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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1684<br />
| date = May 23, 2016<br />
| title = Rainbow<br />
| image = rainbow.png<br />
| titletext = Listen, in a few thousand years you'll invent a game called 'SimCity' which has a 'disaster' button, and then you'll understand.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
In this comic, the patriarch {{w|Noah}}, from the {{w|Abrahamic religions}} represented by [[Cueball]], talks to {{w|God}} after {{w|Genesis flood narrative|the biblical flood}}. He asks what the coloured band across the sky is, and God tells him it is a {{w|rainbow}}. According to the Book of Genesis, God placed a {{w|Rainbows in mythology|rainbow}} in the sky, giving it significance for the first time, as a promise to humanity that he would never again make a flood to cleanse the world of sin ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis%209:2-9:17&version=KJV Genesis 9:2–17]). A {{w|rainbow}} is an {{w|optical phenomena|optical phenomenon}} caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a {{w|spectrum}} of light appearing in the sky, one of many light phenomena caused by sunlight and precipitation.<br />
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Then Noah notices a {{w|Rainbow#Variations|double rainbow}} outside the original ''promise rainbow''. Secondary rainbows are caused by double reflection of sunlight inside the raindrops. When asked about this God seems to falter, but recovers and claims he made it to show that he will never again set the Earth on fire, an event which apparently happened long ago and for which God apologizes. This may refer to the early Earth being a liquid ball of molten rock (the {{w|Hadean|Hadean period}}), or later global fire catastrophes caused by asteroid impacts and volcanic eruptions. That God promises to never again burn the earth goes against the idea of {{w|Armageddon}} where everything will be destroyed in fire etc.<br />
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Noah begins to notice some other optical phenomena as he next spots a bow near the sun. God promptly claims 'that' bow is a promise to never again make {{w|raccoons}} {{w|Immortality|immortal}} as it destroyed the Earth's {{w|ecosystem}}. Although today these animals can be a pest, see [[1565: Back Seat]], they are luckily not immortal.{{Citation needed}} [[Randall]] is likely referring to an unkillable form of immortality rather than {{w|biological immortality}}, as, while that would likely cause some issues, the raccoons could still fall prey to predation and disease. Should raccoons have been rendered unkillable by predation or disease as well as by {{w|Senescence|aging}}, then the combination of an average gestational period of 65 days, a litter size of 2-5 individuals, and an omnivorous appetite makes for a creature that could easily dominate any and all ecological niches.<br />
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If Noah can see it with his naked eyes it is most likely that the "third bow" is a {{w|Halo (optical phenomenon)|halo}}. Halos can appear in the direction of the Sun (as is the case with the bow here, and opposed to the two rainbows mentioned above) or the Moon. A typical person is most likely to notice the {{w|22° halo|circular 22° halo}}, which is a halo forming a circle with a radius of approximately 22° around the Sun, or occasionally the Moon.<br />
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It could also be that Noah has spotted a tertiary rainbow or even a higher order rainbow which are very faint rainbows circling the sun. These bows are discussed in the ''what If?'' released the same day. But they are very faint rainbows circling the sun and usually obscured by its glare, and only recently have they been photographed. Knowing Randall the joke could be inspired by this not well known fact (there are at least 5 observable orders of rainbow), and each could potentially represent a promise from God regarding a disaster.<br />
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Noah continues by noticing two {{w|sun dogs}} (or parahelia) which often co-occur with the 22° halo. These consist of a pair of bright spots either side on the Sun, intersected by the halo, thus making it most obvious that the third bow was indeed a halo, not a hard to see rainbow.<br />
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God gets tired of this and tries to stop Noah by saying that he has said sorry, and asks him to drop the subject. That is probably sensible because there are 25 different {{w|Optical_phenomena#Atmospheric_optical_phenomena|atmospheric optical phenomena}} listed on Wikipedia alone. Following the logic of the comic and the evasive answer of God, it could mean that there are some more skeletons in the closet.<br />
