1190: "Time"
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Uhhhhh .... Did anyone notice there's a Post 1192?
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Cueball is from Explain xkcd, maybe.
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buffygirl wrote:bouer wrote:Wraithlord (or anyone else) do you have a good English to R'lyehian translator? We should translate the creed.
OHMYGOD we are such NERDS!!!!! (this is AWESOME!)
FTFY
Not enough of the language appears in Lovecraft's writing for it to be actually translatable. If I remember correctly (which I may not), the Cthulhu Sleeps chant is all that is known of it.
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diego5wh wrote:I like many others have to go to sleep, but I did finally pick a sig, I bet this is how people entering a new religion feel like.
Good night y'all
People keep sigging me and I don't know how to feel about it.

NoEdge wrote:Outside? Is that like Mesopotamia? Isn't Mesopotamia gone? Has Outside been destroyed without our noticing?!
Oh well. At least we still have our sandcastle.
NoEdge wrote:Maybe it's fire. The world is burning. It's dark behind me. Maybe the fires have been put out. Maybe it's all gone.
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HAL9000 wrote:buffygirl wrote:bouer wrote:Wraithlord (or anyone else) do you have a good English to R'lyehian translator? We should translate the creed.
OHMYGOD we are such NERDS!!!!! (this is AWESOME!)
FTFY
Not enough of the language appears in Lovecraft's writing for it to be actually translatable. If I remember correctly (which I may not), the Cthulhu Sleeps chant is all that is known of it.
Yeah, not enough grounds for a translation, sorry.
Actually, I was able to find a partial dictionary, but there aren't enough words to translate more than a word or two of the creed.
At least we can translate it into Klingon though!

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All hail divine Lord Randall
Author of the One True Comic
Illustrator of Sandcastles
Keeper of the Newpix
Creator of Time
We have seen the Castles
We reject the Outside
We watch Time
We do not rest
We Wait For It
Author of the One True Comic
Illustrator of Sandcastles
Keeper of the Newpix
Creator of Time
We have seen the Castles
We reject the Outside
We watch Time
We do not rest
We Wait For It
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buffygirl wrote:Uhhhhh .... Did anyone notice there's a Post 1192?
Nope. That gives me something to try this weekend though

NoEdge wrote:Outside? Is that like Mesopotamia? Isn't Mesopotamia gone? Has Outside been destroyed without our noticing?!
Oh well. At least we still have our sandcastle.
NoEdge wrote:Maybe it's fire. The world is burning. It's dark behind me. Maybe the fires have been put out. Maybe it's all gone.
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I get a kick out of the fact that the quote-trees in this thread are longer than many whole threads. And... the average length of the quote trees seems to be more or less proportional to the length of the thread.
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Helper wrote:diego5wh wrote:I like many others have to go to sleep, but I did finally pick a sig, I bet this is how people entering a new religion feel like.
Good night y'all
People keep sigging me and I don't know how to feel about it.Although I suppose a sense of belongingness to a
crazy cultreligion is as good as any.
Nobody ever sigs me. I think it's because I never say anything clever.
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Wraithlord wrote:HAL9000 wrote:buffygirl wrote:bouer wrote:Wraithlord (or anyone else) do you have a good English to R'lyehian translator? We should translate the creed.
OHMYGOD we are such NERDS!!!!! (this is AWESOME!)
FTFY
Not enough of the language appears in Lovecraft's writing for it to be actually translatable. If I remember correctly (which I may not), the Cthulhu Sleeps chant is all that is known of it.
Yeah, not enough grounds for a translation, sorry.
At least we can translate it into Klingon though!
Or Elvish.
HAL9000 wrote:I find it simultaneously fascinating and disturbing that the most profound things I've read in the past months I have encountered in or been led to by an internet forum thread about a webcomic.
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fixer wrote:JordanTheProgrammer wrote:Helper wrote:Kay, time to start sacrificing virgins.
What! Don't worry ladies, I'm here to save you!
Can't be sacrificed if your not virgins, line up orderly.
Sorry, dude, that ship has sailed. It's past Valinor and about to reach Mordor's east coast by now.
You're assuming a round Middle-Earth here, I've seen no evidence to back up that hypothesis.
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BA-DA-BING!!!
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AionArap wrote:You're assuming a round Middle-Earth here, I've seen no evidence to back up that hypothesis.
Just what we need, a bunch of nerds. Actually, scratch that thought...
NoEdge wrote:Outside? Is that like Mesopotamia? Isn't Mesopotamia gone? Has Outside been destroyed without our noticing?!
Oh well. At least we still have our sandcastle.
NoEdge wrote:Maybe it's fire. The world is burning. It's dark behind me. Maybe the fires have been put out. Maybe it's all gone.
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buffygirl wrote:Uhhhhh .... Did anyone notice there's a Post 1192?
though it's not yet showing up when I go to xkcd.cm; I I have to type in the /1192 for it to appear... weird glitch or timezone issue? it's way past midnight now- I though it updated at midnight. Humming

