3034: Features of Adulthood

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Features of Adulthood

Title text: I don't dig pit traps and cover them with sticks and a thin layer of leaves nearly as much as I expected; I find a chance to do it barely once a month.

Explanation

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This comic is a graph comparing the (mostly) common ideas of adulthood from a young person's perspective with reality of it. The plot is fully populated, with many issues (both common and uncommon) matching expectations pretty well, as well as features that are much rarer than expected (like encounters with quicksand, crocodiles and explosives), and some very common issues that don't occur to young people, such as deciding what to eat, or dealing with weird noises and smells.

It is clear that much of the 'lower-right triangle' (things that don't come up nearly as often as expected) are direct references to fictional scenarios on film or TV, likely particularly the type of fiction that Randall consumed as a child (probably including cartoons and action movies). In contrast, the complimentary 'upper-left triangle' largely consists of the type of mundane adult activities that children don't see or notice in real life, and which often aren't interesting enough to be disproportionately common in fiction.

Events

Event	Expected frequency in adulthood	Actual frequency in adulthood	Notes
Which fork you're supposed to use for what	0%	0%	Traditional, formal dining involves different types of forks for different courses of a meal. Learning which fork to use for which course might be taught in etiquette school, and is perceived as a signifier of social class (though this is likely an exaggerated concern). Dining has generally become less formal in Western society since the mid-20th century; as a result, most people are used to only using a single fork, or at most two, for their meals. This means that, for most people, the issue rarely comes up, even in adulthood.
Lit fuses	40%	0%	Explosives with visible lit fuses are commonly seen in movies and TV shows, particularly in cartoons. In reality, the average person is unlikely to deal with explosives at all. When explosives are used, they're usually electrically detonated, or sometimes use a concealed fuse (e.g. grenades). Visible, burning fuses are sufficiently obsolete that most people will never encounter them directly.
Shoving a stick in a crocodile's mouth to wedge it open	80%	0%	Placing a vertical stick in a crocodile’s mouth is a popular TV trope to prevent the crocodile from biting down (usually on the stick placer). Crocodile attacks on humans are common only in specific geographical areas, meaning that most people will never encounter them. Even when such an encounter happens, using a stick in that way would almost certainly be ineffective.
Quicksand	100%	0%	Quicksand is common in adventure fiction, but it's quite rare in real life (nor does it generally behave the way it's depicted in such fiction). The average person is unlikely to ever encounter it.
Car chases	35%	5%	Car chases are frequently seen in movies and TV shows involving police, including real-life police shows, but unless you're a police officer or criminal trying to evade them, you'll probably never be involved in one.
Grappling hooks	100%	5%	A grappling hook is a device, typically made of metal, with multiple hooks and features to allow it to be secured to the end of a rope. It can be thrown to either grab an object at a distance and pull it toward you, or to anchor the rope to an elevated point (such as on a cliff or building) to aid in climbing. The latter use is quite common in action and adventure fiction. While such devices do exist in real life, they generally have specialty uses that the average person is unlikely to have the need for.
People offering free drugs	30%	10%	Children being warned about illicit drugs have often been cautioned that drug dealers would inevitably approach them and offer them free drugs, in order to encourage an addiction and gain a reliable customer. In real life, drug dealers virtually never work that way, and are unlikely to part with their product unless payment has been made. Most people are introduced to drugs by friends or acquaintances, who might offer some for free, but that's only likely in specific social groups and situations.
Parachutes	80%	10%	Parachuting allows people to jump out of planes at altitude, or from other elevated heights, and slow their descent enough to land safely. This is dramatic enough to come up often in adventure fiction. Parachutes are, of course, used in real life, but most people will only have reason to use them if they put the money and effort into recreational skydiving or BASE jumping.
Barrels	95%	10%	Wooden or metal storage containers are frequently used as concealment, improvised weapons and (sometimes explosive) obstacles in popular media. While barrels are actually quite common, they're large enough that the majority of people rarely have a reason to interact with them, unless they happen to work in a job that either sells or uses liquids in large quantities.
