3034: Features of Adulthood - Revision history

Natg19: /* Transcript */ cat

2025-08-08T22:07:02Z

‎Transcript: cat

219.90.170.202 at 07:43, 8 July 2025

2025-07-08T07:43:10Z

141.101.98.90: /* Events / Punctuation correction, and caveating the "rise in cables to manage" (though there's still plenty of router-to-the-wall networking, just as extremely-short-range wireless chargers are wired to their* power sources, etc)

2025-06-02T15:01:05Z

‎Events: Punctuation correction, and caveating the "rise in cables to manage" (though there's still plenty of router-to-the-wall networking, just as extremely-short-range wireless chargers are wired to *their* power sources, etc)

172.68.245.193: /* Events */ Added text in "Backpacks" and "Cable Management" sections about how the actual ubiquity of these items has changed over time, independent of Randall's childhood expectations.

2025-06-02T02:19:48Z

‎Events: Added text in "Backpacks" and "Cable Management" sections about how the actual ubiquity of these items has changed over time, independent of Randall's childhood expectations.

Btx40: /* Explanation */ I think we're done here

2025-04-29T02:22:47Z

‎Explanation: I think we're done here

BobcatInABox: /* Events */

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‎Events

BobcatInABox: /* Events */

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Log of n: /* Events */

2025-04-21T12:10:23Z

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172.69.195.3: /* Events */ Added a little philosophical futurism to the entry.

2025-04-21T09:10:46Z

‎Events: Added a little philosophical futurism to the entry.

