1710: Walking Into Things - Revision history

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GreatWyrmGold: /* Explanation */ It's not really ironic. Reading something on your phone while walking around isn't a social activity.

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‎Explanation: It's not really ironic. Reading something on your phone while walking around isn't a social activity.

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 ==Trivia==
-The second word in the first panel looks like "UFE", but it's actually "LIFE" with [[bad kerning|1015: Kerning]].
+The second word in the first panel looks like "UFE", but it's actually "LIFE" with [[1015: Kerning|bad kerning]].
-At the time the comic was released, ''{{w|Pokémon Go}}'' has been gaining popularity, with many people raising concerns about the dangers of walking around while staring at a phone screen. (See [[1705|1705: Pokémon Go]] released two weeks before this).
+At the time the comic was released, ''{{w|Pokémon Go}}'' has been gaining popularity, with many people raising concerns about the dangers of walking around while staring at a phone screen. (See [[1705: Pokémon Go]] released two weeks before this).
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 ==Trivia==
-The second word in the first panel looks like "UFE", but it's actually "LIFE" with bad [[1015: Kerning]].
+The second word in the first panel looks like "UFE", but it's actually "LIFE" with [[bad kerning|1015: Kerning]].
 At the time the comic was released, ''{{w|Pokémon Go}}'' has been gaining popularity, with many people raising concerns about the dangers of walking around while staring at a phone screen. (See [[1705|1705: Pokémon Go]] released two weeks before this).

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 [[Megan]] replies that if this is the case, the rate of the "control group" colliding with things is also weirdly high. In Cueball's metaphor, the "control group" would be his walking around without being distracted, so you would expect him not to collide with anything when able to give his full attention to where he's going. Thus, Megan is implying that Cueball is simply clumsy or easily distracted by other events or his own thoughts, and that his walking into things has little to do with whether he's looking at his phone, in a book or at the sky. Cueball responds defensively, saying that "walking [without bumping into anything] is hard, okay?"
-Walking actually is a difficult task, as can be observed when trying to teach a robot how to walk, or the time it takes for children to learn it and the way that a baby's first steps are celebrated as an achievement and a milestone in their development.
+Walking actually is a difficult task, as can be observed when trying to teach a robot how to walk, or the time it takes for children to learn it and the way that a baby's first steps are celebrated as an achievement and a milestone in their development. Of course, walking is much easier (for most people) once they've mastered the basics.
-In the title text, Randall remarks that his childhood spent walking around with his nose in a book has prepared him "unexpectedly well" for today's world. Years ago, walking around while staring at something in your hands — such as a book — was considered odd, antisocial and dangerous, and was mostly the province of bookworms and nerds. Yet now, it's commonplace for people to walk around staring at their phones. This, ironically, makes those "antisocial" people who grew up used to walking around while reading the best-adapted to navigating while using a smartphone.
+In the title text, Randall remarks that his childhood spent walking around with his nose in a book has prepared him "unexpectedly well" for today's world. Years ago, walking around while staring at something in your hands — such as a book — was considered odd, antisocial and dangerous, and was mostly the province of bookworms and nerds. Yet now, it's commonplace for people to walk around staring at their phones. This makes those "antisocial" people who grew up used to walking around while reading the best-adapted to navigating while using a smartphone.
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