25: Barrel - Part 4 - Revision history

FaviFake: Undo revision 386768 by BobcatInABox (talk) what does this have eto do with the comic?

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Undo revision 386768 by BobcatInABox (talk) what does this have eto do with the comic?

BobcatInABox at 10:35, 16 September 2025

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92.17.62.87: Used an "optional breaking space", , as one of several ways to make a zero-width non-space that forgoes the eventual parsing of the ":" as being the start of a template-implemented line of transpoed text. There are several others!

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Used an "optional breaking space", <wbr>, as one of several ways to make a zero-width non-space that forgoes the eventual parsing of the ":" as being the start of a template-implemented line of transpoed text. There are several others!

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BobcatInABox at 15:40, 15 September 2025

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BobcatInABox at 15:35, 15 September 2025

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BobcatInABox at 15:34, 15 September 2025

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	In the second part of the post, he jokingly implies that Barrel Boy passed away, which will be found to be incorrect in the actual last comic in the series. It's possible he changed his mind in the meantime and wanted to give the series a happy ending. The reference to George Lucas is in response to the {{w\|changes in Star Wars re-releases}} that were not widely liked by long-term fans of the original movies, as they covered a general revamping and upgrading of the visuals, [https://nofilmschool.com/Jabba-The-Hutt-Returned-to-Star-Wars additional scenes], and even reinterpretations of {{w\|Han shot first\|existing scenes}}. In his post, he says he believes the change he made to [[11: Barrel - Part 2]] aren't as controversial.		In the second part of the post, he jokingly implies that Barrel Boy passed away, which will be found to be incorrect in the actual last comic in the series. It's possible he changed his mind in the meantime and wanted to give the series a happy ending. The reference to George Lucas is in response to the {{w\|changes in Star Wars re-releases}} that were not widely liked by long-term fans of the original movies, as they covered a general revamping and upgrading of the visuals, [https://nofilmschool.com/Jabba-The-Hutt-Returned-to-Star-Wars additional scenes], and even reinterpretations of {{w\|Han shot first\|existing scenes}}. In his post, he says he believes the change he made to [[11: Barrel - Part 2]] aren't as controversial.
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	In the second part of the post, he jokingly implies that Barrel Boy passed away, which will be found to be incorrect in the actual last comic in the series. It's possible he changed his mind in the meantime and wanted to give the series a happy ending. The reference to George Lucas is in response to the {{w\|changes in Star Wars re-releases}} that were not widely liked by long-term fans of the original movies, as they covered a general revamping and upgrading of the visuals, [https://nofilmschool.com/Jabba-The-Hutt-Returned-to-Star-Wars additional scenes], and even reinterpretations of {{w\|Han shot first\|existing scenes}}. In his post, he says he believes the change he made to [[11: Barrel - Part 2]] aren't as controversial.		In the second part of the post, he jokingly implies that Barrel Boy passed away, which will be found to be incorrect in the actual last comic in the series. It's possible he changed his mind in the meantime and wanted to give the series a happy ending. The reference to George Lucas is in response to the {{w\|changes in Star Wars re-releases}} that were not widely liked by long-term fans of the original movies, as they covered a general revamping and upgrading of the visuals, [https://nofilmschool.com/Jabba-The-Hutt-Returned-to-Star-Wars additional scenes], and even reinterpretations of {{w\|Han shot first\|existing scenes}}. In his post, he says he believes the change he made to [[11: Barrel - Part 2]] aren't as controversial.
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	== Transcript ==		== Transcript ==

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-| titletext = :(<br><br>''<div class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=2%3A42%20pm-,Monday%27s%20Drawing,-(11%20Comments Original caption]:'' By the way, here are all the barrel comics on a single (easily linked) page:<br>http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html<br>I cheated, and went back and lightened the gridlines in #2. It was just bothering me. I'll try not to do that much. But as I'm not destroying anyone's childhood, I don't feel like I'm really pulling a George Lucas.<br>I mean, I'm not destroying more than one childhood.<br>Oops.</div>
+| titletext = <wbr>:(<br><br>''<div class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=2%3A42%20pm-,Monday%27s%20Drawing,-(11%20Comments Original caption]:'' By the way, here are all the barrel comics on a single (easily linked) page:<br>http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html<br>I cheated, and went back and lightened the gridlines in #2. It was just bothering me. I'll try not to do that much. But as I'm not destroying anyone's childhood, I don't feel like I'm really pulling a George Lucas.<br>I mean, I'm not destroying more than one childhood.<br>Oops.</div>
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 ==Explanation==
 In the first three comics of the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]], [[Barrel Boy]] explored the ocean in a barrel and then encountered a whirlpool, all with a reaction of innocent wonder. Here, the empty barrel floating adrift, the title text, and a previous announcement by Randall that this would be the conclusion of the series, imply that the boy's encounter with the whirlpool separated him from the barrel, and he may have died.

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 ==Explanation==
-{{Incomplete|this comics title text needs to be fixed. The colon is currently being interpreted as an indent. I, [[User:BobcatInABox|BobcatInABox]]([[User talk:BobcatInABox|talk]]) tried a backslash and a double backslash before it, but they ended up just being interpreted as regular characters.}}
+{{Incomplete|this comics title text needs to be fixed. The colon is currently being interpreted as an indent. I, [[User:BobcatInABox|BobcatInABox]]([[User talk:BobcatInABox|talk]]), tried a backslash and a double backslash before it, but they ended up just being interpreted as regular characters.}}
 In the first three comics of the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]], [[Barrel Boy]] explored the ocean in a barrel and then encountered a whirlpool, all with a reaction of innocent wonder. Here, the empty barrel floating adrift, the title text, and a previous announcement by Randall that this would be the conclusion of the series, imply that the boy's encounter with the whirlpool separated him from the barrel, and he may have died.

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 ==Explanation==
-{{Incomplete|this comics title text needs to be fixed. The colon is currently being interpreted as an indent. I ([[User:BobcatInABox|BobcatInABox]]([[User talk:BobcatInABox|talk]])) tried a backslash and a double backslash before it, but they ended up just being interpreted as regular characters.}}
+{{Incomplete|this comics title text needs to be fixed. The colon is currently being interpreted as an indent. I, [[User:BobcatInABox|BobcatInABox]]([[User talk:BobcatInABox|talk]]) tried a backslash and a double backslash before it, but they ended up just being interpreted as regular characters.}}
 In the first three comics of the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]], [[Barrel Boy]] explored the ocean in a barrel and then encountered a whirlpool, all with a reaction of innocent wonder. Here, the empty barrel floating adrift, the title text, and a previous announcement by Randall that this would be the conclusion of the series, imply that the boy's encounter with the whirlpool separated him from the barrel, and he may have died.