1190: "Time"

[314159]

Bright eyed and bushy tailed just means wide awake and raring to go. It's a squirrel reference.

[Zentdayn]

Has someone made a chart about productivity drop since the beggining for Time?
:p

[wud]

I'm pretty sure I just saw him move, but its been less than a newpix.

[KroniK907]

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THE LAST 4000+ POSTS
WITHOUT HAVING TO READ THEM ALL, PLEASE READ THE WIKI!

http://xkcd-time.wikia.com/wiki/XKCD_Time_Wiki

[Zentdayn]

I'm pretty sure I just saw him move, but its been less than a newpix.

You must have good eye's then , i cannot see movement faster than 1-5pixel/newpix

[PinkShinyRose]

I'm pretty sure I just saw him move, but its been less than a newpix.

You're right, you might be getting delusional ...

EDIT: wow, I'm not in a nice mood, sorry

[arjan]

Bright eyed and bushy tailed just means wide awake and raring to go. It's a squirrel reference.

Thanks you as well

[embracethehate]

Has someone made a chart about productivity drop since the beggining for Time?
:p

I had a biology test earlier and all I could think during it was "shit, this is going to make me miss at least two newpix."

Um, I'm not sure how well I did on it. So Randall may owe me a bachelor's degree?

[Helper]

I'm pretty sure I just saw him move, but its been less than a newpix.

Suddenly, with no notice, we have fluid 24 fps video

[bulova]

Uh oh. I've just had an idea for a filk...

All together now:

# This is the thread that doesn't end,
# Yes it goes on and on my friend.
# Some people started posting here not knowing what it was
# And they'll continue posting here forever just because...

[Repeat ad infinitum]

NOOOOOOO!!!!
Now I've got it stuck in my head.

[314159]

A lot of people have made reference to the parts where one character has walked away, or walked past the other silently as being awkward or uncomfortable parts. Is it just me who sees these bits as an indication of how comfortable those two are with each other? You know when you've got a really good friend with whom you don't even need to say anything, and you can even just wander off without any social awkwardness?

Maybe I just view this whole scene in a very happy light...

[Helper]

Has someone made a chart about productivity drop since the beggining for Time?
:p

I had a biology test earlier and all I could think during it was "shit, this is going to make me miss at least two newpix."

Um, I'm not sure how well I did on it. So Randall may owe me a bachelor's degree?

By the end of this, he's going to be facing centuries of prison time for manslaughter charges and trillions of dollars in civil damages.

[darthjimmy]

This has probably already been posted, but I don't see mention of it on the wiki. Thought I'd post it anyway.

AV Club wrote an article about the One Comic. Probably doesn't mean anything...

http://www.avclub.com/articles/check-out-xkcds-epic-multiday-animation-comic,95486/

[embracethehate]

A lot of people have made reference to the parts where one character has walked away, or walked past the other silently as being awkward or uncomfortable parts. Is it just me who sees these bits as an indication of how comfortable those two are with each other? You know when you've got a really good friend with whom you don't even need to say anything, and you can even just wander off without any social awkwardness?

Maybe I just view this whole scene in a very happy light...

That's how I took it as well. I liked that it seemed they could just go about their business without a need to fill the silence.

[Zentdayn]

Has someone made a chart about productivity drop since the beggining for Time?
:p

I had a biology test earlier and all I could think during it was "shit, this is going to make me miss at least two newpix."

Um, I'm not sure how well I did on it. So Randall may owe me a bachelor's degree?

haha

Must of us probably have things to do, i should be studying myself.
But this is very funny and unique.

[Helper]

Boo.

[TessC]

A lot of people have made reference to the parts where one character has walked away, or walked past the other silently as being awkward or uncomfortable parts. Is it just me who sees these bits as an indication of how comfortable those two are with each other? You know when you've got a really good friend with whom you don't even need to say anything, and you can even just wander off without any social awkwardness?