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The title text is a continuation where God tells Noah that in the future humanity will invent a game called {{w|SimCity}}. This is a strategy computer game in which the player creates and manages an environment wherein ''sims'' autonomously build a city (or in later versions a country, or a planet). The sims are simple AI processes that "build" residential, commercial and industrial structures within the game space, according to the topography and zoning choices made by the player, then use them to create more wealth to expand their city. The sims have to contend with traffic jams, social problems, and ecological impacts of their own activity, and occasional natural disasters ranging from earthquakes to Godzilla.<br />
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The player has God-like control of the world, including a [http://www.ign.com/wikis/simcity/Disasters disaster button], for when the player doesn't want to wait for a disaster to happen by chance. God suggests that it is too tempting to push the disaster button once a civilization has been built up, if just to see what happens. This can also be interpreted as a reference to the {{w|Simulation Hypothesis}}, which states that there's a high likelihood of us living in a simulated universe, with a falliable "God" who's simulating our Universe purely for his own entertainment/educational purposes.<br />
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Overall the comic pokes fun at the idea of explaining natural phenomena as messages from a deity.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball looks up on a rainbow band going through the top right corner of the panel. A black blob in the bottom of the panel right of Cueball with white text inside shows the reply from God to the questions. The blobs continue through the rest of the comic.]<br />
:Cueball: Wow, God- What's that band of color?<br />
:God: A ''rainbow''.<br />
:God: It is a sign of my promise that I will never again flood the Earth.<br />
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:[A frameless panel.]<br />
:Cueball: Oh, good! Hey, what about that second bow above the first one?<br />
:God: Oh, uh, sign of my promise not to set the earth on fire.<br />
:God: Sorry for doing that a while back.<br />
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:[Cueball points left.]<br />
:Cueball: What about that third faint bow near the sun?<br />
:God: My promise to never again destroy Earth's ecosystem by making raccoons immortal.<br />
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:[Cueball points even higher up towards left.]<br />
:Cueball: And the little rainbow clouds on either side of-<br />
:God: Look, I ''said'' I'm sorry. Can we just drop it?<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*This comic about {{w|rainbows}} coincided with the first release of a [[what if?]] in almost two months. It was called ''{{what if|150|Tatooine Rainbow}}'' about rainbows if Earth had two suns like the fictive planet {{w|Tatooine}} from Star Wars.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Religion]]<br />
[[Category:Video games]]<br />
[[Category:Animals]]</div>108.162.245.178https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2016:_OEIS_Submissions&diff=1597582016: OEIS Submissions2018-07-07T04:29:50Z<p>108.162.245.178: Add link to https://oeis.org/A010727</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2016<br />
| date = July 6, 2018<br />
| title = OEIS Submissions<br />
| image = oeis_submissions.png<br />
| titletext = SUB[59]: The submission numbers for my accepted OEIS submissions in chronological order<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by an INTEGER SEQUENCE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The {{w|OEIS}} is the [https://oeis.org/ Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences], a listing of thousands of sequences of integers, generally of real mathematical interest, such as {{w|prime number}}s or [https://oeis.org/A005188 Armstrong numbers]. The OEIS normally expects submissions to be accompanied by references to scholarly articles about, or at least referencing, the sequence. They would not be interested in the personal or idiosyncratic sequences proposed by Randall, though they do have the [https://oeis.org/A000053 list of IRT stops], perhaps because a NY Times article mentioned that they don't. <br />
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Randall is trying to put his integer sequences on the OEIS website, including making OEIS reveal its password.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!style="width:10%"|Sub<br />
!style="width:45%"|Requested Sequence<br />
!style="width:45%"|Explanation<br />
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|43<br />
|All integers which do not appear in the example terms of another OEIS sequence<br />
|Every OEIS sequence lists several example terms to demonstrate the content of said sequence. This request wants to list all integers which are ''not'' used as examples elsewhere. Any numbers used as example terms for this sequence are not counted, so this list is not self-disqualifying. It is well-defined at any given time. Like many other OEIS sequences, it has infinitely many terms (more precisely, it includes all integers except a finite number). However, it may change at any time, whenever a new sequence or a new example is added to the OEIS. If included, it would therefore have to be constantly updated.<br />
