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::Jurassic Park, Mrs. Doubtfire, Robin Hood Men In Tights [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.100|162.158.69.100]] 13:21, 9 November 2016 (UTC) | ::Jurassic Park, Mrs. Doubtfire, Robin Hood Men In Tights [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.100|162.158.69.100]] 13:21, 9 November 2016 (UTC) | ||
:::He has previously stopped at a given age and stated that anyone older should feel old already --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 20:43, 9 November 2016 (UTC) | :::He has previously stopped at a given age and stated that anyone older should feel old already --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 20:43, 9 November 2016 (UTC) | ||
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But if I look in x years, then the entry at current age + x will have been there for (current age +x)/2 + x years, so if I look at it again after my age has doubled, the thing has been there for my entire life. | But if I look in x years, then the entry at current age + x will have been there for (current age +x)/2 + x years, so if I look at it again after my age has doubled, the thing has been there for my entire life. | ||
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::: Actually, we Americans chose Clinton, probably by a margin of >1M votes once CA and OR finish counting. [[User:Miamiclay|Miamiclay]] ([[User talk:Miamiclay|talk]]) 22:40, 11 November 2016 (UTC) | ::: Actually, we Americans chose Clinton, probably by a margin of >1M votes once CA and OR finish counting. [[User:Miamiclay|Miamiclay]] ([[User talk:Miamiclay|talk]]) 22:40, 11 November 2016 (UTC) | ||
::::Almost three million, as it turned out; the margin in the popular vote was greater than the entire population of Chicago. [[User:Whoop whoop pull up|Whoop whoop pull up]] ([[User talk:Whoop whoop pull up|talk]]) 18:04, 4 January 2018 (UTC) | ::::Almost three million, as it turned out; the margin in the popular vote was greater than the entire population of Chicago. [[User:Whoop whoop pull up|Whoop whoop pull up]] ([[User talk:Whoop whoop pull up|talk]]) 18:04, 4 January 2018 (UTC) | ||
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I don't understand how this is supposed to work. If I wanted to make someone feel old, I would pick an event that they think is fairly ancient and tell them: "do you realize you're *more* than twice as old as this?" Here, Randall does the opposite, he says: "did you know you're *less* than twice as old as this", so what? E.g. "Twitter has been around for a majority of your life" is true of anyone who is 0 to 20, so how is it supposed to make a 20-year-old feel old? Did Randall get his comic backwards or am I missing something? | I don't understand how this is supposed to work. If I wanted to make someone feel old, I would pick an event that they think is fairly ancient and tell them: "do you realize you're *more* than twice as old as this?" Here, Randall does the opposite, he says: "did you know you're *less* than twice as old as this", so what? E.g. "Twitter has been around for a majority of your life" is true of anyone who is 0 to 20, so how is it supposed to make a 20-year-old feel old? Did Randall get his comic backwards or am I missing something? | ||
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By philosophical, I mean this: a lot of the material I removed changed the purpose of this wiki (as I perceive it). It's ''Explain'' xkcd, not ''rate'' xkcd. A great deal of what I removed was the past editor saying how good he/she thought each age-reminder was, not explaining the meaning of it. I don't think I completely fixed the article, but I do think I ameliorated that. [[User:Nitpicking|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking|talk]]) 01:56, 3 March 2022 (UTC) | By philosophical, I mean this: a lot of the material I removed changed the purpose of this wiki (as I perceive it). It's ''Explain'' xkcd, not ''rate'' xkcd. A great deal of what I removed was the past editor saying how good he/she thought each age-reminder was, not explaining the meaning of it. I don't think I completely fixed the article, but I do think I ameliorated that. [[User:Nitpicking|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking|talk]]) 01:56, 3 March 2022 (UTC) | ||
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