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		<title>2348: Boat Puzzle</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;162.158.154.71: /* Explanation */  self driving car text deleted - relevant to Trolley Problem discussion, irrelevent to this particular strip.&lt;/p&gt;
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| number    = 2348&lt;br /&gt;
| date      = August 19, 2020&lt;br /&gt;
| title     = Boat Puzzle&lt;br /&gt;
| image     = boat_puzzle.png&lt;br /&gt;
| titletext = 'No, my cabbage moths have already started laying eggs in them! Send the trolley into the river!' 'No, the sailing wolf will steal the boat to rescue them!'&lt;br /&gt;
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==Explanation==&lt;br /&gt;
{{incomplete|Created by a GOAT THAT EATS WOLVES. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}&lt;br /&gt;
This comic is a twist on {{w|Wolf, goat and cabbage problem|an old riddle}}. In the original riddle, a man has to cross a river in a boat that can only hold him and one other object. The man has a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage that he needs to bring across with him, similar to the first panel. However, the comic quickly devolves into surrealism in the later panels as new characters show up, bringing deviations of the original &amp;quot;cabbage&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;goat&amp;quot;, and &amp;quot;wolf&amp;quot; that add extra layers of complexity to the riddle.&lt;br /&gt;
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The last panel is a reference to the {{w|Trolley_Problem|Trolley Problem}}, a moral test that asks the participant whether they would let a person in the way of an uncontrollable trolley die or divert the trolley and kill other people standing on the tracks. The comic gives a twist here too: instead of diverting the trolley, here the characters must choose between stopping the trolley and sacrificing cabbages or letting the trolley roll into the river (as hinted at by the title text).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Transcript==&lt;br /&gt;
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{{comic discussion}}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:2348: Boat Puzzle</title>
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A link could be made to this wiki entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf,_goat_and_cabbage_problem#Occurrence_and_variations . Also the last panel is seemingly a reference to the trolley problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem&lt;br /&gt;
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Callback to strip 1134. https://xkcd.com/1134/ I don't know how to add a proper link. &lt;br /&gt;
Pete [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.71|162.158.154.71]] 22:23, 19 August 2020 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:2346: COVID Risk Comfort Zone</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;162.158.154.71: No isn't an answer!&lt;/p&gt;
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The current text seems more like a comment than an explanation. [[User:Darthpoppins|Darthpoppins]] ([[User talk:Darthpoppins|talk]]) 21:03, 14 August 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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: I see &amp;quot;explanation&amp;quot; crossing over into &amp;quot;comment&amp;quot;.  Comment often is a necessary part of xkcd explanation since Randall's mind works funny.  In this case I think the comic shows *some* ways to say &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; in *one* situation, but neither is comprehensive.  Also, in this case, Cueball isn't being &amp;quot;invited&amp;quot; but directed if someone says &amp;quot;You have to come inside&amp;quot;, although we don't know if the context is &amp;quot;Come see the virtual reality room I just installed&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Could you instead just tell me your electricity meter reading?&amp;quot;  So you could say &amp;quot;No&amp;quot; but it may defeat the purpose of your journey.  Better would be &amp;quot;What about the coronavirus?&amp;quot; although you are already not on the same page about that.  Nevertheless, I think what's called for is negotiation.  This can include exploring whether the other person has, or has had, the virus, and whether you have, or will pretend that you may have it.  I also favour holding your breath while you pass close to someone.  Robert Carnegie rja.carnegie@gmail.com [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.71|162.158.154.71]] 15:38, 15 August 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I'm just going to put the original explanation here:&lt;br /&gt;
As a fourth option, Randall might consider taking the advice that &amp;quot;'No' is a complete sentence&amp;quot; -- we don't know the context of the situation presented here, but unless there truly is some urgent reason that he would ordinarily &amp;quot;''have''&amp;quot; to go inside but for COVID (and from the second option, we know there's no such emergency here), he's just being invited inside, and he doesn't need to provide any justification at all for refusing.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.14|108.162.245.14]] 00:25, 15 August 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Mis-centered headline ==&lt;br /&gt;
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I notice the comic's headline is inexplicably aligned over the first and second panels, rather than the full width of the comic, and it bothers me that nobody is talking about that. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.137|162.158.74.137]] 05:02, 15 August 2020 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:2340: Cosmologist Genres</title>
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An ultra-early comic, after the prior quite-early one. Is Randall (suddenly now) getting enough sleep? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.71|162.158.154.71]] 08:31, 31 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:Perhaps his sleep schedule has become completely hopeless instead. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.37|108.162.238.37]] 11:08, 31 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:what do you mean ultra early?&lt;br /&gt;
