1388: Subduction License - Revision history

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2025-04-21T19:31:54Z

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2025-04-20T02:11:00Z

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DollarStoreBa'al at 16:46, 6 March 2025

2025-03-06T16:46:52Z

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2024-12-10T08:18:06Z

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162.158.126.92: /* Explanation */ "citation needed" for what? Pretty clear that none of this is possible in real life

2024-12-07T18:00:04Z

‎Explanation: "citation needed" for what? Pretty clear that none of this is possible in real life

Ianrbibtitlht: /* Explanation */ Fix grammar

2024-12-07T04:23:40Z

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2024-09-11T06:50:51Z

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172.71.98.49: /* Explanation */ While I'm here, some tweaks to cover different elements from those described here.

2022-08-01T14:24:18Z

‎Explanation: While I'm here, some tweaks to cover different elements from those described here.

Theusaf: Reverted edits by 172.70.122.189 (talk) to last revision by Theusaf

2022-08-01T14:12:44Z

Reverted edits by 172.70.122.189 (talk) to last revision by Theusaf

172.70.122.189: /* Transcript */

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 ==Explanation==
-In {{w|structural geology}}, {{w|subduction}} is the mechanism by which one {{w|tectonic plate}} disappears under another. This process usually creates a {{w|mountain range}} on the second tectonic plate, as that starts to ride over the first and the surface geology is rucked and folded upwards. Also, water entrained in the subducting plate may rise into the second plate and provokes {{w|volcanism}}, often resulting in a {{w|volcanic arc}}.
+In {{w|structural geology}}, {{w|subduction}} is the mechanism by which one {{w|tectonic plate}} disappears under another over tens to hundreds of millions of years. This process usually creates a {{w|mountain range}} on the second tectonic plate as it starts to ride over the first and the surface geology is rucked and folded upwards. Also, water entrained in the subducting plate may rise into the second plate and provoke {{w|volcanism}}, often resulting in a {{w|volcanic arc}}.
-In this comic, [[Beret Guy]] is very happy because he has just received his ''subduction license'', which may be a play on the business term ''{{w|licensed production|production license}}''. His roommate [[Cueball]] very reasonably asks him: ''Your what?'' But instead of answering him, Beret Guy begins to move towards him in their small room. It turns out that the license has literally enabled him to initiate subduction, seemingly at any point of his choosing and at anomalous speed, or else allowed him to perform an existing ability he had not previously felt he could legally use. As he slides slightly towards Cueball, he slowly sinks under the floorboards of the room, and in this process he creates a small mountain range on the floor. In the end, much to Cueball's consternation, these mountains turn his desk and chair over. Cueball physically falls out of the frame in the final panel, where Beret Guy is already halfway down beneath the floor. This would not be possible in real life.
+In this comic, [[Beret Guy]] is very happy because he has just received his ''subduction license'', which may be a play on the business term ''{{w|licensed production|production license}}''. His roommate [[Cueball]] very reasonably asks him: ''Your what?'' But instead of answering him, Beret Guy begins to move towards him in their small room. It turns out that the license has literally enabled him to initiate subduction, seemingly at any point of his choosing and at anomalously high speed, or else allowed him to perform an existing ability he had not previously felt he could legally use. As he slides slightly towards Cueball, he slowly sinks under the floorboards of the room, and in the process creates a small mountain range on the floor. In the end, much to Cueball's consternation, these mountains turn his desk and chair over. Cueball physically falls out of the frame in the final panel, while Beret Guy is already halfway down beneath the floor. This would not be possible in real life.{{cn}}
-The title text plays on the double meaning of the word "normal", which Cueball means in the sense of "like most people, not strange," but which Beret Guy interprets in the geological sense. While subduction occurs when two plates crash into each other, a {{w|normal fault}} occurs when two plates are moving away from each other. Here, "normal" is used in the sense of "perpendicular," as the result of a normal fault is often that part of the crust moves vertically downward, forming a {{w|graben}}.
+The title text plays on the double meaning of the word "normal", which Cueball means in the sense of "like most people, not strange," but which Beret Guy interprets in the geological sense. While subduction occurs when two plates crash into each other, a {{w|normal fault}} occurs when a surface block moves downward relative to an adjacent underlying block. Such faults were called "normal" because in English coal mining, they were the most common.
 A similarly atypical license was mentioned previously in [[410: Math Paper]]. Puns on geological terms (including types of faults) were previously made in [[1082: Geology]].
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 This comic was featured in a page of [[Thing Explainer]] as part of the explanation of the ''Big flat rocks we live on''. Only the last three panels were used, probably because the words in the first panel were way too uncommon for the book - see more details [[Thing_Explainer#References_to_comics|here]].
-Whereas the humor in this comic stems from Beret Guy's absurd ability to <em>initiate</em> subduction, that of [[3078: Anchor Bolts]] arises from an absurd proposal to <em>suppress</em> it. Subduction has also been mentioned in [[1829: Geochronology]] and in the title text of [[3021: Seismologists]].
+Whereas the humor in this comic stems from Beret Guy's absurd ability to <em>initiate</em> subduction, that of [[3078: Anchor Bolts]] arises from an absurd proposal to ''suppress'' it. Subduction has also been mentioned in [[1829: Geochronology]] and in the title text of [[3021: Seismologists]].
 ==Transcript==

