2808: Daytime Firefly - Revision history

AndroidTheLucario: Connections

2025-08-13T18:05:15Z

Connections

172.70.86.10: /* Explanation */ The reason given for the removal of this bit was the "Randall doesn't make sex jokes"... But he absolutely does. (631: Anatomy Text, 316: Loud Sex... there are 116 comics under the Category:Sex...) Returning, as it seems relevent to me.

2024-07-01T10:30:46Z

‎Explanation: The reason given for the removal of this bit was the "Randall doesn't make sex jokes"... But he absolutely does. (631: Anatomy Text, 316: Loud Sex... there are 116 comics under the Category:Sex...) Returning, as it seems relevent to me.

Jkshapiro: /* Explanation */ Slightly funnier

2024-07-01T02:09:06Z

‎Explanation: Slightly funnier

Jkshapiro: /* Explanation */ Removed dogging reference. Randall doesn't usually make sex jokes, so it's distracting. It's true that it does fit with the comic, but sex jokes are highly versatile and fit with any comic. In bed.

2024-07-01T02:08:31Z

‎Explanation: Removed dogging reference. Randall doesn't usually make sex jokes, so it's distracting. It's true that it does fit with the comic, but sex jokes are highly versatile and fit with any comic. In bed.

Jkshapiro: /* Explanation */ Slightly funnier

2024-07-01T02:05:16Z

‎Explanation: Slightly funnier

162.158.74.68: /* Transcript */

2023-12-18T10:41:39Z

‎Transcript

172.70.86.58: Undo revision 325314 by Schoenarts (talk) Wasn't even a typo. "Flit" suits insects even over "fly" (ballistic or aircraft senses). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flit#Verb

2023-10-10T08:53:15Z

Undo revision 325314 by Schoenarts (talk) Wasn't even a typo. "Flit" suits insects even over "fly" (ballistic or aircraft senses). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flit#Verb

Schoenarts: Fixed typo.

2023-10-10T06:32:21Z

Fixed typo.

JLZ0kTC5 at 22:34, 5 October 2023

2023-10-05T22:34:23Z

172.70.207.37: /* Explanation */ done

2023-09-12T02:07:50Z

‎Explanation: done

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 Some things are associated with being seen so much in a given context that it can be surprising to see them anywhere else. This comic starts with the initially trivial incident of a famously night-time outdoor insect, a {{w|firefly}}, being discovered indoors and during the day.
-This quickly becomes another typical observation, that of the experience of a schoolchild seeing someone, whom they normally only encounter in the classroom, 'in the real world'. This may not be strange in small, close-knit communities, but can still be seen as extraordinary, and is sometimes an event that happens after the child (and/or teacher) has left the school, after several years have passed, and is a sign that they are now more equal citizens rather than tutor and student with vastly different non-overlapping lives outside of education.
+This quickly becomes another typical observation, that of the experience of a schoolchild seeing someone, whom they normally only encounter in the classroom, 'in the real world', an experience similar to [[3128: Thread Meeting|running into someone on a thread who you know from a totally different part of the Internet]]. This may not be strange in small, close-knit communities, but can still be seen as extraordinary, and is sometimes an event that happens after the child (and/or teacher) has left the school, after several years have passed, and is a sign that they are now more equal citizens rather than tutor and student with vastly different non-overlapping lives outside of education.
 Unlike fireflies, teachers and other humans generally do not {{w|Bioluminescence|bioluminesce}}, or flit around in the open air.{{Citation needed}} But that scenario is where the analogy {{tvtropes|Metaphorgotten|quickly turns}}, imagining Mr Jones (named as the teacher concerned) behaving like such an insect. Such an encounter would be at least as awkward as bumping into them in a semi-social situation, and the conversation you'd be having could be terribly stilted.

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	Unlike fireflies, teachers and other humans generally do not {{w\|Bioluminescence\|bioluminesce}}, or flit around in the open air.{{Citation needed}} But that scenario is where the analogy {{tvtropes\|Metaphorgotten\|quickly turns}}, imagining Mr Jones (named as the teacher concerned) behaving like such an insect. Such an encounter would be at least as awkward as bumping into them in a semi-social situation, and the conversation you'd be having could be terribly stilted.		Unlike fireflies, teachers and other humans generally do not {{w\|Bioluminescence\|bioluminesce}}, or flit around in the open air.{{Citation needed}} But that scenario is where the analogy {{tvtropes\|Metaphorgotten\|quickly turns}}, imagining Mr Jones (named as the teacher concerned) behaving like such an insect. Such an encounter would be at least as awkward as bumping into them in a semi-social situation, and the conversation you'd be having could be terribly stilted.
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		+	The idea of an outdoor, night-time encounter often involving the deliberate flashing of lights could also bring to mind {{w\|Dogging (sexual slang)\|another activity}} where [https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/uk-world-news/dogging-fan-reveals-what-really-2665950 car lights] can be used to signal participation, with perhaps a not too dissimilar motive to that of fireflies in the mating flights, in which it might indeed be... 'awkward'... for students and teachers to unexpectedly encounter each other.

