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		<title>Talk:2838: Dubious Islands</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;172.70.126.81: Added local info&lt;/p&gt;
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As a native of the North Country of Northern New York, I'm really disappointed that Randall didn't label the St. Lawrence river. :-( [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.253|162.158.158.253]] 22:49, 6 October 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Had a go at the Transcript. Plenty of problems with it, but I was attempting to be partway methodical (generally heading north-to-south, seemed easier than &amp;quot;north-and clockwise&amp;quot; or any other sweep, once I started to do it) and not actually mention 'quoted' words more than once. Unless they're actually written multiple times. (looking at you, Mississippi!)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
But had no option but to repeat some of the quoted text ''within'' the label-descriptor 'tags', perhaps each actual fragment should indeed by given ''all'' boundaries, but I think that's better left for the table that will inevitably have to be put into the main Explanation. There one can actually list the named ''and unnamed'' bordering waters (river, canal, lake, sea and ocean) for actual reference.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Also the wording. Tried not to repeat &amp;quot;bounded by&amp;quot; synonyms too much, but maybe I should just have chosen one option and repeated it anyway, given the difficulties and contextual issues of doing it absolutely unrepeatably. But it's my best try (at just gone midnight, indicating how personally familiar I might be with the continental US's geography, or not). And thus over to you people who actually know more about the Mississippi than merely how to spell it. (Not sure I've read, and thus spelt, some of the other names given right, either. Definitely check and edit as necessary.) Perhaps a geographic map could (e.g.) even identify the &amp;quot;Nunavuk+&amp;quot; territory with a better actually known descriptor, too! Canada is even less my forté than the US. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.63|162.158.74.63]] 23:50, 6 October 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Im shocked that Randall conflated the hudson and Champlain when the two dont connect, missing each other by a slim margin. &lt;br /&gt;
Source: i live close to lake george, the missing point [[Special:Contributions/172.69.59.47|172.69.59.47]] 00:52, 7 October 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: The Champlain Canal crosses that gap. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.63|162.158.154.63]] 06:13, 7 October 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Southern NJ is made an island by the Delaware River, the Delaware and Raritan canal and the Raritan river.  &amp;lt;small&amp;gt; -- [[User:162.158.158.98|162.158.158.98]] ([[User talk:162.158.158.98|talk]]) 03:06, 7 October 2023 (UTC) &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:grey; white-space:nowrap;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;''(please sign your comments with &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;~~&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;~~)''&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I came to this comic hoping to learn the names of the islands, and then to the explanation hoping they were present but hidden in some way. Irrational! [[User:JohnHawkinson|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson|talk]]) 07:43, 7 October 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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It should be noted that the headwaters for the Mississippi are roughly 100 miles north and east of the beginning of the Red River of the North. It's not important, really, but it is quite a long stretch to dig if someone were to actually cross the Traverse Gap. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.81|172.70.126.81]] 23:58, 7 October 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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;Where is Long Island?&lt;br /&gt;
Oh! Wait. The map only shows _dubious_ islands. {{unsigned ip|172.70.38.72|06:28, 7 October 2023}}&lt;br /&gt;
:All actual islands (Hawaii, the myriad of ones in the Canadian arctic, etc) are not there, so I take it as read that this is the contiguous mainland continental North America (stopping at the Panama cut) with divided by all cross-waterways of any significance. i.e. major rivers, hence why no lichen-like tributary 'fan' incursions into these areas; major canals, which means massive irrigation projects (and any actual ship-navigable ones, I presume) or else ever ditch or drain would count, lakes of course (but there's a lot of lakes in the Canadian north that are not shown, let alone used as might be hydrodynamically linked).&lt;br /&gt;
