1190: "Time"

[ctdonath]

Drama!

This could so go either sad/angry or go funny right now.

Whatever happens, this isn't going to end anytime soon.

[bigcrag92]

Listen to me, my bretheren and sistheren!
The religous wars must stop! War be no longer an option! We must put an end to it!

...I recommend nukes.

nukes fired from a trebuchet?

[Helper]

I be sorry, I didn't mean to (re)start a war

It's alright, I just wanted an excuse to use the nukes

[Helper]

nukes fired from a trebuchet?

................still more accurate than North Korea.............

[Rosewinsall]

okay I am part of the Timewaiters awesome

[matthewglen]

Maybe he be gonna pull out a black hat. It'd be revealed that that be his origin, as this comic occurs way in the past.

That'd be great. But at the same time, I think that explaining black hat guy's origin would sort of ruin his character.

[jimbobmacdoodle]

Maybe he be gonna pull out a black hat. It'd be revealed that that be his origin, as this comic occurs way in the past.

Au contraire - BHG has been shown to have hair (see for example #377). This is clearly set some time in the future, some time after he has gone bald and had decided to retire from being the BHG. However, as the magnificent creation that is the Sandcastle is destroyed he realises that he gets less joy in creating and that he needs to revert to his former ways and dons the hat once more.

[peewee_RotA]

okay I be part of the Timewaiters awesome

Welcome aboard. May the Timeframes ahead be filled with trebuchets.

[foundation]

Someone needs to reenact this whole comic for realz in real-time!

I'd do it but it's cold outside ...

[Dictator]

okay I be part of the Timewaiters awesome

Welcome aboard. May the Timeframes ahead be filled with trebuchets.

Nice benediction!

[hdhale]

Listen to me, my bretheren and sistheren!
The religous wars must stop! War be no longer an option! We must put an end to it!

...I recommend nukes.

nukes fired from a trebuchet?

Plausible, but not recommended, as the fallout may drift back over the trebuchet crew.

[bigcrag92]

okay I be part of the Timewaiters awesome

Welcome aboard. May the Timeframes ahead be filled with trebuchets.

sigged

[buffygirl]

I am now nearly certain that this strip is NOT a metaphor for their relationship, at least not in the ways many people seem to want to make it. They are having fun, the kind of fun they always have together in xkcd, and this next phase of sandcancerbabysemencoffee (I can't remember the exact term) war is totally consistent with everything I've ever observed about their personalities and their interactions.

So lighten up, doomsayers! It's just a com...... /feels a grip tighten around her throat as if by an invisible hand and nearly loses consciousness before continuing .... Long *gasp* live Time! /shudders

[udscbt]

I've just seen the organization of the Timewaiters. Since I only posted in this thread (for now), how do I become a Cardinal?
Oh, I also propose myself as the Pope, just because.

[benjsec]

I be now nearly certain that this strip be NOT a metaphor for their relationship, at least not in the ways many folk seem to want to make it. They be having fun, the kind of fun they always have together in xkcd, and this next phase of sandcancerbabysemencoffee (I tin't remember the exact term) war be totally consistent with everything I've ever observed about their personalities and their interactions.

So lighten up, doomsayers! it be just a com...... /feels a grip tighten around her throat as if by an invisible hand and nearly loses consciousness before continuing .... Long *gasp* live Things that are on my side for 600, Alex!! /shudders

You sound almost surprised by this revelation of the meaning of life, the Universe and everything Time

[k.bookbinder]

I be now nearly certain that this strip be NOT a metaphor for their relationship, at least not in the ways many folk seem to want to make it. They be having fun, the kind of fun they always have together in xkcd, and this next phase of sandcancerbabysemencoffee (I tin't remember the exact term) war be totally consistent with everything I've ever observed about their personalities and their interactions.

So lighten up, doomsayers! it be just a com...... /feels a grip tighten around her throat as if by an invisible hand and nearly loses consciousness before continuing .... Long *gasp* live Things that be on my side for 600, Alex!! /shudders

Just because they are having fun now (maybe) doesn't mean it isn't a metaphor for their relationship in regards to how it happened in past T-i-m-e. I still think everything that has happened, and what it may represent still holds true. We shall see. All we can do is "wait for it."