Middle names	15%	20%	A second (or occasionally also third or more) given name, common in some traditions. In most Anglophone countries, having a middle name is common, but most people only use them in formal situations where a full name is required (as when filling out legal documents), or if they adopt the middle name to be known by (in which case, most people will not realise this). This is true to the point where most people don't know the middle names of most of their acquaintances, or even if they have one. In consequence, both as a child and as an adult, middle names will be encountered occasionally, but not regularly.
Food fights	50%	20%	A common trope in fiction has a young people eating together (often in a cafeteria), and someone playfully begins throwing food, causing others to retaliate, until the whole room devolves into a food fight. Such a fight is inherently messy and irresponsible, but is unlikely to actually hurt anyone seriously, and so represents youthful hijinks. Such events aren't unknown in real life, but aren't necessarily pleasant (food is wasted and people might miss their meal as a result, you might end up covered in food all day, clean-up is a big job, punishments are likely to be handed out, and clothes might be permanently stained), so they aren't nearly as common as someone raised on fiction might imagine. Adults are most likely to encounter them being indulged in by the children in their life, rather than taking part themselves.
Twins switching places	90%	20%	In fiction, if a pair of identical twins are introduced, it's almost inevitable that they'll trade places at some point, each trying to pass for the other, whether as a prank, or for some more serious purpose (a version of Chekhov's gun). Actual identical twins are quite rare (roughly 1 in 300 live births), even identical twins might not look exactly alike, and many twins get tired of being confused for one another at a young age, and so have no interest trying to trade places as adults. Frankly, a real life percentage above 0% may be a joke.
Flat tires	10%	25%	Anyone who drives or rides a vehicle with tires faces the possibility of a tire going flat, due to either wear or road damage. This is usually merely an inconvenience, as it requires stopping to change or patch the tire, but a person lacking the knowledge or equipment to do so might have to call for help and/or be stranded until help arrives. Young people tend to be aware of this possibility, but it may happen a bit more often than they'd expect.
Briefcases	70%	25%	Frequently used to carry documents and other small office equipment, they've historically been treated as part of the standard kit for a white collar worker. In fiction, they are often portrayed as a means to carry a large amount of cash, conceal a firearm, or a MacGuffin. The popularity of briefcases has been declining after the 1980s. In modern times, documents are likely to be kept digitally and people are far more likely to carry a laptop bag for work than a briefcase.
Martial arts	95%	25%	A child raised on action films and TV shows may assume that use of martial arts is a normal part of life for most adults. In reality, most adults aren't trained in martial arts, and those who are very rarely use them in an actual fight. Martial arts are generally encountered only in classes or competitions set up specifically for it.
Water damage	0%	25%	Water getting into the wrong places can be a serious problem, causing damage to homes and other buildings, vehicles, infrastructure, and all kinds of property. Such damage can happen without much warning, can be hard to detect at first, and can be hard to deal with. While precautions are usually taken to prevent such things from getting wet, water incursion can still happen, due to weather events, flooding, plumbing leaks, accidental spills, and even condensation. Children are likely to be entirely unaware of this, but many adults have to deal with it at some point in their lives.
Backpacks	40%	40%	Backpacks of various sizes are a versatile means to carry items. Children in the United States are generally expected and/or required to use them to carry textbooks and school supplies, making them a normal and typical part of life. While not all adults use backpacks, they remain a very practical way to carry loads, particularly when traveling, or for such activities as hiking. Randall has referred to his interest in backpacks in a number of strips.
My academic record	95%	30%	A child's life revolves around school: it's where they spend a large fraction of their waking hours, classmates make up most of their social circle, class schedules dictate when and how they spend their free time, and parental figures often punish/reward children based on their academic performance. The child may assume that school will continue to be an ever-present all-ecompassing feature of their future life, with their grades constituting a "permanent record" that will follow them into adulthood. In reality, academic records aren't anywhere near that important. Some entry-level jobs may consider a candidate's past grades, but they're a tertiary concern after job interviews and professional references. By the time a person reaches their late 20s, academic records become irrelevant and are supplanted by the person's professional résumé.