::(Remember to sign...) As a metric, look at the page-creation times of the last few comic pages (i.e. View History). The times, at least for me as an anon-IP with no settings changed, are that of the server's home, not Randall's, but consistent tor all that.&lt;br /&gt;
::Quite often, the comic page is created shortly after midnight and the auto-filled date has to be corrected to the assumption it was published on the Mon/Wed/Fri by Randall, not the Tue/Thu/Sat of the server (which seems to check/listen for a new comic periodically, ready to create and pre-populate the page ASAP after it is commentable-about).&lt;br /&gt;
::Wednesday (prior comic) was very much still within Wednesday, and this one was about ''twenty hours'' ahead of normal (4am, server's Friday, rather than midnight+ on server's Saturday). No sign yet of Monday, when I checked just now, so perhaps ⅔rds of last week was just a transient anomaly. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.71|162.158.154.71]] 13:27, 3 August 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
Is the 'pop' not considered a metal possibly referring to the 'pop test' for Hydrogen gas that I had to do hundreds of times in high school? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.2.230|162.158.2.230]] 10:13, 31 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Is &amp;quot;Lite&amp;quot; a play on &amp;quot;Light&amp;quot; - i.e. photons during the big bang?[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.106|108.162.245.106]] 17:39, 31 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:Nope. (Probably not, anyway.)[[Special:Contributions/172.69.63.169|172.69.63.169]] 18:31, 31 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Why 'pop' is 'lite'?&lt;br /&gt;
[[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.6|162.158.238.6]] 19:29, 31 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I'd say it's because pop is the most commonly played music genre, just as hydrogen and helium are the most common elements. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.93.109|162.158.93.109]] 20:35, 31 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Surely Pop is 'Lite' because it refers to the Big Bang - or 'Big Pop' in this case. And it was all Hydrogen or helium at that moment therefore 'lite' not 'metal'. &lt;br /&gt;
:I get why ''pop'' is lite, but why &amp;quot;Lite&amp;quot;. Is that a collective term in cosmology for Hydrogen and Helium? [[User:Kapten-N|Kapten-N]] ([[User talk:Kapten-N|talk]]) 07:21, 3 August 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I'd like to point out that astronomers don't always refer to non-H/He stuff as &amp;quot;metal&amp;quot;. When you start talking about exoplanets, asteroids and meteoroids, there's a different classification (albeit nearly as reductive):&lt;br /&gt;
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*Gas: H&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and He&lt;br /&gt;
*Ice: anything made out of CHON&lt;br /&gt;
*Rock: basically the ordinary meaning - mostly metal silicates and sulfides&lt;br /&gt;
*Metal: native metals&lt;br /&gt;
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Each of these has much less variation in density and volatility than the variation between categories (I listed them in ascending order of density and descending order of volatility), so these tend to stick together both in terms of what stays on a planet and in terms of forming layers on a planet (e.g. Earth has no Gas, a light dusting of Ice in the form of the biosphere and oceans, Rock crust and mantle, and a Metal core; Neptune's outer layers are Gas, most of the planet is Ice, and the core is Rock and Metal). [[User:Magic9mushroom|Magic9mushroom]] ([[User talk:Magic9mushroom|talk]]) 05:57, 1 August 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:That calls for a sequel involving both drugs and music. I don't see how to make sex fit. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.69.110|172.69.69.110]] 08:47, 1 August 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
I assumed pop-&amp;gt;bang-&amp;gt;big bang-&amp;gt;(let there be) lite&lt;br /&gt;
[[User:Ysth|Ysth]] ([[User talk:Ysth|talk]]) 08:03, 3 August 2020 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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An ultra-early comic, after the prior quite-early one. Is Randall (suddenly now) getting enough sleep? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.71|162.158.154.71]] 08:31, 31 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:2335: Photo Deposit</title>
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Depositing cash through a smartphone app was one of the silliest and most useful features in GTA V. Unfortunately, depositing money would not duplicate it. Presumably the characters in the game are very honest and trustworthy, destroying any cash instantly after scanning it in. This honesty is to be expected from thieving killers such as these.&lt;br /&gt;
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You can also withdraw cash via the app. How that works is beyond me.&lt;br /&gt;
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--[[User:NeatNit|NeatNit]] ([[User talk:NeatNit|talk]]) 23:38, 20 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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A frequent joke in &amp;quot;The Goon Show&amp;quot; on 1950s British radio was the offer of a printed photograph of usually a small sum of money, treated as the photograph actually having value itself.  Sometimes it's a phonograph disc.  And sometimes the money represented turns out to be a forgery.  In a less silly context, the photograph might be considered as an I.O.U., as evidence that the money exists and will be paid...  which is what a banknote is, really.  But in practice someone influencing you with pictures of money might be dishonest.  Bank advertising for instance.&lt;br /&gt;
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Wikipedia's article on &amp;quot;The Goon Show running jokes&amp;quot; (!) doesn't mention money photographs, although there is a reference to handing out pictures of Queen Victoria, especially in historical stories.  Pictures of Queen Victoria may be on older money, but these ones don't seem to be.&lt;br /&gt;