	The title text continues the conversation with some sage advice, to the firefly-teacher, to avoid [[Miss Lenhart]] (presumably, but here with the honorific of {{w\|Ms.}}), another teacher of their acquaintance whom they believe to belong to an {{w\|Photuris\|aggressively mimicking genus of predatory firefly}}, and thus a potential danger to his existence. The females of those species are known to copy the blinking mating patterns of other firefly species in order to lure the males of those species with the promise of mating but with the true sole intent of eating them. The speaker is clearly concerned that Mr. Jones, while acting out the life of a firefly, will be fooled by Ms. Lenhart's firefly persona and then consumed.		The title text continues the conversation with some sage advice, to the firefly-teacher, to avoid [[Miss Lenhart]] (presumably, but here with the honorific of {{w\|Ms.}}), another teacher of their acquaintance whom they believe to belong to an {{w\|Photuris\|aggressively mimicking genus of predatory firefly}}, and thus a potential danger to his existence. The females of those species are known to copy the blinking mating patterns of other firefly species in order to lure the males of those species with the promise of mating but with the true sole intent of eating them. The speaker is clearly concerned that Mr. Jones, while acting out the life of a firefly, will be fooled by Ms. Lenhart's firefly persona and then consumed.

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 This quickly becomes another typical observation, that of the experience of a schoolchild seeing someone, whom they normally only encounter in the classroom, 'in the real world'. This may not be strange in small, close-knit communities, but can still be seen as extraordinary, and is sometimes an event that happens after the child (and/or teacher) has left the school, after several years have passed, and is a sign that they are now more equal citizens rather than tutor and student with vastly different non-overlapping lives outside of education.
-Unlike fireflies, teachers, like other humans, generally do not {{w|Bioluminescence|bioluminesce}}, or flit around in the open air.{{Citation needed}} But that scenario is where the analogy {{tvtropes|Metaphorgotten|quickly turns}}, imagining Mr Jones (named as the teacher concerned) behaving like such an insect. Such an encounter would be at least as awkward as bumping into them in a semi-social situation, and the conversation you'd be having could be terribly stilted.
+Unlike fireflies, teachers and other humans generally do not {{w|Bioluminescence|bioluminesce}}, or flit around in the open air.{{Citation needed}} But that scenario is where the analogy {{tvtropes|Metaphorgotten|quickly turns}}, imagining Mr Jones (named as the teacher concerned) behaving like such an insect. Such an encounter would be at least as awkward as bumping into them in a semi-social situation, and the conversation you'd be having could be terribly stilted.
 The title text continues the conversation with some sage advice, to the firefly-teacher, to avoid [[Miss Lenhart]] (presumably, but here with the honorific of {{w|Ms.}}), another teacher of their acquaintance whom they believe to belong to an {{w|Photuris|aggressively mimicking genus of predatory firefly}}, and thus a potential danger to his existence. The females of those species are known to copy the blinking mating patterns of other firefly species in order to lure the males of those species with the promise of mating but with the true sole intent of eating them. The speaker is clearly concerned that Mr. Jones, while acting out the life of a firefly, will be fooled by Ms. Lenhart's firefly persona and then consumed.

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	Unlike fireflies, teachers, like other humans, generally do not {{w\|Bioluminescence\|bioluminesce}}, or flit around in the open air.{{Citation needed}} But that scenario is where the analogy {{tvtropes\|Metaphorgotten\|quickly turns}}, imagining Mr Jones (named as the teacher concerned) behaving like such an insect. Such an encounter would be at least as awkward as bumping into them in a semi-social situation, and the conversation you'd be having could be terribly stilted.		Unlike fireflies, teachers, like other humans, generally do not {{w\|Bioluminescence\|bioluminesce}}, or flit around in the open air.{{Citation needed}} But that scenario is where the analogy {{tvtropes\|Metaphorgotten\|quickly turns}}, imagining Mr Jones (named as the teacher concerned) behaving like such an insect. Such an encounter would be at least as awkward as bumping into them in a semi-social situation, and the conversation you'd be having could be terribly stilted.
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−	The idea of an outdoor, night-time encounter often involving the deliberate flashing of lights could also bring to mind {{w\|Dogging (sexual slang)\|another activity}} where [https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/uk-world-news/dogging-fan-reveals-what-really-2665950 car lights] can be used to signal participation, with perhaps a not too dissimilar motive to that of fireflies in the mating flights, in which it might indeed be... 'awkward'... for students and teachers to unexpectedly encounter each other.