P.S. I am not Randall. I am an initiate of Time. All is measured by the passage of the Newpix.
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addams wrote:A Religion with good music can't be all weird.
So should Morris Day and The Time be elevated to the post of Cantor?
I'd link to something fun on Youtube, but... you know... 2 posts.
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Ayriannah wrote:buffygirl wrote:Uhhhhh .... Did anyone notice there's a Post 1192?
though it's not yet showing up when I go to xkcd.cm; I I have to type in the /1192 for it to appear... weird glitch or timezone issue? it's way past midnight now- I though it updated at midnight. Humming
Weird glitch. It updates at midnight eastern time. (for me, that's 11pm)
HAL9000 wrote:I find it simultaneously fascinating and disturbing that the most profound things I've read in the past months I have encountered in or been led to by an internet forum thread about a webcomic.
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buffygirl wrote:OHMYGOD you are such NERDS!!!!! (this is AWESOME!)
Tried to sig this but didn't have enough room.

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Someone should keep track of how many times a one pixel change in height has been heralded as a wave/rising tide/tsunami. Or temporary erosion as the beginning of the complete collapse.
Wildhound wrote:Nobody ever sigs me. I think it's because I never say anything clever.
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Lucia wrote:Someone should keep track of how many times a one pixel change in height has been heralded as a wave/rising tide/tsunami. Or temporary erosion as the beginning of the complete collapse.
dat sig. I knew that was going to happen

NoEdge wrote:Outside? Is that like Mesopotamia? Isn't Mesopotamia gone? Has Outside been destroyed without our noticing?!
Oh well. At least we still have our sandcastle.
NoEdge wrote:Maybe it's fire. The world is burning. It's dark behind me. Maybe the fires have been put out. Maybe it's all gone.
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He really is taking forever to build this tower.


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That's it. I am going to murder Cueball.
Edit: Ohhh the ninja!
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AionArap wrote:fixer wrote:JordanTheProgrammer wrote:Helper wrote:Kay, time to start sacrificing virgins.
What! Don't worry ladies, I'm here to save you!
Can't be sacrificed if your not virgins, line up orderly.
Sorry, dude, that ship has sailed. It's past Valinor and about to reach Mordor's east coast by now.
You're assuming a round Middle-Earth here, I've seen no evidence to back up that hypothesis.
Or fallen off the edge of the Disc, take your pick.

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...when I stumbled out of bed this morning, I had no idea I'd accidently a meme, let alone inadvertently a religion.
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Wildhound wrote:That's it. I am going to murder Cueball.
We should try force-feeding him coffee first. And I don't mean the drink.
NoEdge wrote:Outside? Is that like Mesopotamia? Isn't Mesopotamia gone? Has Outside been destroyed without our noticing?!
Oh well. At least we still have our sandcastle.
NoEdge wrote:Maybe it's fire. The world is burning. It's dark behind me. Maybe the fires have been put out. Maybe it's all gone.
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Helper wrote:Lucia wrote:Someone should keep track of how many times a one pixel change in height has been heralded as a wave/rising tide/tsunami. Or temporary erosion as the beginning of the complete collapse.
dat sig. I knew that was going to happen

