3215: Solar Warning

Solar Warning

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Title text: This replaces the previous solar activity watch, which was issued last month when the sun took off its sunglasses.

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No comments yet, add the first comment! 45.178.1.151 15:32, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I feel like, the sunglasses in the title text are a reference to the game Minesweeper, in which the iconic sun puts on sunglasses after the minefield has been completely cleared. To start a new game, you click on the sun, the minefield gets reset, the sun takes its sunglasses off and you are facing refreshed "danger". 2A02:3100:B0BF:FE00:383B:CEDD:D49C:6689 16:21, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I was thinking only in the context of emoji, but that's actually a really good possibility, too! 16:23, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I forgot to sign my comment. :sadge: 130.76.187.47 16:24, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I feel like the Minesweeper face isn't a sun, instead being a generic face. This is probably a reference to stereotypical depictions of a smiling sun.SlimothyJ (talk) 16:29, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I think Minesweeper is just a "sunglasses smiley", really, but I left that in when (fighting edit-conflicts, which I won't complain about) I added something on past "Sun wearing sunglasses" lore from Randall, plus acouple of the "glasses-pull" memes, various bits of which I've partially linked. And, though Randall does not adhere to this, it's better as the Sun, unless you're just talking about it (or any other) being a sun or the sun of a different solar system. 82.132.239.55 18:12, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm sure this is referencing the "Jack-O-Lantern"[1] and "smiley face"[2] images of the sun that observatories sometimes put out for good press. 64.201.132.210 16:53, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I feel like, on recent evidence, this is as good as the explanation's going to get - we should just leave it as is. 82.13.184.33 17:01, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I've done a stub explanation. My personal interpretation is that Randall is riffing on children's media, in which the sun is stereotypically depicted smiling and/or wearing sunglasses. --DollarStoreBa'al^Converse 17:51, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I personally think this because other people's proposals have been incredibly niche things (why would Randall reference jack-o-lanterns in March?). --DollarStoreBa'al^Converse 17:52, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I think all three of these (sun with sunglasses, smiling sun, frowning sun) are unicode emojis. And the progression from sun with sunglasses -> smiling sun, and smiling sun -> frowning sun, mirrors the progression from a "watch" to a "warning". I.e. a "thunderstorm watch" is less severe than a "thunderstorm warning". 47.248.235.170 18:43, 4 March 2026 (UTC)Pat
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