Talk:1272: Shadowfacts

2013-10-02T18:56:05Z

98.216.97.56: comment

Reminds me of the Cat Facts meme. --[[User:Rael|Rael]] ([[User talk:Rael|talk]]) 05:11, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Wow, a talking horse! That puts poor old Bill The Pony in the shade... [[Special:Contributions/178.98.253.80|178.98.253.80]] 08:32, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Ok, I'm done with the internet for today. I don't think anything else is going to match this pun. [[Special:Contributions/74.200.7.145|74.200.7.145]] 14:38, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Is this the same horse from Correct Horse Battery Staple? [[Special:Contributions/128.49.161.70|128.49.161.70]]
: That battery staple casts a shadow. --[[User:Rael|Rael]] ([[User talk:Rael|talk]]) 16:41, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Hang on, hobbits? I know they look short, but when is this supposed to happen? Wouldn't Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas be more likely choices, given the chronology?

1235: Settled

2013-08-19T23:56:25Z

98.216.97.56: But I still believe!

{{comic
| number = 1235
| date = July 8, 2013
| title = Settled
| image = settled.png
| titletext = Well, we've really only settled the question of ghosts that emit or reflect visible light. Or move objects around. Or make any kind of sound. But that covers all the ones that appear in Ghostbusters, so I think we're good.
}}

==Explanation==
In this comic, there is a timeline chart showing the percentage of people in the United States who have a camera at every moment. [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] refers to the fact that today most people carry embedded camera devices using their {{w|Cell phones|cell phones}} or the even more modern {{w|Smartphone|smartphones}}.

The chart shows that after the 1980s the percentage increases every year, almost reaching 100% by 2013. The text below the image states that "''We have conclusively settled the questions of {{w|Flying_saucer|flying saucers}}, lake monsters (such as {{w|Loch_Ness_Monster|the Loch Ness Monster}}), {{w|Ghost|ghosts}} and {{w|Bigfoot}}''", implying that because almost everyone carries a camera the evidence should have arisen by now to settle any question about such phenomena. Of course, such evidence has ''not'' arisen — but that doesn't stop many people from continuing to believe the myths.

The title text declares that, in the case of ghosts, only the questions regarding phenomena that can be captured with a camera have been settled. The title text also makes a joke about the ghosts of ''{{w|Ghostbusters}}'', a popular film that featured highly visible and noisy ghosts which left a slime. If such ghosts existed, recording them would be very easy.

==Transcript==
:Percentage of the US population carrying cameras everywhere they go, every waking moment of their lives:
:[A graph with years from 1975 to 2013 as the X axis and a percentage from 0 to 100 as the Y axis. The sole line starts at just above 0, jumps to 1-2 at around 2000, is at 10% at 2005, 75% at 2010, and around 90% at 2013.]
:In the last few years, with very little fanfare, we've conclusively settled the questions of flying saucers, lake monsters, ghosts, and Bigfoot.

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