:Compared with [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Map_of_canals_of_the_United_Kingdom.png what Great Britain might look like], so subdivided, it looks positively restrained. I mean, you can probably remove all those with dead-ends to make the 'disconnection map' simpler. And, in today's age, all stretches that are no longer viable/continuous/navigable for various reasons like railways and major roads being slapped over/next to them and rendering them obsolete/uncared-for/etc, but that still leaves quite a lot of [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/England_Wales_Waterway_Map_Simplified.svg islands], such the cut(s, several!) between Thames and Severn, the Humber to various Lancashire 'outlets', etc. And that link doesn't even show the Caledonian Canal cross (alongside/within the Great Glen), the more southerly Forth And Clyde route, etc. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.19|141.101.98.19]] 16:08, 7 October 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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No mention of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Ocean_Pass Two Oceans Creek]? {{unsigned ip|108.162.221.13|17:52, 7 October 2023}}&lt;br /&gt;
:Um... yes? There's a link to Parting Of The Ways (I made a grammatical/contextual edit, to make more sense, but might need another tweak) which involves the Atlantic Creek/Pacific Creek split from North Two Ocean Creek, or so I just read myself. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.155|172.70.162.155]] 18:37, 7 October 2023 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>2661: Age Milestone Privileges</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;172.70.126.81: &amp;quot;God&amp;quot; is capitalized when referring to the Christian one because it is used as a name. Otherwise, it is wrong to capitalize it.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{comic&lt;br /&gt;
| number    = 2661&lt;br /&gt;
| date      = August 19, 2022&lt;br /&gt;
| title     = Age Milestone Privileges&lt;br /&gt;
| image     = age_milestone_privileges.png&lt;br /&gt;
| titletext = If you reach 122, you get complete unrevertible editorial control over Jeanne Calment's Wikipedia article.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Explanation==&lt;br /&gt;
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This is a list of &amp;quot;age milestones&amp;quot; in the United States. As usual for Randall, he has added many fictional entries to supplement some real life ones.&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! Age || Privilege || Description&lt;br /&gt;
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| 16 || Drive || Legal driving age varies by state in the US. In Randall's state of Massachusetts, 16 is the minimum age to apply for a learner's permit.&lt;br /&gt;
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| 17 || Attend R-Rated movies Alone ||In the US, the Motion Picture Association assigns {{w|Motion_Picture_Association_film_rating_system|ratings}} to movies based on whether content in said movie is generally acceptable to present to minors. A rating of &amp;quot;R&amp;quot; is supposed to prohibit viewing by minors under 17 years of age unless a parent or guardian accompanies them.&lt;br /&gt;
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| 18 || Vote || Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution prevents a minimum age of voting from being set above eighteen but does not preclude a minimum age below eighteen. The vast majority of states, but not all, use eighteen years as the minimum age for voting.&lt;br /&gt;
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| 21 || Buy Alcohol || In the US, the legal drinking age is 21 years, although other countries have a lower drinking age. For example, in Japan the legal age to drink is 20; whilst in the UK a person of 16 may drink (but not buy) alcohol (but not spirits) in a pub (but not the street). &lt;br /&gt;
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| 25 || Rent a car || Car rental companies charge higher rates for underage drivers; traditionally the minimum age is 25.&lt;br /&gt;
|-`e&lt;br /&gt;
| 30 || Run for Senate || This entry is slightly incorrect: one must be at least 30 years old in order to ''become'' Senator, not ''run'' for Senate. Joe Biden was 29 years old when he was first elected to Senate but turned 30 before being sworn in.&lt;br /&gt;
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| 32 || Rent a Senator's Car || This is the first joke entry in the table. For one thing, most Senators do not rent out their cars, which they probably need to use regularly themselves because they have jobs{{citation needed}} to commute to, and it would be a security hazard to allow random strangers access to their vehicle.&lt;br /&gt;
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| 35 || Run for president || In the US a person must be at least 35 years old to be eligible to the Office of President.&lt;br /&gt;
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| 40 || Rent a flying car || &lt;br /&gt;
