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2023-08-31T07:53:45Z
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FaviFake
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FaviFake at 09:21, 24 August 2023
2023-08-24T09:21:01Z
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FaviFake
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FaviFake: Aded trivia
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FaviFake
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FaviFake at 10:02, 19 August 2023
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FaviFake
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FaviFake: /* Explanation */
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The original caption included a link to [[20: Ferret]] the second comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">i9n </del>the series. The link is now defunct, but there's an [https://web.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html archived version].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The original caption included a link to [[20: Ferret]] the second comic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </ins>the series. The link is now defunct, but there's an [https://web.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html archived version].</div></td></tr>
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FaviFake
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=31:_Barrel_-_Part_5&diff=320458&oldid=prev
FaviFake at 09:44, 7 August 2023
2023-08-07T09:44:13Z
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FaviFake
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=31:_Barrel_-_Part_5&diff=320455&oldid=prev
FaviFake: Moved the original title and quote (and added Wayback Machine links) from the trivia to the comic template because they are relevant to understanding the comic
2023-08-07T09:30:46Z
<p>Moved the original title and quote (and added Wayback Machine links) from the trivia to the comic template because they are relevant to understanding the comic</p>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=11%3A54%20am-,Barrel%20%2D%20Part%205,-The%20ferret%20got Original caption</span>]: The [http://www.xkcd.com/ferret.html ferret] got to fly, in the end!</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Explanation==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Explanation==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">gives a happy ending </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, with the flying ferret from </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">20</del>: <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ferret</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. The humor is derived from the juxtaposition of two unlike elements - in this case</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the contemplative </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">even dark nature of </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">series being resolved through the timely intervention of a comical flying animal. The ferret could also be interpreted as a symbol of hope and following your dreams, since in its original appearance, its powers of flight were just that</del>: <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a dream. However, the dream becomes reality to save a child from an endless sea of hopelessness</del>.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was the thirty-third comic originally posted </ins>to [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LiveJournal</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. The previous one was </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">28</ins>: <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Elefino</ins>]], and the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">next one was [[32</ins>: <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Pillar]]</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The last image on </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">what if? (blog)</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">what if?</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' article {{what if|147|Niagara Straw}} features </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Beret Guy</del>]] flying <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">inside </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">barrel</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which may be </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">reference to this series</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The series is probably inspired by </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">novella {{w|The Little Prince}} by {{w|Antoine de Saint-Exupéry}}. [[Randall]] is well known </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fan </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this book</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This gives a happy ending to </ins>the [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">:Category:The Boy and his Barrel</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Boy and his Barrel series</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, with the flying ferret from </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">20: Ferret</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. The humor is derived from the juxtaposition of two unlike elements - in this case, the contemplative and even dark nature of the series being resolved through the timely intervention of a comical </ins>flying <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">animal. The ferret could also be interpreted as </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">symbol of hope and following one's dreams, since in its original appearance</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">its powers of flight were just </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">dream</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">However, </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">dream becomes reality </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">save </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">child from an endless sea </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">hopelessness</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Somewhere between the release of the first ferret comic in October 2005 and the re-release of that comic (and all the other from [[LiveJournal]] in 2005) on New Year's Day 2006 on the new xkcd site, Randall's brother's ferret died - as given by the new RIP comment in the title text. The sad comment in the title text of [[25: Barrel - Part 4]], ":(", possibly implying harm to the boy, along with this RIP comment, may imply that the boy has died and joined the ferret (in flying to Heaven). However, this line of reasoning only makes sense if the ferret actually died before the release of both the Part 4 comic at the end of October and this comic, which was released in the middle of November 2005, one and a half months before the new title text was made public.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This is the last in a six-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features [[Barrel Boy]], a character that is different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style. The full series can be found [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|here]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. After Randall released the full [http://liveweb.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html The Boy and his Barrel] story on the site, it became clear that the original comic [[20: Ferret]] was also part of the series</ins>. The comics are listed in the order chosen by Randall:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This is the last in a six-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features [[Barrel Boy]], a character that is different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style.</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The full series can be found [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|here]]. The comics are listed in the order chosen by Randall:</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">After Randall released </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">full </del>[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">liveweb</del>.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Boy and his Barrel] story on the site, it became clear that the original comic [[20: Ferret]</del>] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was also part of the series</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The original caption included a link to [[20: Ferret]] the second comic i9n </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">series. The link is now defunct, but there's an </ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">web</ins>.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">archived version</ins>].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* This was the thirty-third comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[28: Elefino]], and the next one was [[32: Pillar]].</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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FaviFake
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=31:_Barrel_-_Part_5&diff=319848&oldid=prev
FaviFake at 10:45, 28 July 2023
2023-07-28T10:45:02Z
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*This was the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">33rd </del>comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* This was the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">thirty-third </ins>comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">one </ins>was [[28: Elefino]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, and the </ins>next <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">one </ins>was [[32: Pillar]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">**</del>The previous was [[28: Elefino]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Original [[Randall]] quote: "The [[Ferret|ferret]] got to fly, in the end!"</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*This comic kept its original title: "Barrel - Part 5"</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.</div></td></tr>
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FaviFake
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=31:_Barrel_-_Part_5&diff=317197&oldid=prev
FaviFake: Added reference
2023-07-05T21:31:06Z
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https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=31:_Barrel_-_Part_5&diff=317195&oldid=prev
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