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The current explanation seems to assume a constant current draw of 1A without explicitly stating it.<br />
[[Special:Contributions/141.101.95.117|141.101.95.117]] 14:04, 15 July 2016 (UTC)<br />
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The 12 headphone jacks is probably referring to the rumor that the iPhone 7 may not have a headphone jack. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.90|141.101.104.90]] 14:58, 15 July 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Fun fact: the Walkman II (the most popular variant) had 2 headphone jacks, so that two people could listen to music at the same time, but the second jack was removed from later designs. This has a few more than that, perhaps there is one for each voice assistant to make it "usable". (this person failed to sign their comment.)<br />
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An alternative explanation of "onboard cloud" could be a file server that serves over WIFI, Bluetooth, and NFC, turning the phone into an effective NAS sneakernet [[User:Seebert|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert|talk]]) 15:30, 15 July 2016 (UTC)<br />
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The "certified" feature probably refers to various certifications being used as marketing features. [[User:Joedetode|Joedetode]] ([[User talk:Joedetode|talk]]) 15:33, 15 July 2016 (UTC)<br />
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The Julian calendar is used by Orthodox Christians, but not astronomers. Astronomers use something called {{w|Julian day}}. --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.218.166|108.162.218.166]] 16:18, 15 July 2016 (UTC)</div>108.162.218.166https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:233:_A_New_CAPTCHA_Approach&diff=122281Talk:233: A New CAPTCHA Approach2016-06-22T17:18:34Z<p>108.162.218.166: </p>
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<div>Both of those fail against autistic people (and people who have diseases similar to autism, one example being FG syndrome). [[User:Greyson|Greyson]] ([[User talk:Greyson|talk]]) 17:49, 24 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Or, y'know, people who haven't seen the movie/episode. --[[User:Alex|Alex]] ([[User talk:Alex|talk]]) 21:09, 28 April 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Not exactly, because kids with autistic-spectrum disorders can be more sensitive. The only pop-culture example I can think of is Sheldon Cooper's sadness when he learned of Professor Proton's passing. {{unsigned ip|108.162.249.240}}<br />
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A better example would be the dog in I Am Legend. Also, the text for the question and for the answers would both have to be distorted slightly. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.87|173.245.50.87]] 06:02, 11 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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The obvious alusion is Deckard's empathy test on Leon in Blade Runner to determine whether he is . {{unsigned ip|108.162.229.30}}<br />
You know it was from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick first, right? The movie was based on that. ----<br />
I don't remember crying to that scene when I was younger. I do- I mean, did cry when Optimus Prime died in the '87 Transformers movie though. -Pennpenn [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.225|108.162.249.225]] 04:25, 26 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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The funniest thing is the Infosphere does use Fry's dog as a captcha like this. Hutc {{unsigned ip|141.101.98.193}}<br />
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This seems to be an allusion to the Voight-Kampff test in the movie Blade Runner. The test is used to distinguish from 'Replicas' (artificial ) by asking questions designed to elicit an emotional response, and then monitoring biological metrics in the respondent. The idea being that replicas would be unable to maintain a convincing fakery against such a systematized methodology. [[User:Danshoham|Mountain Hikes]] ([[User talk:Danshoham|talk]]) 01:55, 25 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Am I the only one who didn't cry with that episode with Fry's dog? I mean it was sad but I didn't cry. On top of that one of the movies makes that scene a LOT less sad. <br />
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I suppose I'm just a cold, heartless satellite. Fry's dog may work on spambots but not satellites. [[User:International Space Station|International Space Station]] ([[User talk:International Space Station|talk]]) 15:35, 22 April 2016 (UTC)</div>108.162.218.166https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:199:_Right-Hand_Rule&diff=122265Talk:199: Right-Hand Rule2016-06-22T12:51:25Z<p>108.162.218.166: </p>
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<div>There's also the right hand rule on urban dictionary, although it's applied slightly differently, and it only has one input parameter. [[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]] ([[User talk:Davidy22|talk]]) 03:44, 30 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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I expanded the explanation to cover the erection joke. [[Special:Contributions/184.66.160.91|184.66.160.91]] 02:12, 27 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Can anyone explain "Girls on Girls in Tightly Closed Nonorientable Spaces"? What is that, lesbians in a box? What is a nonorientable space? [[User:Swordsmith|Swordsmith]] ([[User talk:Swordsmith|talk]]) 02:14, 28 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
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A non orientable space is, IIRC, a shape like a Möbius strip, in which has a sort of topological " handedness." Or maybe that's an orientable space. I'm pretty sure it's non orientable.<br />
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As far as noneuclidean porn goes though, I have a fetish for fractals. Just pull up a sexy fractal zoom and we're good to go. But I'm cisfemale. No dick. X'D [[User:International Space Station|International Space Station]] ([[User talk:International Space Station|talk]]) 09:18, 27 April 2016 (UTC)<br />
