2987: Tectonic Surfing

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Tectonic Surfing
The worst is when you wipe out in the barrel and you're trapped for several million years until erosion frees you.
Title text: The worst is when you wipe out in the barrel and you're trapped for several million years until erosion frees you.

    Explanation

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    In this comic, Beret Guy is doing tectonic surfing. This seems to be surfing on tectonic plates, which move very slowly.[citation needed] He seems to be moving horizontally at about 4-5 cm/year (~1 m/20 yrs) which would put him on one of the moderately fast plates,[1][2] at least relative to the more stable North American plate.

    While doing this he says "Radical", "Gnarly", and "Hang loose" which are commonly used among surfers.

    Transcript

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    [Cueball walks up to Beret Guy. Beret Guy is standing with one leg in front of another and his arms spread wide.]
    Cueball: What are you doing?
    Beret Guy: Tectonic surfing!
    [Cueball is standing behind Beret Guy, who is in the same pose.]
    Beret Guy: Radical!
    Beret Guy: Gnarly!
    Beret Guy: Hang loose!
    [Beret Guy is alone, still in the same position in the center of the panel.]
    [Caption:]
    20 years later:
    [Beret Guy is in the same position, but at the right edge of the panel.]

    References

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    1. ↑ https://www.pnsn.org/outreach/about-earthquakes/plate-tectonics
    2. ↑ https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/tectonics.html

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    Discussion

    Where is the speed Beret Guy's moving at coming from? It looks to me like he moved about half his own height in 20 years so assuming he's 6 ft: 36in/20year gives 4.57 cm/year 7 cm/year for his speed seems high and 11 seems ridiculous. 172.71.159.45 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

    Seems to have been changed already --Kynde (talk) 06:51, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
    Maybe 2061 could get a tony-hawk spin off... --Lupo (talk) 06:58, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
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