1503: Squirrel Plan - Revision history

162.158.90.60: overuse of the citation needed template

2025-04-24T18:58:47Z

overuse of the citation needed template

172.64.236.103: see talk page; this is NOT a comic about furries or featuring furries. It's just funny animals (tvtropes term)

2024-10-03T17:46:48Z

see talk page; this is NOT a comic about furries or featuring furries. It's just funny animals (tvtropes term)

108.162.245.249: Undo revision 334311 by Moderator (talk) it is about animals with human characteristics (speech), thus the squirrels are anthropomorphic, and therefore furries

2024-03-04T19:49:32Z

Undo revision 334311 by Moderator (talk) it is about animals with human characteristics (speech), thus the squirrels are anthropomorphic, and therefore furries

Moderator: This is not in category furries I’m removing it

2024-02-05T23:13:50Z

This is not in category furries I’m removing it

172.71.150.246: the 🐿️ is feral, but because it can 🗣️, it is a furry

2024-02-03T02:41:57Z

the 🐿️ is feral, but because it can 🗣️, it is a furry

172.69.194.155: /* Explanation */ There were (still are) three Citation Needed tags here (far too many, IMO) and two of them were the wrong side of the punctuation.

2023-10-24T23:16:28Z

‎Explanation: There were (still are) three Citation Needed tags here (far too many, IMO) and two of them were the wrong side of the punctuation.

172.69.135.184: /* Explanation */

2023-10-24T02:13:58Z

‎Explanation

141.101.98.126: Undo revision 325767 by 172.69.79.155 (talk) No actual given reason for the excising. (Though I'd have written it a little less coloquially, were it my own past addition.)

2023-10-13T20:19:18Z

Undo revision 325767 by 172.69.79.155 (talk) No actual given reason for the excising. (Though I'd have written it a little less coloquially, were it my own past addition.)

172.69.79.155: /* Explanation */ ye

2023-10-13T12:20:08Z

‎Explanation: ye

172.71.242.87: /* Trivia */ As prior edit, proper name.

2023-05-02T20:18:27Z

‎Trivia: As prior edit, proper name.

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 ==Explanation==
-These particular squirrels are ambitious but misguided, like the characters in the myth of {{w|Icarus}} and {{w|Daedalus}} (it should be noted that [[Randall]] does not see it that way, as seen in the bottom of {{what if|30|"Interplanetary Cessna"}}), or the {{w|Tower of Babel}}. The squirrels' understanding of astrophysics is lacking,{{Citation needed}} regarding the distance to the Sun and appropriate transportation to reach it in addition to the need to resist the sun's heat and exist in the vacuum of space. Their belief that the Sun is made of acorns reflects their uniquely acorn-focused worldview, a reference to the tendency of real-life squirrels to gather and store acorns as winter food, as well as their single-minded dedication to overcoming obstacles (even [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZFjoX2cGg elaborately-constructed obstacle courses]) for the sake of obtaining nuts.
+These particular squirrels are ambitious but misguided, like the characters in the myth of {{w|Icarus}} and {{w|Daedalus}} (it should be noted that [[Randall]] does not see it that way, as seen in the bottom of {{what if|30|"Interplanetary Cessna"}}), or the {{w|Tower of Babel}}. The squirrels' understanding of astrophysics is lacking, regarding the distance to the Sun and appropriate transportation to reach it in addition to the need to resist the sun's heat and exist in the vacuum of space. Their belief that the Sun is made of acorns reflects their uniquely acorn-focused worldview, a reference to the tendency of real-life squirrels to gather and store acorns as winter food, as well as their single-minded dedication to overcoming obstacles (even [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZFjoX2cGg elaborately-constructed obstacle courses]) for the sake of obtaining nuts.
-The title text reveals that "halfway to the Sun," 75 million kilometers from all known acorns in our universe, the airborne squirrel seems to jeopardize the entire mission because he wants to test if the balloon itself is full of acorns. Basic observational skills will tell anyone that acorns are not lighter than air,{{Citation needed}} but the idea follows the logic stated by the squirrels:  If the Sun, being so magnificent, must be full of acorns, then a balloon powerful enough to take a squirrel to the Sun must also be powered by something amazing, like acorns. Obviously, neither the Sun or balloons are filled with acorns.{{Citation needed}} That we know of..... Maybe those squirrels were onto something.
+The title text reveals that "halfway to the Sun," 75 million kilometers from all known acorns in our universe, the airborne squirrel seems to jeopardize the entire mission because he wants to test if the balloon itself is full of acorns. Basic observational skills will tell anyone that acorns are not lighter than air, but the idea follows the logic stated by the squirrels:  If the Sun, being so magnificent, must be full of acorns, then a balloon powerful enough to take a squirrel to the Sun must also be powered by something amazing, like acorns. Obviously, neither the Sun or balloons are filled with acorns.{{Citation needed}} That we know of..... Maybe those squirrels were onto something.
 Usage of balloons for space travel is a prominent motif in early science fiction; see, for example, "{{w|The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall}}" by Edgar Allan Poe.