Wildhound wrote:Nobody ever sigs me. I think it's because I never say anything clever.
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AionArap wrote:You're assuming a round Middle-Earth here, I've seen no evidence to back up that hypothesis.
Dude, have you even read the Akallabeth?
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Helper wrote:Wildhound wrote:That's it. I am going to murder Cueball.
We should try force-feeding him coffee first. And I don't mean the drink.
He DOES have a whole lake full of it right next to him. And also the babies.
HAL9000 wrote:I find it simultaneously fascinating and disturbing that the most profound things I've read in the past months I have encountered in or been led to by an internet forum thread about a webcomic.
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AionArap wrote:fixer wrote:JordanTheProgrammer wrote:Helper wrote:Kay, time to start sacrificing virgins.
What! Don't worry ladies, I'm here to save you!
Can't be sacrificed if your not virgins, line up orderly.
Sorry, dude, that ship has sailed. It's past Valinor and about to reach Mordor's east coast by now.
You're assuming a round Middle-Earth here, I've seen no evidence to back up that hypothesis.
I'm revoking your nerd card. It is specifically stated in the Silmirillion that after the last ship carrying elves to valinor sailed Illuvitar made Middle earth round to prevent anyone else from leaving. Sheesh, I thought everyone knew that.
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Damn, I gotta go ... I'll miss AT LEAST 18np, possibly up to ..... TWENTY FOUR! I can feel an existential crisis coming on already.
Ahhh, but at least I leave after the birth of another newpix. I feel complete.
Ahhh, but at least I leave after the birth of another newpix. I feel complete.
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HAL9000 wrote:Helper wrote:Wildhound wrote:That's it. I am going to murder Cueball.
We should try force-feeding him coffee first. And I don't mean the drink.
He DOES have a whole lake full of it right next to him. And also the babies.
Please don't forcefeed Cueball Babies, even if they are caffeine-babies.
P.S. I am not Randall. I am an initiate of Time. All is measured by the passage of the Newpix.
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+1 Lurker who registered for this epicness.
Would someone please bump the gif? I can't find it anymore....
Would someone please bump the gif? I can't find it anymore....
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In my delvings into Lovecraft, I did happen to come across the R'leyhian word for heretic, hlirgh.
Also, we are apparently the Hrii of the Ron Hupadgh Syha'h. ( Have fun trying to decipher what I just said
)
Also, we are apparently the Hrii of the Ron Hupadgh Syha'h. ( Have fun trying to decipher what I just said

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All hail divine Lord Randall
Author of the One True Comic
Illustrator of Sandcastles
Keeper of the Newpix
Creator of Time
We have seen the Castles
We reject the Outside
We watch Time
We do not rest
We Wait For It
Author of the One True Comic
Illustrator of Sandcastles
Keeper of the Newpix
Creator of Time
We have seen the Castles
We reject the Outside
We watch Time
We do not rest
We Wait For It
ChronosDragon wrote:The One True Comic is absolute, it is usually reality that is inaccurate.
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Ayriannah wrote:Please don't forcefeed Cueball Babies, even if they are caffeine-babies.
Oh god, I can't breat--
NoEdge wrote:Outside? Is that like Mesopotamia? Isn't Mesopotamia gone? Has Outside been destroyed without our noticing?!
Oh well. At least we still have our sandcastle.
NoEdge wrote:Maybe it's fire. The world is burning. It's dark behind me. Maybe the fires have been put out. Maybe it's all gone.
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Helper wrote:Ayriannah wrote:Please don't forcefeed Cueball Babies, even if they are caffeine-babies.
Oh god, I can't breat--
Success!
P.S. I am not Randall. I am an initiate of Time. All is measured by the passage of the Newpix.
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+1 for a lurker who finally registered.
Would someone please bump the GIF? I need to catch up.
Would someone please bump the GIF? I need to catch up.
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AluisioASG wrote:buffygirl wrote:AluisioASG wrote:buffygirl wrote:swey wrote:HAL9000 wrote:Everyone whose posts are on this specific page so far who has a signature has included at least one thing from this thread as a whole in their sig.
I just wanted to fit in
Finally picked one. It's been my one of my favs all along!
Why does it look familiar to me?
/pauses ... you mean I can't have the same one? But I like this one!!!
You read way too much into my words (it's not uncommon on this thread). Of course you can.
By the way, I see some people here without a signature. I'm going to insert or update a Quotes page in the wiki.
Here: http://xkcd-time.wikia.com/wiki/Quotes
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bouer wrote:AionArap wrote:fixer wrote:JordanTheProgrammer wrote:Helper wrote:Kay, time to start sacrificing virgins.
What! Don't worry ladies, I'm here to save you!
Can't be sacrificed if your not virgins, line up orderly.
Sorry, dude, that ship has sailed. It's past Valinor and about to reach Mordor's east coast by now.
You're assuming a round Middle-Earth here, I've seen no evidence to back up that hypothesis.
I'm revoking your nerd card. It is specifically stated in the Silmirillion that after the last ship carrying elves to valinor sailed Illuvitar made Middle earth round to prevent anyone else from leaving. Sheesh, I thought everyone knew that.
Good point, but then again, after that there wasn't really a Valinor to sail past anymore was there?
It's been a good 2 decades since i read it though, so i could be wrong, but that's what my frail memory tells me anyway

