Editing Talk:1370: President

I believe Curly is Buns from Old Timers, the girl who was born on the web. [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1058 the-talk]
[[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.89|173.245.56.89]] 12:28, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
:One is "buns" in the transcript and the other is "Curly"... interesting... --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 16:19, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

The main joke in my oppinion is that the child correctly phrases the fact that every generation faces the "problem" that the next generation suddenly are adults too and runs the world. It is very embarrassing for pony tail. This is not discussed yet in the explain. [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 17:17, 19 May 2014 (UTC)^

Perhaps [[137: Dreams]] is related to this one? --[[User:Alu42|Alu42]] ([[User talk:Alu42|talk]]) 17:50, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

I think the title text is overly optimistic. It's not that we're *all* going to be pouring over the rambling blog posts of a teenager: It's that the news media will. And if they have an axe to grind they will create meaning that suits their agenda where there is none.
:Better rambling blogs than Snapchats, methinks. [[Special:Contributions/103.22.201.225|103.22.201.225]] 04:34, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
:Yeah, the "axe to grind" basically sums up the problem with that reasoning. Yes, most people won't bother trying to go through decades of blogs and snapchats... only certain people with a keen interest in bringing you down (or enough money to pay someone else to do it) will. And once those people have cherry-picked a handful of bad examples from your life, they can display it as if it's the ''real'' truth about you. And everyone else will just take their word for it, because, well, who wants to bother combing through decades of blogs and snapchats to get a sense of the ''real'' you?--[[User:Druid816|Druid816]] ([[User talk:Druid816|talk]]) 04:44, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

The first wave of the internet generation will still be at a disadvantage. As early adopters, they will be competing with late adopters who won't have a record of their youthful indiscretions. This will make the internet generation appear more irresponsible by comparison, and likely result in them having worse chances to get positions of power, like the presidency. --[[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.66|199.27.128.66]] 22:37, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
:They will be (presumably) at least 40 when they seek higher political office (For example, ''President of the Incorporated Territory of the Former United States and Junior Representative to the People's Congress of Greater China''). Half the electorate will be even younger than them and will have had similar youthful indiscretions, so they won't really care. -- [[Special:Contributions/103.22.201.225|103.22.201.225]] 06:37, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Explaining something to children (or vice versa like here) is a common feature in the comic. Recently is was [[1364: Like I'm Five]] where there is no actual children in the comic and also this year we had [[1352: Cosmologist on a Tire Swing]]. I was thinking if there was need for a Category: Children? Any thoughts? --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 12:27, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

2021 called, Presidents will ruin their own reputation by themselves and they'll still have enough support to be seriously considered for re-election. This comic hasn't aged well ;) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.146|162.158.126.146]] 14:25, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Ambitious of anyone to think the 2032 Presidential election will represent a generation that grew up on the Internet. The average age of U.S. Presidential candidates seems to be 65 and up, so we would need to wait until the 2060 election at least.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.181|172.69.134.181]] 20:19, 8 November 2023 (UTC)