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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1862<br />
| date = July 12, 2017<br />
| title = Particle Properties<br />
| image = particle_properties.png<br />
| titletext = Each particle also has a password which allows its properties to be changed, but the cosmic censorship hypothesis suggests we can never observe the password itself—only its secure hash.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Table needs to be filled out with remaining explanations}}<br />
A table is presented comparing the range (maximum and minimum value) and scale (how big number increments are) of several measures. The table begins by listing properties pertinent to {{w|particle physics}} as the title sugests, but quickly devolves to other domains such as role playing games (such as D&D) and sports after failing to provide a good definition of {{w|Flavour (particle physics)|flavor}}.<br />
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{| class=wikitable<br />
! Property<br />
! Scale<br />
! Explanation<br />
|-<br />
| Electric charge<br />
| [-1,1]<br />
| A particle can either have a negative charge (noted by -1), a positive charge (noted by +1), or no (neutral) charge (noted by 0). Subatomic particles (quarks) have charges of ± ⅓ or ± ⅔, but cannot exist on their own (they must be combined to create a particle with integer charge).<br />
The charge is shown in increments of a third from -1 to +1 which are the only know charges of the fundamental particles; however there are some exotic composite particles with twice integer charge e.g. the recently discovered double charmed Xi baryon with charge of +2.<br />
|-<br />
| Mass<br />
| [0,∞) in kg<br />
| Mass is the measure of an object or particle's resistance to force, as well as its ability to distort {{w|spacetime}} (its gravitational attraction).<br />
Theoretically, any object's mass could approach infinity, but mass cannot be below 0. Some particles, such as photons, have zero rest mass and are therefore massless.<br />
All particles with rest mass obtain it through confinement, either by the {{w|Higgs field}} (the quarks, leptons and W, Z, and Higgs bosons) or the strong nuclear force (hadrons).<br />
Particles with no rest mass (photons and gluons) can only move at lightspeed<br />
|-<br />
| Spin number<br />
| (-∞,∞) (Intervals of ½)<br />
| Spin is an intrinsic property of particles, a relativistic form of angular momentum. The spin of a particle determines what statistics the particle follows, half odd integer spin particles are classified as fermions and integer spin particles are bosons.<br />
Two fermions cannot have exactly the same state, an observation known as the Pauli exclusion principle. Thus, for fermions to exist in the same position, they must have opposite spins, of + ½ and - ½. It follows that a maximum of two fermions of the same flavor (e.g. two electrons) may exist in the same position.<br />
|-<br />
| Flavor<br />
| Misc. quantum numbers<br />
| Flavor is a series of quantum numbers that do not fit neatly onto a set of dimensional axes<br />
|-<br />
| Color charge<br />
| 3D coordinate system with R, G and B axes<br />
| Color charge can be Red Green or Blue, the color of a particle must sum to white so a particle can be RGB or Red anti-Red or equivalent. The color charge confines the quarks, separating quarks requires so much energy that jets of particles are created, so color is a property inferred as it cannot be observed on its own. This is the last entry currently used to describe particles by particle physicists.<br />
|-<br />
| Mood<br />
| 5 emojis on a number line ranging from angry to joyful<br />
| Mood particles are not considered to have emotion but Randall implies that there is a quantized 5 point scale which would have some effect of the properties of the particle.<br />
|-<br />
| Alignment<br />
| 3x3 grid with varying shades (columns Good-Evil, rows Lawful-Chaotic)<br />
| A reference to the tabletop RPG {{w|Dungeons & Dragons}}, where characters have an {{w|Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)|alignment}} that is either Good, Neutral, or Evil (describing whether they have a propensity to help or harm others) and either Lawful, Neutral, or Chaotic (describing how much they care about organizations, social norms, and the status quo). Common examples of these alignments include Darth Vader (Lawful Evil), Superman (Lawful Good), Robin Hood (Chaotic Good), and the Joker (Chaotic Evil). This may be a reference to the now defunct names of the two heaviest known quarks ("truth" and "beauty").<br />
|-<br />
| Hit points<br />
| [0,∞)<br />
| Games (videogames, board games, CCGs, RPGs, etc.) often have values for players and other entities that represent health (also called hit points or HP). Generally there is not necessarily a limit on this value, but it does not often go below 0 as the zero value is considered "dead" (or some equivalent).<br />
|-<br />
| Rating<br />
| 5-star scale<br />
| The five-star rating system is often used to rate films, TV shows, restaurants, and hotels. Randall has previously criticized this system in [[937: TornadoGuard]] and [[1098: Star Ratings]].<br />
|-<br />
| String type<br />
| Bytestring-Charstring<br />
| In computer science this denotes what type of data is stored subsequent set of elements<br />
|-<br />
| Batting average<br />
| [0,100] in %<br />
| In baseball, a player's batting average is calculated by dividing their hits by their at-bats. Instead of using the percent sign (%), it is usually presented as a number between 0 and 1 (inclusive) expressed as three decimal places with no leading zero: [.000, 1.000]. It is pronounced as though it is multiplied by 1,000: A batter with a batting average of .342 (which is very good) is said to be "batting three forty-two." A perfect batting average (unattainable except in very small samples) gives rise to the expression "batting a thousand."<br />
|-<br />
| Proof<br />
| [0,200]<br />
| This refers to {{w|alcohol proof}}, which is the measure of the amount of ethanol in a beverage by volume. The proof of a beverage is two times the percentage of ethanol, so the maximum value is 200.<br />
|-<br />
| Heat<br />
| No jalapeños - 3 jalapeños, increasing<br />
| Spicy peppers are measured by the intensity of the spicy flavor, usually ranging from values like "mild" to "hot". The gray jalapeño likely represents negligible or no spicy taste in the food.<br />
|-<br />
| Street value<br />
| [0,∞) in $<br />
| The value of an illegal good or a legal/controlled good when bought or sold by illegal means.<br />
|-<br />
| Entropy<br />
| ''This already has like 20 different confusing meanings, so it probably means something here, too.''<br />
| The term "entropy", which {{w|History of entropy|began}} as a {{w|Entropy (classical thermodynamics)|thermodynamic measure}}, has since been adopted {{w|Entropy in thermodynamics and information theory|by analogy}} into {{w|Entropy (disambiguation)|multiple seemingly unrelated domains}}. The table doesn't seem to know what domain it is in, but (possibly in a desperate attempt to hide this) deems it safe to assume the unknown domain uses the term "entropy" for ''something''!<br />
|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:<big>Particle Properties in Physics</big><br />
{| class=wikitable<br />
! Property<br />
! Type/scale<br />
|-<br />
| Electric charge<br />
| [Scale with -1, 0 and +1 labeled]<br />
|-<br />
| Mass <br />
| [Scale with 0, 1kg and 2kg labeled]<br />
|-<br />
| Spin number<br />
| [Scale with -1, -½ 0, ½ and 1 labeled]<br />
|-<br />
| Flavor <br />
| (Misc. quantum numbers)<br />
|-<br />
| Color charge<br />
| [3D plot with R, G and B axes] (Quarks only)<br />
|-<br />
| Mood<br />
| [Scale labeled with 5 emoticons, from angry to happy]<br />
|-<br />
| Alignment<br />
| [3x3 grid with varying shades] Good-Evil, Lawful-Chaotic<br />
|-<br />
| Hit points<br />
| [Scale starting from 0]<br />
|-<br />
| Rating<br />
| [Star rating of 3.5/5 stars]<br />
|-<br />
| String type<br />
| Bytestring-Charstring<br />
|-<br />
| Batting average<br />
| [Scale from 0% to 100%]<br />
|-<br />
| Proof<br />
| [Scale from 0 to 200]<br />
|-<br />
| Heat<br />
| [Scale labeled with pepper icons, from 0 to 3]<br />
|-<br />
| Street value<br />
| [Scale with $0, $100 and $200 labeled]<br />
|-<br />
| Entropy<br />
| (This already has like 20 different confusing meanings, so it probably means something here, too.)<br />
|}<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Physics]]</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1862:_Particle_Properties&diff=1425531862: Particle Properties2017-07-12T18:06:30Z<p>173.245.50.174: about batting average</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1862<br />
| date = July 12, 2017<br />
| title = Particle Properties<br />
| image = particle_properties.png<br />
| titletext = Each particle also has a password which allows its properties to be changed, but the cosmic censorship hypothesis suggests we can never observe the password itself—only its secure hash.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Table needs to be filled out with remaining explanations}}<br />
A table is presented comparing the range (maximum and minimum value) and scale (how big number increments are) of several measures. The table begins by listing properties pertinent to {{w|particle physics}} as the title sugests, but quickly devolves to other domains such as role playing games (such as D&D) and sports after failing to provide a good definition of {{w|Flavour (particle physics)|flavor}}.<br />
<br />
{| class=wikitable<br />
! Property<br />
! Scale<br />
! Explanation<br />
|-<br />
| Electric charge<br />
| [-1,1]<br />
| A particle can either have a negative charge (noted by -1), a positive charge (noted by +1), or no (neutral) charge (noted by 0). Subatomic particles (quarks) have charges of ± ⅓ or ± ⅔, but cannot exist on their own (they must be combined to create a particle with integer charge).<br />
The charge is shown in increments of a third from -1 to +1 which are the only know charges of the fundamental particles; however there are some exotic composite particles with twice integer charge e.g. the recently discovered double charmed Xi baryon with charge of +2.<br />
|-<br />
| Mass<br />
| [0,∞) in kg<br />
| Mass is the measure of an object or particle's resistance to force, as well as its ability to distort {{w|spacetime}} (its gravitational attraction).<br />
Theoretically, any object's mass could approach infinity, but mass cannot be below 0. Some particles, such as photons, have zero rest mass and are therefore massless.<br />