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|44<br />
|Integers in increasing order of width when printed in Helvetica<br />
| This sequence is not uniquely defined as it depends on the specific version of the {{w|Helvetica}} font used, its point size, the software used to render it (e.g. kerning algorithm) and possibly other parameters. Also, several numbers sometimes have the same width. For a particular choice of parameters the first 50 terms are: 1, 9, 6, 2, 8, 5, 0, 7, 3, 4, 11, 61, 71, 91, 21, 51, 81, 41, 31, 19, 13, 18, 10, 12, 15, 16, 14, 17, 69, 63, 68, 79, 60, 62, 65, 73, 78, 99, 93, 98, 66, 70, 72, 75, 29, 90, 92, 95, 23, 28...<br />
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|45<br />
|The digits of Chris Hemsworth's cell phone number<br />
| This request is for actor {{w|Chris Hemsworth}}'s phone number<br />
|-<br />
|46<br />
|All integers, in descending order<br />
|There are an infinite number of integers. To list all integers in descending order, you would have to begin at the largest integer, and terminate only upon reaching the negative integer with the greatest absolute value, both of which are values that cannot be conceived. It is equally impossible to list all integers in ''ascending'' order, for that matter.<br />
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|47<br />
|The digits of the OEIS serial number for this sequence<br />
|This sequence is only important tautologically. <br />
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|48<br />
|200 terabytes of nines<br />
|This sequence would be entirely useless, as there is no mental effort required to conceive a list that consists only of a single repeated term, however arbitrarily large. Such a list is also incredibly wasteful. (for reference, [https://phys.org/news/2016-05-math-proof-largest-terabytes.html this very large math proof from 2016] takes up a similar amount of space).<br/><br />
200 terabytes is equal to 2&nbsp;×&nbsp;10<sup>14</sup> bytes. In UTF-8 all ASCII characters, including control characters such as ␂ (start of text) and ␍ (carriage return), can be represented by a single byte. If the list is presumed to be formatted as "␂9␍9␍9 ... 9␍9␃", the first term would take up 3 bytes, and all other terms would take up 2 bytes. Assuming Randall wants the file size to be 200 terabytes ''minimum'', the resulting list would be a minimum of 1&nbsp;×&nbsp;10<sup>14</sup>, or 100 trillion, terms long.<br />
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Curiously, OEIS does in fact contain an entry that lists "[https://oeis.org/A010727 all sevens]".<br />
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|49<br />
|The decimal representation of the bytes in the root password to the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences server<br />
|This would give any user the password to OEIS. {{w|Internet troll|What happens next}} anyone can easily forecast.<br />
|-<br />
|59<br />
|The submission numbers for my accepted OEIS submissions in chronological order<br />
|This would only be useful to Randall. If all of his submissions have been rejected, this would be an empty set. However, if this submission is accepted, the set would, by definition, include at least one number.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:SUB[43]: All integers which do not appear in the example terms of another OEIS sequence<br />
:SUB[44]: Integers in increasing order of width when printed in Helvetica<br />
:SUB[45]: The digits of Chris Hemsworth's cell phone number<br />
:SUB[46]: All integers, in descending order<br />
:SUB[47]: The digits of the OEIS serial number for this sequence<br />
:SUB[48]: 200 terabytes of nines<br />
:SUB[49]: The decimal representation of the bytes in the root password to the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences server<br />
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:[Caption below the panel:]<br />
:OEIS keeps rejecting my submissions<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>108.162.245.178https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1774:_Adjective_Foods&diff=1332161774: Adjective Foods2017-01-04T00:41:45Z<p>108.162.245.178: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1774<br />
| date = December 19, 2016<br />
| title = Adjective Foods<br />
| image = adjective_foods.png<br />