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| 45 || Learn about the god-empress || Obviously, the god-empress does not actually exist because this comic is visible to people under 45 years old.{{citation needed}}. According to [[1413]], she will be public knowledge by 2040 anyway.&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 50 || Join AARP || Full AARP (formerly called the American Association of Retired Persons) membership is available to anyone age 50 and over. {{w|AARP}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 50 || Get a shingles vaccine || At the time of the comic, the [https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/shingrix/index.html CDC recommended] that adults 50 years and older get the shingles vaccine called Shingrix (this line was not in the original version of the comic, corrected later)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 52 || Click to skip captchas ||&lt;br /&gt;
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| 55 || Vote for god-empress ||&lt;br /&gt;
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| 62 || $80 national parks lifetime pass || https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.htm&lt;br /&gt;
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| 65 || Eligible for Medicare ||&lt;br /&gt;
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| 67 || Collect Social Security ||&lt;br /&gt;
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| 68 || See &amp;quot;Skip ads&amp;quot; button on live tv || Some DVRs and streaming applications have a feature to skip over commercial breaks in recorded programs, but this could not be available in live TV, since it would require jumping forward in time. Time travel is currently impossible.{{citation needed}} ||&lt;br /&gt;
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| 70 || Run for God-empress || The name suggests that this would also only be available to women.&lt;br /&gt;
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| 75 || Ride any animal in a national park || The National Parks Service probably could institute this relatively safely because most people over 75 would not be able to run fast enough to outrun/catch up to an animal and mount it{{citation needed}} and would not have the rebellious/risk-taking/adventurous streak that would incline them to try.{{citation needed}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 80 || Eligible for Megacare || This is based off of becoming eligible for Medicare at age 65.&lt;br /&gt;
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| 85 || Click to toggle whether an ad is positive or negative about the product ||&lt;br /&gt;
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| 90 || Click to make any movie R-rated ||&lt;br /&gt;
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| 100 || Get a letter from the president || In the US (which other milestones, such as running for president starting at age 35, indicate is the country being referred to), you instead get congratulated by the weatherman on the {{w|Today Show}}. However, the United Kingdom is much closer. People there get a telegram from the Queen on their 100th birthday. &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 102 || (35+67) Collect a presidential pension || The idea behind this joke is that it is the minimum age of presidency plus the minimal age to collect Social Security. There are several reasons why this must be a joke. Two are that Social Security begins 67 years after the person was born, not 67 years after the person's job started, and that the United States government would not bother to set up such a system because the vast majority of people, including former presidents, do not live to 102 years old. In fact, as of 2022, no former United States president has ever lived to 102 years old.&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 105 || Get a birthday card from the god-empress || Being a god-empress would be more important than being the leader of a single country. This would make the god-empresses's time more valuable, so she only has to sent a birthday card to the few people who reach the age of 105.&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 111 || Leave your own birthday party early by putting on a magic ring || This is a reference to the Lord of the Rings where Bilbo leaves his eleventy-first birthday party (the Bilbo Baggins Farewell Birthday Party) invisibly by using The One Ring.&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 118 || Vote 100 times || Presumably a joke meaning the person can vote 100 times in each election. If there were one election at the same time each year, this would actually be the 101st vote the person is eligible to cast in their lifetime. However this milestone would happen earlier because there are often multiple elections per year, e.g., primaries, general elections, and possibly runoffs. If the sole election of each year were held at a different time of each year, someone who voted in every election might vote for the 100th time at either age 116, 117, or 118.