Maybe I just view this whole scene in a very happy light...

So far, we have twice found other parts of the project that were previously offscreen. If they are merely moving offscreen to work on a different part, it seems like it would be normal not to say anything.

[arjan]

Whereas first messages got moved to the next page because earlier were approved, it's the other way around now it seems? Lots of messages are being deleted?

[blowfishhootie]

A lot of people have made reference to the parts where one character has walked away, or walked past the other silently as being awkward or uncomfortable parts. Is it just me who sees these bits as an indication of how comfortable those two are with each other? You know when you've got a really good friend with whom you don't even need to say anything, and you can even just wander off without any social awkwardness?

Maybe I just view this whole scene in a very happy light...

No, I think you're right: For the most part, most of the "inferences" people have been making have actually been insight into their own personalities. The people who thought because the girl walked away it must be a sad comic are revealing nothing but that they associate being by themselves with being sad, for some reason. There was never anything in the comic to either support or refute the theory - the comic for most of its run has literally just been nothingness, with bare details, and people have filled in the story based on their own personalities. Maybe that's part of the artist's meaning, I'm not sure, but it has been the most interesting/irritating/confusing part of this whole experience.

A lot of people have made reference to the parts where one character has walked away, or walked past the other silently as being awkward or uncomfortable parts. Is it just me who sees these bits as an indication of how comfortable those two are with each other? You know when you've got a really good friend with whom you don't even need to say anything, and you can even just wander off without any social awkwardness?

Maybe I just view this whole scene in a very happy light...

So far, we have twice found other parts of the project that were previously offscreen. If they are merely moving offscreen to work on a different part, it seems like it would be normal not to say anything.

At one point they said "bye" and "later," so there was definitely a time when they were separated. But then, that time, they didn't part with silence.

[PinkShinyRose]

Is he picking up the flag?

[plumander]

Takes a while to respond to a newpic, hmm?

Edit: Ninja'd

[mscha]

Added some sand. (Green=new, red=old.)


ETfix image URL

[Helper]

What gets me is how much they're building; not the height or detail, but the coverage. Why are they building over such a large area? Is this some sort of #505-esque hell? Are they being held there with no explanation, with nothing to do other than swim and build sandcastles?
What #505 hell is this?!?

[TessC]

At one point they said "bye" and "later," so there was definitely a time when they were separated. But then, that time, they didn't part with silence.

Yes, exactly.

[Aiwendil]

AV Club wrote an article about the One Comic. Probably doesn't mean anything...

The AV Club article says:

and, as people did for the first six hours or so, trading images, observations, and theories about developments.

Six hours? Okay, I understand that they must have meant 'twelve newpix', but it's not like the observations and theories have diminished since then.

[KarMann]

A lot of people have made reference to the parts where one character has walked away, or walked past the other silently as being awkward or uncomfortable parts. Is it just me who sees these bits as an indication of how comfortable those two are with each other? You know when you've got a really good friend with whom you don't even need to say anything, and you can even just wander off without any social awkwardness?
Maybe I just view this whole scene in a very happy light...

No, I think you're right: For the most part, most of the "inferences" people have been making have actually been insight into their own personalities. The people who thought because the girl walked away it must be a sad comic are revealing nothing but that they associate being by themselves with being sad, for some reason. There was never anything in the comic to either support or refute the theory - the comic for most of its run has literally just been nothingness, with bare details, and people have filled in the story based on their own personalities. Maybe that's part of the artist's meaning, I'm not sure, but it has been the most interesting/irritating/confusing part of this whole experience.

So, it's essentially a three-dimensional Rorschach blot, then. (The third dimension being Time, in this case, of course.)

[Helper]

AV Club wrote an article about the One Comic. Probably doesn't mean anything...

The AV Club article says:

and, as people did for the first six hours or so, trading images, observations, and theories about developments.

Six hours? Okay, I understand that they must have meant 'twelve newpix', but it's not like the observations and theories have diminished since then.

