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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 448 | | number = 448 | ||
| − | | date = | + | | date = 2008-07-11 |
| title = Good Morning | | title = Good Morning | ||
| image = good_morning.png | | image = good_morning.png | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | Both characters have irregular sleeping schedules (possibly because they are programmers). As such, their | + | Both characters have irregular sleeping schedules (possibly because they are programmers). As such, their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circadian_rythm circadian rythms] have become out of sync with one another, and probably out of sync with everyone else in their own [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zones timezone]. They therefore experience something similar to the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_lag jet lag]" experience by travelers going from one timeaone to another. |
| − | The title text clarifies that they are using "going to sleep at midnight and waking up at 8 AM" as their standard of measurement. If the drowsy man was "in Honolulu" yesterday and has woken up "in Taipei, | + | The title text clarifies that they are using "going to sleep at midnight and waking up at 8 AM" as their standard of measurement. If the drowsy man was "in Honolulu" yesterday and has woken up "in Taipei", it means he has gone to sleep 6 hours later than yesterday, and is now also waking up 6 hours later than yesterday (if you don't take the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_date_line International Date Line] into consideration). <!--If you do take the IDL into consideration, he's done some time-traveling in his sleep.--> |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | :[A drowsy | + | :[A drowsy man walks over to another man on a computer] |
| − | : | + | :Man 1: *Yawn* Good morning from Taipei. |
| − | : | + | :Man 2: You're drifting west. You were in Honolulu just yesterday. |
| − | :Our sleep schedules are so messed up that | + | :Narrator: Our sleep schedules are so messed up that's it's easiest to just refer to where our internal clocks seem to be. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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