Editing Talk:2831: xkcd Phone Flip
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:It already ''does'' mention the kids' (note apostrophe!) game... "paper fortune teller". [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.152|172.70.91.152]] 17:22, 22 September 2023 (UTC) | :It already ''does'' mention the kids' (note apostrophe!) game... "paper fortune teller". [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.152|172.70.91.152]] 17:22, 22 September 2023 (UTC) | ||
::I don't see any reason why a kid (singular) couldn't play with it on their own. In fact, in my experience, it was usually one kid that was playing the game - the rest were simply reluctant stooges.[[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.70|172.71.242.70]] 09:26, 25 September 2023 (UTC) | ::I don't see any reason why a kid (singular) couldn't play with it on their own. In fact, in my experience, it was usually one kid that was playing the game - the rest were simply reluctant stooges.[[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.70|172.71.242.70]] 09:26, 25 September 2023 (UTC) | ||
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Should Ruina montium really be described as a "lost mining technique" given [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_M%C3%A9dulas] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hushing]exist? It seems more like a colloquialism than lost knowledge to me.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.179.124|172.70.179.124]] 05:23, 23 September 2023 (UTC) | Should Ruina montium really be described as a "lost mining technique" given [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_M%C3%A9dulas] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hushing]exist? It seems more like a colloquialism than lost knowledge to me.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.179.124|172.70.179.124]] 05:23, 23 September 2023 (UTC) | ||
Possible (tenuous) connection: the Ruina Montium feature in combination with the phone's demonstrated ability to shift into an angular, geometric form could be a reference to the angel Ramiel in ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', which demonstrated a mountain-destroying energy blast and has a somewhat similar shape. Shown here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u26WYI9oxoA] [[Special:Contributions/172.70.127.132|172.70.127.132]] 07:13, 24 September 2023 (UTC) | Possible (tenuous) connection: the Ruina Montium feature in combination with the phone's demonstrated ability to shift into an angular, geometric form could be a reference to the angel Ramiel in ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', which demonstrated a mountain-destroying energy blast and has a somewhat similar shape. Shown here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u26WYI9oxoA] [[Special:Contributions/172.70.127.132|172.70.127.132]] 07:13, 24 September 2023 (UTC) | ||
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