2247: Weird Hill
Weird Hill |
Title text: I'm compromising by picking a weird hill to lie on. |
Explanation
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This comic is a joke about the expression "A weird hill to die on": an opinion on an issue that you'll fight to the death for despite it being pointless or a waste of time. Beret Guy interrupts Cueball arguing over something online, and, pulling him away from the argument, asks why he should pick a weird hill to die on (fight over an opinion online) when he could pick a soft hill to lie on, going out into nature and relaxing. This comic has a similar message to Bad Opinions,and Wrong, which is that sometimes we feel to strongly over our opinions, and we should let that go.
The title text is an absurd juxtaposition: that Cueball will pick a weird hill to lie on. In this case, he may be referring to a physical hill, in which case the meaning of "weird" is unclear due to lack of context.
The phrase "a weird hill to die on" was also featured in 1717: Pyramid Honey.
Transcript
- [Cueball sitting on a chair in front of a computer and Beret Guy pulling the chair back]
[Cueball is frustrated]
- Beret Guy: Why pick a weird hill to die on...
[Cueball gets up, still frustrated]
- [Cueball and Beret Guy leaving the room]
- [Cueball and Beret Guy climbing a hill]
- [Cueball and Beret Guy lying down at the top of a hill]
- Beret Guy: ... when you could pick a soft hill to lie on?
- Cueball: This is nice.
Discussion
(obligatory comment about how the explanation I made was my first) but seriously, first time actually doing something after a long time checking here for comics I didn't get. Hope it's good. 108.162.216.222 06:55, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
Maybe there should also be a comparison between this and https://xkcd.com/386/? Baldrickk (talk) 13:45, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
- I'm not sure a comparison is in order, but this could easily be a sequel to 386 172.69.68.147 16:34, 27 December 2019 (UTC) Sam
As I have the mediator personality type (INFP) but I'm also something of a chaotic neutral, I can confirm that there are points where I've found a weird metaphoric hill to lie on... quite comfortably too. 172.69.68.147 16:34, 27 December 2019 (UTC) Sam
Is the expression "weird hill to die on" or "hill to die on" (as the link indicates)? 162.158.146.10 04:04, 2 January 2020 (UTC)loosenut
- I'm VERY sure the expression is "hill to die on", I usually hear it as "Is this the hill you wanna die on?". He's just describing this one as a weird choice. That link leads to an article simply titled "hill to die on". NiceGuy1 (talk) 07:11, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
Should it be mentioned that this comic is similar to 438 and 14? 108.162.219.210 18:47, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
I'd rather pick a soft hill to die on
Hills are itchy though GetPunnedOn (talk) 23:45, 25 December 2023 (UTC)