OMG RANDALL ADDED AN AO3 REFERENCE '''[[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]][[User talk:42.book.addict|Talk to me!]]''' 19:43, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
:must've been reading the fic of bill [[User:CalibansCreations|'''Caliban''']] ([[User talk:CalibansCreations|talk]]) 21:04, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
I love the things I learn from these things[[User:Rustykid52|Rustykid52]] ([[User talk:Rustykid52|talk]]) 19:48, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Was the explanation of wind speed written by a European? The punctuation after "18" is a comma, not a period, so they it means over 18 thousand knots. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 19:59, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
: Yes, it was. I'm sorry. [[User:Janfred|Janfred]] ([[User talk:Janfred|talk]])
: If windspeed interpreted at "european style", i.e. 18 and 35/1000 knots, it s still funny, beacouse such precision of wind speed measurement is 1] unreachable (variability at space & time is several horders higher), 2] useless (fraction of knot make no difference for pilots). ([[HonzaM])

"38.08 inches of mercury" seems a very high pressure, even for a station that is well below sea level. (1290 hPa Pressure around the dead sea is typically 1060hPa).. Is that physically realistic, or is it part of the joke? I know funnel clouds, freezing and volcanic ash in the same location are unlikely outside of the apocalypse, but can be justified by the rule of funny. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.160.135|172.70.160.135]] 20:11, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
:Indeed, 31.80 is the reference high limit. Still, is Randall a pilot? The structure of a METAR is horribly familiar to us pilots but pretty much a blank stare to anyone else. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.245.25|172.68.245.25]] 21:03, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
:Feeding it into a [https://www.weather.gov/epz/wxcalc_pressurealtitude calculator] gives an altitude of -2080m (-6825'). So it's entirely reasonable as long as your weather station is in a deep mine. [[User:BunsenH|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH|talk]]) 21:08, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
:: But isn't the value always put in reference to MSL? I.e. I'm at an airport at 1000ft, the pressure reads 977 hPa, but I'll put 1013 hPa in the METAR. (QNH in METAR vs QFE at the station) [[User:Janfred|Janfred]] ([[User talk:Janfred|talk]]) 21:14, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
::: There may be various complicated pressure differences from the tornado having dumped a load of possibly Iclandic pyroclastic tephra upon the station. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.181|141.101.98.181]] 21:36, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
:"outside of the apocalypse" - we are talking about NYC :P [[Special:Contributions/172.69.64.171|172.69.64.171]] 00:04, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Damn, Randall says you got No Bitches.[[User:Xurkitree10|Xurkitree10]] ([[User talk:Xurkitree10|talk]]) 06:20, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

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Xurkitree10: /* Explanation */ Rough draft of explanation table

{{comic
| number = 2998
| date = October 14, 2024
| title = Ravioli-Shaped Objects
| image = ravioli_shaped_objects_2x.png
| imagesize = 608x569px
| noexpand = true
| titletext = It's a real accomplishment to mess up a ravioli recipe badly enough that the resulting incident touches all four quadrants of the NFPA hazard diamond.
}}

==Explanation==
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==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Created by a BULGING LITHIUM BATTERY THROW PILLOW - I've added the table template, fill it out accordingly. Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
{{w|Ravioli}} are a kind of stuffed pasta comprising a filling enveloped in thin pasta dough, commonly square shaped, and serving as the object of this comic's confusion matrix. This comic compares 4 'ravioli-shaped' objects (square shaped objects with internal filling) with common actions associated with them.

