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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by Rated Argh -Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | This comic strip is a play on the meanings (and misunderstanding) of the name "Frankenstein". ''{{w|Frankenstein}}; or, the Modern Prometheus'' is a 1818 novel by Mary Shelley about a medical student called Victor Frankenstein who creates an artificial life-form. The man he creates once describes himself as "the Adam of your (Frankenstein's) labour" in the book, and strictly speaking is properly known as "Frankenstein's ''monster''" (or perhaps "creation" or "son"), but is often erroneously called "Frankenstein" himself. | |
− | + | The Captcha shown in the comic instructs the user to select all tiles containing Frankenstein. The tiles include both a reanimated corpse resembling Frankenstein's monster and a scientist yelling, "It's alive!” who is clearly intended to be Victor Frankenstein. The problem arises from the contrast between the generally accepted and technically accurate definitions of the term Frankenstein. The correct answer to the Captcha is just the left square of the third row, unless you follow comic [[1589]]. If the images in the squares are scenes from the famous {{w|Frankenstein (1931 film)|1931 film}} starring {{w|Boris Karloff}} as The Monster, then they could be correctly said to be "containing ''Frankenstein''”—that is, the work. Because of the ambiguity regarding what Frankenstein refers to, this would not be a good CAPTCHA because many people solving it would use an incorrect definition of Frankenstein and therefore get it wrong. (However, it would be effective in screening for people who know that Frankenstein technically refers to the scientist, not the monster—or, if one also had to mark the boxes depicted Frankenstein's monster, screening for people who don't know.) | |
− | + | This comic strip could also reference [[1897]], which would imply that someone had actually created a Frankenstein's monster which needs to be located. | |
− | Many of the other tiles appear to be pictures of entities that inspire similar pedantry. For example, there is a picture of a turtle (or possibly a tortoise, or a reference to the | + | Many of the other tiles appear to be pictures of entities that inspire similar pedantry. For example, there is a picture of a turtle (or possibly a tortoise, or a reference to the Voight-Kampff test used in a manner analogous to CAPTCHA), a ship (or possibly a boat), Link (the name given to each of several protagonists that appear across generations and timelines, throughout the {{w|Legend of Zelda}} video games, who many erroneously refer to as Zelda), a pond (or possibly a lake, or a {{w|mirage}}), a squash or pumpkin (often subject to the ''fruit or vegetable'' debate), an erupting volcano (with lava, or is it magma?), and an asteroid or planet (or is it a dwarf planet?). Other tiles seem to be inspired by images that commonly occur in actual captchas, like the STOP sign or the traffic light. However, at least some of these may also be meant to fall into the category of entities that inspire pedantry, for exmaple: because traffic lights can also be called traffic signals or stoplights; many people thinking that the shape of a stop sign is a hexagon, not an octagon; and the definition of a sandwich (previously discussed as a “random semi-ironic obsession” in [[1835]]). |
− | The title text refers to | + | The title text refers to the fact that if you draw a picture of a boat/ship on calm water (a straight line), it is usually assumed to be on a lake or pond and is thus a boat, but if it is on wavy water (as in the comic), it's assumed to be on the sea and is thus a ship{{citation needed}}. The phrase "a line drawn in water" is an idiom for something ephemeral. Ironically, it has persisted for a long time and dates back at least to the early Buddhists. (e.g. [https://suttacentral.net/an3.132/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin|AN 3.132] & [https://suttacentral.net/an7.74/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin|AN 7.74]). The title text is also a pun on the common idiom "drawing a line in the sand." |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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− | + | > TO CONTINUE, PLEASE CLICK ALL SQUARES CONTAINING FRANKENSTEIN | |
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+ | Pictured (Starting from top left) | ||
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* Frankenstein's monster (often mistaken as Frankenstein) waking up from a slab, while lightning strikes. | * Frankenstein's monster (often mistaken as Frankenstein) waking up from a slab, while lightning strikes. | ||
::Monster: GRRR | ::Monster: GRRR | ||
− | * Link from Legend of Zelda series (often mistaken as Zelda) | + | * Link from Legend of Zelda series (often mistaken as Zelda, aka Toon Link in SSB) |
Row 2 | Row 2 | ||
* Lake (or pond), possibly a mirage, in the Egyptian desert | * Lake (or pond), possibly a mirage, in the Egyptian desert | ||
* Megan | * Megan | ||
− | * | + | * Lava (or magma) |
− | * | + | * Squash or pumpkin (fruit vs vegetable) |
Row 3 | Row 3 | ||
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Row 4 | Row 4 | ||
− | * Rocket (spaceship) flying by Pluto ( | + | * Rocket (spaceship) flying by an asteroid or Pluto (dwarf planet) |
* Cueball and Ponytail standing next to each other | * Cueball and Ponytail standing next to each other | ||
− | * Traffic light (also called a stoplight, possibly mistaken as stop sign? | + | * Traffic light (also called a stoplight, possibly mistaken as stop sign?) |
* Frankenstein's monster | * Frankenstein's monster | ||
− | + | [Caption below the panel]: | |
:Oh no. | :Oh no. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:CAPTCHA]] | [[Category:CAPTCHA]] | ||
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