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Revision as of 01:23, 30 June 2014
Welcome to the explain xkcd wiki!
We have an explanation for all 2 xkcd comics,
and only 5
(0%) are incomplete. Help us finish them!
Latest comic
| Good and Bad Ideas |
 Title text: While it seemed like a fun prank at the time, I realize my prank fire extinguishers full of leaded gasoline were a mistake. |
Explanation
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This explanation may be incomplete or incorrect: Created by a FIRE EXTINGUISHER FULL OF SLICED BREAD - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon. |
This is a scatter plot comparing how good an idea sounds to how good the idea actually is. For example, leaded gasoline sounds like a good idea due to the anti-knocking effects, but is actually a bad idea due to lead toxicity. Fake prank fire extinguishers however sound bad and are bad as they can result in a dangerous situation in an emergency. Putting mold on infections sounds like a bad idea, but this could be referring to Penicillin, an antibiotic.
The title text combines leaded gasoline and a fake prank fire extinguisher into something that is worse than either. Not only is the fire extinguisher fake, it also releases flammable material onto the fire, and there is the additional lead toxicity.
| Idea | How good it sounds | How good it actually is | Explanation |
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| Leaded Gasoline | |||
| Bloodletting | |||
| Asbestos | |||
| Extension cords with prongs on both ends | |||
| Stair Kayaking | |||
| Fake prank fire extinguishers | |||
| Always saying what you think | |||
| Replying to spammers | |||
| Solar cars | |||
| Heelies | |||
| Prequels | |||
| Transition Lenses | |||
| Cutting pizza in squares | |||
| Project Orion | |||
| Combo washer dryers | |||
| Cutting sandwiches diagonally | |||
| Diverging diamond interchanges | |||
| Toasting sandwiches | |||
| Crumple zones | |||
| Sliced bread | |||
| Pizza | |||
| Eating citrus fruit while at sea | |||
| Putting mold on infections | |||
| Wheels on luggage | |||
| Heat pumps | |||
| Laser eye surgery | |||
| Fecal transplants |
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Lots of people contribute to make this wiki a success. Many of the recent contributors, listed above, have just joined. You can do it too! Create your account here.
You can read a brief introduction about this wiki at explain xkcd. Feel free to sign up for an account and contribute to the wiki! We need explanations for comics, characters, themes and everything in between. If it is referenced in an xkcd web comic, it should be here.
- If you're new to wikis like this, see how to edit wiki pages. There's also a handy wikicode cheatsheet.
- Discussion about the wiki itself happens at the Community portal.
- You can browse the comics from List of all comics or by navigating the category tree at Category:Comics.
- There are incomplete explanations listed here. Feel free to help out by expanding them!
- We sell advertising space to pay for our server costs. To learn more, go here.
Rules
Don't be a jerk. There are a lot of comics that don't have set in stone explanations; feel free to put multiple interpretations in the wiki page for each comic.
If you want to talk about a specific comic, use its discussion page.
Please only submit material directly related to — and helping everyone better understand — xkcd... and of course only submit material that can legally be posted (and freely edited). Off-topic or other inappropriate content is subject to removal or modification at admin discretion, and users who repeatedly post such content will be blocked.
If you need assistance from an admin, post a message to the Admin requests board.
