Comic for March 10, 2009: It Slipped! Change It Back!
Okay—now just don’t shout, “Nobody didn’t betray you, Milo did!” as you sail away.
I’m not saying that Roy is the son of Poseidon… but it’s probably best not to take any risks.
Comic for March 10, 2009: It Slipped! Change It Back!
Okay—now just don’t shout, “Nobody didn’t betray you, Milo did!” as you sail away.
I’m not saying that Roy is the son of Poseidon… but it’s probably best not to take any risks.
“curse this foiling foamy phalanx” wow. haven’t heard beautiful dialog like that in a long time. lol.
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Oh, the irony of Roy being the one to send the Stanleys back! But I still don’t get why there were so many of them?
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@macsnafu: Don’t worry, you haven’t missed anything. Just hold tight; all shall be explained.
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This was funny.
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Hey! I’m not betraying Anybody! Just ask him.
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It’s true–Nobody totally did NOT betray me.
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It’s awful how, as a reader of a comic about timetravel, I’m always out of time. I read (again) the page, and I decided to post a comment about “the insane passion of classic scholars for allitteration” shown by Roy.
I open the comments, and the first one is about the same phrase.
Ok, it’s what I’d say, but…
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ERRATA CORRIGE
The last line has to be:
“Ok, it’s NOT what I’d say, but…”
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I just love Roy’s facial expression in panel 3 as he complains about “the insane circularity” of the logic. And, in a way, he’s right. In a 100% deterministic universe, nothing they do will change what’s happened/about to happen, but in that case, there’s no free will (Alas, poor Roy!). However, even if it’s not 100% deterministic, it’s unlikely that the universe will allow a paradox/broken causal loop, and that their actions will change what happened in the past, so all they’re really doing by trying to send Stanley back is prevent a change to the timeline, not a paradox.
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@ Nobody: I know what you’re up to! You ain’t foolin’ me!
@ Anybody: I dunno… you might want to be careful about that guy. I’ve heard some nasty rumors.
@ danny & Lupo: Thanks! John was the one who came up with that line. He’s a classics major, so I guess this stuff just flows from him naturally.
@ macsnafu: It’s unlikely the that universe would allow a paradox, but it’s hard to know for sure. If it IS possible, the consequences might be disastrous. I think Milo and Jen are just being cautious more than anything.
It’s like what Doc Brown said in Back to the Future II: “[It] could create a time paradox, the result of which could cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and destroy the entire universe! Granted, that’s worst-case scenario. The destruction might in fact be very localized, limited to merely our own galaxy”
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And it’s pointing power was really too much for a man…
I wonder if Godzilla or Superman would have done the same mistake…
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Well, Superman is, in the end, still a man. Godzilla, though … Godzilla can handle anything!
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