All particles with rest mass obtain it through confinement, either by the {{w|Higgs field}} (the quarks, leptons and W, Z, and Higgs bosons) or the strong nuclear force (hadrons).<br />
Particles with no rest mass (photons and gluons) can only move at lightspeed<br />
|-<br />
| Spin number<br />
| (-∞,∞) (Intervals of ½)<br />
| Spin is an intrinsic property of particles, a relativistic form of angular momentum. The spin of a particle determines what statistics the particle follows, half odd integer spin particles are classified as fermions and integer spin particles are bosons.<br />
Two fermions cannot have exactly the same state, an observation known as the Pauli exclusion principle. Thus, for fermions to exist in the same position, they must have opposite spins, of + ½ and - ½. It follows that a maximum of two fermions of the same flavor (e.g. two electrons) may exist in the same position.<br />
|-<br />
| Flavor<br />
| Misc. quantum numbers<br />
| Flavor is a series of quantum numbers that do not fit neatly onto a set of dimensional axes<br />
|-<br />
| Color charge<br />
| 3D coordinate system with R, G and B axes<br />
| Color charge can be Red Green or Blue, the color of a particle must sum to white so a particle can be RGB or Red anti-Red or equivalent. The color charge confines the quarks, separating quarks requires so much energy that jets of particles are created, so color is a property inferred as it cannot be observed on its own. This is the last entry currently used to describe particles by particle physicists.<br />
|-<br />
| Mood<br />
| 5 emojis on a number line ranging from angry to joyful<br />
| Mood particles are not considered to have emotion but Randall implies that there is a quantized 5 point scale which would have some effect of the properties of the particle.<br />
|-<br />
| Alignment<br />
| 3x3 grid with varying shades (columns Good-Evil, rows Lawful-Chaotic)<br />
| A reference to the tabletop RPG {{w|Dungeons & Dragons}}, where characters have an {{w|Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)|alignment}} that is either Good, Neutral, or Evil (describing whether they have a propensity to help or harm others) and either Lawful, Neutral, or Chaotic (describing how much they care about organizations, social norms, and the status quo). Common examples of these alignments include Darth Vader (Lawful Evil), Superman (Lawful Good), Robin Hood (Chaotic Good), and the Joker (Chaotic Evil). This may be a reference to the now defunct names of the two heaviest known quarks ("truth" and "beauty").<br />
|-<br />
| Hit points<br />
| [0,∞)<br />
| Games (videogames, board games, CCGs, RPGs, etc.) often have values for players and other entities that represent health (also called hit points or HP). Generally there is not necessarily a limit on this value, but it does not often go below 0 as the zero value is considered "dead" (or some equivalent).<br />
|-<br />
| Rating<br />
| 5-star scale<br />
| The five-star rating system is often used to rate films, TV shows, restaurants, and hotels. Randall has previously criticized this system in [[937: TornadoGuard]] and [[1098: Star Ratings]].<br />
|-<br />
| String type<br />
| Bytestring-Charstring<br />
| In computer science this denotes what type of data is stored subsequent set of elements<br />
|-<br />
| Batting average<br />
| [0,100] in %<br />
| In baseball, a player's batting average is calculated by dividing their hits by their at-bats. Instead of using the percent sign (%), it is usually presented as a number between 0 and 1 (inclusive) expressed as three decimal places with no leading zero: [.000, 1.000]. It is pronounced as though it is multiplied by 1,000: A batter with a batting average of .342 is said to be "batting three forty-two." A perfect batting average (unattainable except in very small samples) gives rise to the expression "batting a thousand."<br />
|-<br />
| Proof<br />
| [0,200]<br />
| This refers to {{w|alcohol proof}}, which is the measure of the amount of ethanol in a beverage by volume. The proof of a beverage is two times the percentage of ethanol, so the maximum value is 200.<br />
|-<br />
| Heat<br />
| No jalapeños - 3 jalapeños, increasing<br />
| Spicy peppers are measured by the intensity of the spicy flavor, usually ranging from values like "mild" to "hot". The gray jalapeño likely represents negligible or no spicy taste in the food.<br />
|-<br />
| Street value<br />
| [0,∞) in $<br />
| The value of an illegal good or a legal/controlled good when bought or sold by illegal means.<br />
|-<br />
| Entropy<br />
| ''This already has like 20 different confusing meanings, so it probably means something here, too.''<br />
| The term "entropy", which {{w|History of entropy|began}} as a {{w|Entropy (classical thermodynamics)|thermodynamic measure}}, has since been adopted {{w|Entropy in thermodynamics and information theory|by analogy}} into {{w|Entropy (disambiguation)|multiple seemingly unrelated domains}}. The table doesn't seem to know what domain it is in, but (possibly in a desperate attempt to hide this) deems it safe to assume the unknown domain uses the term "entropy" for ''something''!<br />
|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:<big>Particle Properties in Physics</big><br />
{| class=wikitable<br />
! Property<br />
! Type/scale<br />
|-<br />
| Electric charge<br />
| [Scale with -1, 0 and +1 labeled]<br />
|-<br />
| Mass <br />
| [Scale with 0, 1kg and 2kg labeled]<br />
|-<br />
| Spin number<br />
| [Scale with -1, -½ 0, ½ and 1 labeled]<br />
|-<br />
| Flavor <br />
| (Misc. quantum numbers)<br />
|-<br />
| Color charge<br />
| [3D plot with R, G and B axes] (Quarks only)<br />
|-<br />
| Mood<br />
| [Scale labeled with 5 emoticons, from angry to happy]<br />
|-<br />
| Alignment<br />
| [3x3 grid with varying shades] Good-Evil, Lawful-Chaotic<br />
|-<br />
| Hit points<br />
| [Scale starting from 0]<br />
|-<br />
| Rating<br />
| [Star rating of 3.5/5 stars]<br />
|-<br />
| String type<br />
| Bytestring-Charstring<br />
|-<br />
| Batting average<br />
| [Scale from 0% to 100%]<br />
|-<br />
| Proof<br />
| [Scale from 0 to 200]<br />
|-<br />
| Heat<br />
| [Scale labeled with pepper icons, from 0 to 3]<br />
|-<br />
| Street value<br />
| [Scale with $0, $100 and $200 labeled]<br />
|-<br />
| Entropy<br />
| (This already has like 20 different confusing meanings, so it probably means something here, too.)<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Physics]]</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:100:_Family_Circus&diff=101334Talk:100: Family Circus2015-09-08T04:28:51Z<p>173.245.50.174: </p>
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<div>Is it more than Pointless (<<< No full stop either, just to be consistent)<br />
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[[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.205|108.162.249.205]] 13:42, 21 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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In the real Family Circus, isn't it Billy who leaves those paths? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 04:28, 8 September 2015 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1113:_Killed_in_Action&diff=101321Talk:1113: Killed in Action2015-09-07T21:55:19Z<p>173.245.50.174: </p>
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<div>The title text is essentially the beginning of the hanging paradox: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexpected_hanging_paradox<br />
:It's not quite the same--[[User:Joehammer79|Joehammer79]] ([[User talk:Joehammer79|talk]]) 17:03, 27 September 2012 (UTC) thing.<br />
:The unexpected hanging paradox only applies when you have a measure of foreknowledge. [[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]] ([[User talk:Davidy22|talk]]) 05:50, 26 September 2012 (UTC)<br />
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I think there's also a strong indication that this is mocking cop films from the 80's/90's, such as Lethal Weapon, where a character would always die just before retirement.<br />
--[[Special:Contributions/46.246.31.111|46.246.31.111]] 07:08, 26 September 2012 (UTC)<br />
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This one is a variant of the old Czech joke: "The study has proved that statistically the most casualties happen in the last car of a train. Therefore the committee suggests to make all trains one car shorter." --[[User:Mity|Mity]] ([[User talk:Mity|talk]]) 09:59, 26 September 2012 (UTC)<br />
:On the other hand, adding a vacant car to the end of the train could be a reasonable approach.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 21:55, 7 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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This comics's explanation is complete bollocks, I think. Of course it is NOT a "fact that such a room exists". This comics parodies trope often used in cop movies - an elderly cop goes to work for the last time before his retirement, packs things, plans fishing the next day ... only to be called to one more case (possibly with a new, young and brash partner). And despites his efforts not to screw anything and stay clear of danger, he is either mortally wounded or screws big time and is degraded. So much clichè, that if someone says "It's my last day or service", you might be sure one of the two options above happens. See http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Retirony for all the use cases and examples. [[User:Edheldil|Edheldil]] ([[User talk:Edheldil|talk]]) 10:25, 26 September 2012 (UTC)<br />
:I added the tv trope to the explanation. Didn't even see your comment at first, but why didn't you just change and add to the explanation yourself? That would be the whole point of the wiki. --[[User:Buggz|Buggz]] ([[User talk:Buggz|talk]]) 10:34, 26 September 2012 (UTC)<br />
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To add a little irony to the irony, the dead cop actually IS in a "locked, heavily guarded room." (There's a Sufi story along those lines.) The real solution to the retirony risk would be for their retirement day to fall within a 12 month window, chosen by some randomly generated number chosen before the shift begins. Thus they could avoid building up a hazardous "retirony field" focused around the point-source retirement day. Sort of like this thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_ring [[User:Noni Mausa|Noni Mausa]] ([[User talk:Noni Mausa|talk]]) 12:11, 26 September 2012 (UTC)<br />
