647: Scary - Revision history

162.218.182.25: /* Trivia */ phrasing

2026-04-08T20:23:25Z

‎Trivia: phrasing

162.218.182.25: /* Trivia */ ce

2026-04-08T20:22:45Z

‎Trivia: ce

Duralumin-here: Tagged the child as Kidball instead of Cueball.

2026-03-28T21:38:26Z

Tagged the child as Kidball instead of Cueball.

211.30.67.78: /* Explanation */

2025-12-25T21:40:07Z

‎Explanation

Lettherebedarklight: /* Trivia */ add Category:Comics with a Spanish translation

2025-12-15T08:58:09Z

‎Trivia: add Category:Comics with a Spanish translation

Utdtutyabthsc: /* Explanation */

2025-12-04T03:08:25Z

‎Explanation

172.70.91.184: /* Trivia */ 9/11 was >23 years ago as I'm writing this (feb 5th 2025) so thought I'd update the trivia section by mentioning that post 9/11 babies can also drink

2025-02-05T12:39:57Z

‎Trivia: 9/11 was >23 years ago as I'm writing this (feb 5th 2025) so thought I'd update the trivia section by mentioning that post 9/11 babies can also drink

42.book.addict at 19:23, 23 October 2024

2024-10-23T19:23:06Z

42.book.addict at 00:13, 17 April 2024

2024-04-17T00:13:09Z

172.69.43.172 at 13:58, 16 April 2024

2024-04-16T13:58:38Z

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 ==Trivia==
-*Since 2017-11-05, the time between 9/11 and this comic has been smaller than the time between this comic and the present.
+*As of 2017-11-05, this comic was published closer to 9/11 than the present day.
-*Since 2019-09-11, some babies born after 9/11 are old enough to vote.
+*As of 2019-09-11, some babies born after 9/11 are old enough to vote.
-*Since 2022-09-11, some people born after 9/11 are old enough to buy alcohol in the US.
+*As of 2022-09-11, some people born after 9/11 are old enough to buy alcohol in the US.
 {{comic discussion}}

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 ==Trivia==
 *Since 2017-11-05, the time between 9/11 and this comic has been smaller than the time between this comic and the present.
-*Since 2019-09-11, some babies born after 9/11 are old enough to vote
+*Since 2019-09-11, some babies born after 9/11 are old enough to vote.
-*Since 2022-09-11, some people born after 9/11 are old enough to buy alcohol in the US
+*Since 2022-09-11, some people born after 9/11 are old enough to buy alcohol in the US.
 {{comic discussion}}

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 [[Category:Comics featuring Rob]]
-[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] <!--the little guy-->
+[[Category:Comics featuring Kidball]]
 [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] <!--two of the stick figures-->
 [[Category:Comics to make one feel old]]

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 [[Rob]] is telling his eight-year-old nephew a ghost story, employing such clichéd devices as a flashlight-lit face and stock ghost story endings. The boy is unimpressed, so Rob challenges him to come up with a scarier story. Rob's nephew merely states that he was born after {{w|9/11}}, and yet he is already mentally developed enough to hold a conversation with an adult. This proves effective, as in the final panel Rob assumes a fetal position, gripped by existential dread.
-There is no hidden meaning here, but this comic is scary for many adults. What is being implied here is that time seems to be moving very quickly and we are getting older faster than we think. Events that seem like they "just happened" have happened long enough ago for a whole other person to come into existence, grow up, and learn to carry on a conversation. Every time we get reminded of this fact, it can be scary, as you then realize that [[1393: Timeghost|you are now closer to your death]]...
+There is no hidden meaning here, but this comic is scary for many adults. What is being implied here is that time seems to be moving very quickly and we are getting older faster than we think. Events that seem like they "just happened" have happened long enough ago for a whole other person to come into existence, grow up, and learn to carry on a conversation (especially ones who are precocious enough to recognise that concept, which may also be the cause of Rob's fear in realizing how smart his nephew is for his age). Every time we get reminded of this fact, it can be scary, as you then realize that [[1393: Timeghost|you are now closer to your death]]...
 /11 was a terrorist attack in the United States in 2001, on September 11th. Major events such as the assassination of {{w|Assassination of John F. Kennedy|Kennedy}}, the Moon Landing of {{w|Apollo 11}} or 9/11 are easily memorable. It is often said that "everyone remembers where they were when they first heard...". In consequence, these events act as milestones in our memory. They are recalled more vividly, and seem more recent. Today this is maybe also topping the {{w|Attack on Pearl Harbor}} which happened in 1941.

