• LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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    Unless I completely misunderstand how this works, I think 5 is the only one that will fill up. It then overflows, preventing any of the taller ones from filling. 7 is shallower but won’t start filling until 3 gets fuller than 5, which it never will. This would be true whether the blockage between 2 and 3 is a mistake or not.

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      You are correct and I agree, but look again.

      At the comments.

      Then at the image.

      Forget all about the water, and the question.

      If necessary, reread the title.

      Groan.

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        Please help. I have nightmares of being in a room where everyone else is just waiting patiently for me to remember the thing I forgot/figure out what is happening.

        Help

            • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              Yeah I don’t get it. Why does anyone care if the comic was set up that way and if other people copied it. It’s not funny? It’s not anything?

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                It’s an in-joke.

                The comic used to be big in the ~2000s nerd space, mostly by being one of the earlier video game focused webcomics that hit it big. The author had/has a… polarizing personality and the comic itself went from dick jokes and game references to super serious miscarriage storyline at the drop of a hat.

                Que endless satire.

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                  I have never understood the meme but that clues me in a bit, thank you.

                  Fyi, it’s “Cue endless satire.”

                  Que is Spanish for “what” and is pronounced similar to Kay.

                  Queue is a bunch of extra letters standing in line after the “Q”

                  Cue is “it’s time” - imagine an actor backstage being poked with a pool cue to get them going.

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      I think you’re right. Unfortunately, we’ll still have to chalk this up as a loss.