Editing 2090: Feathered Dinosaur Venn Diagram
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | Translated plainly, this comic reads "People who don't think feathered dinosaurs sound scary have never tried to fight an ostrich." | + | Translated plainly, this comic reads "People who don't think feathered dinosaurs sound scary, have never tried to fight an ostrich." |
− | This comic is a jab at people who dismiss the idea | + | This comic is a jab at people who dismiss the idea of dinosaurs having feathers just because they don't sound deadly. Adding feathers to a reptile can trigger a cognitive dissonance; people today see feathers and think of harmless birds. |
− | + | The title text refers to "[http://jurassicpark.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteer_Boy Volunteer Boy]", a kid in the beginning of Jurassic Park who dismisses a raptor fossil as a "six-foot turkey". Dr. Grant uses a fossil of a raptor talon to imply that a raptor would slice open his belly and eat him while he's still alive. This scares the kid into respecting the raptor. The title text theorizes that if he didn't get that pep talk, and continued to think of dinosaurs as "six-foot turkeys", then he would grow up to make some of the contested sequels in the franchise. | |
− | The | + | The diagram is in actuality a {{w|Euler diagram}}, rather than a Venn diagram. A Venn diagram shows all possible combinations of two sets, including those with no elements, and as such all of the circles must intersect. A Euler diagram only depicts the non-empty combinations, and therefore does not have this constraint. However, this is a technicality, and many people use the words interchangeably. |
− | + | The Euler diagram is explaining that the ostrich (and a few other avian species) are in fact deadly. The point is that anyone who has tried to fight an ostrich would be scared of a dinosaur with feathers. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[The comic shows a rectangular panel containing two circles, side by side | + | {{incomplete transcript}} |
− | : | + | :[The comic shows a rectangular panel containing two circles, side by side. A caption is underneath each circle.] |
− | :People Who Don't Think Feathered Dinosaurs Sound Scary | + | |
− | : | + | :Left circle caption: People Who Don't Think Feathered Dinosaurs Sound Scary |
− | :People Who Have Tried To Fight An Ostrich | + | |
+ | :Right circle caption: People Who Have Tried To Fight An Ostrich | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Dinosaurs]] | [[Category:Dinosaurs]] | ||
[[Category:Jurassic Park]] | [[Category:Jurassic Park]] | ||
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