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 This comic was featured in a page of [[Thing Explainer]] as part of the explanation of the ''Big flat rocks we live on''. Only the last three panels were used, probably because the words in the first panel were way too uncommon for the book - see more details [[Thing_Explainer#References_to_comics|here]].
-Subduction was later mentioned in [[1829: Geochronology]] and in the title text of [[3021: Seismologists]].
+Whereas the humor in this comic stems from Beret Guy's absurd ability to <em>initiate</em> subduction, that of [[3078: Anchor Bolts]] arises from an absurd proposal to <em>suppress</em> it. Subduction has also been mentioned in [[1829: Geochronology]] and in the title text of [[3021: Seismologists]].
 ==Transcript==

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 This comic was featured in a page of [[Thing Explainer]] as part of the explanation of the ''Big flat rocks we live on''. Only the last three panels were used, probably because the words in the first panel were way too uncommon for the book - see more details [[Thing_Explainer#References_to_comics|here]].
-Subduction was again mentioned in [[1829: Geochronology]].
+Subduction was later mentioned in [[1829: Geochronology]] and in the title text of [[3021: Seismologists]].
 ==Transcript==

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 In {{w|structural geology}}, {{w|subduction}} is the mechanism by which one {{w|tectonic plate}} disappears under another. This process usually creates a {{w|mountain range}} on the second tectonic plate, as that starts to ride over the first and the surface geology is rucked and folded upwards. Also, water entrained in the subducting plate may rise into the second plate and provokes {{w|volcanism}}, often resulting in a {{w|volcanic arc}}.
-In this comic, [[Beret Guy]] is very happy because he has just received his ''subduction license'', which may be a play on the business term ''{{w|licensed production|production license}}''. His roommate [[Cueball]] very reasonably asks him: ''Your what?'' But instead of answering him, Beret Guy begins to move towards him in their small room. It turns out that the license has literally enabled him to initiate subduction, seemingly at any point of his choosing and at anomalous speed, or else allowed him to perform an existing ability he had not previously felt he could legally use. As he slides slightly towards Cueball, he slowly sinks under the floorboards of the room, and in this process he creates a small mountain range on the floor. In the end, much to Cueball's consternation, these mountains turn his desk and chair over. Cueball physically falls out of the frame in the final panel, where Beret Guy is already halfway down beneath the floor. This would not be possible in real life.{{Citation needed}}
+In this comic, [[Beret Guy]] is very happy because he has just received his ''subduction license'', which may be a play on the business term ''{{w|licensed production|production license}}''. His roommate [[Cueball]] very reasonably asks him: ''Your what?'' But instead of answering him, Beret Guy begins to move towards him in their small room. It turns out that the license has literally enabled him to initiate subduction, seemingly at any point of his choosing and at anomalous speed, or else allowed him to perform an existing ability he had not previously felt he could legally use. As he slides slightly towards Cueball, he slowly sinks under the floorboards of the room, and in this process he creates a small mountain range on the floor. In the end, much to Cueball's consternation, these mountains turn his desk and chair over. Cueball physically falls out of the frame in the final panel, where Beret Guy is already halfway down beneath the floor. This would not be possible in real life.
 The title text plays on the double meaning of the word "normal", which Cueball means in the sense of "like most people, not strange," but which Beret Guy interprets in the geological sense. While subduction occurs when two plates crash into each other, a {{w|normal fault}} occurs when two plates are moving away from each other. Here, "normal" is used in the sense of "perpendicular," as the result of a normal fault is often that part of the crust moves vertically downward, forming a {{w|graben}}.

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:12, 1 August 2022
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	:Cueball: ''Augh!''		:Cueball: ''Augh!''

−	~~Title text: 'Dude, why can't you just be a normal roommate?' 'Because I'm coming TOWARD you!'~~
	{{comic discussion}}		{{comic discussion}}

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:40, 1 August 2022
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		+	Title text: 'Dude, why can't you just be a normal roommate?' 'Because I'm coming TOWARD you!'
	{{comic discussion}}		{{comic discussion}}