Talk:1388: Subduction License - Revision history

Headphones the stickman: /* hover over text */ new section

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172.69.170.53: sorry lol ~~~~Bumpf

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sorry lol ~~~~Bumpf

The Cat Lady at 20:18, 27 October 2021

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172.69.69.170 at 20:39, 17 September 2021

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PoolloverNathan at 18:00, 19 January 2021

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162.158.255.160 at 03:15, 25 May 2017

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172.68.65.138 at 15:45, 26 April 2017

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108.162.229.232 at 19:02, 14 February 2017

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108.162.250.162 at 05:59, 5 January 2016

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141.101.99.192 at 08:45, 5 July 2014

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	:Because it's funny! [[User:The Cat Lady\|-- The Cat Lady]] ([[User talk:The Cat Lady\|talk]]) 20:18, 27 October 2021 (UTC)		:Because it's funny! [[User:The Cat Lady\|-- The Cat Lady]] ([[User talk:The Cat Lady\|talk]]) 20:18, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
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		+	the hover over text implies that beret is or at least was cueball's roommate, but I don't see this mentioned anywhere in his page or this one.
		+	i'll make the same post on https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Beret_Guy
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 Alternate explanation for the title text: A fault is a break between two blocks of the lithosphere (or the crust if you want to be more vernacular). The two blocks move in one of three ways: laterally side-by-side (making it a transform fault), away from each other (a normal fault) or toward each other (a reverse fault, which is the kind involved in subduction). If Beret Guy were normal, he'd have to be moving away from Cueball. [[User:Fewmet|Fewmet]] ([[User talk:Fewmet|talk]]) 15:15, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
-Also, "AUGH!" reminds me of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts Peanuts]: [[File:https://fenetreovale.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/charliebrownlucy-rugby.png]] [[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.232|108.162.229.232]] 19:02, 14 February 2017 (UTC)Mandel
+Also, "AUGH!" reminds me of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts Peanuts]: [[https://fenetreovale.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/charliebrownlucy-rugby.png]] [[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.232|108.162.229.232]] 19:02, 14 February 2017 (UTC)Mandel
 Why does the mini mountain range have snow on the peaks? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.138|172.68.65.138]] 15:45, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 :Because it's funny! [[User:The Cat Lady|-- The Cat Lady]] ([[User talk:The Cat Lady|talk]]) 20:18, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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	Why does the mini mountain range have snow on the peaks? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.138\|172.68.65.138]] 15:45, 26 April 2017 (UTC)		Why does the mini mountain range have snow on the peaks? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.138\|172.68.65.138]] 15:45, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
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		+	:Because it's funny! [[User:The Cat Lady\|-- The Cat Lady]] ([[User talk:The Cat Lady\|talk]]) 20:18, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

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	I'm assuming "subduction license" is being comically reinterpreted here from some other meaning. What is a subduction license, normally speaking? [[User:Jevicci\|Jevicci]] ([[User talk:Jevicci\|talk]]) 15:20, 30 June 2014 (UTC)		I'm assuming "subduction license" is being comically reinterpreted here from some other meaning. What is a subduction license, normally speaking? [[User:Jevicci\|Jevicci]] ([[User talk:Jevicci\|talk]]) 15:20, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
		+	:play on words with "production license".

	Um, you're making it too easy to make me normal and rub away very fast {{unsigned ip\|108.162.221.9}}		Um, you're making it too easy to make me normal and rub away very fast {{unsigned ip\|108.162.221.9}}

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 "In the end, much to Cueball's consternation, these mountains turn his desk and chair over. Cueball actually falls out of the frame in the final panel, where Beret Guy is already halfway down beneath the floor. This would not be possible in real life. [citation needed]"
 ...Hoping this is a joke...
 I'm assuming "subduction license" is being comically reinterpreted here from some other meaning.  What is a subduction license, normally speaking? [[User:Jevicci|Jevicci]] ([[User talk:Jevicci|talk]]) 15:20, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

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	I'm assuming "subduction license" is being comically reinterpreted here from some other meaning. What is a subduction license, normally speaking? [[User:Jevicci\|Jevicci]] ([[User talk:Jevicci\|talk]]) 15:20, 30 June 2014 (UTC)		I'm assuming "subduction license" is being comically reinterpreted here from some other meaning. What is a subduction license, normally speaking? [[User:Jevicci\|Jevicci]] ([[User talk:Jevicci\|talk]]) 15:20, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

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	Also, "AUGH!" reminds me of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts Peanuts]: [[File:https://fenetreovale.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/charliebrownlucy-rugby.png]] [[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.232\|108.162.229.232]] 19:02, 14 February 2017 (UTC)Mandel		Also, "AUGH!" reminds me of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts Peanuts]: [[File:https://fenetreovale.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/charliebrownlucy-rugby.png]] [[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.232\|108.162.229.232]] 19:02, 14 February 2017 (UTC)Mandel
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		+	Why does the mini mountain range have snow on the peaks? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.138\|172.68.65.138]] 15:45, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

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	Alternate explanation for the title text: A fault is a break between two blocks of the lithosphere (or the crust if you want to be more vernacular). The two blocks move in one of three ways: laterally side-by-side (making it a transform fault), away from each other (a normal fault) or toward each other (a reverse fault, which is the kind involved in subduction). If Beret Guy were normal, he'd have to be moving away from Cueball. [[User:Fewmet\|Fewmet]] ([[User talk:Fewmet\|talk]]) 15:15, 1 July 2014 (UTC)		Alternate explanation for the title text: A fault is a break between two blocks of the lithosphere (or the crust if you want to be more vernacular). The two blocks move in one of three ways: laterally side-by-side (making it a transform fault), away from each other (a normal fault) or toward each other (a reverse fault, which is the kind involved in subduction). If Beret Guy were normal, he'd have to be moving away from Cueball. [[User:Fewmet\|Fewmet]] ([[User talk:Fewmet\|talk]]) 15:15, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
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		+	Also, "AUGH!" reminds me of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts Peanuts]: [[File:https://fenetreovale.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/charliebrownlucy-rugby.png]] [[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.232\|108.162.229.232]] 19:02, 14 February 2017 (UTC)Mandel

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 :Nah, that's not it ... there's got to be some pun on ''license'', or perhaps a term that sounds like ''-uction license''. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.159|173.245.54.159]] 23:14, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 ::Could be the ''seduction license'' he should have applied for instead. He wishes to seduce his roommate, and has applied for a license for this. However he misunderstood the word and has applied for the other license, and has also read about it on Wikipedia ;-) [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:31, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 Google supplies http://www.cafepress.ca/+subduction+license-plate-frames which offers "Subduction License Plate Frames", which I believe is an accidental verbal conjunction.  I believe it's in the context of the web site selling a range of images and designs printed on various objects.  In this case the object is a license plate frame, and the image is a diagram of subduction.  Since the centre is cut out of the image in order to display the license plate, the combination is pretty useless.  But, here it is, a subduction license plate frame, in which to place your subduction license.  So why is that funny?  Well, maybe it was the web site's special offer of the day, or, it was a Googlewhack.  But now, a few days later, the Internet is awash with people asking "Why is 'subduction license' funny?" rja.carnegie@excite.com [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.192|141.101.99.192]] 08:45, 5 July 2014 (UTC)