Talk:3192: Planetary Alignment - Revision history

92.239.132.210 at 01:39, 23 February 2026

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2600:100A:B10C:6B2E:EC47:CF99:9B14:1C81 at 06:55, 17 January 2026

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Fephisto at 14:49, 15 January 2026

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82.132.238.61 at 13:53, 14 January 2026

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82.13.184.33 at 09:25, 14 January 2026

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82.13.184.33 at 09:23, 14 January 2026

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Fephisto: /* Pacific */ new section

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‎Pacific: new section

These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For: Obscure enough?

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Obscure enough?

Elizium23: /* Relevant XKCD */ signed. sorry!

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‎Relevant XKCD: signed. sorry!

Elizium23: grammar

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grammar

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 I have personally been the victim of a much-inferior mobile phone as a loaner. I owned a Nokia phone (probably a [[:wikipedia:List of Nokia products|Nokia 239]]) that was on the United States AMPS analog network around 1997, and broke the LCD display. I brought it in for service, and while they worked on it, they issued me a [[:wikipedia:MicroTAC|Motorola MicroTAC]] type phone, which was only slightly better than the original "brick phone" design. Due to delays in repair and distance from the shop itself, I probably used the loaner phone for longer than the phone which I had nominally purchased. [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 06:10, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
 :Not necessarily "inferior", but the last time I had a car in the shop I got a car very different from what I'm used to. I normally drive a sedan (Camrys and Accords for several decades), but the loaner was an SUV, which took some getting used to (I'm a short person, getting into the driver's seat felt like climbing into a truck). [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 15:21, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
 Seems related to [[3059]], same clipboard and everything. [[Special:Contributions/64.114.211.116|64.114.211.116]] 08:46, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

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 I wonder if “Planetary Alignment” refers to the astrological notion of “the planets are in alignment…”? {{unsigned ip|75.111.176.208|13:37, 10 January 2026 (UTC)}}
 :It's not just astrological, astronomers also call a group of planets close together in the sky an alignment, although the more technical term is syzygy. That's what I expected the comic to be a pun on. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 15:21, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
 “Which ocean basin do you like the least?” is also reminiscent of Hank Scorpio asking Homer Simpson whether his least favorite country is France or Italy, with the least favorite one being the target of the death ray. {{unsigned ip|96.250.83.179|16:01, 10 January 2026}}

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	Pacific Ocean. We like the Pacific the least. While you're there, could you give the Ring of Fire a checkup? Thanks. [[User:Fephisto\|Fephisto]] ([[User talk:Fephisto\|talk]]) 15:05, 12 January 2026 (UTC)		Pacific Ocean. We like the Pacific the least. While you're there, could you give the Ring of Fire a checkup? Thanks. [[User:Fephisto\|Fephisto]] ([[User talk:Fephisto\|talk]]) 15:05, 12 January 2026 (UTC)
	:Hmmm, yeah.... <sucks air between teeth while looking thoughtful> ...you're right, it isn't working properly at all. Leave it with us, though, and we can definitely get it constantly spewing magma ''all the way round'', once we get the proper replacements. It will cost you, though, for both parts and labour... [[Special:Contributions/82.132.238.61\|82.132.238.61]] 13:53, 14 January 2026 (UTC)		:Hmmm, yeah.... <sucks air between teeth while looking thoughtful> ...you're right, it isn't working properly at all. Leave it with us, though, and we can definitely get it constantly spewing magma ''all the way round'', once we get the proper replacements. It will cost you, though, for both parts and labour... [[Special:Contributions/82.132.238.61\|82.132.238.61]] 13:53, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
		+	:: > <sucks air between teeth while looking thoughtful>
		+	::I felt that infuriating contractor bs nonverbal language in my ''soul''. [[User:Fephisto\|Fephisto]] ([[User talk:Fephisto\|talk]]) 14:49, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

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	Pacific Ocean. We like the Pacific the least. While you're there, could you give the Ring of Fire a checkup? Thanks. [[User:Fephisto\|Fephisto]] ([[User talk:Fephisto\|talk]]) 15:05, 12 January 2026 (UTC)		Pacific Ocean. We like the Pacific the least. While you're there, could you give the Ring of Fire a checkup? Thanks. [[User:Fephisto\|Fephisto]] ([[User talk:Fephisto\|talk]]) 15:05, 12 January 2026 (UTC)
		+	:Hmmm, yeah.... <sucks air between teeth while looking thoughtful> ...you're right, it isn't working properly at all. Leave it with us, though, and we can definitely get it constantly spewing magma ''all the way round'', once we get the proper replacements. It will cost you, though, for both parts and labour... [[Special:Contributions/82.132.238.61\|82.132.238.61]] 13:53, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