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Robert Carnegie rja.carnegie@excite.com [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.26|141.101.98.26]] 08:18, 21 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: Search for &amp;quot;photo&amp;quot;(graph) in http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s06e07_foiled_by_president_fred for the instant(s) that came straight to my mind, being recently broadcast. (I assume you're familiar with LSD?) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.14|162.158.159.14]] 09:38, 21 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Other nations ... have started introducing plastic banknotes&amp;quot; Lol. Australia had *finished* introducing plastic bank notes 30 years ago. [https://csiropedia.csiro.au/polymer-banknotes/] [[User:Boatster|Boatster]] ([[User talk:Boatster|talk]]) 01:43, 21 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Hmm. How much money would that be? Say each photo is 4MB and your upload speed is 25 or so Mb/s. Each upload would take about 1.3 secs. We'll round up to 1.5. To keep it simple, we'll say that they have a stack of bills, and are able to scan each new bill within those 1.5 seconds. Now, if the bank allows you to upload $100 bills, without any rate limiting, you'd be able to make $400/min (the same as the what if article, weird). Which means that in six hours, they could make $144,000 dollars! Of course, this is mostly guesswork, but it should be somewhere in the ballpark. &lt;br /&gt;
Could be a little more: Smaller photos, better network.&lt;br /&gt;
Or a lot less: Most people don't have $144,000 in cash ready at a moment's notice, and scanning could take more than 1.5 secs. &lt;br /&gt;
Of course, if this was a feature that was announced, and they had time to prepare....&lt;br /&gt;
[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.102|108.162.245.102]] 04:11, 21 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: $100*(60/1.5)sec = $4000 per min, or $1.44 million in 6 hours. You forgot that there are 2 phones, so double that. Also, you wouldn't need ALL the money, you (or an assistant) can take the money already scanned to another bank and swap it for new cash, repeat. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.123.173|162.158.123.173]] 17:57, 22 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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The feature of depositing check is this new or old... Is it something from before or after the Corona outbreak? It is a smart feature to avoid visits to banks during the pandemic - also the money thing, which of course is not realistic irl. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:19, 21 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:depositing checks by smartphone is old, going back to 2018 if not earlier, and the depositing of currency could be realistic if bills used blockchain ledger entries instead of easily guessed serial numbers and everyone verified every currency transaction against the blockchain every time (this would end counterfeiting as a side effect).  [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.172|162.158.63.172]] 09:53, 21 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::Yes but that entirely defeats the purpose of cash, if you have to verify every transaction against a database. Also blockchain is entirely unnecessary. [[User:Probably not Douglas Hofstadter|Probably not Douglas Hofstadter]] ([[User talk:Probably not Douglas Hofstadter|talk]]) 06:11, 22 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:The Chase app started allowing deposits ten years ago.  See this article from ten years ago today: https://phys.org/news/2010-07-banking-deposit-smart-phone-photo.html  [[User:Orion205|Orion205]] ([[User talk:Orion205|talk]]) 03:44, 22 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Is it by the way illegal to even take a picture of banknote? I know printing one out is... Even if only one side and not very good quality. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:27, 21 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:if taking pictures of banknotes is illegal then bank security cameras (and security cameras in many retail establishments and casinos) are routinely breaking the law.  Also, aren’t change machines taking a picture as part of their anti-counterfeiting circuits? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.172|162.158.63.172]] 09:58, 21 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::Even printing banknote is legal if you follow some rules. I read that you need to make it bigger than 150% or smaller than 75% of real size, although details may vary depending on country. Of course, doesn't change the fact that your graphics program might refuse to work with that image and your printer may refuse to print it. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:39, 21 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I know it's acceptable in the 'colonial' idiom, but seeing &amp;quot;cheques&amp;quot; spelt as &amp;quot;checks&amp;quot; always confuses me for a micromoment. As well as imagining a test/verification being somehow a bartered service, I'm only just getting past it also being a bill-of-fare (in the UK we may pay a bill with a cheque, over there you can pay a check with a bill). But carry on carrying on! I'll get my coat. (If I can find the coat-check.) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.100|162.158.159.100]] 10:01, 21 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:Yes, we need to spell it as &amp;quot;chex&amp;quot; [[Special:Contributions/162.158.123.173|162.158.123.173]] 17:46, 22 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Why is cryptocurrency in there, it seems tangential at best?  [[User:Djbrasier|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier|talk]]) 19:01, 21 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:The more paranoid (or stand-offish for their own good reasons) Crypto users might not even connect bitwallets electronically but pass a transaction-code by other means (retyped from hardcopy, or rescan an on-screen generated QR, depending on requirements) and then rely upon the decentralised 'audit book' checking and authorising that transaction with minimal{{Citation needed}} risk of subsequent tracing-and-linking-together by The Man/whoever. I think it's both far too paranoid ''and'' not paranoid enough, in equal measure, if you're trying to keep your associations off-grid, but it seems there are those who seem to like doing it that way. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.222|141.101.98.222]] 20:35, 21 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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The explanation seems excessive, given how obvious the joke is. [[User:Gvanrossum|Gvanrossum]] ([[User talk:Gvanrossum|talk]]) 04:58, 22 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Curse my memory over ~10-15years! I vaguely remember a traveler focused bank that accepted cash deposits. They'd add the amount to your account, you could spend it and they'd cover the costs, and if you didn't have the bills submitted to one of their locations across the globe within a certain amount of time they'd rip you a new one in fees. The photos had to be perfect, and even then they were up for review and could be rejected by a human who didn't like the background it was sitting on. I remember my parents only ever used it once and needed my help understanding it so it was just right. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.34|108.162.216.34]] 18:50, 22 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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This reminds me of that time Domino's allowed you to earn points to a free pizza by taking pictures of pizza. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.44|172.69.34.44]] 22:34, 22 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:When you got your free Pepperoni from that, did they put the slices on in the EURion pattern? ;) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.71|162.158.154.71]] 23:03, 22 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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==Explanation==&lt;br /&gt;
{{incomplete|Created by a BANKNOTE PHOTOCOPIER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}&lt;br /&gt;
Some mobile banking apps allow users to deposit {{w|Cheque|check}}s through the app. The comic parodies this by &amp;quot;depositing&amp;quot; {{w|banknote}}s via a mobile app. This leads to duplication of the money, since you could then spend the bill and still have its value (in your account). Checks cannot be duplicated by this method, as a check is, in some ways, an instruction for one bank to send money to another which cannot be submitted twice and/or in a different context{{Citation needed}}. Cryptocurrencies effectively crowdsource whether they believe a transaction took place, to disallow any possible competing claim(s).&lt;br /&gt;
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The title text states that the app recognizes the {{w|serial number}}s on the bills and prevents users from depositing them multiple times. It is unknown if multiple users can deposit the same bills. If multiple users are allowed to deposit the same bills, then widespread fraud would certainly  occur from users attempting to collaborate by sharing bills. It is possible that Megan and Cueball are attempting this given their close proximity. If users are not allowed to deposit the same bills, widespread frustration would inevitably ensue as users would be frustrated to learn that they could not deposit many of their bills. Thus such a system would run into trouble either way. Furthermore, even with a user being unable to deposit the same bills twice, they will still double the value of their cash, as they have a spendable copy of it in their account and they still have the original which could be spent outside the bank system.&lt;br /&gt;
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In addition, the system would be highly vulnerable to {{w|Counterfeit money|counterfeiting}}. When depositing or paying with cash, the texture of cash is different from normal paper and therefore is a method to detect counterfeits. (In the U.S., bill are made from a sort of cloth. Other nations such as Canada and the U.K. have started introducing plastic banknotes. Australian banknotes have been plastic for 30 years.) In contrast, the low-resolution camera of a smartphone could be fooled by a printed image, or possibly even an image on a screen, effectively enabling an attacker to clone an arbitrary banknote without actually possessing it. With image editing software (and reprinting, if the app will not accept a screen image of a bill) it would be possible to deposit a large number of bills. However, this would not allow a single person to destabilize the economy. ([https://what-if.xkcd.com/23/ WhatIf #23])&lt;br /&gt;
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Ironically, if everyone was honest, did not counterfeit, and did not spend money that they had deposited, then consequences might be even worse.  Banks would be able to dispense the deposited cash to other customers, and the {{W|Bureau of Printing and Engraving}} might not be able to print new (legitimate) cash fast enough to keep a sufficient supply in circulation.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Transcript==&lt;br /&gt;
:[Megan is holding a banknote up in one hand, while she is taking a picture of it with her smartphone held in the other hand. A starburst near the phone indicates the sound this makes. She is standing with her back to Cueball, who faces away from her. He is holding a banknote down by his side in one hand, while he is looking at his smartphone which he holds up in the other hand. From Cueball's phone there is a starburst from which a line goes up above him to indicate what is on the screen.]&lt;br /&gt;
:Megan's phone: &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;''Click''&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:Cueball's phone: Deposit accepted!&lt;br /&gt;
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:[Caption below panel:]&lt;br /&gt;
:After a lucrative six hours for us, our bank removed the new feature in their app that let you deposit cash by taking a picture of it.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{comic discussion}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2333:_COVID_Risk_Chart&amp;diff=194726</id>
		<title>2333: COVID Risk Chart</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;162.158.154.71: /* Red (high risk) */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{comic&lt;br /&gt;
| number    = 2333&lt;br /&gt;
| date      = July 15, 2020&lt;br /&gt;
| title     = COVID Risk Chart&lt;br /&gt;
| image     = covid_risk_chart.png&lt;br /&gt;
