Do I check “X” or leave it blank if I want annoying jokes? Developers were not clear on this?
X if you want annoying in-jokes.
X = On
Not X = Off
I never thought about it applied to Thimbleweed Park but I have remembered that in a completely unrelated context I have seen people interpreting an “X” in the interface as a “reject this”.
In that case the company changed the “X” with a checkmark ✓
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Wow, I’ve never heard that before.
X marks the spot. (It’s an in-joke!)
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I never thought about this, but it makes sense.
Explaining that it’s an in-joke spoils the in-joke! 
Wikipedia gives an explanation of the meanings of the sign (I have edited it a bit for readability):
An x mark is a mark used to indicate the concept of negation (for example “no, this has not been verified” or “no, I don’t agree”) as well as an indicator (for example in election ballot papers or in x marks the spot). Its opposite is often considered to be the check mark or tick (or the O mark used in Japan, Korea and Taiwan).
In some areas it’s common for people to check a square box with a cross rather than a check mark, while in others the check mark (✓) or even a v mark is used.
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But makes it annoying, so it’s disabled by default!
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