Adhesives	15%	50%	Adhesives such as glue, tape and epoxy resin are used to bond items together, typically for use in arts and crafts. They also have widespread industrial applications.
Board games	60%	50%	Board games of various kinds (such as chess, checkers/draughts, Monopoly, Parcheesi/Ludo, Risk, Snakes & Ladders, Clue/Cluedo, Trivial Pursuit or Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs) were often a staple for family home entertainment, in the past. The use of such games has likely declined somewhat with the evolution of other entertainment options (such as video games), but they remain a popular social activity, with the number and complexity of such games having grown substantially.
Tying knots	85%	40%	There are a large number of knots, with a similar variety of uses. Knowing the right types of knots can be highly useful in certain situations, but how often those situations come up heavily depends on individual circumstances. Camping, fishing and rock-climbing require tying specialty knots quite frequently, but for people who don't have such hobbies, their use is less common. The high expected frequency suggests that Randall was encouraged to learn knots as a child, possible due to involvement in scouting, or some other outdoor activity, and the emphasis suggested that they'd come up a lot. When interest in knot-heavy activities wanes, the application of knots tends to fall off as well.
Cable management	0%	50%	Cable management is the act of tidying up the cables in and around a computer or other device, which is an annoying but often required task for most adults. Most children are never involved in this task, and don't even realize that it exists until they're old enough to both be responsible for significant electronics and care about tidiness.
Lasers	90%	50%	Lasers are common in sci-fi and spy stories. In real life, the average person will never encounter lasers as a weapon, but they do have a number of practical applications, some that nearly everyone encounters (such as bar code readers), and others that depend on occupation and hobbies (such a laser cutting and engraving). As someone who is interested in science and technology, Randall likely encounters and uses lasers much more than the average person.
Dangerous driving situations	40%	60%	Dangerous driving situations, while existent in lots of children's media, still would not be very expected to show up in real life. However, adults who drive have to worry about dangerous driving situations almost constantly to avoid accidents.
Pizza	55%	55%	In the US, pizza is commonly consumed as a takeout or delivery food. it's often a favorite food for children, and is often a favorite of child-oriented characters, such as Spider-Man and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Since it's convenient, filling, tasty and inexpensive, adults tend to enjoy it as well, and some eat it just as frequently as they might have expected as children.
Star Wars	80%	55%	The Star Wars franchise began with the release of the eponymous film in 1977, which was followed by two sequels, and ultimately spawned a media empire of films, television shows, books, video games and merchandising which continues to this day. The series has always had appeal to both children and adults. As a childhood fan, Randall evidently expected the franchise to continue to be of importance when he was an adult. While it apparently isn't quite as prominent in his adult life as he might have expected, the franchise continues to be a significant feature in popular culture, and he seemingly remains a fan, even decades later.
Cool toys	95%	55%	Children love to play with cool toys, and naïvely assume they always will. Many adults still buy cool toys, but don't play with them in order to collect them in the best condition as status symbols.
Weather forecasts	10%	60%	Children generally have very little interest in weather forecasts, outside of exceptional circumstances (such as snow days, or extreme weather events). Randall, as an adult, takes an avid interest in weather and the process of forecasting it, and has created multiple strips dealing with the topic.
Batteries	50%	60%	When Randall was a child batteries would have been a necessary but annoying reality, needed to keep toys and games operating. In contrast adult devices would normally operate on mains power. However the advent of cheap and powerful lithium-ion batteries has meant that a large variety of devices from consumer electronics to motor vehicles are now battery powered which Randall would probably not expected.
Power tools	75%	66%	Children are often fascinated by power tools, and are generally not allowed to use them unsupervised (or at all), due to the risk of injury. Such a child might dream of the day when they can own and use all the tools they want. How often adults actually use power tools depends heavily on occupation and lifestyle. Someone working in a building or manufacturing trade might use them constantly, others might rarely or never find an occasion to use them.
Video games	60%	75%	During Randall's childhood, video games were a relatively new technology, and were often dismissed as juvenile and pointless. With the passage of time, they've become increasingly common as a pastime for adults. Given the increasing complexity of electronic games, it's not uncommon for adults to spend more time on them than children.
