3230: Overton
| Overton |
 Title text: I think I accidentally installed an Overton window in my bedroom. A few months ago, the sun wasn't in my face in the morning, but now it is. |
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Joseph Paul Overton was a political scientist who created the concept of the Overton Window, which is the range of subjects that are politically appropriate to raise during a period of time.
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[A gravestone is shown on some grass, bearing the name Joseph Paul Overton as its inscription; several of the years are crossed out and replaced with new years underneath in red.]
1960 - 2003
1965 - 2011
1973 - 2018
1982 -
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4 January 1960 – 30 June 2003 77.87.241.9 (talk) 18:34, 8 April 2026 (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
Someday this cartoon will be politically inappropriate. 64.201.132.210 19:16, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
^ Absolutely. 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 bashes complains at kynde again - Vaedez (talk) 22:15, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
- 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- The last of the US combat forces stationed in Iraq are withdrawn.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.
- 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.)
- I was wondering if there was a mathematical pattern to the numbers, myself. 81.179.199.253 23:00, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
I think it's worth noting that the window keeps updating to the right. 50.47.108.55 02:22, 9 April 2026 (UTC) Ale10ander
What's the next death date? 2027? (Just guessin) Cream S.L. (talk / contribs) 03:33, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
Does he keep dying because he's gone over a ton? (1 ton = 2000 lbs) Add comment
