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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic is about the fact that much of the way we see the world is | + | This comic is about the fact that much of the way we see the world is subjective. From the directions up and down appear subjective, as gravity can not be strongly felt. Also since the {{w|vestibular}} system (the balance glands in the ear) does not strongly impact {{w|equilibrioception}} (the sense of balance) and the sense of balances is often based on vision, which uses subjective clues to determine what is the up and down, up and down can seem arbitrary at times. For example, people can convince themselves (accidentally or deliberately) that up is down and down is up or be confused about their orientation (dizzy). Forcing yourself to think in a different perspective changes a lot of things that are usually thought of as mundanities. |
− | + | [[Beret Guy]] convinces himself that down is toward the sky. [[Megan]] asks him why he is clinging to the ground. He responds that he is holding on to the ground so that he does not fall into the sky. Megan at first dismisses this but later looks up, gets scared and is found by [[Ponytail]], clinging to a mailbox afraid of falling up. | |
− | + | The title text continues this idea, where Megan "drops" a bird into the sky, and never hears it hit the "bottom". As birds can fly, and captured birds often fly away when released, its flight appeared to Megan as the bird falling upward. "didn't hear it hit bottom" would normally mean that, after you throw a rock into a pit, it takes too long to hit bottom, or the sound couldn't even make it to the thrower. | |
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− | The title text continues this idea, where Megan "drops" a bird into the sky, and never hears it hit the "bottom". As birds can fly, and captured birds often fly away when released, its flight appeared to Megan as the bird falling upward. " | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Megan is looking down at Beret Guy, who appears to be doing a handstand on a grass lawn, with grass tuft drawn several places, including where his hands | + | :[Megan is looking down at Beret Guy, who appears to be doing a handstand on a grass lawn, with grass tuft drawn several places, including where his hands touches the grass. His hands can be seen in the grass, like he is holding on to the grass. Both his legs are moving around above him, as indicated by movements lines.] |
:Megan: What are you doing? | :Megan: What are you doing? | ||
:Beret Guy: Clinging to the ceiling of a bottomless abyss. | :Beret Guy: Clinging to the ceiling of a bottomless abyss. | ||
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:Megan: You are very odd. | :Megan: You are very odd. | ||
− | :[In a frame-less panel | + | :[In a frame-less panel Megan walks towards a mailbox looking down at it. There are grass around the base of the mailbox pole.] |
:[As Megan passes the mailbox, she looks up towards the sky and seems to stop.] | :[As Megan passes the mailbox, she looks up towards the sky and seems to stop.] |