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In this comic, [[Cueball]] is walking according to a certain pattern of floor tiles which makes sense to him in his head. But as someone asks him why he is walking funny, he realises that the algorithm he is using for walking on floor tiles would be so tedious and time-consuming to explain to his friend that he decides instead to simply defend himself and say that he isn't walking funny. Either that, or he is embarrassed to explain. This being far simpler than trying to show his friend exactly how his logic works - in his head, he imagines a complex diagram.
 
In this comic, [[Cueball]] is walking according to a certain pattern of floor tiles which makes sense to him in his head. But as someone asks him why he is walking funny, he realises that the algorithm he is using for walking on floor tiles would be so tedious and time-consuming to explain to his friend that he decides instead to simply defend himself and say that he isn't walking funny. Either that, or he is embarrassed to explain. This being far simpler than trying to show his friend exactly how his logic works - in his head, he imagines a complex diagram.
  
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==Transcript==
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Now I know who the brainy one is, I'll keep looknig for your posts.
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:[Two characters walk on a floor tiled in black and white.]
 
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:First: Why are you walking funny?
 
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:[Second panel consists of second character's thought cloud in which the second character points to an easel mounted diagram of the floor tile pattern]
 
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:Second, thinking: Well, my instinct is to step only on black tiles, but they're too far apart. So I'm letting myself walk on the tiles directly in line with the black ones, but that means that when we walk diagonally, I have to step in a pattern where...
 
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:[Returns to situation in first panel]
 
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:Second: I'm not walking funny.
 
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{{comic discussion}}
 
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Revision as of 11:58, 23 November 2012

Floor Tiles
The worst part is when sidewalk cracks are out-of-sync with your natural stride.
Title text: The worst part is when sidewalk cracks are out-of-sync with your natural stride.

Explanation

In this comic, Cueball is walking according to a certain pattern of floor tiles which makes sense to him in his head. But as someone asks him why he is walking funny, he realises that the algorithm he is using for walking on floor tiles would be so tedious and time-consuming to explain to his friend that he decides instead to simply defend himself and say that he isn't walking funny. Either that, or he is embarrassed to explain. This being far simpler than trying to show his friend exactly how his logic works - in his head, he imagines a complex diagram.

Now I know who the brainy one is, I'll keep looknig for your posts.

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