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Great to see, that dgbrtbot is back on the wiki. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 07:40, 9 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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This would be especially annoying for World of Darkness tabletop RPGs. Every one of them (Except Orpheus but we don't talk about Orpheus) has a colon in them for stuff. IE Vampire: The Masquerade [[User:Gruetopia|Gruetopia]] ([[User talk:Gruetopia|talk]]) 08:49, 9 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Daenerys of the House Targaryen (the First of Her Name, The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regent of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons) --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 09:22, 9 January 2020 (UTC) <br />
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@Lupo: FTFY: Daenerys (of the House Targaryen) (the First (of Her Name)), (The Unburnt),( Queen (of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men)), (Queen (of Meereen)),( Khaleesi (of the Great Grass Sea)), (Protector (of the Realm)), (Lady Regent (of the Seven Kingdoms)), (Breaker (of Chains)) (and Mother (of Dragons)) {{unsigned|Cellocgw|12:55, 9 January 2020}}<br />
:Or alternatively even: Daenerys (of (the House Targaryen (the First of Her Name, (The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, (the Rhoynar and (the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi (of the Great Grass Sea, Protector (of (the Realm, Lady Regent (of (the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker (of Chains and Mother (of Dragons[[312|)))))))))))))]] --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 13:03, 9 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
: "...the (First) Men..." "...the (Great) Grass (Sea)..." "...(Lady) Regent..." "... of the (Seven) Kingdoms ..."? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.9|162.158.158.9]] 15:56, 9 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
: I prefet the titles that were (sadly) left out of (HBO's) Game (of Thrones): Tormund (Giantsbane)(, (Tall-)talker)(, (Horn-)blower)(, and Breaker (of Ice))(, Thunderfist)(, Husband (to Bears))(, (the) (Mead-)king (of (Ruddy) Hall))(, Speaker (to Gods))( and Father (of Hosts)(, Commander (of Oakenshield)). I just wanted to see Tormund (properly) introduced to Daenerys… [[User:SDF iain|SDF iain]] ([[User talk:SDF iain|talk]]) 16:07, 9 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
::I also prefer a song (of ice and fire)over game (of thrones)(TV Series) --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 16:47, 9 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
:You forgot Stormborn. Daenerys (Stormborn (of the House Targaryen) (the First (of Her Name))), (The Unburnt),( Queen (of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men)), (Queen (of Meereen)),( Khaleesi (of the (Great (Grass)) Sea)), (Protector (of the Realm)), (Lady Regent (of the (Seven) Kingdoms)), (Breaker (of Chains)) (and Mother (of Dragons)) -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:19, 9 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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I always liked listening to Mott (the Hoople) but I've never been a fan of Vlad (the Impaler). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.88|162.158.214.88]] 12:14, 9 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
: Didn't he open for Cage (the elephant)? [[User:Shamino|Shamino]] ([[User talk:Shamino|talk]]) 13:27, 9 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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I spent the evening having a jabber with Jabba (the Hut). I listened to some tunes by Benny Goodman (the King (of Swing) ) . Reminds me of the Jewish Mother joke where the first Jewish president finally gets his mother to agree to hold Seder in the White House.[parentheses mine] Mother to her friend Sadie: "I'm having Seder with my son." Sadie: "Oh, your son (the doctor)?" Mother: "No the other one." [[User:Cellocgw|Cellocgw]] ([[User talk:Cellocgw|talk]]) 12:52, 9 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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I am (the pretty sailor soldier of love and justice) Sailor Moon! In the name of (the Moon) I will punish you! -[[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.187|173.245.52.187]] 19:42, 9 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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I feel like the chunk about the chunk about the Sonic movie's redesign is a bit pointless, could be shrunken down to "A film featuring the character titled Sonic the Hedgehog is set for release February 2020, of which Cueball is asking his friends if they want to see it or not."--[[User:GoldNinja|GoldNinja]] ([[User talk:GoldNinja|talk]]) 00:35, 10 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
:Probably, but the design was so heinous as to warrant pulling the release plans and redoing the model. This is enough to cause a redocumentation here, as a warning to future generations to NEVER look up the original Sonic (The Hedgehog) movie model. Verily, what has been seen cannot be (un)seen! 15:34, 10 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Almost 3,5 months since his last hobby comic: [[2208: Drone Fishing|2208: Drone (Fishing)]]. Nice to see one again. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 08:25, 10 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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There are restaurant chains named Sonic's and Popeye's, is there one named Jack's?<br />
: Yes, Jack (in the Box)[https://www.jackinthebox.com/] [[User:Rtanenbaum|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum|talk]]) 20:48, 12 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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A few days after the publication of the comic, a weirdly relevant news: From Discover on Google https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/11/us/family-feud-canada-popeyes-trnd/index.html [[Special:Contributions/162.158.210.128|162.158.210.128]] 21:46, 13 January 2020 (UTC) User</div>162.158.210.128https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1281:_Minifigs&diff=185254Talk:1281: Minifigs2019-12-30T14:27:41Z<p>162.158.210.128: </p>
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<div>This is my first time at trying to explain something. Even if it's replaced by a better one, I hope it gets the point across.<br />
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[[Special:Contributions/189.186.138.149|189.186.138.149]] 05:34, 23 October 2013 (UTC)<br />
:Your explanation looks good (perhaps somebody changed it, though). I am happy for you. Welcome to.the community. You are the type of people that make wikis great.<br />
