Talk:3230: Overton - Revision history

2A02:C7C:7344:4C00:BC19:A5A4:14E8:E888 at 08:27, 9 April 2026

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82.13.184.33 at 08:24, 9 April 2026

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87.129.222.20 at 06:39, 9 April 2026

2026-04-09T06:39:44Z

Cream Starlight: Hey there are something unsigned! Also, added more c o m m e n t s

2026-04-09T05:53:47Z

Hey there are something unsigned! Also, added more c o m m e n t s

2607:FB91:BD8A:8E2F:858D:1E1B:F461:5F6E at 04:35, 9 April 2026

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Cream Starlight at 03:33, 9 April 2026

2026-04-09T03:33:34Z

50.47.108.55: Added discussion about direction of window moving

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Added discussion about direction of window moving

81.179.199.253: /* Significance of the Dates */

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‎Significance of the Dates

In-Sanity: /* Significance of the Dates */

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‎Significance of the Dates

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‎Significance of the Dates: new section

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	I think it's worth noting that the window keeps updating to the right. [[Special:Contributions/50.47.108.55\|50.47.108.55]] 02:22, 9 April 2026 (UTC) Ale10ander		I think it's worth noting that the window keeps updating to the right. [[Special:Contributions/50.47.108.55\|50.47.108.55]] 02:22, 9 April 2026 (UTC) Ale10ander
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		+	: Only if you consider dates to go from left to right instead of any other direction. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:C7C:7344:4C00:BC19:A5A4:14E8:E888\|2A02:C7C:7344:4C00:BC19:A5A4:14E8:E888]] 08:27, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

	What's the next death date? 2027? (Just guessin) [[User:Cream Starlight\|Cream S.L.]] ([[User talk:Cream Starlight\|talk]] / [[Special:Contributions/Cream_Starlight\|contribs]]) 03:33, 9 April 2026 (UTC)		What's the next death date? 2027? (Just guessin) [[User:Cream Starlight\|Cream S.L.]] ([[User talk:Cream Starlight\|talk]] / [[Special:Contributions/Cream_Starlight\|contribs]]) 03:33, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

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 Someday this cartoon will be politically inappropriate.  [[Special:Contributions/64.201.132.210|64.201.132.210]] 19:16, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
-^ Absolutely. [[Special:Contributions/66.154.219.123|66.154.219.123]] 21:16, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
+randall posting a politics-related comic? which could be construed as discontent with the current political landscape? inb4 somebody <s>bashes</s> complains at kynde again - [[User:Vaedez|Vaedez]] ([[User talk:Vaedez|talk]]) 22:15, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
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 :(Oh, and I slightly re-reformatted your amended contribution, presuming that you meant it to look a bit more like it is now.)
 :I was wondering if there was a mathematical pattern to the numbers, myself. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253|81.179.199.253]] 23:00, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

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	:Too heavy even the time is altered, i see [[User:Cream Starlight\|Cream S.L.]] ([[User talk:Cream Starlight\|talk]] / [[Special:Contributions/Cream_Starlight\|contribs]]) 05:53, 9 April 2026 (UTC)		:Too heavy even the time is altered, i see [[User:Cream Starlight\|Cream S.L.]] ([[User talk:Cream Starlight\|talk]] / [[Special:Contributions/Cream_Starlight\|contribs]]) 05:53, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
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		+	;Reincarnation
		+	Can someone suggest a suitable Buddhist or Hindu text as citation for them multiple lifes? [[Special:Contributions/87.129.222.20\|87.129.222.20]] 06:39, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

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	Does he keep dying because he's gone over a ton? (1 ton = 2000 lbs)		Does he keep dying because he's gone over a ton? (1 ton = 2000 lbs)
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		+	:Too heavy even the time is altered, i see [[User:Cream Starlight\|Cream S.L.]] ([[User talk:Cream Starlight\|talk]] / [[Special:Contributions/Cream_Starlight\|contribs]]) 05:53, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

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	What's the next death date? 2027? (Just guessin) [[User:Cream Starlight\|Cream S.L.]] ([[User talk:Cream Starlight\|talk]] / [[Special:Contributions/Cream_Starlight\|contribs]]) 03:33, 9 April 2026 (UTC)		What's the next death date? 2027? (Just guessin) [[User:Cream Starlight\|Cream S.L.]] ([[User talk:Cream Starlight\|talk]] / [[Special:Contributions/Cream_Starlight\|contribs]]) 03:33, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
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	I think it's worth noting that the window keeps updating to the right. [[Special:Contributions/50.47.108.55\|50.47.108.55]] 02:22, 9 April 2026 (UTC) Ale10ander		I think it's worth noting that the window keeps updating to the right. [[Special:Contributions/50.47.108.55\|50.47.108.55]] 02:22, 9 April 2026 (UTC) Ale10ander
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		+	What's the next death date? 2027? (Just guessin) [[User:Cream Starlight\|Cream S.L.]] ([[User talk:Cream Starlight\|talk]] / [[Special:Contributions/Cream_Starlight\|contribs]]) 03:33, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

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	:(Oh, and I slightly re-reformatted your amended contribution, presuming that you meant it to look a bit more like it is now.)		:(Oh, and I slightly re-reformatted your amended contribution, presuming that you meant it to look a bit more like it is now.)
	:I was wondering if there was a mathematical pattern to the numbers, myself. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 23:00, 8 April 2026 (UTC)		:I was wondering if there was a mathematical pattern to the numbers, myself. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 23:00, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
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		+	I think it's worth noting that the window keeps updating to the right. [[Special:Contributions/50.47.108.55\|50.47.108.55]] 02:22, 9 April 2026 (UTC) Ale10ander