The 4504 posts suggest otherwise; clearly, our collective attention span bottoms out at 12 newpix.

[Wildhound]

Build faster Cueball! If this zooms and pans Megan will have built the largest castle yet in the time that it has taken Cueball to build a measly turret.

[darthjimmy]

AV Club wrote an article about the One Comic. Probably doesn't mean anything...

The AV Club article says:

and, as people did for the first six hours or so, trading images, observations, and theories about developments.

Six hours? Okay, I understand that they must have meant 'twelve newpix', but it's not like the observations and theories have diminished since then.

Yeah, obviously they didn't go through the thread since they wrote the article (about 96 newpix ago). A lot has changed since then.

[ChronosDragon]

At the rate this thread is going, getting with the Time is pretty hard.

But what will come next? Only Time will tell. After all, there's no Time like the present.

Maybe instead of trying to keep caught up I should just post Time puns. That might help the timeframes go faster.

[pdg]

Has any noticed that the alt text is also changing? The words are the same, but I could swear that the text is a little darker than it used to be.

I am also seeing these strange orbs floating before my eyes. I didn't think that was possible in HTML5?

I'm getting the same thing, except now blood is dribbling out of my nose as well... where is that function in the API?

May be a bug in (insert browser here)?

[KarMann]

AV Club wrote an article about the One Comic. Probably doesn't mean anything...

The AV Club article says:

and, as people did for the first six hours or so, trading images, observations, and theories about developments.

Six hours? Okay, I understand that they must have meant 'twelve newpix', but it's not like the observations and theories have diminished since then.

The 4504 posts suggest otherwise; clearly, our collective attention span bottoms out at 12 newpix.

Damn straight. I don't know which part of their anatomy they pulled this six—ooo, is that something shiny in the sand there?

[buffygirl]

Posting in this thread has definitely slowed down big time.

Unfortunately, yes. Shall we invoke the Newpixians (or the Sheeple, for that matter)?

Emergency caffination may be called for.

With or without semen?

Oh man, I laughed way too hard at that. Just the thought of stumbling across this thread years from now, randomly coming to this page first and seeing that question... that will happen eventually, and they will think you are some weird jerk, but we all know the truth. This community has created a situation in which asking someone if they want semen with their caffeinated drink actually makes sense. Yay for inside jokes.

DAMN, I missed a lot! Semen has become an inside joke???? So yes, I did a search for 1190 semen, and lo and behold .... suddenly it all makes sense.

Strange things happen when a MMONS continues for 4 days/186NPs

Ummm ... what's a MMONS?

[TessC]

Build faster Cueball! If this zooms and pans Megan will have built the largest castle yet in the time that it has taken Cueball to build a measly turret.

We know when T0 was for the comic, but not necessarily for the castle. Also, we may encounter other people at some point.

[kenmelken]

A lot of people have made reference to the parts where one character has walked away, or walked past the other silently as being awkward or uncomfortable parts. Is it just me who sees these bits as an indication of how comfortable those two are with each other? You know when you've got a really good friend with whom you don't even need to say anything, and you can even just wander off without any social awkwardness?

Maybe I just view this whole scene in a very happy light...

No, I think you're right: For the most part, most of the "inferences" people have been making have actually been insight into their own personalities. The people who thought because the girl walked away it must be a sad comic are revealing nothing but that they associate being by themselves with being sad, for some reason. There was never anything in the comic to either support or refute the theory - the comic for most of its run has literally just been nothingness, with bare details, and people have filled in the story based on their own personalities. Maybe that's part of the artist's meaning, I'm not sure, but it has been the most interesting/irritating/confusing part of this whole experience.