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<div>my explanation of the comic, which was sort-of obsoleted by someones edit:<br />
<blockquote>Girl1 and Girls2 just finished making a tire swing. They did not use a discarded tire but rather stole one, even fighting the rightful owner turning the theft into a robbery.</blockquote><br />
the women do not look like Megan and Hair Bun Girl to me, are they new?<br />
sorry for commenting here, but I do not have rights to create a new page, which seems to be necessary for posting the fire comment. Will move once the comment section is created.<br />
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I think they are Thelma and Louise (from the movie) given the looks of their hair {{unsigned|Chichak|March 23, 2016}}<br />
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I think they're children [[User:Mikemk|Mikemk]] ([[User talk:Mikemk|talk]]) 15:33, 23 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Maybe they got the truck from Black Hat's garage? [[User:Mikemk|Mikemk]] ([[User talk:Mikemk|talk]]) 15:34, 23 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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I have yet to use a tire swing that was made from a worn tire (worn by the road not by swinging). From my experience, expired tires used by automobiles typically have sharp metal protruding from the rubber. This would make a dangerous tire swing. I thought landscaping (rubber mulch) and playgrounds was the preferred recycling method for used tires?--[[User:R0hrshach|R0hrshach]] ([[User talk:R0hrshach|talk]]) 15:35, 23 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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The first one certainly looks like Hair Bun, but the second one (which in in the explanation is presented as Megan) has a somewhat curly hair. Could she be another character, perhaps? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.218.166|108.162.218.166]] 17:05, 23 March 2016 (UTC)</div>108.162.218.166https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1640:_Super_Bowl_Context&diff=113838Talk:1640: Super Bowl Context2016-03-03T00:21:00Z<p>108.162.218.166: Pointed out that the comic may have been explicitly directed at this website</p>
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<div>Peyton Manning is a football player who is really good (the only NFL player been MVP five times). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyton_Manning [[User:Aquaplanet|Aquaplanet]] ([[User talk:Aquaplanet|talk]]) 11:19, 8 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Am I the only one who finds the last speech pattern weird? Saying "mammals like Payton" seems a little reminiscent of comics [[1541]] and [[1530]]... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.2.140|162.158.2.140]] 13:30, 8 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
: Don't think so, there is no body snatching involved -- he is simply trying to connect whitehat's statement with some trivia; Mainnings is a human, humans are mammals, retirement is a recent human invention -- the statement is simply just hyper over loaded with irrelevant facts. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.109|162.158.255.109]] 15:12, 8 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:: Agree with that. Since we are all mamals and all mamals age, many of them via the same processes there is nothing wrong with the statment, only with the timing. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 21:04, 8 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Ok, I'm just gonna come out and say it: Coldplay sucks. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.235.173|198.41.235.173]] 14:03, 8 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
: Is this some pop culture reference I'm missing? (I didn't watch the Super Bowl, so perhaps it's a reference to that?) [[Special:Contributions/199.27.130.246|199.27.130.246]] 19:03, 8 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:: Coldplay played in the Halftime show. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 21:04, 8 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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The first paragraph at the moment is merely insulting nerds and not really explaining anything. (N.B.: would the "stereotypical Nerd" watch sports, at all?) --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.242.240|198.41.242.240]] 15:44, 8 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
: I wrote it. I'm a nerd. It is more a self-reflection than an insult. I think it explains everything. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.109|162.158.255.109]] 16:12, 8 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:: I'm also a nerd, but the generalization given (in the present/former comic explanation) is not a high-fidelity description of me. However, since it's a humorous hyperbole, I'm letting it go with just a "citation needed" stamp. :-)<br />
:: But, hyperbole or not, I did not feel like the rest of it was generally accurate. That is, not all nerds are (or act) the same. The description given seems to match Cueball's depiction in this comic, but does not match "nerds" generally. So I tried to soften it a little, while exercising restraint. (It's the sort of generalization that is funny when it's the joke, but does not seem as appropriate in an ''explanation'' of the joke.)<br />
:: To answer the first point, though, it's hard to define what a "stereotypical nerd" is. If we choose it to be [[wikipedia:Sheldon_Cooper|Sheldon]] (of [[wikipedia:The_Big_Bang_Theory|TBBT]]), then you're right in assuming that a nerd would not be watching sports at all (and would need a reminder of [[1480|last year's Super Bowl comic]]). However, there are many types of nerds. If "nerd" means "someone with an extreme interest in a field" then "sports nerd" can be a synonym for what we called a "jock" back in school.<br />
:: Also, for what it's worth, I work in the software industry, and an alarming (to me) number of engineers are quite interested in sports and sporting events. They might otherwise be called nerds. YMMV. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.130.246|199.27.130.246]] 19:03, 8 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::I have changed this completely. He is not a nerd. He just cannot focus on a normal conversation. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 21:04, 8 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::: You are a nerd. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.109|162.158.255.109]] 23:11, 8 February 2016 (UTC){{Citation needed}}<br />