:...But that doesn't eliminate the "retirony field", it only dispurses it over a larger area. The retirony claim would shift to "(s)he was due to retire this year" times the number of retirees within that retirement window. Assuming these tragic events are "uniformly distributed" the probability they'll happen will be present right up to the end of one's active tour of duty, no matter what. Shorten the train, indeed. :) -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:29, 26 September 2012 (UTC)<br />
::How about simply not planning your retirement at all, and instead just spontaneously quitting at some point? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 15:38, 27 September 2012 (UTC)<br />
:::Yeah, that would work. Writing it into a collective agreement might be a bit iffy...[[User:Noni Mausa|Noni Mausa]] ([[User talk:Noni Mausa|talk]]) 11:20, 28 September 2012 (UTC)<br />
:Alternative route: declare someones retirement '''on the day of their retirement'''. Make sure to forbid them in the day of their retirement from taking any missions, no matter how much they need the cop! [[User:Greyson|Greyson]] ([[User talk:Greyson|talk]]) 15:17, 2 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
:That would not work. Working on Dec 30th, you would know for sure that Dec 31st would be your retirement date. So you cannot retire on Dec 31st. With that in mind: working on Dec 29th, you would know for sure that Dec 30th would be your retirement date. With that in mind: working on Dec 28th, you would know for sure that Dec 29th would be your retirement date. With that in mind.... --[[User:Oscar|Oscar]] ([[User talk:Oscar|talk]]) 13:02, 13 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
An unstated but related phenomenon is "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias Confirmation Bias], where something significant stands out in our mind, causing us to overreact or use bad judgement. In this case, the confirmation bias makes it seem like cops are always killed on their last day, so they create such a room.<br />
:Actually, all cops who are killed on the job are killed on their last day!<br />
::Not necessary true in all movies. Detective [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Hopkirk Marty Hopkirk], for example, continued fighting crime after dead. [http://hellsing.wikia.com/wiki/Seras_Victoria Seras Victoria] changed the classical police officer uniform for a special force one but was still reffered as "police girl". I'm sure there are more examples. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 08:16, 5 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
^then show us these other examples if you're so sure. [[Special:Contributions/71.23.180.37|71.23.180.37]] 23:28, 30 December 2012 (UTC)Realist</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1095:_Crazy_Straws&diff=1013201095: Crazy Straws2015-09-07T20:22:21Z<p>173.245.50.174: /* Trivia */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1095<br />
| date = August 15, 2012<br />
| title = Crazy Straws<br />
| image = crazy_straws.png<br />
| titletext = The new crowd is heavily shaped by this guy named Eric, who's basically the Paris Hilton of the amateur plastic crazy straw design world.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
A {{w|subculture}} is a small group of people within a culture that share some property in common, such as hackers or hipsters. Some subcultures form based on a geeky obsession over a trivial topic (for instance, a minimally-drawn webcomic). In this case, that topic is crazy straws, which are toy drinking straws designed with unusual twists and loops. This strip uses this group as an example of the fractal nature of cultures.<br />
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Informally speaking, a {{w|fractal}} is a mathematical shape with an infinite level of detail. Just as fractals can always be divided into smaller patterns, Randall points out that human subcultures can always be divided into smaller subcultures. We have the "people who like crazy straws" subculture, but this is further divided into the professionals and the hobbyists. The hobbyists are themselves broken into those who accept loops in the straws and those who don't. A splinter group, as used in the comic, is a subculture that breaks off from a larger one.<br />
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Despite the incredible amount of work fans put into it, the whole concept seems completely inconsequential to an outsider. The irony is the source of humor in this strip. An earlier comic, [[915: Connoisseur]], covers a similar topic.<br />
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{{w|Paris Hilton}} is a celebrity who is essentially famous for being famous.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Two people hang out with some beverages. Cueball here has a bright green crazy straw.]<br />
:Cueball: The thing to understand about the plastic crazy straw design world is that there are two main camps: The professionals - designing for established brands - and the hobbyists. The hobbyist mailing lists are full of drama, with friction between the regulars and a splinter group focused on loops...<br />
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:Human subcultures are nested fractally. There's no bottom.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*On June 30, 2014, artists constructed huge artificial hay bales out of straws, near the Museum District of Munich. It was named the [http://museen-in-muenchen.de/index.php?id=1276&L=1 Bale Harvest].<br />
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{{Comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Comics with color]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1085:_ContextBot&diff=101319Talk:1085: ContextBot2015-09-07T20:01:23Z<p>173.245.50.174: </p>
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<div>Just so you know it would be fairly easy to drop a stack of diamond while alt-tabbing because the default "drop" key is 'q'.<br />
:But the Q key just drops one item, not the whole stack. To drop the whole stack you have to open your inventory, click on the stack then click outside the inventory dialog. (yeah I'm a Minecraft addict :D) -- [[Special:Contributions/41.196.193.193|41.196.193.193]]<br />
::If you were 'holding' the stack with your cursor and left the inventory, it would also drop. Same if it was in the crafting slots. [[Special:Contributions/130.160.145.224|130.160.145.224]] 21:17, 10 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
::If you press ctrl + q you can drop the contents of the currently selected slot [[Special:Contributions/141.101.64.125|141.101.64.125]] 10:25, 15 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
Possible explanation for the bot's choice of avatar. Two girls holding hands in the small image, but the "context" is that it's a group of friends just hanging out. [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87|76.106.251.87]] 03:50, 26 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
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I added an incomplete tag because of informality and no explanation of google's data gathering. I also removed it from the category "video games." Why was it in there anyway? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.84|162.158.255.84]] 02:48, 22 August 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Perhaps because Minecraft is one?[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 20:01, 7 September 2015 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1082:_Geology&diff=101318Talk:1082: Geology2015-09-07T19:46:25Z<p>173.245.50.174: </p>
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<div>Actually, in the UK "gneiss" is pronounced exactly "nice", so it fits even better there.<br />
:If Wikipedia's phonetic guide is any authority, it's also said that way in the US (hover-text: 'n' as in 'nigh', long 'i' in 'bide', 's' as in 'sigh')... it doesn't make any distinctions between regions. -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 04:51, 18 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
::Indeed. American geologists also pronounce it "nice" [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 18:06, 20 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
:::According to my geologist father, 'gneiss' is pronounced as "nice" and 'butte' as "beaut." He also says that buttes are almost never gneiss: gneiss is a metamorphic rock, and buttes are almost always formed from sedimentary rocks. (Gneiss can form bornhardts, which are also bumps of rock, but form by a different process and don't look very similar.)[[User:Sapphie| Variables won&#39;t, constants aren&#39;t. (Osborn&#39;s Law)]] ([[User talk:Sapphie|talk]]) 00:58, 29 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
::::Your father is kind of a buzzkill. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.38|108.162.216.38]] 16:42, 29 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
Rather impressive to see an erotic geology joke that doesn't even need to bring up cleavage, lol. One of my favourites. {{unsigned|BruceJohnJennerLawso}}<br />
:Oops, my mistake, they did mention cleavage, but still not bad anyways. {{unsigned|BruceJohnJennerLawso}}<br />
Another gneiss butte interpretation, that Randall can't possibly have intended because of his politics, is a small hill- much like pregnancy.[[User:Seebert|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert|talk]]) 12:54, 30 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:What are you talking about? How does any political position preclude punning about pregnancy?<br />
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<div>The distance from Earth to Moon (the farthest we have gone away from earth) is twenty four times the diameter of Earth. If the Earth was a Basketball, the farther we have gone would be three meters from it, as the basketball is about 12 cm. The Randall statement is either wrong or purposely wrong. [[Special:Contributions/189.60.126.96|189.60.126.96]] 00:55, 28 September 2012 (UTC)<br />
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:The previous comment is wrong because the title text says that "[...]if the Earth were a basketball, in 40 years no human's been more than half an inch from the surface." Randall said "in 40 years" not the life of human space travel as a whole.<br />
::Further clarification: The last manned moon landing was in 1972, 40 years ago. Since then, no human has traveled past close Earth orbit. A regulation men's basketball is 29.5 inches in circumference, or roughly 9.4 inches (~21cm) in diameter. Using the basketball as a model for the Earth, half an inch off the surface of the basketball is about 340km from the surface of the Earth - a decent approximation for the average orbital distance of the International Space Station and other recent targets of human spaceflight. [[Special:Contributions/72.169.224.103|72.169.224.103]] 19:29, 5 December 2012 (UTC)<br />