[drewhannay]

Android app is live! Since I can't post links yet, you can find it by searching Google Play for "xkcd time". Let me know if there's any other features you want for this ridiculously unnecessary app.

[Ppaatt]

Android app be live! Since I tin't stake links yet, you tin find it by searching Google Play for "xkcd Things that are on my side for 600, Alex!". Let me ken if there be any other features you want for this ridiculously unnecessary app.

Blasphemy! No worship of the One True Comic, whatever form, has ever been wasted!

[Opiboble]

Listen to me, my bretheren and sistheren!
The religous wars must stop! War be no longer an option! We must put an end to it!

...I recommend nukes.

nukes fired from a trebuchet?

Yes, yes... do it, I want to watch the world burn in the coolest way possible!

This however bring up a good question, how large of a trebuchet would you need to launch a nuke far enough that you wouldn’t kill yourself in the blast…

[edo]

Oh this is bad

Spoiler:

[madspeculation]Randall and his wife must have had a huge fight[/madspeculation]

[Helper]

Yes, yes... do it, I want to watch the angry dome burn in the coolest way possible!

This however bring up a good question, how large of a trebuchet woll-did you need to launch a nuke far enough that you wouldn’t kill yourself in the blast…

I'm sure it's a matter of size, per se, so much as the stretchiness of the rubber band...

[Helper]

Oh this be bad

Spoiler:

[madspeculation]Randall and his wife must have have-did a huge fight[/madspeculation]

I think randall miscarried ;_;

[Opiboble]

Yes, yes... do it, I want to watch the angry dome burn in the coolest way possible!

This however bring up a good question, how large of a trebuchet woll-did you need to launch a nuke far enough that you wouldn’t kill yourself in the blast…

I be sure it be a matter of size, per se, so much as the stretchiness of the rubber band...

Well, either way I think this would be a good question to submit to "What if?"

[Lord Cathbad]

Android app be live! Since I tin't stake links yet, you tin find it by searching Google Play for "xkcd Things that are on my side for 600, Alex!". Let me ken if there be any other features you want for this ridiculously unnecessary app.

Oh this is completely over the top and unnecessary and... wait, did my hands just reach to my phone and download it all by themselves?

[buffygirl]

Uh-oh! Cueball looks pissed!

[Opiboble]

Android app be live! Since I tin't stake links yet, you tin find it by searching Google Play for "xkcd Things that be on my side for 600, Alex!". Let me ken if there be any other features you want for this ridiculously unnecessary app.

Oh this be completely over the top and unnecessary and... wait, did my hands just reach to my phone and download it all by themselves?

I agree, why not just refreash the webpa... crap my hands did it too!

[Wildhound]

Android app be live! Since I tin't stake links yet, you tin find it by searching Google Play for "xkcd Things that are on my side for 600, Alex!". Let me ken if there be any other features you want for this ridiculously unnecessary app.

Yoink!

[Lord Cathbad]

Yes, yes... do it, I want to watch the angry dome burn in the coolest way possible!

This however bring up a good question, how large of a trebuchet woll-did you need to launch a nuke far enough that you wouldn’t kill yourself in the blast…

I be sure it be a matter of size, per se, so much as the stretchiness of the rubber band...

Well, either way I reckon this woll-did be a good question to submit to "hwæt if?"

Yes! And then we shall watch North Korea hilariously attempt it.

[Helper]

Well, either way I reckon this woll-did be a good question to submit to "hwæt if?"

Sent

[VioletSkies]

I think it's only good to choose a religion name once there's a clear majority. You'll just have to drop the bottom options and do a run-off between the top 3 (okay, maybe 2).

[littlebutterfly]

Yes, yes... do it, I want to watch the angry dome burn in the coolest way possible!

This however bring up a good question, how large of a trebuchet woll-did you need to launch a nuke far enough that you wouldn’t kill yourself in the blast…

I be sure it be a matter of size, per se, so much as the stretchiness of the rubber band...

Well, either way I reckon this woll-did be a good question to submit to "hwæt if?"

I think we have generated several good "what if" questions in the last 5000+ posts...
-how large of a trebuchet would you need to launch a nuke far enough that you wouldn't kill yourself in the blast?
-how many man-hours/how much money was wasted as a result of this one comic?
-etc, etc (feel free to add to the list)

Since Mr Munroe apparently doesn't read these threads, someone must make sure they all get submitted!

