https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=129.2.129.146 2026-07-09T05:30:42Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=491:_Twitter&diff=30372 2013-03-13T21:27:29Z

<p>129.2.129.146: /* Explanation */ changed wording to better describe signs</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 491<br /> | date = <br /> | title = Twitter<br /> | image = twitter.png<br /> | titletext = If long tooltips / cut you off / then upgrade from / firefox 2 / Burma Shave<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> This comic is playing off of an old shaving cream product's advertising campaign employed on American highways from 1925 to 1963. These adds used short poems, each line arranged sequentially on a sign along a highway, the last line always being Burma Shave, the name of the shaving cream. Originally these ads only described the product, but others included driving safety messages. <br /> {{Incomplete}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Cueball is sitting in a caster office chair typing onto a smartphone]<br /> : ''Beep Beep'<br /> <br /> :Phone: &quot;On Twitter Feeds&quot;<br /> <br /> :[More typing]<br /> <br /> :Phone: &quot;An odd regression&quot;<br /> <br /> :[More Typing]<br /> <br /> :Phone: &quot;Ancient Memes&quot;<br /> <br /> :[More Typing]<br /> <br /> :Phone: &quot;Find new expression&quot;<br /> <br /> :[More typing]<br /> <br /> :Phone: &quot;Burma Shave&quot;<br /> {{Incomplete}}</div>

129.2.129.146 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=491:_Twitter&diff=30366 2013-03-13T19:49:55Z

<p>129.2.129.146: created page, added comic and buttons, basic and incomplete explanation paraphrased from wikipedia, basic transcript</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 491<br /> | date = <br /> | title = Twitter<br /> | image = twitter.png<br /> | titletext = If long tooltips / cut you off / then upgrade from / firefox 2 / Burma Shave<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> This comic is playing off of an old shaving cream product's advertising campaign employed on American highways from 1925 to 1963. These adds used short poems, each line arranged sequentially on a sign along a highway, ending with Burma Shave, the name of the shaving cream. Originally these ads only described the product, but others included driving safety messages. <br /> {{Incomplete}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Cueball is sitting in a caster office chair typing onto a smartphone]<br /> : ''Beep Beep'<br /> <br /> :Phone: &quot;On Twitter Feeds&quot;<br /> <br /> :[More typing]<br /> <br /> :Phone: &quot;An odd regression&quot;<br /> <br /> :[More Typing]<br /> <br /> :Phone: &quot;Ancient Memes&quot;<br /> <br /> :[More Typing]<br /> <br /> :Phone: &quot;Find new expression&quot;<br /> <br /> :[More typing]<br /> <br /> :Phone: &quot;Burma Shave&quot;<br /> {{Incomplete}}</div>

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