EDIT: Also, Silmarillion*
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StratPlayer wrote:Ah yes -- Vinnie Longdong. I believe he retired. Now he owns a strip club in New Jersey...
BA-DA-BING!!!
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Holy shit I just realized that I'm going to miss quite a few (several hours' worth) newpix tomorrow. I'm going to have some catchup reading to do.
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Wildhound wrote:Helper wrote:diego5wh wrote:I like many others have to go to sleep, but I did finally pick a sig, I bet this is how people entering a new religion feel like.
Good night y'all
People keep sigging me and I don't know how to feel about it.Although I suppose a sense of belongingness to a
crazy cultreligion is as good as any.
Nobody ever sigs me. I think it's because I never say anything clever.
The creepiest part is seeing this in Lucia's signature before getting caught up to the actual post. Or was the statement repeated? It's like seeing glimpses into the future.
We have seen the Castles / We reject the Outside / We do not Sleep / We watch Time / We wait for it.
We await you, Blitzgirl! Travel on through the messages of the past. We wait for it and we wait for you to join us.
We await you, Blitzgirl! Travel on through the messages of the past. We wait for it and we wait for you to join us.
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Um. Just wow.
This thread now contains more than 3% of all replies to any individual comic.
This thread now contains more than 3% of all replies to any individual comic.
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Wraithlord wrote:<snip>HAL9000 wrote:FTFYbuffygirl wrote:OHMYGOD we are such NERDS!!!!! (this is AWESOME!)bouer wrote:Wraithlord (or anyone else) do you have a good English to R'lyehian translator? We should translate the creed.
Not enough of the language appears in Lovecraft's writing for it to be actually translatable. If I remember correctly (which I may not), the Cthulhu Sleeps chant is all that is known of it.
At least we can translate it into Klingon though!
OHMYGOD w'all are such NERDS!!!!! (this is AWESOME!)
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We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better … stronger … well, maybe not faster.
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We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better … stronger … well, maybe not faster.
Well, BlitzGirl is experiencing a bit of a title wave.
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In light of 1192, at the moment the only way I can connect it to Time is (at best) a long shot. But here goes.
The alt-text, "I'm so bad at carrying a tune[...]", reminds me of that old saying 'You couldn't carry a tune in a bucket'. Bucket being the key word here, and also mentioned back earlier, and how Time is lacking thereof, these two MUST be connected.
What that means, I haven't a clue.
As an aside, inspired by the images of pixel comparisons (but no program shared, and also no pixel comparisons for quite a few newpages), I have created a C# program for those interested that compares two images (from your comptuer) and saves the third with color changes (red = some pixel to white; blue = white to some pixel; magenta = pixel got lighter; lime green = pixel got darker;) (saves to the file path of last image loaded, with the file name consisting of the names of the two images being compared). I don't have any file hosting accounts, nor do I want to take the time to create one just for this, but if someone could host a download for it, I'd be grateful. Or if someone can give me a quick'n'dirty way to share the application, that'd be great too. IF anyone's interested. An update will likely allow customization of colors. A further update would be written in java (for those who are interested and not on windows), though I'm not sure how file-handling would work in an online applet... but we'll see.
The alt-text, "I'm so bad at carrying a tune[...]", reminds me of that old saying 'You couldn't carry a tune in a bucket'. Bucket being the key word here, and also mentioned back earlier, and how Time is lacking thereof, these two MUST be connected.

As an aside, inspired by the images of pixel comparisons (but no program shared, and also no pixel comparisons for quite a few newpages), I have created a C# program for those interested that compares two images (from your comptuer) and saves the third with color changes (red = some pixel to white; blue = white to some pixel; magenta = pixel got lighter; lime green = pixel got darker;) (saves to the file path of last image loaded, with the file name consisting of the names of the two images being compared). I don't have any file hosting accounts, nor do I want to take the time to create one just for this, but if someone could host a download for it, I'd be grateful. Or if someone can give me a quick'n'dirty way to share the application, that'd be great too. IF anyone's interested. An update will likely allow customization of colors. A further update would be written in java (for those who are interested and not on windows), though I'm not sure how file-handling would work in an online applet... but we'll see.
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