:[[User:Zyxuvius|Zyxuvius]] ([[User talk:Zyxuvius|talk]]) 17:06, 23 October 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Related question: what is the current population of Teddy bears? And what about Barbies? -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 08:44, 23 October 2013 (UTC)<br />
:Might Mattel be the world's largest shoe maker? [[Special:Contributions/67.51.59.66|67.51.59.66]] 16:06, 23 October 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Then we are just waiting for a Wikipedian to remove the comparison of tires manufactures as Wikipedia is not the place for random facts appearing in XKCD comics. [[User:Pmakholm|Pmakholm]] ([[User talk:Pmakholm|talk]]) 10:17, 23 October 2013 (UTC)<br />
::The information in the Wikipedia article on {{w|Lego tire|Lego tires}}, including the random fact that in 2011 it was the world's largest tire manufacturer, has been there since May 2012 [[User:N0lqu|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu|talk]]) 13:30, 23 October 2013 (UTC)<br />
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I, for one, welcome our new Lego overlords.[[Special:Contributions/83.227.33.35|83.227.33.35]] 01:16, 24 October 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Just a suggestion for discussion: instead of the final phrase of the second paragraph saying "the prognosis of this comic seems quite likely", I think "the prognosis of this comic seems at least possible if not highly likely" as the point of the previous extrapolations is that they were unwarranted/probably impossible, not just unlikely. [[User:Grahame|Grahame]] ([[User talk:Grahame|talk]]) 04:34, 24 October 2013 (UTC)Grahame<br />
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I find it extremely surprising (to the point of incredulity) that the human population has been growing linearly [[Special:Contributions/115.111.223.59|115.111.223.59]] 06:19, 24 October 2013 (UTC) FirstTimeUserAmIDoingThisRight?<br />
:The comic is correct, it's nearly linear at that time range. Look here: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_population_%28UN%29.svg world population].--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 12:11, 24 October 2013 (UTC)<br />
::The graph you link to has a logarithmic scale for population, so the straight lines represent exponential growth. Randall's graph has a linear population scale, so the lines should have the form of an exponential function. [[Special:Contributions/198.91.149.86|198.91.149.86]] 12:47, 24 October 2013 (UTC)<br />
:::Ups, but at that data ranges it doesn't make a big difference. Look at page 21 here: [http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/ppt/paa/PAA_2012_Heilig.pdf UN PDF dokument].--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 13:28, 24 October 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Has Randall taken into account that some of the manufactured lego minifigs have been destroyed? If not, then the number of minifigs should be compared to the number of humans that has ever been born, not only to those still alive today...(Maybe a billion or more of the minifigs have been destroyed?) [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 17:45, 24 October 2013 (UTC)<br />
:Nice point. The {{w|World_population#Number_of_humans_who_have_ever_lived|Number of humans who have ever lived}} is estimated around 100 billions in total. But Randall compares the "Number of people in the world" with the "Number of Lego People in the world", so a good guess on the number of destroyed minifigs is needed. I think it's more likely about the half of the entire production.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:56, 24 October 2013 (UTC)<br />
::Not sure that I completely agree. Keep in mind that a thrown out Lego minifigure will continue to exist for thousands of years (the same can be said of a dismembered one) while a buried or dismembered human will decompose within a few generations (with the occasional exception). Given that, it's fair to assume that every minifigure ever created still exists, while only the humans born in the past 200 years continue to do so.[[Special:Contributions/154.20.80.41|154.20.80.41]] 04:20, 25 October 2013 (UTC)<br />
:::Has anyone here actually managed to destroy a minfig? I myself have only ever broken an arm or two, which leaves the minifigure mostly intact. I suppose you could melt it down, but most people who would have a reason to (i.e. to use as ink in a 3D printer) would just buy non-LEGOified plastic, as it's cheaper.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.30|108.162.215.30]] 21:30, 9 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
::::Do you still count humans who have been permanently embalmed? (And how do minifigs that have been kragl'd compare?) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.52|162.158.255.52]] 09:36, 23 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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This strikes me as having a curious overlap with {{w|The Simulation Argument}}: If it is possible for technology to ever allow a civilization's members to casually run simulated universes, or even worlds, on their personal computers, then eventually there would be more human beings living in simulated worlds than the real one, meaning that (in an abstract sense that does not really conform strictly with the science of probability) it is more likely that WE are in a simulation, than in the real, original universe containing the simulations. — [[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 16:09, 16 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Are we out numbered yet? ==<br />
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It's 2019 bois and girls. Let's see if they outnumber us. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.246.22|162.158.246.22]] 04:08, 3 January 2019 (UTC)<br />
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:They recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of minifigs, but there was no mention in the [http://www.lego.com/en-gb/aboutus/news-room/2018/august/minifigure-40| press release] of how many have been produced to date (unlike the [http://www.lego.com/en-gb/aboutus/news-room/2003/october/lego-minifigure-turns-25| 25th anniversary press release], which makes me wonder whether they are saving this up for a big announcement soon... (If they don't do a press release when the number of minifigs overtakes the human population then they're missing out on some good publicity) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.124|141.101.98.124]] 14:29, 3 January 2019 (UTC)<br />
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:Search conducted on 2019-12-30: No new data found to whether or not we are outnumbered yet. Happy new year, everybody.</div>162.158.210.128