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Threadfall on Twitter beginning 2016? I'm not sure to what that refers. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.29|172.68.58.29]] 15:19, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
[[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.29|172.68.58.29]] 15:19, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
: Maybe it's referring to increased use of threaded tweets? I too have noticed an increase around that time; it was mostly screenshots of note-apps before. 
:: Maybe it's a reference to Twitter stock price falling [http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/twtr here] [[Special:Contributions/198.41.226.136|198.41.226.136]] 17:44, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
:"Greatest threat" on Twitter beginning 2016 - I think that's a fairly obvious @RealDonaldTrump reference. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.34.28|172.68.34.28]] 20:15, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
::I think you're correct and this is absolutely an @RealDonaldTrump reference - especially due to the threats to North Korea's President Kim Jong Un.  Nuclear annihilation due to tweetstorm is a real possibility.  I feel a reference to that effect should be included in the explanation.  --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.112|162.158.214.112]] 20:34, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
: It refers to the falling numbers of tweets on Twitter, which was reported in February 2016: http://www.businessinsider.com/tweets-on-twitter-is-in-serious-decline-2016-2?r=UK&IR=T&IR=T [[Special:Contributions/162.158.182.58|162.158.182.58]] 22:33, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

I loved the Dragonriders of Pern series, but I'm a little bit mystified where this came from out of the blue. It's hardly a new series. Did he just start reading it and is all excited about it? Usually it's tied to some current event or topic, rather than just an excuse to make a pun about a character from an old book... Anyone know of any relevant current events that prompted this? [[User:DevAudio|DevAudio]] ([[User talk:DevAudio|talk]]) 15:39, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

I'm not sure why he is suddenly referencing dragonriders, but I think the twitter 'threadfall' could connect to Donald Trump on twitter? But the timing is not right... I mean I guess he was elected in ''late'' 2016 so that could count. And 2016 was when he became really seriously engaged in politics and twitter in connection to that... not very strong evidence though. I could also be convinced that the date is arbitrary [[Special:Contributions/162.158.146.22|162.158.146.22]] 16:32, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Was this comic posted late? I could have sworn they are usually up before 0930EDT at least I am used to seeing them in the morning but maybe I was online earlier then usual today. [[User:Wjbodin3|WJBodin3]] ([[User talk:Wjbodin3|talk]]) 20:15, 22 September 2017 (UTC)


Note: Dragonflight, Dragonquest and The White Dragon totally used to be fantasy until Dragonsdawn retroactively turned them sci-fi. Best counterexample to any person who believes you can divide literature to genres. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 03:18, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
:The first novella, "Weyr Search", was essentially fantasy. By the time it was revised to form the initial portion of ''Dragonflight'', McCaffrey had decided on and incorporated the sci-fi basis of her "lost colony" setting. ''The White Dragon'' specifically introduces the colony ships (still in geosynchronous orbit) and shuttlecraft landers in terms that make it evident that Pern was colonized by space-farers, not wizards. McCaffrey was outspoken in defining her work as sci-fi, not fantasy,[[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.40|172.69.62.40]] 08:24, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

One of the few XKCDs where I understood essentially nothing of the joke... I caught the mention of "Pern", and realized it was because I've never read any Pern books. :) Thanks ExplainXKCD! And hey, Randall will be in London? Even farther from me than where he lives! LOL! Oh well. Colour me envious of anyone who can take advantage of the opportunity. As for the incomplete explanation of "Needs more", does it? I feel like every element is explained just fine, and as someone nearly completely unfamiliar with the series and who doesn't use Twitter, I have trouble imagining anyone needing more explanation than I do. LOL! [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:47, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

I feel like the citation needed here doesn't make much sense, maybe it's just me but I've never heard of these books, so saying that it should be obvious to everyone that they are popular feels kind of silly.[[Special:Contributions/172.71.254.32|172.71.254.32]]