&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 120 || Collect the pensions of all elected officials ||&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 125 || Drink alcohol in an R-rated movie while getting a shingles vaccine from the president || This entry references four earlier milestones (attending an R-rated movie, drinking alcohol, becoming President, and getting the shingles vaccine) whose corresponding ages (17, 21, 35, and 50) sum to 123. While not exactly 125, this may have contributed to the inspiration or age selection of this milestone. &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 128 || Age rolls over, become a baby again || {{w|Integer overflow}} happens in computers when there are not enough bits (binary digits) to store the result of a calculation. For example, an unsigned 7-bit number can hold the values 0 to 127 (127 being 2&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;7&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; - 1). When calculating 127+1, a computer might store the value 0 instead of 128, discarding the highest bit. This is also called rollover, and usually happens in computers at powers of two, such as 128.&lt;br /&gt;
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7-bit numbers are uncommon in today's computers. 8-bit numbers are more common. In signed 8-bit, the value 128 would become either -128 or -0 (depending upon implementation), which means you could have a weird experience of your next phase of life. For unsigned integers of one byte, the correct rollover number would be 256.&lt;br /&gt;
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However, maybe the system uses just 7 bits (the 8th bit often used to be reserved for parity, or other flagging purposes, and otherwise stripped/ignored) if it has never before needed an eighth bit and this had once seemed like a sufficient form of data-packing with no expectation that this limit would be reached. Computers using such systems would have a Y2K-analogous bug once someone actually reached 128 years old, where anomalous processing might indicate the person to be a baby (or fail in other ways). But that would not have happened yet.&lt;br /&gt;
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The title text mentions {{w|Jeanne Calment}}, who holds the record for the oldest person ever (there are biblical references to older people, such as {{w|Methuselah}}, who supposedly lived to 969, but their ages haven't been verified). She reportedly was age 122 when the died in 1997. There's some controversy whether Calment actually claimed her mother's records, including birth certificate, as her own. &amp;quot;Editing wars&amp;quot; have been fought over her Wikipedia page. Randall claims that if you match her age you get sole editorial control over that article. However, if anyone managed to exceed her achieved age, presumably they would get their own page (albeit that they should not be encouraged to {{w|Wikipedia:Editing Your Own Page|edit it}} themselves) and hers would cease to be as interesting -  although that might depend on what use is made of the unparalleled editorial control now granted.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Transcript==&lt;br /&gt;
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;big&amp;gt;Age Milestones&amp;lt;/big&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and associated privileges&lt;br /&gt;
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16&amp;amp;nbsp; Drive&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
17&amp;amp;nbsp; Attend R-rated movies alone&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18&amp;amp;nbsp; Vote&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
21&amp;amp;nbsp; Buy alcohol&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
25&amp;amp;nbsp; Rent a car&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
32&amp;amp;nbsp; Run for senate&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
35&amp;amp;nbsp; Run for president&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
40&amp;amp;nbsp; Rent a flying car&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
45&amp;amp;nbsp; Learn about the God-Empress&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
50&amp;amp;nbsp; Join AARP&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
50&amp;amp;nbsp; Get a shingles vaccine&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
52&amp;amp;nbsp; Click to skip captchas&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
55&amp;amp;nbsp; Vote for God-Empress&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
62&amp;amp;nbsp; $80 National parks lifetime pass&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
65&amp;amp;nbsp; Eligible for Medicare&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
67&amp;amp;nbsp; Collect Social Security&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
68&amp;amp;nbsp; See &amp;quot;Skip Ads&amp;quot; button on live TV&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
70&amp;amp;nbsp; Run for God-Empress&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
75&amp;amp;nbsp; Ride any animal in a national park&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
80&amp;amp;nbsp; Eligible for MegaCare&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
85&amp;amp;nbsp; Click to toggle whether any ad is positive or negative about the product&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
