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[[Cueball]] is curious as to why [[Black Hat]] has a miniature {{w|black hole}} on his table; Black Hat responds that it "really brings the room together", making a pun on both the black hole aesthetically completing the look of the room as well as it literally "bringing the room together" through its gravitational pull. Evidently the black hole is massive enough to bring the room together optically into visible {{w|Einstein ring}}s by {{w|gravitational lensing}}. | [[Cueball]] is curious as to why [[Black Hat]] has a miniature {{w|black hole}} on his table; Black Hat responds that it "really brings the room together", making a pun on both the black hole aesthetically completing the look of the room as well as it literally "bringing the room together" through its gravitational pull. Evidently the black hole is massive enough to bring the room together optically into visible {{w|Einstein ring}}s by {{w|gravitational lensing}}. | ||
β | The title text makes a cultural reference to a well-known song lyric from the 2003 song "{{w|Milkshake (song)|Milkshake}}" by {{w|Kelis}}, where the singer brags of her milkshake being so popular that it "brings all the boys to the yard" (what "milkshake" is a metaphor for has never been specified). But in this case, since {{w|gravity}} does not discriminate between which things it pulls, | + | The title text makes a cultural reference to a well-known song lyric from the 2003 song "{{w|Milkshake (song)|Milkshake}}" by {{w|Kelis}}, where the singer brags of her milkshake being so popular that it "brings all the boys to the yard" (what "milkshake" is a metaphor for has never been specified). But in this case, since {{w|gravity}} does not discriminate between which things it pulls, it brings "the boys, and everything else" to Black Hat's yard - and unlike with the milkshake, not by choice. If it wasn't for the house walls (which somehow resist collapsing into the black hole), they wouldn't remain in the yard but would come into the room with the black hole, and then into the black hole itself. |
As depicted, the black hole is inconsistent with several aspects of physics: | As depicted, the black hole is inconsistent with several aspects of physics: | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The phrase that something "brings the room together" is also a famous line in the cult film {{w|The Big Lebowski}}, where the anti-hero, the Dude, laments the theft of a rug that "really brought the room together". | *The phrase that something "brings the room together" is also a famous line in the cult film {{w|The Big Lebowski}}, where the anti-hero, the Dude, laments the theft of a rug that "really brought the room together". | ||
β | *[[Randall]] describes a similar scenario in the "Neutron Bullet" chapter of the | + | *[[Randall]] describes a similar scenario in the "Neutron Bullet" chapter of the [http://whatif.xkcd.com/book/ what if? book], and a black hole of similar dimensions in the [[what if?]] ''{{what if|129|Black Hole Moon}}''. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] |