Editing Talk:1714: Volcano Types

Actual antlions, not to be confused with the antlions from Half-Life 2. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.62|173.245.52.62]] 15:08, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

I think pedant's bane actually has them labelled correctly. It's just that the picture is upside down and you've reversed the figure and the ground in your  mind. Were it right-side-up, you'd see It's actually a drawing of a teeny pool of underground magma at the bottom of an antlion's trap, spouting up a fountain of lava. {{unsigned ip|199.27.133.107}}
:I can't tell if you're joking or not. A pedant is someone who cares (maybe too much) about being technically correct. The bane of a volcano pedant would be people who mix up lava and magma. This is why the labels are reversed in the figure. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.62|173.245.52.62]] 16:27, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
::Exactly. But what's the description going on about? "''Pedant's Bane is therefore impossible by definition but if it were possible, then a pedant correcting someone's description of it would be wrong.''" What is all that rubbish supposed to mean? The explanation is not supposed to require explaining! If the terms refer to the same material but in different situations then they're wrong in the two situations illustrated, and thus should be corrected, especially by a pedant. Where does "impossible by definition" come into it? [[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.32|198.41.238.32]] 22:57, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

Who here was hoping for Harry Potter???? [RedstoneIngot] [[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.60|173.245.56.60]] 20:07, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

Made a very small change, but sarlacc is not supposed to be capitalized (checked both Wikipedia and Wookieepedia). [[User:Spaceside|Spaceside]] ([[User talk:Spaceside|talk]]) 23:02, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

The explanation of "Doot Cone" makes no sense.  The "Skull trumpet" Know Your Meme page does not discuss the word "doot" at all, only shows it in some pictures.  It doesn't seem to be a significant part of the meme, as it doesn't feature in the animation or its early variants.  It just happens to be the first hit when you Google "doot." It makes just as much sense to assume that it's a play on "[https://www.amazon.com/Florida-DOT-Approved-Traffic-Cone/dp/B009RUTKZA DOT cone]," as in the orange cones used by the Department of Transportation (which are sometimes stenciled with "DOT.")
[[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.142|199.27.128.142]] 01:11, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

Re: Doot Cone

"Doot" is actually a significant part of the skull trumpet meme -- meant to represent the sound in the original skull trumpet video. It's strange the KYM page doesn't refer to "doot" specifically. See a relevant reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/39xnk2/what_is_this_doot_thing_with_the_skeletons/cs7jdsa

However, I'd agree that the evidence is not strong for the doot cone being a reference to this.

[[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.10|108.162.219.10]] 01:36, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
:Before I read the explanation (and the KYM entry) in my imagination the sound was more like that of a foghorn or a ship's horn. I've never heard of that meme before. And even now I feel it hard to imagine a BIG volcano making the comparatively high pitched sound of a trumpet. [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 07:18, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
::Whereas it's perfectly easy to imagine a waffle cone or an inverted volcano :-) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.90|141.101.98.90]] 10:12, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
::: Exactly ;) [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 13:04, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

It would look out of place next to the profile drawings, but <span style="border: 1px solid black"><big>☻</big></span> is Kilauea's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8PuMOsdwm0 Watchmen crater].  [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 12:14, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

For the ghost vent - is this actually a reference to the ghost generators in Gauntlet? Andrew Williams {{unsigned ip|141.101.104.100}}

My first thought for the ghost vent was in Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials, ghosts (souls?) in the underworld are let out of a vent to rejoin the universe as had originally been intended

Does the metasomma volcano remind anyone else of an HNMR spec?[[User:Killerbeez|Killerbeez]] ([[User talk:Killerbeez|talk]]) 21:39, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

        Yep.  Probably six hydrogens SOMEWHERE near that volcano.  [[User: Calculus|Calculus]] ([[User talk: Calculus]])  12 December 2016

Honestly, I just thought that the "Doot Cone" was just supposed to be a stupid sound. {{unsigned ip|108.162.241.43}}

It's common, at least in my area, for ice cream cones to be served upside down in cups. Randall lives in New England like me, so he'd have encountered this even if it's just local. [[User:Gmcgath|Gmcgath]] ([[User talk:Gmcgath|talk]]) 13:20, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

The Reddit post linked for the doot skeleton meme has been deleted. I don’t know what the contents were so I can’t find a replacement. [[User:Tsuchinoko|tsuchinoko real]] ([[User talk:Tsuchinoko|talk]]) 23:11, 23 January 2024 (UTC)