| titletext = First prize is a free ticket to the kissing booth.&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Explanation==&lt;br /&gt;
{{incomplete|Created by THE WINNER OF A TEST-TUBE EATING CONTEST. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}&lt;br /&gt;
This comic is a graph showing the risk of COVID-19 infection of numerous activities on the horizontal axis, while showing the other (ie. safety) risks of the activity on the vertical axis. The activities are also color coded green, yellow, orange, or red, presumably indicating whether engaging in them is a good idea. All the activities are green in the upper left corner (no COVID-19 danger and no other dangers), but change to yellow, orange, and red as you go right or down.  This presentation and color progression is similar to a common presentation of a {{w|risk matrix}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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The top of the graph contains activities that people are likely to engage in during the pandemic, beginning (from left to right) with staying at home, hanging out with friends at the park, grocery shopping, attending in-person classes, and singing in church. The first few activities are common and not very dangerous (colored green and yellow), but the last two come with significant risks of infection due to COVID-19 (they are colored orange and red). Lower on the graph the activities become more and more dangerous (though these dangers are not related to COVID-19, i.e.: they are non-covid risks) and then non-sensical, a trend often seen in XKCD comics. Some activities are grouped together, being variations of the same thing (such as going down a waterslide, going down a waterslide with a stranger, and going down a waterside on an electric scooter).The last row contains extremely dangerous activities such as (from left to right, or from low COVID-19 danger to high) bungee jumping while doing sword tricks, going down a waterslide on an electric scooter, (participating in an) axe catching contest, racing a scooter through a hospital with a mask over your eyes, and winning a test-tube-eating contest at a COVID testing lab. All these activities are likely to result in undesirable outcomes.&lt;br /&gt;
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Part of the humor comes from the increasing ridiculousness of the &amp;quot;red&amp;quot; activities, some of which are unlikely combinations or escalations of other less-risky activities (e.g. renting an electric scooter is a &amp;quot;green&amp;quot; activity, but riding that scooter with a stranger carries more risk, and then still more from racing that scooter through a hospital, with or without a mask).&lt;br /&gt;
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This comic strip is similar in presentation to [[2282: Coronavirus Worries]].&lt;br /&gt;
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The '''title text''' suggests a ticket to &amp;quot;the&amp;quot; kissing booth as a prize. (Presumably, the kissing booth mentioned in the comic, &amp;quot;a kissing booth at a COVID testing site&amp;quot;). A kissing booth, is a kind of sideshow sometimes seen at carnivals, where members of the public can pay a small fee to kiss someone, usually an attractive woman. Winning a ticket would normally be positively received. However, since kissing is a very high risk activity for COVID-19 transmission, it would now be perceived as a kind of punishment.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Green (low risk) ===&lt;br /&gt;
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The lowest-risk category of activities has very low COVID risk and also very low non-COVID risk.&lt;br /&gt;
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;Staying home&lt;br /&gt;
:The lowest-risk activity of all, as long as the home itself is safe, and your family members do not have COVID-19.&lt;br /&gt;
;Video chats&lt;br /&gt;
:Video chatting carries a slightly higher non-COVID risk than simply staying at home, because you might get into an upsetting argument or accidentally expose something embarrassing.  As long as the person you're chatting with is not within your personal space, the risk of catching COVID from them is still zero.&lt;br /&gt;
;Hanging out with friends in the park&lt;br /&gt;
:Physically interacting with others creates an increased risk COVID transmission, but the major risk of transmission seems to come from sharing enclosed spaces, not the outdoors, and as long as everyone keeps to themselves, they can still safely enjoy the social interaction (as long as [[2330: Acceptable Risk|they aren't prone to overthinking everyday decisions]]).&lt;br /&gt;
;Going for walks&lt;br /&gt;
:Going for walks carries very little COVID risk as long as you stay by yourself. It is slightly more dangerous than staying home though, as you might fall or hurt yourself in some way.&lt;br /&gt;
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;Hanging out with friends on the beach&lt;br /&gt;
:This has a similar COVID risk as hanging out with friends in the park, but has slightly more safety concerns due to possible unpleasant encounters with crabs, jellyfish, and other ocean-going animals&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[cetacean needed]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; as well as the risks posed by extended UV exposure. There are also negligible risks of tsunamis, shark attacks, and encounters with other rare and deadly animals&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[cetacean needed]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
;Riding an electric scooter&lt;br /&gt;
:Electric scooters are scooters powered by electricity. They have increased in popularity recently, representing a form of lightweight transportation. If done by one’s self, riding one has essentially no risk of coronavirus, but it is relatively easy to injure one’s self when riding an electric scooter. Electric scooters have already been mentioned in [[E Scooters]].&lt;br /&gt;
;Renting an electric scooter&lt;br /&gt;
:This has a slightly higher COVID risk than riding your own scooter, as a previous renter could have left traces of the virus on the handle bars. In terms of general safety, it is the equivalent of riding your own scooter.&lt;br /&gt;
;Going down a waterslide &lt;br /&gt;