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Removed text that reads like a personal comment in the Title Text section: "And that is terrible to hear in the image text that we haven't been more than half an inch from the surface of the Earth if it were the size of a basketball. Personally, I'm putting most of my hope in Space X. With most of the NASA layoffs, a lot of the people went over to Space X. (A private company dedicated to space travel founded by former eBay founder Elon Musk.) I think they (or another private company) are the only hope of getting back into space and permanently this time." [[User:Frijole|Frijole]] ([[User talk:Frijole|talk]]) 21:30, 10 September 2013 (UTC)<br />
:How can one be a FORMER eBay founder? Once you've done something, such as founding a company, you always will have done it.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 19:20, 7 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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It's January 2015 and somewhere in Los Angeles, the Tyrell Corporation are developing the Replicants that die in 2019. Sometime in the next four years someone is going to be off the shoulder of Orion. I have no idea what the hell this comic is alluding.[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 19:18, 21 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Why the ch*rp isn't this comic in [[:Category:Space]]? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.75|141.101.104.75]] 16:23, 20 June 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Done... --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:27, 20 June 2015 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1070:_Words_for_Small_Sets&diff=101312Talk:1070: Words for Small Sets2015-09-07T18:59:53Z<p>173.245.50.174: </p>
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<div>I disagree on "A Handful" and "Several". A Handful should be about 4 to 7 and several should be 6 to 8, averaging about 7, which sounds just like several. The other two are within the range that makes sense to me. Also, check out how he sneaks "a couple of friends" and "all three of them" into the image text very sneakily. [[User:Jeff]] - From the blog<br />
:Dude, that's the point. You've been trolled. --[[User:Castriff|Jimmy C]] ([[User talk:Castriff|talk]]) 11:43, 4 December 2012 (UTC)<br />
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A handful to me is just that. A dozen berries, one hand grenade, 2-3 sticks of TNT, a bird (2 in a bush else where gives 3) or a wild blonde (more than 1 way to be a handful I guess). [[User:DruidDriver|DruidDriver]] ([[User talk:DruidDriver|talk]]) 07:09, 17 January 2013 (UTC)<br />
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English isn't my natural language, but how common is the word "acrimonious"? Should it be explained? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.56|108.162.254.56]] 03:40, 2 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Online dictionaries should help. I'm using some addons to my Firefox to help me. The simplest meaning for "acrimonious" should be "bitter", but this is still one of those words hard to describe. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:56, 2 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I'm inclined to interpret the hover text as him saying that a couple does mean more than two. A couple of friends, and then all three of them. However, the entry does not agree with me. Thoughts? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.28|173.245.52.28]] 09:10, 10 March 2014 (UTC)<br />
: My guess is that the entry interpreted "all three of them agree" as "your couple of friends agree with you". I think Randell would sooner troll than use inconsistent grammar so, I also think Randell was using couple to mean 3 friends. [[User:Who PhD|Who PhD]] ([[User talk:Who PhD|talk]]) 13:58, 9 April 2014 (UTC)<br />
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There is a similar ambiguity in German, where "ein paar", which literally means "a couple", is used to say "a few". In Italian the ambiguity is even stronger, as certain regions tend to use "un paio" only in the literal sense, while others mean it figuratively. A friend of mine came from Tuscany to Sardinia and one day told me: "I asked for a couple of cigarette packs, and the clerk said ok, how many? and I said, a couple, and he answered yes, how many precisely, and I had to say, uh, two? What an idiot". I had to explain to her that where I live it was not THAT straightforward that couple == 2 --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.31|108.162.229.31]] 08:01, 5 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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This question has been settled before. A few = 1—4, several = 5—9, a pack = 10—19, a lot = 20—49, … --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.192|141.101.105.192]] 13:14, 25 December 2014 (UTC)<br />
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How much/many is/are a cupfull?[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 19:30, 21 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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[Yoseph] - all those words change based on context, for example: A handful of ants(that would probably reffer to something like 60 ants), but a handfull of crackers(would be like 12 crackers), and a handful of batteries(would be something like 6). and so goes for couple(a couple of cars[thats like 2], but a couple weeks ago[thats like 2-3]). {{unsigned ip|199.27.133.56}}<br />
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"Several" means 4 to 7. A couple means 1, 2, or 3. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.140|173.245.50.140]] 01:08, 5 March 2015 (UTC)<br />
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The answer to the spacing one is, of course, "it depends."[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 18:59, 7 September 2015 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1061:_EST&diff=101310Talk:1061: EST2015-09-07T18:39:08Z<p>173.245.50.174: </p>
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"0.9144" because 1 yard = 0.9144 meters<br />
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"triple 4 hours after every full moon" = add on an additional 12 hours every full moon, to make the time between full moons exactly 30 "days" (in real life it's 29.5 days). [[Special:Contributions/75.103.23.206|75.103.23.206]] 21:44, 7 December 2012 (UTC)<br />
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: Erm, just like to say, as a UK resident for all my life (five decades, adult and child), that I've ''never'' heard of "English Standard Time". GMT is Greenwich ('Gren-itch') Mean Time, which is ''for most purposes'' the same as UTC (which officially took over in the early 70s, but most lay-people still ''say'' 'GMT') and all the various other prime standards in use (give or take leap seconds, planetary rotation/orbitting adjustments, adherence to atomic clocks, etc) and BST (British Summer Time, i.e. GMT+1)has just taken over for this sun-tilted part of the year. A brief check of the usual reference sites reveals no sign of EST existing any time since any form of standardised "Railway Time" was originally instituted in the days of the Industrial Revolution, but I might have missed it.<br />
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: Anyway, as such, the two ESTs is surely a constructed part of the joke not (as I read it) some fact from RL that needs explaining. Yes, there's EST (Eastern Standard Time) for the US (and versions for Australia and elsewhere?), as well as main Egyptian time-zone and European Summer Time (actually a over-term for the three varieties: Western, Central and Eastern). (The UK roughly matches up to Western European Time and Western European Summer Time accordingly, but that's by no means official except possibly by convention/shared heritage of definition.) But I think the joke with the two 'EST's is ''purely'' to do with something like the whole Yard/Metre(/Meter) thing. Although initially I imagined it might be something to do with UK/US Gallon differences, albeit that we now tend to have to use Litres. Or, if you prefer, 'Liters'. ;) [[Special:Contributions/178.99.20.83|178.99.20.83]] 21:49, 1 April 2013 (UTC)<br />
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I seem to recall that Narnia time ran usually much faster but sometimes much slower than real-world time. [[Special:Contributions/130.160.145.224|130.160.145.224]] 20:51, 10 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
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I always thought that Taiwan, Province of China missed a golden opportunity here to establish propaganda that they founded it. Instead they are known as a township in the US. [[Special:Contributions/66.88.136.254|66.88.136.254]] 20:01, 13 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Think of what Jack Bauer could have done with 4 more minutes! {{unsigned ip|108.162.254.101}}<br />
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Not all possible attempts to make the calendar simpler would make it as complicated (or worse) than it is. For example, removing one day each from January and August to make February have 30 or 31 like the rest of the months would make the calendar (slightly) simpler and more logical going forward.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 18:39, 7 September 2015 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1057:_Klout&diff=101309Talk:1057: Klout2015-09-07T18:21:56Z<p>173.245.50.174: </p>
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<div>Klout is looong dead now. I suppose this means it's niche and hipster, and it's fine to use it now. '''[[User:Davidy22|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 13:53, 8 January 2013 (UTC)<br />
:its not dead... just not really as trendy anymore.--[[User:Calvsie|Calvsie]] ([[User talk:Calvsie|talk]]) 21:01, 12 December 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Any possible meaning in the fact that "clout" can mean a blow from a hand? I think it might be related, considering the site is called Klout and Randall requests being clouted, in a manner of speaking... {{unsigned ip|173.245.54.209}}<br />
