Talk:2500: Global Temperature Over My Lifetime

Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
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The DgbrtBOT seems to be broken again. I created the page for this comic, and the previous comic explanation was also created manually. Natg19 (talk) 18:00, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Retired old guy here, I'm puzzled by the usage in the title text, "Then I realized, oh, right, of course." Is this meant to imply that Exxon controlled the use of petroleum over this time period, instead of just predicting the usage? 172.70.130.225 18:16, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

I think it just means that if anyone's going to have accurate data to predict petroleum use (such as supply levels), it would be a petroleum company.
I assume Randall realized hindsight bias was in play: that the report only became famous after it turned out to have predicted accurately. 162.158.88.203 19:48, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
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--198.41.238.108 19:14, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

It seems like Randall has more serious issues on his mind than marking a meaningless milestone. Barmar (talk) 22:45, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
What's so 'milestoney' about the number 0x9C4? Maybe we could talk about this in another 0x63C comics...
(Also, as non-retired, but arguably being a well-beyond-middle-aged-guy chronologically if not mentally, this comic now makes me feel old. I thought Randall was maybe up to a decade older, much closer to my age.)
((Also also, how long before someone goes down the "climate is always changing!" line, conveniently forgetting about 1732?)) 162.158.159.97 23:42, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Can I just point out to people that there are ok-ish ways and better ways to link to things? 141.101.76.21 00:17, 10 August 2021 (UTC)