Waterslides are common attractions at water parks. They are simply slides made faster by running water down them. They are not extremely dangerous, though it is definitely possible to injure yourself on one. The COVID risk is near zero if the slide belongs to you and you are using it by yourself.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Yellow (medium risk) ===&lt;br /&gt;
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;Grocery shopping&lt;br /&gt;
:Going shopping for groceries involves entering a building in which others are present, including many workers who are present for hours-long shifts.  The risk of catching COVID can be reduced by wearing face masks, barriers between staff areas and customer areas, and limiting customer densities.&lt;br /&gt;
;Grocery shopping while hungry&lt;br /&gt;
:Shopping for groceries ''while hungry'' does not carry any greater risk of catching COVID, but it is said to have a slightly increased non-COVID risk because people who go shopping while hungry tend to buy foods that are more expensive and less healthy.  (Be advised that a study that popularized this &amp;quot;common sense&amp;quot; result [https://media.jamanetwork.com/news-item/jama-network-retracts-6-articles-that-included-dr-brian-wansink-as-author/ has been retracted] due to academic misconduct by its author, {{w|Brian Wansink}}.)&lt;br /&gt;
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;Grocery shoplifting&lt;br /&gt;
:Shoplifting means stealing, so this activity is stealing groceries. It would expose you to the same amount of COVID risk as regular grocery shopping, but might get you hurt by falling and crashing into stands, and might get you arrested. While this activity is not very risky and is colored yellow, it is probably not a good idea.&lt;br /&gt;
;Riding a single rental scooter with a stranger&lt;br /&gt;
:This is a bad idea, as most rental scooters are designed for only one person. It would also expose you to a stranger, who might have COVID. The safety concern of riding with two people on a one person scooter is not reflected in the comic.&lt;br /&gt;
;Going down a waterslide with a stranger&lt;br /&gt;
:This carries the same risks as going down a waterslide by yourself (as long as the waterslide is designed for two people), but exposes you to a stranger who could have COVID.&lt;br /&gt;
;Getting in a stranger’s car&lt;br /&gt;
:This can potentially be risky because driving is dangerous, and because murders have occurred in the past when people hitchhike. Getting into a stranger’s car would also expose you COVID, if they are carrying the virus. A car is a confined space, which is generally considered particularly bad from a COVID perspective.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Red (high risk) ===&lt;br /&gt;
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;Singing in church&lt;br /&gt;
:While singing is normally harmless, doing so in a church, which is a high-traffic and fairly contaminated place during COVID-19 (making it easier to be infected) will significantly expose the singer to COVID due to an increased breathing rate. In addition, when singing in a church, one often dooes it in a group with others during church sessions without masks, so this increases the risk further as multiple people are in close proximity without protection.&lt;br /&gt;
;Going to a restaurant&lt;br /&gt;
:Restaurants are also high-traffic and more contaminated (of COVID-19) areas, and also contain many people in a closed space which can also be small. Also, arguments and other fights could occur in a restaurant which adds to the non-COVID risk.&lt;br /&gt;
;Going to a bar&lt;br /&gt;
:Similarly to restaurants, bars are also a place where COVID-19 spreads often. However, since the customers are more likely to be drunk and to get into a fight, the non-COVID risk is increased.&lt;br /&gt;
;Going to a party / Hosting a party&lt;br /&gt;
:Parties involve participating in activities with (often many) others. Whether hosting a party or attending one, the risk of contracting COVID is similar, as are the non-COVID risks, since in both cases you're in the same room with others and also participating in the same (potentially dangerous) activities. The COVID risks are slightly higher for the host, as they are more likely to be touching objects or surfaces on which the virus is present as they tidy up during or after the party, and to be in proximity of all the guests during the party.&lt;br /&gt;
;Going on a cruise&lt;br /&gt;
:Cruises have been a site where many people have contracted COVID, leading to the high COVID-related risk. However, there are other risks assiciated with cruises that are non-COVID related, such as the risk of the ship sinking, or one falling overboard, etc.&lt;br /&gt;
;Opening a kissing booth at a COVID testing site&lt;br /&gt;
:This is a bad idea for COVID-related risks since many people who may not have been tested yet and are likely sick (since they are being tested, they are likely exhibiting COVID-related symptoms) will use it. Kissing is one of the easier ways to transfer COVID due to the proximity of people, and other diseases could be transferred as well. Opening a booth close to a testing site could also lead to a lot of controversy, adding to the non-COVID related risk.&lt;br /&gt;
;Doing skateboard tricks in a bar&lt;br /&gt;
:As mentioned before, bars are places where it is much more likely to contract COVID. Doing skateboard tricks in such a confined space also leads to a very large risk of injury.&lt;br /&gt;
;Skateboarding in a mosh pit on a cruise ship&lt;br /&gt;
:Mosh pits are often very densely crowded with people, so the risk of transmission is huge. Also, doing skateboard tricks with so many people means one could get trampled, knocked over, run into other people and/or things, etc.&lt;br /&gt;
;Getting a COVID test from a stranger at a crowded bar&lt;br /&gt;
:As mentioned before, bars greatly increase the risk of contracting COVID, and getting a test from a stranger means the test itself carries many non-COVID related risks coming from a malicious or incompetent stranger (such as poisoning from having the wrong materials in the syringe).&lt;br /&gt;
;Bungee jumping while doing sword tricks&lt;br /&gt;
:While bungee jumping is an activity that is often not performed in a crowded area, meaning that it is difficult to contract COVID while doing so, the act of bungee jumping while doing sword tricks could lead to a host of injuries.&lt;br /&gt;