Figuring out what to have for dinner	10%	85%	For many children, dinner is something that just 'arrives', having been decided on and prepared by the relevant caregiver. The simple function of making a decision probably seems trivial to children, but planning meals every day (possibly multiple times a day), involves accounting for such factors as nutrition, cost, availability of ingredients, the time and effort involved (with respect to everyone's schedules) and individual taste and possible dietary restrictions (which can become complex when dealing with multiple people). Most people also want variety in their meals, so repeating a small number of dishes can quickly become boring, but managing a large number of dishes presents more challenges. This process can take up far more mental bandwidth than children are ever aware of. Additionally, the range of foodstuffs available to affluent people in Western societies has significantly increased since Randall's childhood, which may induce choice paralysis when confronted with them.
HVAC issues	20%	80%	HVAC is an acronym that stands for 'heating, ventilation and air conditioning.' If one owns a home, problems with the heater or air conditioner can quickly make your home very uncomfortable (too cold in the winter or too hot in the summer) and becomes something you have to deal with right away. This kind of home maintenance is often virtually invisible to children, but something adults have to think about far more frequently
Cooking	95%	85%	From a child's perspective, cooking often seems to be one of the primary activities that at least one of their caregivers participate in. However, as an adult, cooking becomes less prominant as other chores become larger parts of life. Additionally, since the time that Randel was a child, convenient fast food options have increased and it has become more socially normal to eat out when an adult doesn't feel like cooking; with many adults going out to eat far more frequently than they did 4 decades ago.
Secret passwords	60%	90%	Traditionally, in fiction, secret passwords have been portrayed as used for purposes such as espionage and admission to secret clubs. Children, accordingly, tend to think of them as an exciting part of adult life. In modern times, most people use secret passwords on a daily basis, but for more mundane purposes such as accessing websites and voicemail. Managing multiple passwords tends to become a chore, rather than a source of intrigue.
Laundry	75%	90%	The process of keeping clothing clean and organized is a routine task in virtually every household. Modern washers and dryers have reduced the time involved, but it remains a constantly ongoing job. The degree to which children are involved in this task varies (often depending on how much responsibility their parents give them), but adults have to be constantly aware of the effort involved (unless they have hired help to deal with it).
Taxes	100%	90%	According to Benjamin Franklin, taxes are one of two inevitable things in life, the other being death. Complaints about taxes (both their level and the effort involved in calculating them) are so common that children may grow up thinking that adults constantly have to deal with taxes, and the strip suggests that's only a mild exaggeration. For the typical American, income taxes only need to be done once a year, but taxes are generally withdrawn from every paycheck, and all major financial transactions have to be considered for tax implications. Additionally, American stores typically don't include sales tax in the listed price, so taxes have to be considered every time someone makes a purchase.
Customer service	40%	90%
Shopping	100%	90%
Unexplained smells or noises	5%	100%	With relatively few exceptions, children tend to be oblivious to subtle noises or smells around them. Adults, however, tend to be aware that they can potentially be serious. A strange smell might indicate anything from a fire to a gas leak to mold to vehicle problems, while strange sounds could indicate mechanical or electrical problems (in a building or vehicle), or any number of other dangers. Of course, such things could also be unimportant, but that's difficult to know until you've found the source, which can be difficult to do. As a result, adults may spend a lot more time thinking about such things than children would ever expect.
Pocket radio communicators	75%	100%	When Randall was growing up, the pocket radio communicators were mostly seen in spy fiction or science fiction, and children often dreamed of a day when such devices were available to them. In the 21st century, the ubiquity of cell phones and other electronic devices means that having, carrying, and using such communicators is a nearly universal experience.
Bills	90%	100%	Most households have to contend with electricity, water and telecommunication service bills. Children will often hear their parents complaining about having to deal with bills, and will generally find out that this task is just as common as it was presented.
Digging pit traps (title text)	N/A	N/A	Inside the Star Destroyer in 1608: Hoverboard we see Cueball cover a pit trap with leaves, so this is something Randall actually thinks about sometimes!

