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On a related note, today I set a new personal best for time spent continuously being alive. I'm still well behind the world records, but I have beaten pretty much all of the current collegeate athletes. [[User:RegularSizedGuy|RegularSizedGuy]] ([[User talk:RegularSizedGuy|talk]]) 07:08, 6 August 2024 (UTC) | On a related note, today I set a new personal best for time spent continuously being alive. I'm still well behind the world records, but I have beaten pretty much all of the current collegeate athletes. [[User:RegularSizedGuy|RegularSizedGuy]] ([[User talk:RegularSizedGuy|talk]]) 07:08, 6 August 2024 (UTC) | ||
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| + | "'''Unfortunately, I have terrible news'''" kind of feels to me like — almost — there is a pop culture reference here that I am missing (I'd say I feel 33% of the way towards that feeling; certainly somewhere less likely than even). It just seems like a little too strong of a statement to be what President Cueball would say in the moment. That said, I can't find any support for such a half-baked theory. Although there is an "I have terrible news" (without "Unfortunately") from [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2572734/characters/nm0278979 The Office, Season 9, "Vandalism"] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo8RzH-6Tfw&t=614s video]), but it doesn't strike me as particularly significant.<br> | ||
| + | ¶ Apart from that, I sort of expected more emphasis on obscure schemes, like (a) increasing the average altitude of the rival university to increase its velocity for the tiny relativistic effect, e.g. by funding construction of an observatory for its astronomy department; (b) attempting to measure the founding dates more precisely, e.g. what if it were only 1-year-183-days older; (c) merger with the rival, ala the proposed MIT/Harvard mergers of the early 20th century; &c. [[User:JohnHawkinson|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson|talk]]) 09:51, 6 August 2024 (UTC) | ||
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1477 anyone? 162.158.41.131 03:29, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Not relevant in my opinion. In 1477: Star Wars Cueball is surprised by how fast time seems to flow past him. Not surprised that everything ages at the same rate as the Cueball in this comic. There are more than 40 comics relating to time on explain xkcd...
Was there a USA political debate this week that I didn't hear about? About. Hear of it's existence. I Assuredly didn't hear it. 172.70.175.121 06:27, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
On a related note, today I set a new personal best for time spent continuously being alive. I'm still well behind the world records, but I have beaten pretty much all of the current collegeate athletes. RegularSizedGuy (talk) 07:08, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
"Unfortunately, I have terrible news" kind of feels to me like — almost — there is a pop culture reference here that I am missing (I'd say I feel 33% of the way towards that feeling; certainly somewhere less likely than even). It just seems like a little too strong of a statement to be what President Cueball would say in the moment. That said, I can't find any support for such a half-baked theory. Although there is an "I have terrible news" (without "Unfortunately") from The Office, Season 9, "Vandalism" (video), but it doesn't strike me as particularly significant.
¶ Apart from that, I sort of expected more emphasis on obscure schemes, like (a) increasing the average altitude of the rival university to increase its velocity for the tiny relativistic effect, e.g. by funding construction of an observatory for its astronomy department; (b) attempting to measure the founding dates more precisely, e.g. what if it were only 1-year-183-days older; (c) merger with the rival, ala the proposed MIT/Harvard mergers of the early 20th century; &c. JohnHawkinson (talk) 09:51, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