I think whether or not it was the artist's intent, you are exactly right that that is what is happening. I've had clear emotional responses to the various frames and simple story progression that seem to coincide with me, my life, and the relationship I'm currently in. And yet, as you said, there really hasn't been anything major happening (other than some impressive sand-architecture skills). When you watch the whole progression quickly, it doesn't seem to have the same power as it does at every half hour as we try to interpret the new singular moment presented to us. There's something ultimately beautiful about that really--perhaps a life lesson in treasuring each moment. These are STICK FIGURES, for heaven's sakes! They have no faces with emotion to interpret, only a very rough body posture. But by revealing the progression one frame every half hour, we are forced to read so much more into each moment, and a lot of that is more a reading into ourselves than any actual occurrences. Thus half our speculations end up being either wrong or at least neither right not wrong, but they tell a lot about the person that made the speculation.

Did Randall know that this would be the effect? I don't know. He's smart enough and has been known to be profound enough that I wouldn't put it past him, even if he didn't foresee the extent to which we've created something even deeper out of the experience.

[Wildhound]

Posting in this thread has definitely slowed down big time.

Unfortunately, yes. Shall we invoke the Newpixians (or the Sheeple, for that matter)?

Emergency caffination may be called for.

With or without semen?

Oh man, I laughed way too hard at that. Just the thought of stumbling across this thread years from now, randomly coming to this page first and seeing that question... that will happen eventually, and they will think you are some weird jerk, but we all know the truth. This community has created a situation in which asking someone if they want semen with their caffeinated drink actually makes sense. Yay for inside jokes.

DAMN, I missed a lot! Semen has become an inside joke???? So yes, I did a search for 1190 semen, and lo and behold .... suddenly it all makes sense.

Strange things happen when a MMONS continues for 4 days/186NPs

Ummm ... what's a MMONS?

My money is on "Massively Multiplayer Online NonSense".

[Zentdayn]

Posting in this thread has definitely slowed down big time.

Unfortunately, yes. Shall we invoke the Newpixians (or the Sheeple, for that matter)?

Emergency caffination may be called for.

With or without semen?

Oh man, I laughed way too hard at that. Just the thought of stumbling across this thread years from now, randomly coming to this page first and seeing that question... that will happen eventually, and they will think you are some weird jerk, but we all know the truth. This community has created a situation in which asking someone if they want semen with their caffeinated drink actually makes sense. Yay for inside jokes.

DAMN, I missed a lot! Semen has become an inside joke???? So yes, I did a search for 1190 semen, and lo and behold .... suddenly it all makes sense.

Strange things happen when a MMONS continues for 4 days/186NPs

Ummm ... what's a MMONS?

Can't reprodude its it's something near Massive M Online Nerd Snipping i believe.

[macraw83]

Posting in this thread has definitely slowed down big time.

Unfortunately, yes. Shall we invoke the Newpixians (or the Sheeple, for that matter)?

Emergency caffination may be called for.

With or without semen?

Oh man, I laughed way too hard at that. Just the thought of stumbling across this thread years from now, randomly coming to this page first and seeing that question... that will happen eventually, and they will think you are some weird jerk, but we all know the truth. This community has created a situation in which asking someone if they want semen with their caffeinated drink actually makes sense. Yay for inside jokes.

DAMN, I missed a lot! Semen has become an inside joke???? So yes, I did a search for 1190 semen, and lo and behold .... suddenly it all makes sense.

Strange things happen when a MMONS continues for 4 days/186NPs

Ummm ... what's a MMONS?

My money is on "Massively Multiplayer Online NonSense".

MMO Nerd Sniping. Started maybe 80 pages ago or so. I don't have the Time to find it right now...

EDIT: Somewhat Ninja'd... oh well.

[arjan]

No, I think you're right: For the most part, most of the "inferences" people have been making have actually been insight into their own personalities.

The "he's having a baby" inference couldn't be further away from me but it did seem valid (i.e. 60% chance) at the time. But I like the theory.

[brenok]

Ummm ... what's a MMONS?

Massive Multiplayer Online Nerd Sniping

The first usage of the term was here (but it was MMPONS, the "p" was omitted later)