Editing 11: Barrel - Part 2

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| number    = 11
| date      = September 30, 2005
| title     = Barrel - Part 2
| ognumber  = 13
| ogtitle   = Barrel - Part 2
| oglink    = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001941/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40#:~:text=8%3A46%20pm-,Barrel%20%2D%20Part%202,-The%20story%20continues
| ogprev    = 14
| ognext    = 15
| image     = barrel mommies.jpg
| titletext = Awww.<br><br>''<div class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001941/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40#:~:text=8%3A46%20pm-,Barrel%20%2D%20Part%202,-The%20story%20continues Original caption]:'' The [http://www.livejournal.com/users/xkcd_drawings/1388.html story] continues.</div>
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This was the thirteenth comic [[LiveJournal|originally posted to LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[14: Copyright]], and the next one was [[15: Just Alerting You]]. It was among the [[:Category:First day on LiveJournal|first thirteen comics]] posted to LiveJournal within 12 minutes on September 30, 2005, on the first day of the xkcd LiveJournal account.

==Explanation==
As in the previous comic in the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]], the boy is floating in the ocean inside a barrel. The previous comic made a point about the uncertainty of life; here, [[Barrel Boy]]'s lament at not finding a mother is pure sentimentality, as accentuated by the title text. According to Freud, the first stage of psycho-sexual development is the Oral Stage, which relates to a baby's relationship with its mother. The realization that 'mommy' cannot be found is the first point at which a person learns to stop trusting the world and realizes that the world is not always comforting and safe.

This is the third in a six-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features [[Barrel Boy]], a character that is different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style. The full series can be found [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|here]]. After Randall released the full [http://liveweb.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html The Boy and his Barrel] story on the site, it became clear that the original comic [[20: Ferret]] was also part of the series. The comics are listed in the order chosen by Randall:
* [[1: Barrel - Part 1]]
* [[20: Ferret]]
* [[11: Barrel - Part 2]]
* [[22: Barrel - Part 3]]
* [[25: Barrel - Part 4]]
* [[31: Barrel - Part 5]]

==Transcript==
:[A boy sits in a barrel which is floating in an ocean.]
:Boy: none of the places i floated had mommies.

==Trivia==
After its release on [[LiveJournal]], the comic was edited to lighten the gridlines, as Randall explained in [[Barrel - Part 4]]'s original LiveJournal caption. He has said that he considers this cheating, but as he is "not destroying anyone's childhood", he doesn't feel as if he's "pulling a George Lucas". Learn more about the change in [[25: Barrel - Part 4#Explanation|25: Barrel - Part 4's explanation]].

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