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Replace "Klout" with "Google+" for modern relevance. [[User:Keavon|Keavon]] ([[User talk:Keavon|talk]]) 00:02, 10 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Interacting with Google+ should not have anywhere close to Klout in "douchebagness", if any. [[User:Arifsaha|Arifsaha]] ([[User talk:Arifsaha|talk]]) 23:53, 5 December 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Also, Randall does have a Google Plus. https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts [[User:Benjaminikuta|Benjaminikuta]] ([[User talk:Benjaminikuta|talk]]) 08:32, 17 February 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Never make something like this unretractable, just in case the business you now hate changes its focus and becomes something worthwhile.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 18:21, 7 September 2015 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1056:_Felidae&diff=101308Talk:1056: Felidae2015-09-07T18:15:57Z<p>173.245.50.174: </p>
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<div>I'm pretty sure there's the saber-toothed tiger in the smilodon category too. That's gonna be ''faaar'' to the right. [[User:Davidy22|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]][[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 10:05, 23 December 2012 (UTC)<br />
::@davidy: saber-toothed tiger == saber-toothed cat. Same animal, different name. [[Special:Contributions/189.135.115.199|189.135.115.199]] 21:38, 11 April 2013 (UTC)<br />
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If I'm not mistaken, Dracorex hogwartsia was specifically named for Hogwarts, so the name isn't disturbingly similar.[[User:Kdesltd|Kdesltd]] ([[User talk:Kdesltd|talk]]) 06:13, 16 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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;this page is useless without a table of cat names to osx versions<br />
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cause where else am i going to go for that information?<br />
obviously [explain]xkcd. [[Special:Contributions/68.201.90.115|68.201.90.115]] 22:43, 30 June 2013 (UTC)<br />
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{{w|OS X#Versions|Here!}} [[User:Dawfedora|Dawfedora]] ([[User talk:Dawfedora|talk]]) 18:27, 21 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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I see your sarcasm and raise you one wikitable. {{unsigned ip|173.245.52.205}}<br />
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No one addresses what the Ox problem is - I believe that he could be referring to the fact that all the cool names are taken. Although it could be the strange order? Seems like the mountain lion version wasn't even out? Did he know that this was the name or did he guess? No matter what he did spot a problem since they did stop using cat names. [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 16:24, 4 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The version Mountain Lion had been announced in (I believe) February of that year, so he would have known about the name. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.84|108.162.216.84]] 03:40, 9 April 2015 (UTC)<br />
:I personally interpreted "the OSX problem" as them increasingly struggling to find cat names for their releases which top the previous names in some way. The first three releases were clearly moving up the scale of "which would win in a fight". The fourth takes a step backwards in "would win in a fight" but moves forward in "coolness of name". Then we see a step up in both scales. Then a double step back in coolness of name. Then further progress on coolness of name before finally taking steps backwards in BOTH "coolness of name" and "would win in a fight". -- plugwash<br />
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One other problem: cheetahs are the fastest animal on earth. 10.0 Cheetah was SLOW.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 18:15, 7 September 2015 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1024:_Error_Code&diff=101238Talk:1024: Error Code2015-09-07T09:46:58Z<p>173.245.50.174: </p>
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<div>The joke is probably that "sit by a lake" is the name of the tune corresponding with motherboard error -41<br />
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Motherboard error codes are not numbered like other error codes are. Motherboard error codes are just referred to by how the beeps sound (ex. 1 long, 2 short) [[User:Luke1042|Luke1042]]<br />
:Long, long, short, long would mean it's approaching a crossing. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 09:46, 7 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Personally, of all motherboard beeping codes, I always liked "No beep = Power supply, system board problem, disconnected CPU, or disconnected speaker...." (Well, when not suffering it myself. And even then I could stand it when it was just the latter and thus of no ''immediate'' consequence...) [[Special:Contributions/31.111.103.76|31.111.103.76]] 22:04, 2 April 2013 (UTC)<br />
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: Well then, laptop computers dont beep at all, I guess that must mean that something is always missing --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.111|108.162.250.111]] 03:03, 26 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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::Yes. You are missing a Desktop. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.60|108.162.216.60]] 20:49, 14 May 2014 (UTC)BK201<br />
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This is one of my favourite xkcd comics, it makes me take a long breath and just chill out a bit. Probably the only comic that could be described as 'relaxing' [[Special:Contributions/77.103.5.201|77.103.5.201]] 20:13, 5 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Unfortunately the beep codes thing is archaic. Most new computers built since the early to mid-2000s haven't made a beep - instead, the trend has been to rely on visual codes from built-in LEDs (and, later on, from pairs of eight-segment displays relaying hex codes). So a modern code will run from 00 to FF - but it will also be completely silent. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.81.216|141.101.81.216]] 11:47, 25 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
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: Every computer ever booted in my presence, some before many during and a few shortly after stated time period as well as several brand new this year, has beeped at the end of the POST, with one exception. That one would have beeped, but it's PC speaker was removed because it annoyed the owner. So I don't think hex code error indicators have quite made beepcodes "archaic".--[[User:guest|guest]] 08:46, 15 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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::I built my own computer about a year ago, with a motherboard that was quite modern. It definitely uses beep codes. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.133.107|199.27.133.107]] 04:34, 22 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The guy at the computer is [[Cueball]], isn't he? So Cuball and friend is the common way here. If not, the the category [[:Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] has also to be removed. But I don't see that. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:02, 23 April 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Anyone got any idea what the yellow things in the lake are? They look like they should be significant? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.94|141.101.104.94]] 05:48, 15 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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: Those are lily pad flowers. Before they bloom they look like small balls, and some are yellow[https://www.google.com/search?q=yellow+lily+pad+flower&tbm=isch]. {{unsigned ip|199.27.130.216}}<br />
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The guy at the computer should say at the first panel "That's UNhelpful" instead of "That's helpful", shouldn't he? Or maybe I don't know something in english? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.185|108.162.254.185]] 09:35, 7 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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It's called a sarcastic comment, though it's technically irony. It's very common for english speaking people to say "well, that's helpful" when the intended understanding is exactly the opposite.--[[User:guest|guest]] 08:41, 15 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Did... did anyone ever make this book? Somebody should get on that.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.192|108.162.237.192]] 21:34, 20 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The guy has a lot of these books. http://xkcd.com/330/ [[Special:Contributions/108.162.210.241|108.162.210.241]] 00:49, 29 December 2014 (UTC)<br />
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What do they say about code 34?[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 23:29, 21 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Let's see... I think that means "you get a free sample of brain bleach". [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.166|173.245.54.166]] 19:02, 3 April 2015 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1013:_Wake_Up_Sheeple&diff=1012301013: Wake Up Sheeple2015-09-07T06:58:05Z<p>173.245.50.174: /* Explanation */</p>
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| date = February 6, 2012<br />
| title = Wake Up Sheeple<br />
| image = wake_up_sheeple.png<br />
| titletext = You will be led to judgement like lambs to the slaughter--a simile whose existence, I might add, will not do your species any favors.<br />
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[[Cueball]] is going through the traditional street-protester refrain about the government having control over our lives and shouts "wake up, sheeple!" through a megaphone. ''{{w|Sheeple}}'' is a {{w|portmanteau}} of ''sheep'' and ''people'' used as a derisive term to describe people who thoughtlessly wander through their daily lives going exactly where they are "herded" by the powers that be.<br />
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However, in this comic, the Sheeple are gigantic humanoid sheep-men who have slumbered beneath the Earth for ten thousand years, and whom Cueball has inadvertently awoken with his repeated mantra (much as in [[555: Two Mirrors]]). The Sheeple appear to be some kind of {{w|Cthulhu_Mythos|eldritch abomination}} who will destroy the human race, and Cueball seems to be the only one unaware of their existence.<br />
