Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
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− | | date = November 8, 2017
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− | | title = A �
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− | | titletext = If you want in on the fun, map a key on your keyboard to the sequence U+0041 U+0020 U+FFFD (or U+0021 U+0020 U+FFFD for the exclamation point version), and then no update can never take this away from you.
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− | ==Explanation==
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− | {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. "A �" should be "A �", should the page be moved? Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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− | After the update to Apple {{w|IOS_11#11.1|iOS 11.1}}, many (though not all) iPhone users suffered from a strange bug, where the autocorrection changed any input of the single lowercase letter "i" to either "A" or "!" followed by a space and a Unicode {{w|Specials_(Unicode_block)#Replacement_character|replacement character}} (on iOS displayed as a question mark in a square). So the result of typing "i took" might be "A � took" or "! � took".
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− | The codes in the title text refer to "A �" and "! �" respectively.
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− | ==Transcript==
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− | :[A picture of a yellow post-it note with text:]
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− | :A ⍰ took out the trash but the dishwasher still needs to be run. | |
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− | :[Caption below the panel:]
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− | :Apple can try to fix the autocorrect bug, but I've already incorporated it into my handwriting.
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− | {{comic discussion}}
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− | [[Category:Unicode]]
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