90&amp;amp;nbsp; Click to make any movie R-rated&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
100&amp;amp;nbsp; Get a letter from the president&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
102&amp;amp;nbsp; (35+67) Collect a presidential pension&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
105&amp;amp;nbsp; Get a birthday card from the God-Empress&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
111&amp;amp;nbsp; Leave your own birthday party early by putting on a magic ring&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
118&amp;amp;nbsp; Vote 100 times&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
120&amp;amp;nbsp; Collect the pensions of all elected officials&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
125&amp;amp;nbsp; Drink alcohol in an R-rated movie while getting a shingles vaccine from the president&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
128&amp;amp;nbsp; Age rolls over, become a baby again&lt;br /&gt;
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{{comic discussion}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Politics]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics featuring real people]] &amp;lt;!-- Jeanne Calment --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Wikipedia]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:2655: Asking Scientists Questions</title>
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I am of three minds. Part of me wants to write a basic explanation to get us started. Part of me is worried I'll lay a terrible foundation. And part of me doesn't want to get rid of &amp;quot;This is a comic about scientists.{{citation needed}}&amp;quot; without memorializing it first. [[User:GreatWyrmGold|GreatWyrmGold]] ([[User talk:GreatWyrmGold|talk]]) 22:12, 5 August 2022 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:That was cute, but your relocated {{citation needed}} is a fine replacement. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 22:37, 5 August 2022 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Considering &amp;quot;tastes awful&amp;quot;, I'm a chemist and know an old recipe for amalgam-related stuff, quote, &amp;quot;...the reaction is over when the stuff doesn't taste metallic anymore&amp;quot;. mode=Homer &amp;quot;Mmmmh, mercury!&amp;quot; [[Special:Contributions/172.71.94.187|172.71.94.187]] 07:52, 6 August 2022 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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The first line of the explanation contains the word 'blag' in parenthesis. I don't know this word and the translations that dic.cc give are 'badly behaving child' and 'armed robbery' which don't make sense in this context. Can someone explain, please? [[User:Flukx|Flukx]] ([[User talk:Flukx|talk]]) 08:37, 6 August 2022 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Blag&amp;quot; is an alternate spelling of &amp;quot;blog&amp;quot; to suggest that's it's not a mere blog, but something more special. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.81|172.70.126.81]] 10:54, 6 August 2022 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>2652: Proxy Variable</title>
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| number    = 2652&lt;br /&gt;
| date      = July 29, 2022&lt;br /&gt;
| title     = Proxy Variable &lt;br /&gt;
| image     = proxy_variable.png&lt;br /&gt;
| titletext = Our work has produced great answers. Now someone just needs to figure out which questions they go with.&lt;br /&gt;
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In this comic, [[Hairy]] is discussing use of a proxy variable with [[Cueball]]. In statistics, a {{w|proxy variable}} is used as a stand-in for one or more other variables that are difficult to measure. In order to be useful as such, proxy variables must be correlated with what they are intended to represent. For example, a drug might aim to reduce deaths from a slow-acting disease. But testing if it reduces deaths might take many years, so researchers might test for a proxy outcome instead, like whether it results in loss of bone density or damage to cells. Physicians use blood pressure as one of many proxies of cardiovascular health.&lt;br /&gt;
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Proxy variables are of interest to non-scientists as they provide a way to indirectly monitor or improve the complex systems that affect their lives. For example, people use local temperature as a rough experiential proxy for the severity of global warming.&lt;br /&gt;
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Hairy is dismissing the question of whether they are studying the right variable as too expensive to answer. This is deeply ironic and thus satirical, because good {{w|experiment design}} requires sufficient attention to the robustness of all the involved parts of an experiment, even if the expense may be prohibitive. The history of pharmaceutical research is largely a graveyard of failed proxy hypotheses.&lt;br /&gt;