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 These particular squirrels are ambitious but misguided, like the characters in the myth of {{w|Icarus}} and {{w|Daedalus}} (it should be noted that [[Randall]] does not see it that way, as seen in the bottom of {{what if|30|"Interplanetary Cessna"}}), or the {{w|Tower of Babel}}. The squirrels' understanding of astrophysics is lacking, regarding the distance to the Sun and appropriate transportation to reach it in addition to the need to resist the sun's heat and exist in the vacuum of space. Their belief that the Sun is made of acorns reflects their uniquely acorn-focused worldview, a reference to the tendency of real-life squirrels to gather and store acorns as winter food, as well as their single-minded dedication to overcoming obstacles (even [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZFjoX2cGg elaborately-constructed obstacle courses]) for the sake of obtaining nuts.
-The title text reveals that "halfway to the Sun," 75 million kilometers from all known acorns in our universe, the airborne squirrel seems to jeopardize the entire mission because he wants to test if the balloon itself is full of acorns. Basic observational skills will tell anyone that acorns are not lighter than air,{{Citation needed}} but the idea follows the logic stated by the squirrels:  If the Sun, being so magnificent, must be full of acorns, then a balloon powerful enough to take a squirrel to the Sun must also be powered by something amazing, like acorns. Obviously, neither the Sun or balloons are filled with acorns{{Citation needed}}.
+The title text reveals that "halfway to the Sun," 75 million kilometers from all known acorns in our universe, the airborne squirrel seems to jeopardize the entire mission because he wants to test if the balloon itself is full of acorns. Basic observational skills will tell anyone that acorns are not lighter than air,{{Citation needed}} but the idea follows the logic stated by the squirrels:  If the Sun, being so magnificent, must be full of acorns, then a balloon powerful enough to take a squirrel to the Sun must also be powered by something amazing, like acorns. Obviously, neither the Sun or balloons are filled with acorns{{Citation needed}}. That we know of..... Maybe those squirrels were onto something.
 Usage of balloons for space travel is a prominent motif in early science fiction; see, for example, "{{w|The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall}}" by Edgar Allan Poe.

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 ==Trivia==
 *It is commonly believed that real squirrels use their ''tails'' as parachutes, although as yet [http://io9.com/5946627/squirrel-hurls-itself-through-a-fourth-story-window-scampers-off-unscathed "there have been no observational studies on the aerodynamics of free-falling squirrels."]
-*In the real world [http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=1020.0 helium balloons cannot escape the stratosphere.]  Perhaps the squirrel only ''thinks'' he's halfway to the sun. Or maybe the acorns in the balloon are pushing on the [[1404:_Quantum_Vacuum_Virtual_Plasma|quantum vacuum virtual plasma]].
+*In the real world [http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=1020.0 helium balloons cannot escape the stratosphere.]  Perhaps the squirrel only ''thinks'' he's halfway to the Sun. Or maybe the acorns in the balloon are pushing on the [[1404:_Quantum_Vacuum_Virtual_Plasma|quantum vacuum virtual plasma]].
 *The "shooting a hole in the balloon" is based on Larry Walters, who actually flew in a lawn chair suspended below a large cluster of helium balloons, using a pellet gun to shoot out balloons to descend. Featured in {{what if|62|What If: Falling With Helium}}.
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