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		+	[[Category:Comics with a Spanish translation]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:23, 23 October 2024
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	[[Category:Comics to make one feel old]]		[[Category:Comics to make one feel old]]
		+	[[Category:Movies]]
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 ==Explanation==
-[[Rob]] is telling his eight-year-old nephew a ghost story, employing such clichéd devices as a flashlight-lit face and stock ghost story endings. The boy is unimpressed, so Rob challenges him to come up with a scarier story. Rob's nephew merely states that he was born after {{w|9/11}}, and yet he is already mentally developed enough to hold a conversation with an adult. This proves effective, as in the final panel Rob assumes the fetal position, gripped by existential dread.
+[[Rob]] is telling his eight-year-old nephew a ghost story, employing such clichéd devices as a flashlight-lit face and stock ghost story endings. The boy is unimpressed, so Rob challenges him to come up with a scarier story. Rob's nephew merely states that he was born after {{w|9/11}}, and yet he is already mentally developed enough to hold a conversation with an adult. This proves effective, as in the final panel Rob assumes a fetal position, gripped by existential dread.
 There is no hidden meaning here, but this comic sure is scary for many adults. What's being implied here is that time seems to be moving really quickly and we're getting older faster than we think. Events that seem like they "just happened" have happened long enough ago for a whole other person to come into existence, grow up, and learn to carry on a conversation. Every time we get reminded of this fact, it can be scary, as you then realize that [[1393: Timeghost|you are now closer to your death]]...

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 /11 was a terrorist attack in the United States in 2001, on September 11th. Major events such as the assassination of {{w|Assassination of John F. Kennedy|Kennedy}}, the Moon Landing of {{w|Apollo 11}} or 9/11 are easily memorable. It is often said that "everyone remembers where they were when they first heard...". In consequence, these events act as milestones in our memory. They are recalled more vividly, and seem more recent. Today this is maybe also topping the {{w|Attack on Pearl Harbor}} which happened in 1941.
-The title text mentions that [[Randall]] is teaching his 8 year old relatives to say the same as in the comic — presumably to the annoyance of his older relatives who will be reminded of the fast passage of time. He does not stop here, but teaches the 14 year old's to say they are born after {{w|Toy Story}} — a major block buster hit from {{w|Pixar}} which came out in 1995. A movie many people will remember fondly and feel just came out the other day... He continues with these scary thoughts by mentioning that {{w|Pokémon}} (1996) came out over a decade ago and that kids born after the big {{w|Disney}} hit movie {{w|Aladdin_(1992_Disney_film)|Aladdin}} from 1992 will turn 18 next year (i.e. in 2010 a year after this comic was published).
+The title text mentions that [[Randall]] is teaching his 8-year-old relatives to say the same as in the comic — presumably to the annoyance of his older relatives who will be reminded of the fast passage of time. He does not stop here, but teaches the 14-year-olds to say they are born after {{w|Toy Story}} — a major block buster hit from {{w|Pixar}} which came out in 1995. A movie many people will remember fondly and feel just came out the other day. He continues with these scary thoughts by mentioning that {{w|Pokémon}} (1996) came out over a decade ago and that kids born after the big {{w|Disney}} hit movie {{w|Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin}} from 1992 will turn 18 next year (i.e. in 2010 a year after this comic was published).
-[[Randall]] has both before and after this comic tried to [[:Category:Comics_to_make_one_feel_old|make people feel old]] several times.
+[[Randall]] has both before and after this comic tried to [[:Category:Comics to make one feel old|make people feel old]] several times.
 ==Transcript==
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 :Nephew: 9/11 happened before I was born, yet I'm old enough to have this conversation with you.
-:[Rob has dropped the flash-light. The nephew has taken the other arm down on the ground. Beat panel.]
+:[Rob has dropped the flash-light. The nephew has taken the other arm down to the ground. Beat panel.]
-:[Rob has curled his legs up to his chin and wrapped his arms around them while the nephew relaxes eve more,]
+:[Rob has curled his legs up to his chin and wrapped his arms around them while the nephew relaxes even more.]
 ==Trivia==