Transcript

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[Shown is a scatter plot, with arrowed labels on the axes:]

Y axis label: How often it comes up in my adult life

X axis label: How often I expected it to come up in my adult life

[First row of items (comes up very often, from least to most expected):]

Unexplained smells or noises; customer service; pocket radio communicators; bills; shopping

[Items row by row from the second row onwards:]

Figuring out what to have for dinner; HVAC issues; secret passwords; laundry; cooking; taxes

Weather forecasts; batteries; video games; power tools

Cable management; dangerous driving situations; pizza; Star Wars; lasers; cool toys

Adhesives; board games; tying knots

Water damage; backpacks; my academic record

Flat tires; briefcases; martial arts

Middle names; people offering free drugs; food fights; parachutes; twins switching places; barrels

[Last row (comes up very rarely, from least to most expected):]

Which fork you're supposed to use for what; car chases; lit fuses; shoving a stick in a crocodile's mouth to wedge it open; grappling hooks; quicksand

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Discussion

No comments yet? Probably everyone's still considering the filling in of the table. As for me, I just put a load of words in about the middle name(s), but perhaps it drifts and could be cut back a lot. However, I think we do know a lot of middle names of people, especially politicians. Or at least use their middle initials (like with "John F[itzgerald]. Kennedy"), even if we don't use their full names (like with "Harry S. Truman"... :p ). Not that I've had much experience with middle names. Don't have one myself. Knew a couple of people at school who would admit to having them (one had "Colin", the other had "Douglas"), which weren't really names given to people our age and location, so they must have been grandparental honorifics (though I'm not sure the names were right for two generations back, either... never enquired further, but maybe they were being traditional middle names, inherited but never really used). To my knowledge, neither the "Colin" nor the "Douglas" ever went on to use those in post-school life, but at least one of them also changed from their first name as their habitual name to be known by, and likely they prefered to go for something altogether new. 172.69.195.27 03:23, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

In Denmark middle names are common, and Kynde is actually my middle name... Many people use their second name like their first, which can be confusing in work places where the e-mail is auto generated from full name, so no one can find Nicolai, because his first name is Christian... which he never uses. Have more than one of those here at my job. --Kynde (talk) 11:56, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

In Denmark middle names are necessary. Otherwise we'd be lost in a vast sea of Jens Jensen, Hans Hansen and Niels Nielsen. Min farfar Niels Peder Nielsen, hedde altid Peder, ikke Niels. 108.162.238.139 (talk) 13:58, 7 January 2025 (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Not having a middle name is unusual in the UK too, and many people (myself included) choose to go by them here as well.172.70.85.5 12:59, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Maybe more in your part of the UK? I can't really say how many people around me have normally 'undeclared' middle-names (there are some, but the rest I wouldn't even know, by definition), but I can pretty much count the number of people I know who ever use such additional forenames (cummutively, along with the 'first first-name') on the fingers of no hands... And I'm not particularly provincial, but of course I realise that some people might have decided to adopt their middle-moniker (or their choice of one, if several are available) by the time I first met them at university (away from the family home and childhood friends who knew what their 'Sunday' name was) or in later life.

Though, I appreciate that various corners of the Home Counties, Welsh Valleys or Hebridean Islands (for example) might have different name-distinguishing needs to the Inner City, Suburbia, Commuter Village, etc... 141.101.98.54 14:38, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Unexplained smells or noises: I'm trying to figure out what he means by this. I can't say that this comes up often in my adult life. Am I just deaf and anosmic (I don't think so)? Is Randall worried about gas leaks or his house creaking and falling down? What could he be referencing? Mtcv (talk) 09:29, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

I often smell something that others cannot or do not. So I'm completely at par with Randall here. Just now my office has a damp smell, after new people moved their things into my office replacing earlier office mates (four in the room). I'm sure it is some of their stuff that smells, but since the hole room is permeated with the smell, it has not been possible for me to find out what could cause the smell. But have tried this many times, for instance when someone leaves a citrus fruit to rot. Some people just cannot smell the fruit whereas I'm getting an instant headache from it. Also in my office, the guy with the rotten fruit, actually destroying his backpack, could not smell it, whereas other people could smell it down the hall. But inside the office it was hard to pinpoint the source as for those that could smell it is was all over the room. I could go on... --Kynde (talk) 11:57, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

I guess this is in reference to ownership of expensive things that you fear might get broken (houses, cars) as well as in reference to being wary of medical issues. "Unexplained smells or noises" could attribute to both IMHO. (BTW, if you have kids, this would be another source...)--162.158.110.237 21:58, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

"In later life, a person may drop the use of middle names (or, conversely, adopt only them as the name they are known by) and the unwieldy complete set of names becomes less common, as they may be considered unprofessional and unnecessary." -- What? Who says middle names may be considered unprofessional? Never heard of this before. --172.70.55.140 14:55, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Yeah - seemed spurious - removed it.172.70.85.5 12:59, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Just popping in to explain where this comic came from. It's an adaptation of an old John Mulaney bit that makes the rounds every so often on social media unattributed. (Example: Tom Morello stealing the bit over ten years ago on what was then Twitter.) 172.69.58.74 18:23, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

