''Star Wars'' movies have been more focused on the Wars aspect than the Star aspect. It seems he would want a film about stars.

[[:Category:Star Wars|Star Wars]] is a recurring topic on xkcd.

==Transcript==
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:[Rey and Kylo Ren from the ''Star Wars'' series engaging in a lightsaber duel]

:Rey: Kylo, we shouldn't fight! Let's set aside our differences and work ''together'' to measure the local properties of space, just in case someone in the far future is watching from another galaxy and wants our help to constrain the expansion rate!

:[Caption below comic]
:The new Star Wars totally panders to cosmologists.

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