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This comic may also be a view on Randall's actual political views; the awakened monster in the comic actually represents all the "sheeple". Thus, Randall may be saying that if the "sheeple" wake up and realize that the government is controlling them, without an authority figure (i.e. the government) the sheeple would go wild and pandemonium would ensue.<br />
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The title text says the humans will be led "like lambs to the slaughter" which is a phrase that appears many times in older texts, the Bible as an example. The phrase means that someone or something would be led to its destruction without it thinking to escape from the disaster. The Sheeple are likely to take it amiss, because it indicates the uncaring frequency with which humans kill sheep.<br />
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:[Cueball yells into a megaphone.]<br />
:Cueball: Your government has turned against you! Corporations control your every thought! - Open your eyes!<br />
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:[Head-on view of Cueball.]<br />
:Cueball: Wake up, sheeple! Wake up, sheeple! - '''''WAKE UP, SHEEPLE!!'''''<br />
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:[The man takes the megaphone away from his mouth.]<br />
:''RUMBLE''<br />
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:[A half-sheep half-man creature rises through the cracking earth, holding aloft a gnarled staff.]<br />
:''B-A-A-A-A-A...''<br />
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:[Close-up on the sheep-man's eye.]<br />
:''TEN THOUSAND YEARS WE SLUMBERED... NOW WE RIIIIIIIISE'' baaaaaa<br />
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:[A clearly upset Megan goes up to Cueball, hands held out in front of her plaintively.]<br />
:Megan: OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD ''WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!''<br />
:Cueball: What? But I didn't—<br />
:Out-of-frame #1: He awoke the Sheeple!<br />
:OOF #2: Heaven forgive us!<br />
:OOF #3: All is lost!<br />
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<div>Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, yeah! [[Special:Contributions/173.245.63.180|173.245.63.180]] 22:59, 12 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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the "rodents riding in cars with their song, Party Rock Anthem" link is requiring a login on youtube (private video)<br />
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I'm glad to find out that's a song lyric; the idea that Cueball is turned on by Maggie Smith was a little disturbing.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 00:48, 7 September 2015 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1003:_Adam_and_Eve&diff=101217Talk:1003: Adam and Eve2015-09-06T14:24:08Z<p>173.245.50.174: </p>
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<div>No problem, the ten commandments didn't exist back then. '''[[User:Davidy22|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 13:18, 18 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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There's a "forbidden fruit" joke somewhere in here. [[User:Alpha|Alpha]] ([[User talk:Alpha|talk]]) 20:35, 23 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Missing from the explanation here is that Abel logically must have slept with his own mother because, according to the Biblical account, there were in fact no other women in existence. [[Special:Contributions/66.224.70.107|66.224.70.107]] 00:22, 22 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
:Actually, it is generally acknowledged that Adam and Eve had children, including daughters, who were not mentioned in the bible. Remember, God marked the brow of Cain to show all the people he encountered that he was a fratricide; where did all those people come from? [[Special:Contributions/74.213.186.41|74.213.186.41]] 13:56, 1 April 2013 (UTC)<br />
::I'm adamant that it was barbecue leftovers. --[[User:Qwach|Qwach]] ([[User talk:Qwach|talk]]) 03:01, 1 September 2013 (UTC)<br />
:The Bible actually states that there were additional children, Genesis 5:4 "The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years; and he had other sons and daughters." Also, Abel was killed by Cain before he'd ever had children. Cain and Seth are the only ones whose descendants are listed [[User:CVictoria|CVictoria]] ([[User talk:CVictoria|talk]]) 18:36, 19 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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:Also don't forget Lilith. But I don't think Abel slept with her either. [[User:Tharkon|Tharkon]] ([[User talk:Tharkon|talk]]) 00:50, 18 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
:There is no Lilith in the Genesis account. I don't know why people keep thinking there is.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 14:24, 6 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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I totally forgot/didn't know that Abel was a man. I thought it was a girl's name. I thought Eve was having sex with another woman, like Adam may do with Steve. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.11|108.162.241.11]] 20:38, 21 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
:That is very peculiar, I have never heard/encountered situations where Abel was not a male name. On a more general note the whole "Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve" is really silly. Even if you could prove it (good luck with that), there's no reason to believe that the actions and attitudes a single, custom made, specifically constructed breeding pair should dominate the behaviors and sexualities of the billions of descendant humans. It'd be like expecting knockout mice being a perfect example of all mice. -Pennpenn [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162|108.162.250.162]] 02:07, 12 August 2015 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:992:_Mnemonics&diff=101212Talk:992: Mnemonics2015-09-06T05:25:11Z<p>173.245.50.174: </p>
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<div>And this, fundamentally, is why people don't like Pluto not being a planet. Sure, it's logical, but you took away our nine pizzas and gave us only nachos in return. Who wouldn't be mad about that?[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 05:25, 6 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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The most memorable resistor code mnemonics I know are not...politically correct, shall we say. But they are memorable. [[User:Blaisepascal|Blaisepascal]] ([[User talk:Blaisepascal|talk]]) 19:55, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
:tell pls [[User:SuperSupermario24|<span style="color: #c21aff;">Just some random derp</span>]] 23:45, 8 June 2015 (UTC)<br />
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I feel like he got lazy at the end and didn't provide an "or" to the Jesus one mnemonic. Also, why is mnemonic often pronounced "new-monic" ?<br />
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Mnemonic is supposed to be pronounced "nim-monic"; "new-monic" is rather a malapropism, given that is a correct pronunciation of "pneumonic" (meaning related to lungs or to pneumonia"), similar to how some people pronounce "nuclear" as "nu-kyoo-lar" (reminiscent of "-cular"-ending words, such as: perpendicular, particular, jocular, etc.).<br />
:I pronounce it as written, same for "gnome" - keeps those muscles going. (Try it with "knight", you'll get an approximation of Chaucer. Seriously.) --[[User:Qwach|Qwach]] ([[User talk:Qwach|talk]]) 02:39, 1 September 2013 (UTC)<br />
:My dictionary says it's a schwa sound. Both "nim" and "new" are putting too much emphasis on the first syllable. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.202|108.162.219.202]] 06:46, 30 December 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Mnemonics are actually counter-productive. They claim to help you remember something but, in actuality, they replace what you're supposed to remember with something useless, thus causing you to FAIL to remember.[[Special:Contributions/76.29.225.28|76.29.225.28]] 03:32, 4 July 2013 (UTC)<br />
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"Mnemonics are actually counter-productive." I disagree. They provide the '''order''' to the list of already known, or mostly known, words. They provide a little extra help.--DrMath 20:50, 30 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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The only one I ever learned:<br />
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.<br />
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[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 07:15, 22 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
Big Brother Reptilian Overlors. This aren't Raptors or Tyranosaurs?? I remmeber any 'fear' from Monroe to they -- {{unsigned ip|108.162.210.252}}<br />
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Has anyone noticed the Order of Operations is Out of Order? Please Email Dad & Mum A Shark? - Apostrophyx ([[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.221|108.162.249.221]] 03:17, 15 July 2014 (UTC))<br />
:It's not out of order, multiplication and division are one tier together. 6 x 5 / 2 and 6 / 2 x 5 have the same result. [[User:Cflare|Cflare]] ([[User talk:Cflare|talk]]) 14:29, 11 September 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I learned "Kahn's Hot Dogs Use Dead Cow Meat" as a mnemonic for SI prefixes. Covers all the common ones, but leaves out extreme ones like Giga or Zepto.--[[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.64|173.245.55.64]] 20:13, 17 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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My favorite is for SOHCAHTOA: "Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid." [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.228|199.27.128.228]] 05:16, 15 February 2015 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:990:_Plastic_Bags&diff=101211Talk:990: Plastic Bags2015-09-06T05:10:35Z<p>173.245.50.174: </p>
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<div>This time the lesson I learned came mostly from alt-text. The high we can experience from helping the world can last for days indeed, way better and healthier then drugs, want to try it? - e-inspired [[Special:Contributions/98.211.199.84|98.211.199.84]] 15:45, 27 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
:You make it sound like it's an either/or choice. [[Special:Contributions/69.207.73.11|69.207.73.11]] 08:02, 26 April 2013 (UTC)<br />