;Going down a waterslide on an electric scooter&lt;br /&gt;
:As mentioned before, if the waterslide is not used by many people, it is not likely to contract COVID riding it. However, since waterslides contain water and electric scooters contain batteries (they don't mix well, safety-wise) many injuries may result.&lt;br /&gt;
;Setting off fireworks in a stranger's car&lt;br /&gt;
:A car is a confined space, and so the risk of contracting COVID is higher. Setting off fireworks in cars also could (will) cause many injuries to everyone in the car, and more injuries from the driver and/or other angry passengers.&lt;br /&gt;
;Axe catching contest&lt;br /&gt;
:The proximity to others during a contest means a higher risk of contracting COVID. As for the axe catching part, it is likely to get injuries form attempting to catch (presumably) flying axes, especially when the catcher is inexperienced.&lt;br /&gt;
;Racing a scooter through a hospital with a mask over your eyes&lt;br /&gt;
:A hospital is a place where COVID patients are often concentrated, meaning a higher risk of contracting the disease. Riding a scooter while effectively blindfolded in an area that has many obstructions like a hospital can lead to many injuries.&lt;br /&gt;
;Winning a test-tube-eating contest at a COVID testing lab&lt;br /&gt;
:Eating many test tubes which potentially contain samples containing COVID will almost definitely lead to one contracting the disease, and eating glass will lead to many internal injuries.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Transcript==&lt;br /&gt;
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}&lt;br /&gt;
[This comic is a graph plotting the safety risk of activities on the vertical axis and the risk of infection from COVID-19 on the horizontal axis. Lowest risks are in the upper left corner, and highest in the lower right. All activities are color coded green, yellow, orange, or red. A two way arrow labeled “non-COVID risk” points up and down to &amp;quot;high&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;low&amp;quot; labels on the left side of the graph. Another two way arrow labeled “COVID risk” points left and right to &amp;quot;high&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;low&amp;quot; labels on the top of the graph.&lt;br /&gt;
From left to right and top to bottom:]&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#acd8a8&amp;gt;Staying home&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;amp; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#acd8a8&amp;gt;Video chats&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#acd8a8&amp;gt;Hanging out with friends at the park&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f9dfa4&amp;gt;Grocery shopping&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#edbba3&amp;gt;Attending in-person classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Singing in church&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#acd8a8&amp;gt;Going for walks&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#acd8a8&amp;gt;Hanging out with friends on the beach&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f9dfa4&amp;gt;Grocery shopping while hungry&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#edbba3&amp;gt;Attending online classes while in class at a different school&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Going to a restaurant&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#acd8a8&amp;gt;Riding an electric scooter&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#acd8a8&amp;gt;Renting an electric scooter&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f9dfa4&amp;gt;Grocery shoplifting&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;amp; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f9dfa4&amp;gt;Riding a single rental scooter with a stranger&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#edbba3&amp;gt;Getting a dental cleaning&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;amp; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#edbba3&amp;gt;Going on a Tinder date&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Going to a bar&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;amp; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Going to a party&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;amp; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Hosting a party&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;amp; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Going on a cruise&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#acd8a8&amp;gt;Going down a waterslide&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f9dfa4&amp;gt;Going down a waterslide with a stranger&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f9dfa4&amp;gt;Getting in a stranger’s car&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#edbba3&amp;gt;Getting a dental cleaning from a Tinder date&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Opening a kissing booth at a COVID testing site&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f9dfa4&amp;gt;Playing lawn darts&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f9dfa4&amp;gt;Climbing a waterslide with a stranger&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f9dfa4&amp;gt;Getting in a stranger’s car uninvited&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#edbba3&amp;gt;Doing skateboard tricks in a hospital&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Doing skateboard tricks in a bar&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f9dfa4&amp;gt;Doing skateboard tricks&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f9dfa4&amp;gt;Riding a conveyor belt through the TSA x-ray machine&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f9dfa4&amp;gt;Axe throwing contest&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#edbba3&amp;gt;Racing a scooter through a hospital with a mask on&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;amp; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#edbba3&amp;gt;Racing a scooter through a hospital without a mask&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Skateboarding into a mosh pit on a cruise ship&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#edbba3&amp;gt;Setting off fireworks in your car&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#edbba3&amp;gt;Running and sliding headfirst