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 randall posting a politics-related comic? which could be construed as discontent with the current political landscape? inb4 somebody <s>bashes</s> complains at kynde again - [[User:Vaedez|Vaedez]] ([[User talk:Vaedez|talk]]) 22:15, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
-== Significance of the Dates ==
+;Significance of the Dates
 Many of the dates in listed correspond to major geopolitical events concerning US military and diplomatic policy. They may also correspond to milestone events in US domestic politics. This is an attempt to compile some of the key events that the comic may be referencing.
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+*1965:
+**The beginning of Operation Rolling Thunder, the US ground invasion of Vietnam.
- * The beginning of Operation Rolling Thunder, the US ground invasion of Vietnam.
+**President LBJ signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965
- * President LBJ signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965
+*- 2011:
+**US special forces kill Osama Bin Laden
- - 2011:
+**The United States and NATO forces intervene in the Libyan Civil War leading to the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi.
+**More widely, protests spread accross the Middle East and North Africa, dubbed the Arab Spring
- * US special forces kill Osama Bin Laden
+**The last of the US combat forces stationed in Iraq are withdrawn.
- * The United States and NATO forces intervene in the Libyan Civil War leading to the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi.
+**The Occuppy Wall Street movement begins.
- * More widely, protests spread accross the Middle East and North Africa, dubbed the Arab Spring
+*1973:
- * The last of the US combat forces stationed in Iraq are withdrawn.
+**The United States signs the Paris Peace Accords, withdrawing from the Vietnam conflict and claiming the war was over
- * The Occuppy Wall Street movement begins.
+**The United States Congress overrides a presidential veto to pass the War Powers Resolution, limiting the ability of future presidents to wage war without Congressional approval
+**The Watergate Scandal breaks.
-:
+**Roe v Wade.
+*- 2018:
- * The United States signs the Paris Peace Accords, withdrawing from the Vietnam conflict and claiming the war was over
+**President Donald Trump unilaterally withdraws the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, aka the Iran Nuclear Deal.
- * The United States Congress overrides a presidential veto to pass the War Powers Resolution, limiting the ability of future presidents to wage war without Congressional approval
+**Congress reverses many of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act's reporting and compliance requirements for all but the largest US banks.
- * The Watergate Scandal breaks.
+*1982:
- * Roe v Wade.
+**Israel violates a 1981 U.S. Brokered ceasefire agreement and invades Lebanon. In response the United States spearheads the establishment of a peacekeeping force to protect Beirut, the Multinational Force in Lebanon.
+<wbr/>{{unsigned|In-Sanity|22:16, 8 April 2026}}
-- 2018:
+:Unfortunately, I suspect that you could easily find such events for absolutely ''every'' year across that range... Unless you narrow down the choices to just something current (i.e. specifically the ones related to current Middle East events, I suppose), which are going to be less frequent but perhaps specifically in Randall's mind.
+:(Oh, and I slightly re-reformatted your amended contribution, presuming that you meant it to look a bit more like it is now.)
- * President Donald Trump unilaterally withdraws the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, aka the Iran Nuclear Deal.
+:I was wondering if there was a mathematical pattern to the numbers, myself. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253|81.179.199.253]] 23:00, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

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	randall posting a politics-related comic? which could be construed as discontent with the current political landscape? inb4 somebody <s>bashes</s> complains at kynde again - [[User:Vaedez\|Vaedez]] ([[User talk:Vaedez\|talk]]) 22:15, 8 April 2026 (UTC)		randall posting a politics-related comic? which could be construed as discontent with the current political landscape? inb4 somebody <s>bashes</s> complains at kynde again - [[User:Vaedez\|Vaedez]] ([[User talk:Vaedez\|talk]]) 22:15, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
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		+	== Significance of the Dates ==
		+
		+	Many of the dates in listed correspond to major geopolitical events concerning US military and diplomatic policy. They may also correspond to milestone events in US domestic politics. This is an attempt to compile some of the key events that the comic may be referencing.
		+
		+	1965:
		+	* The beginning of Operation Rolling Thunder, the US ground invasion of Vietnam.
		+	* President LBJ signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965
		+
		+	- 2011:
		+	* US special forces kill Osama Bin Laden
		+	* The United States and NATO forces intervene in the Libyan Civil War leading to the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi.
		+	* More widely, protests spread accross the Middle East and North Africa, dubbed the Arab Spring
		+	* The last of the US combat forces stationed in Iraq are withdrawn.
		+	* The Occuppy Wall Street movement begins.
		+
		+	1973:
		+	* The United States signs the Paris Peace Accords, withdrawing from the Vietnam conflict and claiming the war was over
		+	* The United States Congress overrides a presidential veto to pass the War Powers Resolution, limiting the ability of future presidents to wage war without Congressional approval
		+	* The Watergate Scandal breaks.
		+	* Roe v Wade.
		+
		+	- 2018:
		+	* President Donald Trump unilaterally withdraws the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, aka the Iran Nuclear Deal.
		+	* Congress reverses many of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act's reporting and compliance requirements for all but the largest US banks.
		+
		+	1982:
		+	* Israel violates a 1981 U.S. Brokered ceasefire agreement and invades Lebanon. In response the United States spearheads the establishment of a peacekeeping force to protect Beirut, the Multinational Force in Lebanon.