:::::Well thanks, that must be one of the biggest compliments you can get on explain xkcd ;-) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 20:24, 9 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Does anyone else feel that the "maybe next year" line was intentional? Teams that don't win the Super Bowl (or at least their fans) will use the line when their hopes for a ring have been lost. This is particularly apparent in the case of Cleveland Browns fans, who sometimes use the line during pre-season games. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.218.47|108.162.218.47]] 18:18, 9 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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I wonder if the comic is making fun of this website? The explanations are sometimes (usually) over the top. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.218.166|108.162.218.166]] 00:20, 3 March 2016 (UTC)</div>108.162.218.166https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:549:_Westley%27s_a_Dick&diff=108384Talk:549: Westley's a Dick2016-01-01T04:09:11Z<p>108.162.218.166: </p>
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<div>This is a bit too much story... --[[User:NeatNit|NeatNit]] ([[User talk:NeatNit|talk]]) 05:52, 22 December 2013 (UTC)<br />
:Not really: if you don't know ''The Princess Bride'' story, but want to understand this comic, it is the right amount of information. [[User:Markhurd|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd|talk]]) 11:39, 22 December 2013 (UTC)<br />
: You mean there are people who read XKCD and ''dont'' know the story of ''The Princess Bride''?? But yeah, Westley has been a merciless murderer for the last few years, and they kind of gloss over it. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.62.210|173.245.62.210]] 04:30, 28 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
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You committed one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is Never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well know, Never give too long an explanation of a movie! {{unsigned ip|108.162.216.32}}<br />
::Reply to both the above comments: I have seen the movie, but I'm sure many xkcd readers have not. Also I could hardly remember any details from the movie, and certainly not the one about rolling down a cliff or the "as you wish" reply. And since it is important to know about the Dread Pirate and the prince as well as the Spaniard to understand the comic, it is almost impossible to explain less of the movie and still get all this info into the explanation. I would not even have know it was from that film based on the comic. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:12, 11 June 2015 (UTC)<br />
:::I presume he was just taking the opportunity to make a joke using dialogue from the film. I think your explanation is spot on, FWIW.[[User:Mattdevney|Mattdevney]] ([[User talk:Mattdevney|talk]]) 15:39, 12 June 2015 (UTC)<br />
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I presume that fans have discussed the option that Westley was lying about the whole Dread Pirate Roberts story to cover up something he doesn't want Buttercup to worry about? I always thought the comment "I'd hardly be a dread pirate if I didn't." was kind of an admission, rather than a boast. Everything following it could be seen as an attempt to keep the secret. See the trope [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KeepingSecretsSucks Keeping Secrets Sucks] although, in this case, it obviously didn't end up in [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life][[User:Mattdevney|Mattdevney]] ([[User talk:Mattdevney|talk]]) 15:39, 12 June 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Another thing to keep in mind is that he was help captive for several years ("Good night, Westley. I'll probably kill you in the morning."). The movie indicates that this went on for a while, but doesn't indicate when exactly the original DPR retired, from what I recall. Hence this could be a case of reading too much into a detail of the film—though done for humorous effect, of course. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.193|108.162.237.193]] 10:41, 17 June 2015 (UTC)<br />
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As someone who has never seen the movie nor read the book, I can concur that there is FAR too much movie explanation here. I used to confuse it with Princess Diaries and had no interest in rectifying this omission as I dismised it as girly movie fluff, no hurry. It was only when an episode of The Goldbergs clarified it for me that I discovered the confusion - and that there's some My Name Is/father killing line - as I know Princess Diaries is far too recent to be mentioned in The Goldbergs. I stopped reading at the line that offers a movie synopsis "here", and felt I understood the comic well enough, and in fact there was already too much about the movie by this point. Since I skipped the entire sections titled for (presumably) character names from Princess Bride, they are clearly not required in order to understand the comic. Call me NiceGuy1 :) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.218.166|108.162.218.166]] 04:09, 1 January 2016 (UTC)</div>108.162.218.166https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=853:_Consecutive_Vowels&diff=107270853: Consecutive Vowels2015-12-19T04:01:09Z<p>108.162.218.166: /* Corrected miscount, with "y" as a vowel the 4 consecutive vowels are "oyeu". */</p>
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| date = January 28, 2011<br />
| title = Consecutive Vowels<br />
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| titletext = But the windows! What if there's a voyeur watchi-- wait, now I'm turned on too.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