| titletext = Contains 100% of your recommended daily allowance!<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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In this comic, [[Randall]] imagines creating food items whose labels contain only adjectives, and putting them on display in supermarkets. This is likely a jab at food market buzzwords, which usually rely on adjectives that bring up certain feelings based on how the food is "supposed to be", rather than a factual description of what the food actually is. By removing all nouns from product labels, Randall takes this trend to its extreme. The items depicted in this comic are filled with popular descriptions that make them sound appealing, but give no useful information about their contents. It is implied that some consumers who are susceptible to buzzword marketing will nevertheless purchase these products.<br />
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The adjectives seen in the comic are:<br />
* '''Premium''': A generic term that indicates high quality, which can be used to describe any food. There is no objective standard for what can be labeled "premium".<br />
* '''Stone-ground''': A term typically used to describe milled grain products such as flour, corn meal, or mustard. This term evokes a sense of tradition (as opposed to industrial processing), and by association, heartiness or healthiness. In reality, contents are rarely distinguishable no matter what grinding surface was used.<br />
* '''Bespoke''': A word meaning "custom made to individual order", in contrast to factory mass-produced items typically found in supermarkets. It is supposed to imply higher quality due to the producer giving it more attention. However, mass-produced items are usually ones that pass more strict quality controls, have more consistent results, and appeal more to popular tastes.<br />
* '''Cage-free''': A term typically used to describe chicken. Chickens are usually farmed in tight cages and not allowed to move freely. Ethical concerns for the chickens' welfare led to preference for better handling methods such as "cage-free" and "{{w|Free-range_eggs|free range}}". These terms however are still often abused by farmers looking to maximize their profits, as "cage-free" can simply mean crowded in a filthy barn, and "free range" might be a tiny patch of grass which chickens are allowed to, but rarely actually, visit.<br />
* '''Gourmet''': Another generic term that indicates sophisticated, fancy, or exotic properties. Any food can be labeled "gourmet" without any objective standard.<br />
* '''Fire-roasted''': A method of preparation by heating food over an open flame. This process typically gives the food a distinct flavor through {{w|caramelization}} and by absorbing the smoky flavor from the fire itself.<br />
* '''{{w|Glaze_(cooking_technique)|Glazed}}''': A description indicating that the food has been coated with a thin layer of glossy liquid. This is usually done to improve the flavor and texture.<br />
* '''{{w|Flamb%C3%A9|Flamb&eacute;}}''': A method of preparation by adding alcohol to the food and setting it on fire. This is mainly done for dramatic presentation in a restaurant setting. The alcohol content, and the flames to a lesser extent, can give food additional flavors.<br />
* '''{{w|Organic_food|Organic}}''': In the context of food, this term describes methods of production which meet certain standards for sustainability and lack of synthetic chemicals. These standards vary by country and region. While one can support organic farming for ecological reasons, many also incorrectly associate "organic" to mean better tasting, more nutritious, or otherwise healthier. Experiments to date have found no difference in safety, nutrition, and taste between organically and conventionally produced foods.<br />
* '''{{w|Natural_foods|All-natural}}''': A term that generally implies that all the food's ingredients were directly sourced from domestication and farming, with no additives or alterations through modern technologies like chemical synthesis or genetic engineering. Similar to "organic", definition and enforcement of this term varies by country and region. While it is true that food processing technologies have led to an explosion of {{w|Junk_food|junk food}}, it is not true that "natural" is necessarily always better. Many natural products can be harmful if used carelessly, and some processing methods do in fact improve the safety and nutrition of food.<br />
* '''Locally-sourced''': A term indicating that the ingredients are procured and prepared in the same general geographical area where it is sold, instead of arriving by long-distance shipping or international trade. People may prefer to "{{w|Local_purchasing|buy local}}" due to perceived benefits to the local economy, community, and environment.<br />
* '''Artisanal''': Similar to "bespoke", this is a word meaning "created by hand by a skilled craft worker". Again this is in contrast to mass-produced items in factories where most preparation is done by machines and where workers have little knowledge of the methods.<br />
* '''{{w|Kosher_foods|Kosher}}''': A term which designates foods that may be consumed in accordance to Jewish religious dietary laws. This is important to people who follow Jewish practices, but otherwise has little significance to non-Jewish people.<br />