As someone born before 1960 who grew up when espionage shows were prevalent on television and toy spy gadgets were prevalent in toy stores, it is amusing to me the difference in what children thought about passwords then and how we use passwords now.--172.70.83.55 18:42, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Yeah, I was also born before 1960 and I can attest that flat tires were very common then, and every kid learning how to drive also practiced changing the tire. The tire could go flat when you just hit a pothole or hit the curb. I clearly expected to have to deal with flat tires frequently. However, with the advent of radial steel tires, flats are very infrequent unless you pick up a nail or something. So nowadays, flat tires are almost nonexistent. I can now go for years without a flat. In this case change in frequency was because of changed technology rather than changed perception. Rtanenbaum (talk) 19:45, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

As far as cutlery is concerned, in "special dos" where you might think you might be out of your depth, you generally can't go wrong with "from outside in", for whatever the current course demands. If it's soup for starters then the uppermost spoon, if something that might look like it's something like a "pâté on toast" then the outermost knife and fork. If there's a choice of courses, then the waiting staff who know your preferences will come around to add/swap as necessary (like the extra-serated steak-knife, rather than the simpler one that's sufficient for the chicken or vegetarian options). Including replacing the desert spoon, shortly before you need it, if you did accidentally eat the soup with yours.
In general, a formal meal setting (like your firm's annual Christmas Meal) is probably being attended by others that are as much hoi polloi as yourself. And if you instead seem to have been invited to an official reception in honour of the Grand Duke Of Hapsburg, Burgandy, Luxembourg And San Antonio, surrounded by people with a similar number of titles who can each count the number of unrelated individuals in attendance on one hand (i.e. six!), then you might not pass "The Test" (by using only the crab-claw crackers on the crab-claws and only the lobster-claw crackers on the lobster-claws, etc), but as long as you accidentally don't knock the au jus all over your neighbour to the right (the Crown Prince Of Upper Volta And Lower Ampa, or wattever he happens to be) and take note in which direction the Ne Oublie Tawny Port is being passed around the table then all you really have to worry about is your sparkling conversation.
But pretty much the only thing that I find that I'm perpetually confused about (and pretty much everyone else), in every such meal, is the breadplate. Especially on circular tables, but even on rectangular ones, the question is often whether each person's bread-roll is to their left (their left-neighbour's right) or their right (their right-neighbour's left). I can understand the logic of being sat by your off-hand (leaving your soupspoon hand free) or your dominant one (it's surely rude to dip and spoon, and the knife on the breadplate is for your righthhand too...). Generally, though, everyone who is similarly bothered waits until someone who seems to know (or not care) decides that they are sure which way it is, then follows suit accordingly to keep the direction entirely in synch (easier to solve than the dining philosophers problem!), although I'm not exactly sure that it always flips or flops out the exact same chirality at each occasion, and with just two or three such occasions a year (in my particular social schedule!), I don't get quite so much experience, or even remember to look it up in advance. ;) 172.71.26.42 14:12, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

I love the joke in the fact that so many things ended up in the area of the 1:1 diagonal that no adult would have ever expected to be there in the time when Randall was a kid. I.e., kid Randall might have thought Star Wars would be in the 70ish range, but any adult back then would have laughed it off and given it a chance of not more than 5%. Now, it is in the 50%ish range. Same thing with cool toys, video games, board games, pizza and so on.--162.158.110.237 21:58, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Should we include "Cluedo", because it is almost always referred to solely as "Clue" in America guess who (if you desire conversing | what i have done) 04:02, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

In the UK, you'll never hear it called "Clue". So much so that Clue (film) needs to be explained as based on the boardgame of the different original name. You'd also rarely hear of "checkers", you might even more think of "Chequers" if you heard it, or just the check-pattern in general. Possibly the most troublesome one is the Pachisi-derived game, because of its many different names. Might even simpler just to remove those from the list, if you didn't want to admit to there being common (more common?) non-US names. 172.69.43.243 10:02, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Why was the incomplete tag removed? Cooking, Laundry, Customer service and Shopping still have empty "Notes". 172.70.123.134 19:25, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Fixed it. Apollo11 (talk) 19:33, 13 January 2025 (UTC)