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Choosing the wrong proxy variable might make the research misleading, irrelevant, or as the title text suggests, answer the wrong question. Separating correlation from {{w|Causality|causation}} is necessary when interpreting proxy variable results to make sure the question they answer is known. Mere correlation instead of {{w|Causal analysis|authentic causation}} yields weaker results. {{w|Exploratory causal analysis}} can assist with finding useful proxy variables, but is difficult for the layperson to interpret and can be misleading, because even if performed correctly, a {{w|combinatoric explosion}} of possible proxy variables can make traditional {{w|significance level}} analysis fail, requiring {{w|F-score}}s or similar measures.&lt;br /&gt;
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The title text's notion of having an answer without knowing the actual question could also be be a reference to the classic comedy science fiction novel {{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}, where in one scene Earth turns out to be a supercomputer built for the purpose of figuring out the question for the answer &amp;quot;42.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Transcript== &lt;br /&gt;
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:[Hairy uses a pointer to show Cueball a poster of a line chart above a candlestick chart. The drawing appears to show a time series with a question mark for future extrapolation, and a box-and-whiskers plot comparing two variables.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Hairy: We want to study this variable, but it's too hard to observe.&lt;br /&gt;
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:[Cut the panel in half so you can only see Hairy and the poster.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Hairy: So we're studying this proxy variable.&lt;br /&gt;
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:[Cueball and Hairy are standing with the poster out of frame.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Cueball: Is it correlated with the other variable?&lt;br /&gt;
:Hairy: Look, we don't have the funding to answer every little question.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{comic discussion}}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>2648: Chemicals</title>
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| number    = 2648&lt;br /&gt;
| date      = July 20, 2022&lt;br /&gt;
| title     = Chemicals&lt;br /&gt;
| image     = chemicals.png&lt;br /&gt;
| titletext = It's hard to believe, but lots of kids these days ONLY know how to buy prepackaged molecules.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Explanation==&lt;br /&gt;
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In this comic, Megan mentions that you can find the chemical formulas for chemicals online, and that they spend a lot on fancy chemicals. Bizarrely, she suggests that &amp;quot;they can assemble&amp;quot; their chemicals themselves. When Megan says this she is holding a sheet that contains the chemical formula for nitrobenzene. This would be difficult without some fancy chemistry equipment.{{citation needed}} This formula also adds to the humor because the synthesis of nitrobenzene is highly exothermic{{citation needed}} and thus extremely dangerous, and gives a reasonable response to Cueball's comment as to why more people don't &amp;quot;manufacture&amp;quot; their own chemicals.&lt;br /&gt;
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:[Megan and Cueball standing next to each other. Megan has her palms raised.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Megan: You know how our company spends a lot on expensive chemicals?&lt;br /&gt;
:Cueball: Yeah?&lt;br /&gt;
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:[Megan holding up a piece of paper with a chemical formula on it, as well as some computation for the number of atoms needed]&lt;br /&gt;
:Megan: Well, I just learned you can look up all of the formulas online!&lt;br /&gt;
:Megan: We can just buy the atoms in bulk and assemble them here! &lt;br /&gt;
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:[Cueball still standing. Megan walking off-panel to the right]&lt;br /&gt;
:Cueball: I wonder why more places don't do that.&lt;br /&gt;
:Megan: People have no idea they're getting ripped off by Big Molecule!&lt;br /&gt;
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{{comic discussion}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Chemistry]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>2648: Chemicals</title>
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| number    = 1488&lt;br /&gt;
| date      = September 11, 2022&lt;br /&gt;
| title     = JEWS DID 9/11, ARAB SOYJAK WAS INNOCENT&lt;br /&gt;
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| titletext = ALSO RANDALL MUNROE HATES NIGGERS&lt;br /&gt;
