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A comment on XKCD: Time.

Re:XKCD: Time by ryangee on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @06:31AM (#5524270)
I logged into a chat that room my friends and I hang out in a few days ago, and mentioned that 'Time' was still going.

Then it occurred to me: I wonder if that is the punchline. Randall sits back and cackles with glee as thousands of otherwise intelligent people wake up every morning and exclaim to their friends, with complete surprise: "Hey guys! Time is still going!"

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Re:XKCD: Time by etfb on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @08:13AM (#5524583)
Until one morning they wake up and exclaim to their friends, with much more surprise: "Hey guys! Ti
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Re:XKCD: Time by Ovid on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @08:58AM (#5524789)
If you think about it as art, does there need to be a punchline? I would actually be disappointed if there was one. In fact, if this were still continuing years from now, that would be truly amazing and definitely worthy of be called "art".
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Re:XKCD: Time by vxNsr on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @11:23AM (#5525681)
I think you're right... Randall is an evil genius, especially when he ends it and someone says "Time Stopped!"
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