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 Seems related to [[3059]], same clipboard and everything. [[Special:Contributions/64.114.211.116|64.114.211.116]] 08:46, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
-: Also related to [[3037]]. These three comics seem to form an arc.
+: Also related to [[3037]]. These three comics seem to form an arc. {{unsigned ip|2001:861:8ac3:fa50:aeaa:c2ce:fdee:8131|11:37, 10 January 2026 (UTC)}}
 :these would fit into a "Planetary Inspector" category --[[User:Youforgotthisthing|Youforgotthisthing]] ([[User talk:Youforgotthisthing|talk]]) 16:06, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
-I wonder if “Planetary Alignment” refers to the astrological notion of “the planets are in alignment…”?
+I wonder if “Planetary Alignment” refers to the astrological notion of “the planets are in alignment…”? {{unsigned ip|75.111.176.208|13:37, 10 January 2026 (UTC)}}
 :It's not just astrological, astronomers also call a group of planets close together in the sky an alignment, although the more technical term is syzygy. That's what I expected the comic to be a pun on. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 15:21, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

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	[[3037]] and [[3059]] also have the same characters as this comic - Ponytail as inspector, Cueball as homeowner. I added a sentence to the main explanation linking to these related comics. --[[Special:Contributions/2600:4040:99D4:8B00:F922:E24E:C61E:3AB6\|2600:4040:99D4:8B00:F922:E24E:C61E:3AB6]] 19:20, 10 January 2026 (UTC)		[[3037]] and [[3059]] also have the same characters as this comic - Ponytail as inspector, Cueball as homeowner. I added a sentence to the main explanation linking to these related comics. --[[Special:Contributions/2600:4040:99D4:8B00:F922:E24E:C61E:3AB6\|2600:4040:99D4:8B00:F922:E24E:C61E:3AB6]] 19:20, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
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		+	== Pacific ==
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		+	Pacific Ocean. We like the Pacific the least. While you're there, could you give the Ring of Fire a checkup? Thanks. [[User:Fephisto\|Fephisto]] ([[User talk:Fephisto\|talk]]) 15:05, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

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	Remember to buckle your seatbelts! [[User:King Pando\|King Pando]] ([[User talk:King Pando\|talk]]) 05:20, 10 January 2026 (UTC)		Remember to buckle your seatbelts! [[User:King Pando\|King Pando]] ([[User talk:King Pando\|talk]]) 05:20, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
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		+	I hope they remember to restart the calculations when we get it back. [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|talk]]) 23:41, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

	== Inferior loaner items ==		== Inferior loaner items ==

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 “Which ocean basin do you like the least?” is also reminiscent of Hank Scorpio asking Homer Simpson whether his least favorite country is France or Italy, with the least favorite one being the target of the death ray. {{unsigned ip|96.250.83.179|16:01, 10 January 2026}}
-:I believe that the premier nerd canon parallel here would be Princess Leia giving up "[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Dantooine#Galactic_Civil_War Dantooine]" as the location of the Rebel Base in a vain effort to save her home planet, while the Imperial officials paid no real attention to her desperate lie. They probably knew she wouldn't give a real answer, but if she had to think of someplace expendable that she "liked the least", it certainly would be Dantooine.
+:I believe that the premier nerd canon parallel here would be Princess Leia giving up "[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Dantooine#Galactic_Civil_War Dantooine]" as the location of the Rebel Base in a vain effort to save her home planet, while the Imperial officials paid no real attention to her desperate lie. They probably knew she wouldn't give a real answer, but if she had to think of someplace expendable that she "liked the least", it certainly would be Dantooine. [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 04:17, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
 [[3037]] and [[3059]] also have the same characters as this comic - Ponytail as inspector, Cueball as homeowner. I added a sentence to the main explanation linking to these related comics. --[[Special:Contributions/2600:4040:99D4:8B00:F922:E24E:C61E:3AB6|2600:4040:99D4:8B00:F922:E24E:C61E:3AB6]] 19:20, 10 January 2026 (UTC)