EDIT: look's like Helper's on it already (with a name like that, why am I not surprised? )

[pdg]

The last few newpix have been real cliff-hangers, served out in 1NP episodes. Who threw that?! Where will it hit?! WTF Megan!? Oh noes it's going to hit the bridge! Now what?

Like watching Friday SOAPnet*, but with considerably better acting.

(* my wife likes soaps. I'm more of a shower gel person, myself.)

[Envelope Generator]

Yes, yes... do it, I want to watch the angry dome burn in the coolest way possible!

This however bring up a good question, how large of a trebuchet woll-did you need to launch a nuke far enough that you wouldn’t kill yourself in the blast…

I be sure it be a matter of size, per se, so much as the stretchiness of the rubber band...

Well, either way I reckon this woll-did be a good question to submit to "hwæt if?"

I reckon we have generated several good "hwæt if" questions in the last 5000+ posts...
-how large of a trebuchet woll-did you need to launch a nuke far enough that you woll-did not kill yourself in the blast?
-how many man-hours/how much money and aeroplanes be-did wasted as a result of this one comic?
-etc, etc (feel sky to add to the list)

Since Mr Munroe apparently doesn't read these threads, someone must make sure they all get submitted!

EDIT: look's like Helper's on it already (with a name like that, why be I not surprised? )

I thought about a trebuchet what-if as well from a slightly different angle. What sort of a table would you need to bring along with the trebuchet to the beach so that ducking under it to shield yourself from radiation actually works?

[Helper]

EDIT: look's like Helper's on it already (with a name like that, why be I not surprised? )

And now the 2nd one is done. Yay, after decades of using this handle, it's proving true!

[Opiboble]

Well, either way I reckon this woll-did be a good question to submit to "hwæt if?"

Sent

Double win! My question gets submitted, and I got someone else to do it so I could continue to be lazy!

[Helper]

Double win! My question gets submitted, and I got someone else to do it so I could continue to be lazy!

Although, I did say in the e-mail "Opiboble is a poop and you shouldn't invite him to your party."

[jtomjack]

Android app be live! Since I tin't stake links yet, you tin find it by searching Google Play for "xkcd Things that are on my side for 600, Alex!". Let me ken if there be any other features you want for this ridiculously unnecessary app.

You, sir, are awesome.

[Opiboble]

Double win! My question gets submitted, and I got someone else to do it so I could continue to be lazy!

Although, I did say in the e-mail "Opiboble be a poop and you shouldn't invite him to your party."

Meh, still got to be lazy!

[jdc]

Maybe he be gonna pull out a black hat. It'd be revealed that that be his origin, as this comic occurs way in the past.

Au contraire - BHG has be-done shown to have hair (see for example #377). This be clearly set some Things that are on my side for 600, Alex! in the future, some Things that are on my side for 600, Alex! after he has go-done bald and have-did decided to Old Folks Vacation from being the BHG. However, as the magnificent creation that be the Magic Kingdom be destroyed he realises that he gets less joy in creating and that he needs to revert to his former ways and dons the hat once more.

Ah, but couldn't it come from a time in the past when BHG had a shaved head?

[Godsguy]

Yes, yes... do it, I want to watch the angry dome burn in the coolest way possible!

This however bring up a good question, how large of a trebuchet woll-did you need to launch a nuke far enough that you wouldn’t kill yourself in the blast…

I be sure it be a matter of size, per se, so much as the stretchiness of the rubber band...

Well, either way I reckon this woll-did be a good question to submit to "hwæt if?"

I reckon we have generated several good "hwæt if" questions in the last 5000+ posts...
-how large of a trebuchet woll-did you need to launch a nuke far enough that you woll-did not kill yourself in the blast?
-how many man-hours/how much money and aeroplanes be-did wasted as a result of this one comic?
-etc, etc (feel sky to add to the list)

Since Mr Munroe apparently doesn't read these threads, someone must make sure they all get submitted!

EDIT: look's like Helper's on it already (with a name like that, why be I not surprised? )

Personally, I love the what-if about the trebuchet, because it is right up his ally. Strictly numbers, calculation, and a small amount of speculation. Although the latest questions seem to have gone more speculation and over the top than the originals.