https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=144.212.5.9explain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-09T06:40:07ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=3230:_Overton&diff=4099213230: Overton2026-04-08T19:02:01Z<p>144.212.5.9: /* Explanation */</p>
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| date = April 8, 2026<br />
| title = Overton<br />
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| titletext = I think I accidentally installed an Overton window in my bedroom. A few months ago, the sun wasn't in my face in the morning, but now it is.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|This page was created by JOSEPH PAUL OVERTON, BACK FROM THE DEAD. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br />
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{{w|Joseph Paul Overton}} was a political scientist who created the concept of the {{w|Overton Window}}, which is the range of subjects that are politically appropriate to raise during a period of time. The first set of dates, 1960-2003, are the years that Joseph Paul Overton was born and died.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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[A gravestone is shown on some grass, bearing the name Joseph Paul Overton as its inscription; several of the years are crossed out and replaced with new years underneath in red.]<br />
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1960 - 2003<br />
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1965 - 2011<br />
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1973 - 2018<br />
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1982 - <br />
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