* '''Grade A''': In some countries and for some specific items (such as eggs in the US), the grade can carry specific meaning about the item's quality and general suitability for sale and consumption. However without context for what the food is, this is nothing but another meaningless term which alludes to high quality but carries no weight.<br />
* '''Craft''': A term similar to "artisanal".<br />
* '''{{w|Barrel}}-aged''': A term typically used to describe fermented products such as alcoholic beverages, vinegar, and certain sauces. Sealing these items in wooden barrels and allowing them to age helps them to develop more complex flavors. The barrels themselves can also impart flavors to the food.<br />
* '''{{w|Smoking_(cooking)|Smoked}}''': A method of preparation by placing food, often meats or cheeses, in chambers filled with dense smoke. The food slowly absorbs the smoke which enhances its flavor.<br />
* '''Authentic''': Typically used for foods imported from another culture, this term indicates that the ingredients, preparation, taste, etc. are true to the original, native version. It can also indicate that the ingredients are real, not substituted with similar but lower-quality alternatives. However, since there's no objective criteria for what can be called "authentic", the word has largely lost its meaning and the quality of items labeled as such still varies greatly.<br />
* '''Homemade''': Another term which evokes the idea of careful preparation by hand rather than commercial mass production. People will often prefer meals prepared from scratch at home by themselves or close family members, likely because they grew up eating similar meals and have developed a fondness for its particular characteristics. However, there is no reason to believe one will enjoy food prepared in ''someone else's'' home any more than commercially produced versions.<br />
* '''Sun-dried''':<br />
* '''Whole''':<br />
* '''Extra sharp''':<br />
* '''Low-calorie''':<br />
* '''Lite''':<br />
* '''Original flavor''':<br />
* '''{{w|Reference_Daily_Intake|Recommended daily allowance}}''' (title text): Information often found in the nutritional information on food labels which compare the amount of {{w|macronutrients}}, vitamins and minerals to a prescribed standard amount an average person is deemed to require in their daily diet.<br />
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The title text may be a continuation of the main joke, in that Randall has removed the noun (nutrient type) which the recommended daily allowance is supposed to measure. This leaves "100%" which gives an impression of good value, but it is useless without knowing what it describes. Alternatively, it may be suggesting facetiously that the foods contain 100% of the recommended daily allowance of adjectives, given the high quantity of them in the product names. Obviously, adjectives are not a nutrient the human body needs that would normally be subject of a nutritional chart.<br />
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This joke is very similar to [[1060|comic 1060, Crowdsourcing]], in that Randall is doing nothing, and trying to make it look like he is doing something. It expresses the opposite idea from [[993|comic 993, Brand Identity]].<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[An arrangement of labeled foodstuffs, from left to right and top to bottom:]<br />
:Premium Stone-ground Bespoke, Cage-free<br />
:Gourmet Fire-roasted Glazed flambé<br />
:Organic All-natural Locally-sourced Artisanal, Kosher, Grade A<br />
:Craft Barrel-aged Smoked Authentic Homemade Sun-dried Whole Extra Sharp<br />
:Low-calorie Lite Original Flavor<br />
:[Caption:] I'm trying to trick supermarkets into carrying my new line of adjective-only foods.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
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* The word “artisanal” was originally misspelled as “artisenal”.<br />
** The wrong spelling is found [https://web.archive.org/web/20161219163201/http://xkcd.com/1774/ here].<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Food]]</div>108.162.245.178https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1650:_Baby&diff=113821Talk:1650: Baby2016-03-02T20:33:51Z<p>108.162.245.178: </p>
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In second sentence, it says bobble instead of bubble. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.252.233|162.158.252.233]] 10:08, 2 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Fixed it. This referred to the transcript which was the only part of the explanation at that time. You could also just have done it yourself, even faster than writing here. It is a wiki, and correcting spelling errors in explanations is always appreciated. Not all that writes here are native English speakers (I'm not, and I know I make several mistakes.) Hopefully the explanations make up for this, and other will fix the bad spelling/grammar. ;-) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 15:52, 2 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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"Good job getting it outside" ... Talking to people about their baby is basically something like talking with collector about his hobby you don't share. Well ... at least they can't show you two things looking exactly same and talk about how they differ. Unless they have twins. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 10:35, 2 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:the pressures of a new baby are such that it's very tempting just to stay inside and deal with them. having to gather up all the stuff you think is essential to take them outside and then actually do it is absolutely a big deal. if you see people with a newborn, congratulate them, they'll appreciate it. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.153.29|162.158.153.29]] 13:06, 2 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Say something creepy, maybe they'll keep the baby away from you... [[User:Seipas|Seipas]] ([[User talk:Seipas|talk]]) 11:48, 2 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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How about introducing a category "Small talk"? Containing e.g., [[222]], [[1640]] (I didn't do an exhaustive search) --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.242.240|198.41.242.240]] 12:43, 2 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Could be interesting. Would that then also include all those where two people walk together, or should it specifically be when it is a subject like the weather he cannot find out to discuss like people expect? (There is also one like that with the weather... [[1324: Weather]] ) But it is difficult to search for this I think? If anyone care to list anyone they can think of here it would be interesting. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 12:48, 2 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:I would find that appealing. The focus should be the socially awkward smalltalk, like just lately [[1643]] --[[User:TheHolgi|TheHolgi]] ([[User talk:TheHolgi|talk]]) 13:10, 2 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
::That is three in less than a month. I have included this in the explanation. If there are enough of these for a category, we could link to that instead of individual comics. But I think for this a little sketchy category, there should be some more than five... Maybe if we can find ten it would be relevant? --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 15:54, 2 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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In answer to the question posed in the title text, you can't generalise about children. but it's mostly true that they alternate between putting on weight and using that weight to get taller. so they'll get chubbier and chubbier and then suddenly lose the weight and get tall and thin. or, if they don't eat, they stay small. or, if you feed them sugary crap, they stay fat. but not necessarily. each one is different. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.153.29|162.158.153.29]] 13:06, 2 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Have included almost a copy of the above in the table. Thanks. Fell free to add it yourself ;-) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 15:52, 2 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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In an earlier comic RM outright trashed the idea of humans reproducing. I'll link to it if I can find it. As a father of two I was outraged, but I was over it until the comic today raised his prejudice against parents again. Today he's oblique, but still reprehensible. ''&mdash; [[User:Tbc|tbc]] ([[User talk:Tbc|talk]]) 14:50, 2 March 2016 (UTC)''<br />
:Could it be some of these? [[441: Babies]], [[583: CNR]] or [[674: Natural Parenting]] ;-) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 15:49, 2 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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I don't think it's a ''newborn'' baby, since he refers to it as "getting big". Can someone correct this? --[[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.29|173.245.54.29]] 15:56, 2 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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It would also be socially inept to suggest that the baby looks more like a child of [[Hairy]] than Cueball 2, so I won't. (On the other hand, less embarrassing than the possibility of it being Cueball 1's...) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.153.101|162.158.153.101]] 16:47, 2 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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At the end of the comic, where Cueball says "That's a cool baby", and them immediately reprimands himself for saying something dumb- possible reference to the same habit Trunks has in Dragon Ball Z Abridged? --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.178|108.162.245.178]] 20:33, 2 March 2016 (UTC)</div>108.162.245.178