162.158.216.158: Basic description of shopping

2025-04-21T06:28:05Z

Basic description of shopping

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-| Children being warned about illicit drugs have often been cautioned that drug dealers would inevitably approach them and offer them free drugs, in order to encourage an addiction and gain a reliable customer. In real life, drug dealers virtually never work that way, and are unlikely to part with their product unless payment has been made. Most people are introduced to drugs by friends or acquaintances, who might offer some for free, but that's only likely in specific social groups and situations.
+| Children being warned about illicit drugs have often been cautioned that {{tvtropes|TheAggressiveDrugDealer|drug dealers would inevitably approach them and offer them free drugs}}, in order to encourage an addiction and gain a reliable customer. In real life, drug dealers virtually never work that way, and are unlikely to part with their product unless payment has been made. Most people are introduced to drugs by friends or acquaintances, who might offer some for free, but that's only likely in specific social groups and situations. The TV Tropes page for this trope, however, contains an analysis of why children may be ''told'' that this would happen.
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-| Backpacks of various sizes are a versatile means to carry items. Children in the United States are generally expected and/or required to use them to carry textbooks and school supplies, making them a normal and typical part of life. While not all adults use backpacks, far more do so now than in [[Randall]]'s childhood (for instance, in place of briefcases.) They remain a very practical way to carry loads, particularly when traveling, or for such activities as hiking. [[Randall]] has referred to his interest in backpacks in a number of strips.
+| Backpacks of various sizes are a versatile means to carry items. Children in the United States are generally expected and/or required to use them to carry textbooks and school supplies, making them a normal and typical part of life. While not all adults use backpacks, far more do so now than in [[Randall]]'s childhood (for instance, in place of briefcases). They remain a very practical way to carry loads, particularly when traveling, or for such activities as hiking. [[Randall]] has referred to his interest in backpacks in a number of strips.
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-| Cable management is the act of tidying up the cables in and around a computer or other device, which is an annoying but often required task for most adults. Most children are never involved in this task, and don't even realize that it exists until they're old enough to both be responsible for significant electronics and care about tidiness. Moreover, the task has become drastically more common in [[Randall]]'s lifetime as electronics have proliferated.
+| Cable management is the act of tidying up the cables in and around a computer or other device, which is an annoying but often required task for most adults. Most children are never involved in this task, and don't even realize that it exists until they're old enough to both be responsible for significant electronics and care about tidiness. Moreover, the task has become drastically more common in [[Randall]]'s lifetime as electronics have proliferated, although one possible increase in cabling (networking) has been vastly mitigated by the application of {{w|Wifi}}.
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-| Backpacks of various sizes are a versatile means to carry items. Children in the United States are generally expected and/or required to use them to carry textbooks and school supplies, making them a normal and typical part of life. While not all adults use backpacks, they remain a very practical way to carry loads, particularly when traveling, or for such activities as hiking. [[Randall]] has referred to his interest in backpacks in a number of strips.
+| Backpacks of various sizes are a versatile means to carry items. Children in the United States are generally expected and/or required to use them to carry textbooks and school supplies, making them a normal and typical part of life. While not all adults use backpacks, far more do so now than in [[Randall]]'s childhood (for instance, in place of briefcases.) They remain a very practical way to carry loads, particularly when traveling, or for such activities as hiking. [[Randall]] has referred to his interest in backpacks in a number of strips.
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-| Cable management is the act of tidying up the cables in and around a computer or other device, which is an annoying but often required task for most adults. Most children are never involved in this task, and don't even realize that it exists until they're old enough to both be responsible for significant electronics and care about tidiness.
+| Cable management is the act of tidying up the cables in and around a computer or other device, which is an annoying but often required task for most adults. Most children are never involved in this task, and don't even realize that it exists until they're old enough to both be responsible for significant electronics and care about tidiness. Moreover, the task has become drastically more common in [[Randall]]'s lifetime as electronics have proliferated.
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 ==Explanation==
-This comic is a graph comparing  the (mostly) common ideas of adulthood from a young person's perspective with reality of it. The plot is fully populated, with many issues (both common and uncommon) matching expectations pretty well, as well as features that are much rarer than expected (like encounters with quicksand, crocodiles and explosives), and some very common issues that don't occur to young people, such as deciding what to eat, or dealing with weird noises and smells.
+This comic is a graph comparing the (mostly) common ideas of adulthood from a young person's perspective with reality of it. The plot is fully populated, with many issues (both common and uncommon) matching expectations pretty well, as well as features that are much rarer than expected (like encounters with quicksand, crocodiles and explosives), and some very common issues that don't occur to young people, such as deciding what to eat, or dealing with weird noises and smells.
-It is clear that much of the  'lower-right triangle' (things that don't come up nearly as often as expected) are ''direct'' references to fictional scenarios on film or TV, likely particularly the type of fiction that [[Randall]] consumed as a child (probably including cartoons and action movies). In contrast, the complimentary 'upper-left triangle' largely consists of the type of mundane adult activities that children don't see or notice in real life, and which often aren't interesting enough to be disproportionately common in fiction.
+It is clear that much of the 'lower-right triangle' (things that don't come up nearly as often as expected) are ''direct'' references to fictional scenarios on film or TV, likely particularly the type of fiction that [[Randall]] consumed as a child (probably including cartoons and action movies). In contrast, the complimentary 'upper-left triangle' largely consists of the type of mundane adult activities that children don't see or notice in real life, and which often aren't interesting enough to be disproportionately common in fiction.
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-| Customer service is something that children do not typically notice adults needing to use (frequently used while at work when children are not around). Customer service phone numbers are common on many websites and apps. The goal is to help those having trouble with using websites or apps. While frequently [[806: Tech Support|basic and of little use]], it still comes up fairly frequently. Randall has made other comics about customer service, including [[806: Tech Support]] and [[627: Tech Support Cheat Sheet]].
+| Customer service is something that children do not typically notice adults needing to use (frequently used while adults or parents are at work or at other times when children are not around). Customer service phone numbers are common on many websites and apps. The goal is to help those having trouble with using websites or apps. While frequently [[806: Tech Support|basic and of little use]], it still comes up fairly frequently. Randall has made other comics about customer service, including [[806: Tech Support]] and [[627: Tech Support Cheat Sheet]].
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-| In fiction, if a pair of identical twins are introduced, it's almost inevitable that they'll trade places at some point, each trying to pass for the other, whether as a prank, or for some more serious purpose (a version of {{w|Chekhov's gun}}). Actual identical twins are quite rare (roughly 1 in 300 live births), even identical twins might not look exactly alike, and many twins get tired of being confused for one another at a young age, and so have no interest trying to trade places as adults. Frankly, a real life percentage above 0% may be a joke.
+| In fiction, if a pair of identical twins are introduced, it's almost inevitable that they'll trade places at some point, each trying to pass for the other, whether as a prank, or for some more serious purpose (a version of {{w|Chekhov's gun}}), such as in the movie {{w|The Parent Trap}}. Actual identical twins are quite rare (roughly 1 in 300 live births), even identical twins might not look exactly alike, and many twins get tired of being confused for one another at a young age, and so have no interest trying to trade places as adults. Frankly, a real life percentage above 0% may be a joke.
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 | In modern societies, most individuals go shopping (whether in person, or online) for food and other consumables on a fairly regular basis, and for larger purchases less regularly. Children are often taken shopping by their parents from an early age, so expect shopping to happen regularly as well.
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3034: Features of Adulthood - Revision history

Natg19: /* Transcript */ cat

219.90.170.202 at 07:43, 8 July 2025

141.101.98.90: /* Events */ Punctuation correction, and caveating the "rise in cables to manage" (though there's still plenty of router-to-the-wall networking, just as extremely-short-range wireless chargers are wired to *their* power sources, etc)

172.68.245.193: /* Events */ Added text in "Backpacks" and "Cable Management" sections about how the actual ubiquity of these items has changed over time, independent of Randall's childhood expectations.

Btx40: /* Explanation */ I think we're done here

BobcatInABox: /* Events */

BobcatInABox: /* Events */

Log of n: /* Events */

172.69.195.3: /* Events */ Added a little philosophical futurism to the entry.

162.158.216.158: Basic description of shopping

141.101.98.90: /* Events / Punctuation correction, and caveating the "rise in cables to manage" (though there's still plenty of router-to-the-wall networking, just as extremely-short-range wireless chargers are wired to their* power sources, etc)