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Talk:916: Unpickable

2013-06-14T22:05:15Z

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2x2 rubik's cubes are harder. Just sayin'. '''[[User:Davidy22|{{Color|#707|David}}y²²]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 01:25, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

This would likely be found in the residence of my colleague ['''REDACTED'''], as he has a collection of odd Rubik's Cube clones.

Talk:817: Mutual

2013-06-14T21:59:50Z

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This is the comic strip that caused xkcdexplained.com to exclaim "fuck this I'm done" and discontinue updating the site. It's probably worth mentioning that: A) It's actually Megan and Cueball's thoughts that are thinking of each other; and B) Both of them are in positions that indicate loneliness or distress. Perhaps it is a commentary on the irony of mutually unrequited love. [[Special:Contributions/66.224.70.107|66.224.70.107]] 23:50, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

As an afterthought, if the universe needs to be observed in order to exist, who will observe it? Some super-universal entity?

219: Blanket Fort

2013-06-14T21:56:35Z

173.72.159.14: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 219
| date = February 5, 2007
| title = Blanket Fort
| image = blanket_fort.png
| titletext = Also, we have a fort out in the woods where we stashed that hooker's body.
}}

==Explanation==
Apparently a continuation of comic [[150: Grownups]], [[Megan]] is showing off a {{w|blanket fort}} (which is actually a combination blanket-and-pillow fort, a very childlike activity) to her friend [[Ponytail]], who implies that her childishness (as also evidenced by her creation of a ball pit in the previous comic) stems from a fear of growing up. Megan responds that she's fine with growing up, and that her behavior is actually mature realization that some things we enjoyed as children are still enjoyable. When pressed for evidence that she has in any way become an "adult," it is revealed that her boyfriend (most likely the guy from [[Grownups]]) is inside the blanket fort but has not spoken until now because he's "not exactly dressed," implying "adult" activities have been going on in it (though probably not in the sense that [[Ponytail]] meant).

The title text again plays with the meaning. They've built a {{w|tree fort}} in the woods, which is another type of forts that a kid would love to have, but then they've used it to hide a body, implied to be someone they've killed, something that it is assumed no kid would do.

==Transcript==
:[Two girls are talking with each other. There is a fort made of cushions and blankets on the left]
:Megan: Like my fort? It uses every blanket and cushion in the apartment.
:Ponytail: Okay, no offense, but this is like that ball pit you made -- Cute, but don't you worry you're clinging to childhood games because you're afraid of change?
:Megan: No. I'm happy to grow up. But I won't pretend fun things aren't still fun out of fear of looking silly.
:Ponytail: But you're 24 and building blanket forts. How have you changed? What's adult about that?
:Megan: Well, there's my boyfriend curled up in the back.
:Ponytail: ...Ah.
:Boyfriend [from inside the fort]: Excuse my shyness. I'm not exactly dressed.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
[[Category:Sex]]

Talk:653: So Bad It's Worse

2013-05-31T23:34:23Z

173.72.159.14: Created page with "Once, I trolled my friends by "recommending" the movie to them. They won't know what hit 'em. :) (P.S. Mwhaaa Haaa Haaa)"

Once, I trolled my friends by "recommending" the movie to them. They won't know what hit 'em. :) (P.S. Mwhaaa Haaa Haaa)

Talk:380: Emoticon

2013-05-12T02:12:54Z

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This ''may'' also be a reference or allusion to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Langford#Basilisks David Langford's basilisks], which are computer-generated images (mostly fractals) that kill or otherwise incapacitate people by triggering faults or overloads common to human neuropathways. ...I think it's just about the humor in a mythological basilisk's power transferring via emoticons, though. [[User:JET73L|JET73L]] ([[User talk:JET73L|talk]]) 16:05, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

<BSLSK05> :)