After running some analysis on a database, [[Cueball]] shows [[Megan]] a chart depicting the relationship between sexual arousal and consecutive vowels, showing that a high amount of consecutive vowels is linked to higher sexual arousal. At first, it could be theorised to be due to drawn out moans or screams during lovemaking and orgasm (Ooooh! Yeeeees!).<br />
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Megan says she doesn't get it, but Cueball interrupts her with "queueing", a word with 5 consecutive vowels. This immediately arouses Megan, who grabs Cueball and shouts "FUCK ME NOW." It turns out that the consecutive vowels themselves appear to cause arousal, rather than arousal causing the use of consecutive vowels.<br />
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The title text shows that Cueball is fearful that there may be a voyeur peeking at them, but as "voyeur" has 4 consecutive vowels because "y" is a vowel in this case, Cueball gets turned on as well.<br />
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:Cueball: I was running a factor analysis on this huge database, and check out what it found:<br />
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:Megan: Huh? This chart makes no sense. What-<br />
:Cueball: "Queueing"<br />
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:Megan: ''FUCK ME NOW.''<br />
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| date = June 22, 2015<br />
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| titletext = Anyway, we should totally go watch a video story or put some food in our normal mouths!<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
During a casual talk with [[Megan]], [[Ponytail]] suddenly interrupts her normal speech stating that she is for some reason only capable of controlling her own voice once every six years. Apparently only for a very brief time since she immediately returns to the casual talk, continuing her previous sentence mid-word before being able to tell Megan how she could help her. Upon Megan's confused request, she denies knowledge of the occurrence, although in a somewhat suspicious way, using a possibly fake laughter. <br />
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It could be this was just a prank by Ponytail, to tease Megan, but given her fake laughter reply to Megan's inquiry and the continuing comment in the title text it seems most likely that Ponytail is indeed possessed by some sort of entity that prevents her from expressing her own thoughts, except for a very short time every six years. Of course this may just be her way of continuing with the prank... (see a previous case of such a prank [[#Voice hijacking|below]]).<br />
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In case it is not a prank it would thus appears that Ponytail's usual "self" is indeed this possessing entity. Whether this entity is actually aware that the "real" Ponytail did speak, or if it actually does not know that it was interrupted (since it continued mid-word) is not clear from the last response to Megan.<br />
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The recent comic, [[1530: Keyboard Mash]], also revolves around the same theme of a non human entity trying to convince other humans that it is in fact a human. This is most clearly referenced in the title text of this comic. In Keyboard Mash, it is a spider that tries to chat like it was a human, making statements that are true if you are human, but which humans would never utter in a conversation like here - ''put some food in our normal mouths!'' However, the pretended 'human' being (the spider) is not seen by the other person in this comic. As opposed to this one where Megan speaks directly with Ponytail.<br />
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It has already been established recently, in [[1528: Vodka]], that Ponytail's voice can be hijacked by non-human entities. That time it was the vodka she was drinking that took over. It is possible that this is continuing or caused by the same openness to possession as shown here. It is also possible that she simply thinks possession jokes are funny and once again jokes with Megan.<br />
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Six years ago today, which according to this comic was the last time Ponytail had control of her own voice, this comic [[600: Android Boyfriend]] was posted. Ponytail acquired an android boyfriend. It seems unlikely that this older comic has any relation with this particular episode - except that this comic mentions a six year period and Ponytail is also in that comic.<br />
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''Ponytail is mainly a filler character, showing up when two females are needed or when a large group of people are present.''<br />
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:Megan: Are you doing anything later?<br />
:Ponytail: I was th- ''I can only control my voice once every six years. Please, you have to'' -inking of going out, but no real plans.<br />
:Megan: ...What was that?<br />
:Ponytail: Haha, what?<br />
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*{{w|Demonic possession|Possession}} stories are common in films and books. Some recent examples that could have inspired this comic could be one of these (beware of '''spoilers'''):<br />
**In the film {{w|The Host (2013 film)|The Host}} the human race has been taken over by small parasitic aliens called "Souls" that inserts themselves individually into a host body where they are then able to access the host's memories. In the story the main character is the host that controls a body, and then the personality of that body, which is then no longer able to control her body, but can speak to the host. And in a few situations can take over her body for a short period. Very similar to what happens in this comic.<br />
**The Yeerks from the {{w|Animorphs (TV series)|Animorphs}} TV series take humans as a host by entering and merging with their brain through the ear canal. In some situations this merger is not complete. (The Animorph series were referenced previously in [[1380: Manual for Civilization]].)<br />
**In the movie {{w|Being John Malkovich}} the main character possess Malkovich, but is eventually forced out and then when trying to get back inside Malkovich he instead ends up getting stuck inside a child's mind. From there he can only look out through the child's eyes, but no longer take active possession.<br />
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