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As a former service cashier/bag filler I can confirm that there is a counterpoint, customers with reusable bags who will absolutely refuse to use any plastic bags whatsoever, no matter how ridiculously overful their bags become, and no matter how much of a bad idea it might be ("Yes, sure, lets put your hot chicken in with the ice cream, along with the crusty laundry powder box on top of the soft fruit! I can't see how this could possibly go wrong!").[[User:Pennpenn|Pennpenn]] ([[User talk:Pennpenn|talk]]) 04:11, 14 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The comic, and to even greater degree its explanation, is really confusing for a non-American like myself. Some "stupid" questions about shopping groceries in the U.S.:<br />
* Don't customers bag their own groceries?<br />
* Are plastic bags for free (for the customer)?<br />
* In that case, what is the incentive for the practice in the comic?<br />
* Do you get a rebate if you bring your own bag(s) instead?<br />
* If so, why don't simply charge for the bags provided by the store?<br />
To put this in perspective: In Sweden, and I think most of the EU, plastic bags are the single most profitable commodity in a store. They sell for around 25 cents and are bought by the store for maybe 5 cents so the margin would be around 400%. The customer gets no help packing them (all cash desks have two compartments so you pack while the next customer's items fill the other compartment). Thus, the salesman wants to sell bags and often asks "Do you need a bag?" (but is polite enough not to try to sell more bags than necessary). The customer, on the other hand, wants to fill the bags maximally, and often brings his own bags.<br />
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Could someone with global insights on packing customs improve the explanation, to make it work internationally? [[User:Mumiemonstret|Mumiemonstret]] ([[User talk:Mumiemonstret|talk]]) 15:48, 13 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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:Two incentives working here. The first is that the cashier (or bagger, or in some places the customer) is bagging items in the order they're scanned, and often has neither space nor time for setting things aside and coming back to them. Combine that with things that shouldn't be bagged together, and you get people changing bags when the type of product coming down the line changes, even if there's plenty of room left. The other is that the bags are flimsy, so people tend to err on the side of caution when judging how much weight they can hold. (Would I rather take an extra bag, or risk having to chase cans around the parking lot when the bottom falls out? Or, as a cashier, do I want to risk getting yelled at by the customer who had that happen?)[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 05:10, 6 September 2015 (UTC) <br />
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:In most stores in the US, the cashier bags your goods. A handful of grocery stores have the customers bag their own items. Bags are free for the customer. Some stores will give a small refund if you bring in reusable bags. It's not really a "practice" in the sense of a formalized policy to use as many bags as possible. But some cashiers do seem to have a tendency to use excess bags. I think it's because it's often easier to get another bag than to rearrange items to fit more into the bag, plus the desire to avoid overloading them. So, it's more laziness than a formal practice [[User:CVictoria|CVictoria]] ([[User talk:CVictoria|talk]]) 18:09, 19 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I addressed the complaint about the 5 cent bags and explained the title text. Is it good now?[[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.152|173.245.56.152]] 05:36, 12 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I've done my best to completely overhaul the explanation, which a particular eye towards explaining our "peculiar institution" of providing plastic bags (and baggers) in the U.S. If something doesn't seem to make sense or merits additional explanation, please let me know. [[User:Orazor|Orazor]] ([[User talk:Orazor|talk]]) 11:00, 12 August 2014 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:984:_Space_Launch_System&diff=101210Talk:984: Space Launch System2015-09-06T04:40:22Z<p>173.245.50.174: </p>
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<div>But then we built a whole pile of rockets after that. Apollo, moon landing, mars rover, etc. Boo Black Hat.06:53, 2 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
:"Apollo, moon landing" -- that is, in fact, the Saturn V, built by von Braun, captured Nazi scientist, and his team, largely captured Nazi scientists. Yes, other rockets were built after the Saturn V, but as pointed out in the strip, none have been bigger or more powerful. "Finally, rockets that improve on the ones we had 40 years ago."<br />
:The first Mars lander (true, not a rover), Viking I, was launched on an Titan/Centaur. The Centaur was a co-creation of Krafft A. Ehricke, nazi scientist.<br />
:Mars Sojourner, a rover, part of the Mars Pathfinder mission, was launched on a Delta II rocket. The Delta family of rockets are based on the Thor ballistic missile. The Thor was originally co-developed by Dr. Adolph K. Thiel, Nazi scientist.<br />
:You see where this is going? {{unsigned|212.149.48.43}}<br />
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Technically, von Braun wasn't captured. He voluntarily defected. He was wandering Germany because he had chosen to no longer support Hitler, so to stay at the concentration camp where he worked, or anywhere where a Nazi soldier could find him was suicide, so he escaped and was wandering out alone. He surrendered and defected to the first allied troops he saw, which just happened to be American. This is why he worked on the space programme instead of being shot on sight. By the time he was building American rockets, he hadn't been a Nazi for years.[[Special:Contributions/76.29.225.28|76.29.225.28]] 14:40, 4 July 2013 (UTC)<br />
:You're way off the mark. He was never opposed to the Nazis per se, but did understandably start grumbling a bit when he realized this Endsieg thing wasn't really working out. He and his team left the base because they, again understandably, did not want to be prisoners of the Red Army and Soviet Russia. Then, when the Americans finally caught up with them, he surrendered himself, avoiding execution by guards at the same time. --[[User:Qwach|Qwach]] ([[User talk:Qwach|talk]]) 02:19, 1 September 2013 (UTC)<br />
:"He hadn't been a Nazi for years" -- really, this is begging the question of how you determine whether someone "is a Nazi" or not. Would you say that anyone who ever joined the Nazi party "is a Nazi," despite the fact that many of them probably did so for social expedience rather than because they actually agreed with Nazi philosophy? And would you then ignore the fact that many modern-day skinheads or neo-nazi's aren't formally registered with any national-socialist party? And, if you get around this problem by ignoring party registration altogether, and you simply say that someone "is a Nazi" if they hold views which concur with the views of the Nazi party, then how do you measure someone's views? How do you determine whether someone's views are sufficiently-similar to the Nazi party's to call them a Nazi? If someone were to say "sure, I hate Jews, but we probably shouldn't murder them all," would they be sufficiently Nazi-esque to "be a Nazi" or would their dissent make them "not a Nazi?" In conclusion, to say conclusively that von Braun "was a Nazi" or "wasn't a Nazi" at any particular point in time is probably nearly impossible, and not worth our time. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.249|108.162.221.249]] 19:12, 9 March 2015 (UTC)<br />
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So he was one of the good guys?<br />
Not like the other guards and related personnel who didn't want anyone to know they were intimately involved in any of what they were so intimately involved with?<br />
Someone tell me how the USA isn't a working example of Nazi Germany.[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 08:01, 22 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Oh, this comic is one of the "more complex" ones. The time line (not the comic sequence) is starting with the US failures to archive space flight in the 1950's, then referring to Nazis, and by the end we are on the current US space policy, which is also highly questionable.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:51, 4 July 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Not sure what you mean by one of the "more complex" ones, it is actually pretty straightforward. Some nitpicking though: there was no US failure to achieve space flight in the 50s; both the US and the USSR did it within 4 months of each other at the end of 1957/beginning of 1958. A little history lesson:<br />
The Space Race didn't begin until July of 1955, when the US announced its intention to launch Earth-orbiting satellites sometime between July 1st 1957 and December 31st 1958. The USSR followed suit shortly afterwards, and by the end of August 1955 the Soviet Academy of Sciences created a commission (i.e. offered support and possibly some sort of incentive) for the sole purpose of beating the US into space - which they ended up doing with Sputnik 1 (10/04/57) and 2 (11/03/57). The creation of that commission is considered the start of the space race. The US launched its first successful satellite a few months after the Sputniks, the Explorer 1, on February 1, 1958, well within what most people would call the 1950s. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.80|108.162.216.80]] 19:53, 31 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Which is not to say that Maria Cary is a rocket scientist or not, as the case may be.[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 08:21, 22 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
Doh Shania Twain. (It's amazing what you can learn when you check your spelling.)[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 08:21, 22 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Amazing how Randall can take heinous ideas of which any rational person would be ashamed to even think, put them in the mouth of Blackhat, and it's not only fine, but hilarious. Bravo. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.236|108.162.219.236]] 18:41, 3 August 2015 (UTC)<br />
