xkcd

by **rator10** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:04 am UTC

Alt-text: "Don't click the wing."

I'm disappointed in you all. Usually there's a thread up already.

by **sourmìlk** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:05 am UTC

congratulations on being first.

Also, I like this comic. It's simple and easy to understand, while at the same time very funny. Especially seeing as I've always wanted to be a pilot.

by **rho421** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:06 am UTC

I have contemplated this before, believe it or not.

by **lu6cifer** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:06 am UTC

I felt like this comic had more potential....

by **mcat172** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:07 am UTC

One of my first projects for a java class in high school was to design a program for picking seats on an airplane. All I can say is this would never have happened with my program.

by **alextm** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:08 am UTC

When I read the title text my mouse pointer was over the wing so I had to check if there was different title text for other areas. That would have made it even more awesome.

by **Balesk Baj, Timeburner** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:09 am UTC

Darn it, I was just about to create a topic about this.
Oh, well. Congratulations on being first also.

I laughed so hard when I saw this. I wonder what will happen when you click on the wing...or the tail of the airplane...
Also, why is the pilot wearing sunglasses?

by **rator10** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:10 am UTC

mcat172 wrote:One of my first projects for a java class in high school was to design a program for picking seats on an airplane. All I can say is this would never have happened with my program.

Clearly you didn't plan for the awesomeness that this image displays, nevermind the dangers of having untrained tourists trying to fly their planes

by **Omegaton** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:10 am UTC

I can't believe I haven't thought of this before. And I know the next time I fly I will think of this.

by **Vieto** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:11 am UTC

Balesk Baj, Timeburner wrote:Also, why is the pilot wearing sunglasses?

In case they fly south? (North for Southern Hemisphere)

also, just tack on an image of a fighterjet and click on it.

by **rpgamer** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:14 am UTC

I didn't really notice the wings at first, so I thought the image was of an ocean liner or something.

by **LSN** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:15 am UTC

i lol'd

by **Rakshasa** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:19 am UTC

Vieto wrote:
Balesk Baj, Timeburner wrote:Also, why is the pilot wearing sunglasses?

In case they fly south? (North for Southern Hemisphere)

Flying towards the equator requires you to fly Cool?

by **memcginn** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:20 am UTC

Woo hoo, absurdity!

This is one of those things that one would think a lot of people would try at least once in their lives.

by **Airbuilder7** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:24 am UTC

I clicked on the seat chart several times, assuming that the wonderful Randel had, of course, included an additional dryly witty interactive feature.... Nothing happened. I was sad.

My cheese, however, was still fairly well toasted. WOOOOOOOOOO!

Re: Sunglasses. I assume pilots wear them for high-glare situations, even with the shaded cockpits they have nowadays... And because an aviator wearing aviators for the purpose of actually, well, aviating... is Win.

by **Vieto** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:27 am UTC

Rakshasa wrote:
Vieto wrote:
Balesk Baj, Timeburner wrote:Also, why is the pilot wearing sunglasses?

In case they fly south? (North for Southern Hemisphere)

Flying towards the equator requires you to fly Cool?

Well, 3 reasons:
1. cool
2. UVs
3. For their one-liners, if they want to *puts on shades* wing it.
yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

edit: I wonder how much she paid for that seat?

by **blueness** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:33 am UTC

RE: Clicking on the wing

"Theres SOME-thing OUT-there... on the WING" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhk4HcxhZQM

You too could be that thing.

by **squareroot** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:34 am UTC

This is good.

I lol'ed.

Repeatedly.

He really should have included different title-texts, though: it's not hard, just make transparent divs with absolute positioning and fixed width/heigh. Then set their z-index higher than the image, assign them each a title text, and voila. Randall, you alone could make me feel so happy and contented, and disappointed at the same time... :cry:

by **Arvedui** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:37 am UTC

But if the plane crashes on the island, you die.

by **MrsCharm** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:37 am UTC

CONTINUTY ERROR WHY WOLD A STICKMAN HAVE A CURSOR OF A HUMEN HAND

by **qwerty** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:39 am UTC

Randall get out of my head. I was just booking a flight earlier today!

by **Dylan** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:41 am UTC

This is why they don't let some programmers on airplanes anymore.

by **BlueEyedGreen** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:42 am UTC

...Why is there so much wind in the cockpit?

by **MarkSmash** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:43 am UTC

I especially like the shock/horror pose of the pilot in the final frame. I am constantly amazed at how much information/emotion that is conveyed with simple lines. I also like slash punctuation / it's really cool.

by **Vaskafdt** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:44 am UTC

I would click the Co-Pilot seat to get to know this lovely tourist.

then maybe on the connect flight.. we can both click the bathroom stall.

by **Vieto** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:49 am UTC

vaskafdt wrote:I would click the Co-Pilot seat to get to know this lovely tourist.

then maybe on the connect flight.. we can both click the bathroom stall.

nonono, that's what autopilot is for.

by **glasnt** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:54 am UTC

The Virgin Blue checkin doesn't let you book any closer to the nose than row 5.

That might be because I'm a cheap economy-class sod.

ALSO HI JOEE

by **StClair** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:59 am UTC

blueness wrote:RE: Clicking on the wing

"Theres SOME-thing OUT-there... on the WING" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhk4HcxhZQM

You too could be that thing.

I thought of the same... thing.

by **Vrekk** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:01 am UTC

Eh, thats not to funny for me. I work at the airlines and I can actually do that

by **Isaac20** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:19 am UTC

I smiled at the comic, but my poor cheese was burned by the alt-text.

by **MayaBea** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:22 am UTC

I just spent most of my day in the airport, and too much of that spent arguing over who would sit where once my family got on the plane. In the end, we ignored the seats the nice little computer program told us we'd have, and switched around with the people sitting near us.

I don't think that would work quite as well to get a seat in the cockpit...

by **psyEDk** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:33 am UTC

MrsCharm wrote:CONTINUTY ERROR WHY WOLD A STICKMAN HAVE A CURSOR OF A HUMEN HAND

The comic is cute but this comment made me lol irl :lol:

by **ejono** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:00 am UTC

Signed up just to say, "RGOOMH!" I booked a flight just a few hours ago, though I didn't actually have this thought, so I guess it's not a true RGOOMH. Anyway, very funny.

by **penguinoid** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:21 am UTC

I'm also going on a flight later this month. Sadly, I selected my seat when I booked it, otherwise I'd try this :-(

Also, this might go towards explaining the sunglasses:

http://www.chickenwingscomics.com/archi ... 060718.jpg

by **Saylone** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:22 am UTC

Am i the only one surprised to read in this thread about people having been using an imaginary program/terminal like one in the comic for real?

by **axilog14** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:23 am UTC

Shortest alt-text ever?

And I had two very silly interpretations of the bespectacled pilot's expression in the final panel:
1. He's praying
2. He's doing a weird motherly "I'm so proud of you!" reaction to the girl's mad flying skillz

by **balkachose** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:37 am UTC

Anyone else notice that she's sitting on the opposite side than what she clicked on?

by **Al-pocalypse** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:07 am UTC

I'm flying to NYC next month and am definitely going to try this, then complain when it doesn't work.

by **gwozdziu** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:00 am UTC

Pretty bad timing for Polish readers, considering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Polis ... -154_crash - could've been fun otherwise.

by **jacog** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:11 am UTC

Anyone here ever wonder how successfully some guy in the tower can "talk you down" like in the movies? Has this ever happened?

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