	The title text continues the conversation with some sage advice, to the firefly-teacher, to avoid [[Miss Lenhart]] (presumably, but here with the honorific of {{w\|Ms.}}), another teacher of their acquaintance whom they believe to belong to an {{w\|Photuris\|aggressively mimicking genus of predatory firefly}}, and thus a potential danger to his existence. The females of those species are known to copy the blinking mating patterns of other firefly species in order to lure the males of those species with the promise of mating but with the true sole intent of eating them. The speaker is clearly concerned that Mr. Jones, while acting out the life of a firefly, will be fooled by Ms. Lenhart's firefly persona and then consumed.		The title text continues the conversation with some sage advice, to the firefly-teacher, to avoid [[Miss Lenhart]] (presumably, but here with the honorific of {{w\|Ms.}}), another teacher of their acquaintance whom they believe to belong to an {{w\|Photuris\|aggressively mimicking genus of predatory firefly}}, and thus a potential danger to his existence. The females of those species are known to copy the blinking mating patterns of other firefly species in order to lure the males of those species with the promise of mating but with the true sole intent of eating them. The speaker is clearly concerned that Mr. Jones, while acting out the life of a firefly, will be fooled by Ms. Lenhart's firefly persona and then consumed.

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 This quickly becomes another typical observation, that of the experience of a schoolchild seeing someone, whom they normally only encounter in the classroom, 'in the real world'. This may not be strange in small, close-knit communities, but can still be seen as extraordinary, and is sometimes an event that happens after the child (and/or teacher) has left the school, after several years have passed, and is a sign that they are now more equal citizens rather than tutor and student with vastly different non-overlapping lives outside of education.
-Unlike fireflies, teachers, or indeed humans, generally do not {{w|Bioluminescence|bioluminesce}}, or flit around in the open air.{{Citation needed}} But that scenario is where the analogy {{tvtropes|Metaphorgotten|quickly turns}}, imagining Mr Jones (named as the teacher concerned) behaving like such an insect. Such an encounter would be at least as awkward as bumping into them in a semi-social situation, and the conversation you'd be having could be terribly stilted.
+Unlike fireflies, teachers, like other humans, generally do not {{w|Bioluminescence|bioluminesce}}, or flit around in the open air.{{Citation needed}} But that scenario is where the analogy {{tvtropes|Metaphorgotten|quickly turns}}, imagining Mr Jones (named as the teacher concerned) behaving like such an insect. Such an encounter would be at least as awkward as bumping into them in a semi-social situation, and the conversation you'd be having could be terribly stilted.
 The idea of an outdoor, night-time encounter often involving the deliberate flashing of lights could also bring to mind {{w|Dogging (sexual slang)|another activity}} where [https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/uk-world-news/dogging-fan-reveals-what-really-2665950 car lights] can be used to signal participation, with perhaps a not too dissimilar motive to that of fireflies in the mating flights, in which it might indeed be... 'awkward'... for students and teachers to unexpectedly encounter each other.

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	==Transcript==		==Transcript==
−	~~{{incomplete transcript\|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}~~

	:[Cueball is pointing at a flying insect to the right. Megan is walking towards it.]		:[Cueball is pointing at a flying insect to the right. Megan is walking towards it.]

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 The idea of an outdoor, night-time encounter often involving the deliberate flashing of lights could also bring to mind {{w|Dogging (sexual slang)|another activity}} where [https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/uk-world-news/dogging-fan-reveals-what-really-2665950 car lights] can be used to signal participation, with perhaps a not too dissimilar motive to that of fireflies in the mating flights, in which it might indeed be... 'awkward'... for students and teachers to unexpectedly encounter each other.
-The title text continues the conversation with some sage advice, to the firefly-teacher, to avoid [[Miss Lenhart]] (presumably, but here with the honorific of {{w|Ms.}}), another teacher of their acquaintence whom they believe to belong to an {{w|Photuris|aggressively mimicking genus of predatory firefly}}, and thus a potential danger to his existence. The females of those species are known to copy the blinking mating patterns of other firefly species in order to lure the males of those species with the promise of mating but with the true sole intent of eating them. The speaker is clearly concerned that Mr. Jones, while acting out the life of a firefly, will be fooled by Ms. Lenhart's firefly persona and then consumed.
+The title text continues the conversation with some sage advice, to the firefly-teacher, to avoid [[Miss Lenhart]] (presumably, but here with the honorific of {{w|Ms.}}), another teacher of their acquaintance whom they believe to belong to an {{w|Photuris|aggressively mimicking genus of predatory firefly}}, and thus a potential danger to his existence. The females of those species are known to copy the blinking mating patterns of other firefly species in order to lure the males of those species with the promise of mating but with the true sole intent of eating them. The speaker is clearly concerned that Mr. Jones, while acting out the life of a firefly, will be fooled by Ms. Lenhart's firefly persona and then consumed.
 ==Transcript==

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	==Explanation==		==Explanation==
−	~~{{incomplete\|Created by a waterfly. Believe in me / Help me believe in anything / 'Cause I wanna be someone who believes / Yeah / [Chorus]}}~~

	Some things are associated with being seen so much in a given context that it can be surprising to see them anywhere else. This comic starts with the initially trivial incident of a famously night-time outdoor insect, a {{w\|firefly}}, being discovered indoors and during the day.		Some things are associated with being seen so much in a given context that it can be surprising to see them anywhere else. This comic starts with the initially trivial incident of a famously night-time outdoor insect, a {{w\|firefly}}, being discovered indoors and during the day.