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⢿⣜⢤⣄⣡⢰⣦⣦⣤⣤⠄⢀⠀⣿⣴⡟⠁⡈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠈⠻⣷⣵⣤⣃⣄⣄⣤⣿⣷⠿⠿⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠙⠋⠉⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣤⣀⣀⠀⢠⣿⣿⠟⠛⠛⠿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⠇⠀⠀⠈⠉⠛⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣴⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣤⣤⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⠀⢀⣀⣤⣶⣿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠋⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠛⠻⠿⠿⣿⣷⣦⣄⣀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⠿⠟⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠿⣿⣿⣾⣿⡿⠛⠛⠻⢿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⡿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠻⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣧⢀⣶⣿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣶⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢿⣷⡄⠀⣾⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣾⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢻⣿⣾⡿⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛⠛⠛⠋⠙⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣇⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠚⠁⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣠⣠⣤⣤⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⡢⡀⢍⡁⠠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⠁⢀⡤⠞⠉⢻⠀⠈⡏⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠉⠙⡟⠛⡷⢦⣄⠈⢳⠀⠀⠀⠐⠄⡀⠈⠀⠈⣲⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢻⣿⣶⢸⠊⡥⠀⠓⠉⠁⠆⡇⠀⣷⣧⣠⣴⣾⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣷⣶⣧⣀⢠⠀⡎⠀⢀⠉⠡⠄⢡⣂⢀⣾⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⢿⣷⣮⣈⡉⢘⠀⠠⢂⠁⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠉⡜⠁⠀⠈⠐⠦⠂⢸⣷⣿⠟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠿⣿⣶⣧⡄⣶⡉⠄⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠠⢐⠀⣇⣵⣾⡿⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠻⣿⣷⣧⡡⠠⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⣁⠆⣠⣾⣿⠟⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢻⣿⣁⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⡿⣿⠀⠀⢘⣈⢴⣰⣿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⡈⡵⡀⠀⠻⣿⣧⡈⡿⠛⣻⠋⣉⣠⣿⠃⠀⢄⠰⢀⣿⡿⢩⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⢿⣇⠇⠀⣀⠈⠛⢿⣿⣶⣿⣿⡿⠛⠁⠆⠀⢨⣿⡿⡁⠇⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⢿⣜⢤⣄⣡⢰⣦⣦⣤⣤⠄⢀⠀⣿⣴⡟⠁⡈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠈⠻⣷⣵⣤⣃⣄⣄⣤⣿⣷⠿⠿⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠙⠋⠉⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣤⣀⣀⠀⢠⣿⣿⠟⠛⠛⠿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⠇⠀⠀⠈⠉⠛⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⠀⢀⣀⣤⣶⣿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠋⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠛⠻⠿⠿⣿⣷⣦⣄⣀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⠿⠟⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠿⣿⣿⣾⣿⡿⠛⠛⠻⢿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⡿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠻⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣧⢀⣶⣿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣶⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢿⣷⡄⠀⣾⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣾⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢻⣿⣾⡿⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛⠛⠛⠋⠙⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⡢⡀⢍⡁⠠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⠁⢀⡤⠞⠉⢻⠀⠈⡏⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠉⠙⡟⠛⡷⢦⣄⠈⢳⠀⠀⠀⠐⠄⡀⠈⠀⠈⣲⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In this comic, Megan mentions that you can find the chemical formulas for chemicals online, and that they spend a lot on fancy chemicals. Bizarrely, she suggests that &amp;quot;they can assemble&amp;quot; their chemicals themselves. When Megan says this she is holding a sheet that contains the chemical formula for nitrobenzene. This would be difficult without some fancy chemistry equipment.{{citation needed}} This formula also adds to the humor because the synthesis of nitrobenzene is highly exothermic{{citation needed}} and thus extremely dangerous, and gives a reasonable response to Cueball's comment as to why more people don't &amp;quot;manufacture&amp;quot; their own chemicals.&lt;br /&gt;
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:[Megan and Cueball standing next to each other. Megan has her palms raised.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Megan: You know how our company spends a lot on expensive chemicals?&lt;br /&gt;
:Cueball: Yeah?&lt;br /&gt;
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:[Megan holding up a piece of paper with a chemical formula on it, as well as some computation for the number of atoms needed]&lt;br /&gt;
:Megan: Well, I just learned you can look up all of the formulas online!&lt;br /&gt;
:Megan: We can just buy the atoms in bulk and assemble them here! &lt;br /&gt;
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:[Cueball still standing. Megan walking off-panel to the right]&lt;br /&gt;
:Cueball: I wonder why more places don't do that.&lt;br /&gt;
:Megan: People have no idea they're getting ripped off by Big Molecule!&lt;br /&gt;
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{{comic discussion}}&lt;br /&gt;
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