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*Get 30 minutes of exercise
 
*Get 30 minutes of exercise
 
*Get 8 hours of sleep
 
*Get 8 hours of sleep
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Of course, if Cueball ''only'' does these things, then he can't attend to other important matters, such as going to work.
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And, in the title text:
 
And, in the title text:
 
*Two times a year, change your smoke detector batteries.
 
*Two times a year, change your smoke detector batteries.

Revision as of 17:08, 21 June 2017

Once Per Day
I'm not totally locked into my routine—twice a year, I take a break to change the batteries in my smoke detectors.
Title text: I'm not totally locked into my routine—twice a year, I take a break to change the batteries in my smoke detectors.

Explanation

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Cueball has made the life choice that his routine consists of only things that the news has told him exactly how often to do. This includes, once per day:

Of course, if Cueball only does these things, then he can't attend to other important matters, such as going to work.

And, in the title text:

  • Two times a year, change your smoke detector batteries.

Transcript

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[Megan speaking to Cueball]

Megan: Got any plans for the day?

Cueball: I'm going to eat an apple, an egg, one baby aspirin, and a piece of dark chocolate, drink six glasses of water, one glass of red wine, a cup of coffee, and a cup of tea, then do 30 minutes exercise. Then back to sleep for another 8 hours!

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I only do things that news stories have specifically told me to do once per day.


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Discussion

At 60 calories for an apple, 157 calories for the red wine, 74 calories for the egg and assuming 6-7 ounces of dark chocolate, one could take 10 years to starve to death on this diet. But you ain't going to be exercising on only 1300-1400 calories per day.Seebert (talk) 16:22, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Depends on the type of exercise. He could mean exercising his mind. But the total time it takes to accomplish all of that (including sleep) means that his "day" would last at most 11 hours. His circadian rhythm is going to be all sorts of messed up. OldCorps (talk) 17:56, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

I've tried improving the explanation but in my opinion, it's still quite rough. Feel free to edit phrasing. ~AgentMuffin

Randall get out of my head! This morning like EVERY working day I took the train to the World Trade Center walked up 130 steps from the platform to the street and another 15 minutes to work. Sat down to eat my daily breakfast of oatmeal plus a spoon of dark bakers cocoa, a hard boiled egg and a cup of coffee. For lunch I will eat a plain Greek yogurt, two pieces of whole grain bread and two fresh fruits (an apple and something else) and at the end of the day I will walk another 15 minutes and down the stairs to the train stop to go home and set the timer to get my healthy 8 hours of sleep. I'm a living Cueball (except I have hair). Ouch! This is no joke. Rtanenbaum (talk) 14:30, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

I take issue with the statement that "adults require 6-8 hours of sleep". (Yes, I'm nitpicking, but nitpicking is an ExplainXKCD staple, so nyah! LOL!) As someone who has suffered from sleep issues all his life, I've always paid attention when the subject has come up, and literally EVERY recommendation has been 8 hours for adults, with children requiring more. In recent years I've heard that suggestion adjusted to say less can be okay (but still at least 6), as long as it's once in a while, and the adult usually gets 8 hours. So 6 hours on weeknights isn't enough, 8 hours weeknights and 6 weekend nights would be fine. :) NiceGuy1 (talk) 04:40, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

I added in most of the explanations. There is a reason I said an "average" adult requires somewhere in the range of 6-8 hours, varied by person by age. I know adults who are fully functional on 6 and some(like me) that requires 8. And while anecdotal evidence isn't evidence at all, I phrased it more vaguely to be inclusive. This comic is in general makes fun of the fact that these recommendations are always so specific but would affect people in different ways. Zazathebot (talk) 21:57, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

The latest researches suggest that any amount of alcohol intake would have a negative impact on health. Drinking wine is no longer considered a healthy practise if you are a teetotaler. Dousha99 (talk) 13:39, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Please check the Recent Changes page at least ****** times per day.[citation needed] ClassicalGames (talk) 12:05, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

I think that the egg has less to do with protein and breakfast and more to do with the good cholesterol in it. There's both good and bad cholesterol, with bad cholesterol clogging up blood vessels and good cholesterol knocking the bad cholesterol out of the way which clears up the blood vessels again. Please note, I'm not a nutritionist. Look up this information for yourself before quoting me. Kapten-N (talk) 11:46, 13 March 2024 (UTC)