{| class="wikitable" | style="background:#E6C3C3;"
! Ravioli-Shaped Objects
! scope="col"| Eat with a fork
! scope="col"| Rest your head on
! scope="col"| Puncture and slurp
! scope="col"| Install in your phone
|-
! scope="row"| {{w|Ravioli}}
| style="background:#C5E6C3;"|Ravioli pasta would indeed be suitable to be eaten with a fork, as shown.
|Ravioli pasta is not structurally strong enough to support the weight of a human head while reclining and would break and spill its filling over your head and the object one is resting on.
|style="background:#FBF8CE;"|If the ravioli filling is thin enough, one could slurp it out with a straw.
|Phones are not meant to run on raviolis{{citation needed}}.
|-
! scope="row"| {{w|Throw Pillow}}
|Throw pillows are made of cloth and are inedible, whether one uses a fork or not.
| style="background:#C5E6C3;"|A throw pillow is meant to be used as head support while reclining on furniture.
|Throw pillows do not have liquids inside them. Hence, Cueball finds that they're empty to his dismay.
|Throw pillows are significantly bigger than phones and as such can fit inside them, nor power them.
|-
! scope="row"| {{w|Capri Sun}}
|Eating a Capri Sun with a fork would most likely simply pierce the pouch and spill Capri Sun all over Cueball.
|style="background:#FBF8CE;"|A Capri Sun would serve as a waterbed of sorts, and wouldn't be unduly uncomfortable in a pinch. Its still likely that the pouch could rupture however.
|style="background:#C5E6C3;"|Capri Suns are meant to be drunk like this, and is enjoyed by many.
|The Capri Sun shown is surrounded by spilled Capri Sun, implying that the installation punctured the pouch. Needless to say, this would be a terrible item to install in place of a phone battery.
|-
! scope="row"| Bulging {{w|Lithium Battery}}
|Bulging Lithium batteries are explosive hazards and are not meant to be punctured lest they explode.
|A lithium battery is a small, hard object, and a bulging one is no exception. It would also be a constant fire hazard, which would not be conducive to relaxation.
|Similarly to the 'eat with a fork' example, puncturing a bulging lithium battery is a bad idea.
|style="background:#FBF8CE;"|A bulging lithium battery could be installed in a phone, if one is willing to break the phone a bit (the screen in the comic) to accommodate the bulging of the battery. Also a terrible idea, as operating the lithium battery in this condition may result in the battery catching fire or worse. More commonly, bulging batteries form inside the phone itself, causing it to bulge outwards.
|}

The title text refers to the {{w|NFPA 704}} diagram for hazardous materials. A ravioli that touched all four quadrants would be a health hazard due to exposure, fire hazard, chemically unstable, and have some other miscellaneous hazard(s).

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==Transcript==
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[A 5x5 grid of squares. The columns are labeled: Eat with a fork, rest your head on, puncture and slurp, install in your phone. The rows are: Ravioli, throw pillow, Capri Sun, bulging lithium battery. Each row has an image of each respective item above the title.]
Ravioli, eat with a fork: [green]
[Cueball sits on a chair in front of a table with a jar of sauce on it. He is eating from a plate from ravioli.]
Cueball: ''Nom Nom Nom''
Ravioli, Rest your head on: [red]
[Cueball is lying down on a couch with ravioli smooshed on his head and the couch. Ravioli bits can be seen on the ground]
Eww.
Ravioli, puncture and slurp: [yellow]
[Cueball is slurping from a ravioli through a straw. In front of him is table with two plates, presumably with ravioli on them.]
''Slurp''
Ravioli, Install in your phone: [red]
[A phone is shown with bits of ravioli sticking out and tomato sauce is dripping out.]
Throw pillow, eat with a fork: [red]
[Cueball sits on a chair in front of a table with a jar of sauce on it. He is poking with a fork at a throw pillow covered in tomato sauce.]
''Poke poke''
Ravioli, rest your head on: [green]
[Cueball is looking at his phone and is lying on a couch. His head is resting on a throw pillow.]
Throw pillow, puncture and slurp: [red]
[Cueball is sucking on a straw that is inserted in a pillow.]
Aw man, this one is empty.
Throw pillow, install in your phone: [red]
[A phone is shown on a throw pillow that has the words “Home Sweet Home” partially obscured.]
Capri Sun, eat with a fork: [red]
[Cueball sits on a chair in front of a table with a jar of sauce on it. He has stabbed a Capri Sun on a plate and is now splattered with juice.]
Capri Sun, rest your head on: [yellow]
[Cueball is looking at his phone and is lying on a couch. His head is resting on a Capri Sun.]
Honestly kind of comfortable.
Capri Sun, puncture and slurp: [green]
[Cueball is drinking from a Capri Sun through a straw.]
''Sluuurp''
Capri Sun, Install in your phone: [red]
[A phone is shown to be squishing a Capri Sun. Juice is trickling out.]
Bulging lithium battery, eat with a fork: [red]
[An explosion bordered by 4 skull and crossbones.]
Bulging lithium battery, rest your head on: [red]
[Cueball is looking at his phone and lying on his couch. His head is resting on a smoldering battery.]
This fire hazard is uncomfortable
Bulging lithium battery, puncture and slurp: [red]
[An explosion bordered by 4 skull and crossbones.]
Bulging lithium battery, install in your phone: [green]
[A phone with a bulging back, presumably from the bulging lithium battery. The phone’s screen is cracked in the center.]
{{comic discussion}}

2998: Ravioli-Shaped Objects

2024-10-14T22:18:22Z

Xurkitree10: /* Explanation */