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<div>Or you could ride in an airplane. Or stand on a mountain. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 19:58, 5 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Somebody needs to try this. Couldn't be that hard.<br />
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Those must have been some tall goalposts if his point of view is above the clouds! -- mwburden [[Special:Contributions/70.91.188.49|70.91.188.49]] 13:16, 10 December 2012 (UTC)<br />
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Also, the cameras should be mounted on servos so that when the phone is moved or tilted the cameras can follow, so your viewpoint isn't fixed in one direction. -- mwburden [[Special:Contributions/70.91.188.49|70.91.188.49]] 13:18, 10 December 2012 (UTC)<br />
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:That wouldn't work. The entire football field would have to swivel, or else he'd get some wicked image shearing... [[Special:Contributions/108.28.72.186|108.28.72.186]] 01:42, 7 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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::actually, it might be possible to correct for that, using bipolar geometry. Essentially, you can derive a 3d model from 2 images from different view points. [http://danielwedge.com/fmatrix/ Here] is a (very geeky) demontration of what can be done. Watch the end, where they construct a fly-around video from two images of the opera house in sidney. -- [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.22|141.101.104.22]] 21:10, 19 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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::: Interesting link, thanks, but I don't think the video was generated from only 2 images, there isn't enough information. If you select "Download the Opera House sequence" you can download the original 43 photographs used. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.9|141.101.99.9]] 14:05, 19 March 2015 (UTC)<br />
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:::: You're right. But of course you wouldn't need a 90-degree flyby for this. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.43|141.101.104.43]] 16:56, 8 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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An updated solution would be to put the two stabilised cameras on quadracopters which are coded to remain a set distance apart. When you want to look left/right it would take a while for the pair of drones to rotate around their centre point but not too long..... Then you could also get a perspective from the height of a giant (drones can go to any height) and with their degree of parallax (from whatever value of height and eye spacing you choose). {{unsigned ip|108.162.250.225}}<br />
:This is a very cool project indeed! Some hardcore image stabilizing software would be required too, since you would get nauseous if the two images weren't perfectly aligned at all times. But this setup is the only one I could think of that would enable you to perceive the view from the last frame. [[User:Mumiemonstret|Mumiemonstret]] ([[User talk:Mumiemonstret|talk]]) 08:44, 17 December 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Look at this in stereo mode: http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Solar and cross your eyes so you see three images, then hold your hands up so you only see the one, then...<br />
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[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 12:44, 23 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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I used to do that all the time at one time ... until I got a l...ot of things different to do..<br />
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Stereo aerial pairs of clouds do exist see the Google search: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=stereoscopic+aerial+photos+clouds [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.206|141.101.98.206]] 07:33, 19 August 2015 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:900:_Religions&diff=101188Talk:900: Religions2015-09-05T17:47:21Z<p>173.245.50.174: </p>
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<div>Where's the experimental evidence that there is actually a god? '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|#707|David}}<font color=#070 size=3>y</font></u><font color=#508 size=4>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 02:01, 17 April 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:Consider who is proposing such an experiment. QED. [[Special:Contributions/184.66.160.91|184.66.160.91]] 03:10, 26 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Subjectivism is the provenance of earth-scientists and the devout. But god preserve us from the devout earth-scientists. (That's the thing about god, he's the only one who can get the monkey off your back.)<br />
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[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 21:04, 23 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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:The Bible, duh! <!-- n.b.: irony --> [[User:Alpha|Alpha]] ([[User talk:Alpha|talk]]) 00:22, 1 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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:I'm sure you can find not one but several definitions of god with experimental evidence. Of course, this says more about how vague definitions of god are that about the god. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 00:06, 25 April 2014 (UTC)<br />
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::Agreed. There are no proof that no god exist, only some proof that certain definition of god cannot be true. [[User:Arifsaha|Arifsaha]] ([[User talk:Arifsaha|talk]]) 20:49, 28 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Oddly considering Paul was Jewish (as was Jesus) most Christian versions of the bible have slanted their beliefs to allow a comma after the word father in the verse quoted. Just found out that so do Unitarian bibles. Does Jewish have commas?<br />
:With a large "if I'm remembering right" first... The relevant book of the Bible was written in Greek. They didn't even put spaces between words, much less use punctuation, but why would that make it strange for commas to be used in English translations?[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 17:47, 5 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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The play on the quote in the comic is that it is plus or minus Jesus as god in that verse. Rather a loaded quote from a trained lawyer!<br />
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:Assuming you mean the quote from Corinthians, that's in the New Testament only. Jews don't have that book at all.--[[Special:Contributions/199.27.133.131|199.27.133.131]] 02:19, 5 February 2015 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:885:_Recycling&diff=101179Talk:885: Recycling2015-09-05T14:07:20Z<p>173.245.50.174: Created page with "I occasionally have fun with this idea. Once, for example, I saved bottles for months so I could fill the recycling hobo to overflowing with nothing but 2-liters of the same s..."</p>
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<div>I occasionally have fun with this idea. Once, for example, I saved bottles for months so I could fill the recycling hobo to overflowing with nothing but 2-liters of the same soda. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 14:07, 5 September 2015 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:870:_Advertising&diff=101083Talk:870: Advertising2015-09-04T04:22:16Z<p>173.245.50.174: </p>
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<div>But the Geico commercial doesn't say up to, it says 15% or more... ~Jfreund<br />
:That may depend on your region. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.30|108.162.216.30]] 03:24, 30 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
:Saying that something "could save you 15% or more" and saying it "could save you ''up to'' 15% or more" are the same thing. Both statements take into account the very real possibility that some percentage less than 15 could be saved.[[User:Orazor|Orazor]] ([[User talk:Orazor|talk]]) 13:37, 21 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Not to mention that Geico says "'''Could''' save you..." (In combination with "up to", the "could" should be "will".) [[User:Z|Z]] ([[User talk:Z|talk]]) 03:09, 18 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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A justification for "The more you buy, the more you save" is that the more discounted products you buy, the more money you save as opposed to buying them at list price. For things we will buy anyway (e.g. food), it may be true. --[[User:Troy0|Troy0]] ([[User talk:Troy0|talk]]) 20:01, 6 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Added to the article. --[[User:Troy0|Troy0]] ([[User talk:Troy0|talk]]) 04:10, 25 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
::It doesn't work when the items can expire. [[User:Cflare|Cflare]] ([[User talk:Cflare|talk]]) 14:38, 14 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
:::it does to a certain point- my family can eat a lot of food before it expires, especially if it's something we like. {{unsigned ip|108.162.237.163}}<br />
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Brilliant comic Randall. I wonder what your next one is about.<br />
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[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 00:20, 24 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Doesn't the title text imply that Randall realised nothing is truly free and concluded that Santa wanted something from him, prompting his parents to reveal the big secret? (I conclude this based on Randall claiming that these two events are related) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.49|141.101.104.49]] 21:16, 25 April 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Given that "up to x or more" must necessarily be true, how can it be "construed as false advertising?" Meaningless advertising, yes; false, no.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.174|173.245.50.174]] 04:22, 4 September 2015 (UTC)</div>173.245.50.174https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:186:_Console_Lines&diff=89066Talk:186: Console Lines2015-04-08T13:39:31Z<p>173.245.50.174: Created page with "What if the Sony/Microsoft line is rude but honest while the Nintendo line is polite but lying? -MD"</p>
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