into the pins at a bowling alley&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#edbba3&amp;gt;Stealing a stranger’s car&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#edbba3&amp;gt;Racing a scooter through a hospital with a mask on&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;amp; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#edbba3&amp;gt;Racing a scooter through a hospital without a mask&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; [extends from previous row], &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Skateboarding into a mosh pit on a cruise ship&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;amp; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Getting a COVID test from a stranger at a crowded bar&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Bungee jumping while doing sword tricks&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Going down a waterslide on an electric scooter&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Setting off fireworks in a stranger’s car&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;amp; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Axe catching contest&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Racing a scooter through a hospital with a mask over your eyes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#f58e8e&amp;gt;Winning a test-tube-eating contest at a COVID testing lab&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{comic discussion}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Charts]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics with color]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:COVID-19]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2329:_Universal_Rating_Scale&amp;diff=194403</id>
		<title>Talk:2329: Universal Rating Scale</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;162.158.154.71: 7 ate 9 eh!&lt;/p&gt;
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There are several things that UNC might stand for, but to me none of them suggests a rating scale.  Open to suggestions, of course. [[User:JohnB|JohnB]] ([[User talk:JohnB|talk]]) 00:10, 7 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: I think the most likely candidate from {{w|UNC|w:UNC}} is the numismatic code for an {{w|uncirculated coin}}. —[[User:Scs|Scs]] ([[User talk:Scs|talk]]) 00:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: Unified National Coarse is the name of a scale (not a rating on it) for thread sizes (for screws, nuts, bolts, etc.)[[Special:Contributions/172.69.68.187|172.69.68.187]] 02:12, 7 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I don’t think A/AA/AAA are battery sizes, but rather [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_rating credit rating]. That is also consistent with their positions in the upper half of the scale.--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.235.142|172.69.235.142]] 00:37, 7 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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A+ reminded me of {{w|European Union energy label}} ratings - but it is also in the credit rating list -- [[User:Bmwiedemann|Bmwiedemann]] ([[User talk:Bmwiedemann|talk]]) 01:31, 7 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Does anyone know what &amp;quot;S&amp;quot; is a rating for? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.206|172.69.34.206]] 01:35, 7 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: Satisfactory, top marks on USA elementary school report cards (or at least it was in the 1980s) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.124|162.158.63.124]] 02:40, 7 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I think the faces are supposed to correspond to a face-based pain scale, which is supported by the fact that they occur at similar places to the pain scale and that the frowny face looks more like the frowny face from one of these charts than any traditional sad face emoji. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.250.44|172.69.250.44]] 02:45, 7 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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This listed F as standing for Fine under the coin grading scale. However, the coin grading scale runs from 0-70, and ordered Poor (P, or About Good, AG, depending on personal preference), Good (G), Very Good (VG), Fine (F), Very Fine (VF), Etremely Fine (XF),  About Uncirculated (AU), and Uncirculated (UNC or MS, for Mint State, depending on personal preference). Because Fine is better than Good and Very Good on the coin grading scale, but F is worse than G and VG on Randall's Universal Rating Scale, F probably refers to the letter grade for schoolwork, rather than the coin grade of Fine. The G might also stand for a movie rating, but whether it is a movie rating or a coin grade, it's position would remain the same, so it's a moot point which it is. [[User:NErDysprosium|NErDysprosium]] ([[User talk:NErDysprosium|talk]]) 05:48, 7 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I know some video games and fantasy stories contain things that have a letter rating, typically starting a few letters into the alphabet and increasing as it gets closer to A, often with an S above that, but sometimes another rating above S labeled &amp;quot;EX&amp;quot; for &amp;quot;extra&amp;quot;.  These scales sometimes have additional ratings with a + or - attached, or increasing by repeating the letter 2 or 3 times in a row before going up to the next letter.  Thus the same system might have both &amp;quot;AAA&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;S&amp;quot;, but normally unlike this chart the S would be higher.  In some cases it might end up topping out with something like &amp;quot;SSS+&amp;quot;.  This sort of thing is particularly common in stories originating in Japan which involve some sort of other world that contain some sort of features similar to a video game with some sort of &amp;quot;Adventurer's Guild&amp;quot; which would often have such a system.  In particular there are quite a lot of Japanese novels that are like this, many of which containing strange or unique twists on otherwise common formulaic settings.  Some of these both have official English translations or were later adapted into manga or anime, or oddly enough in quite a few cases were a self published thing posted online as a hobbyist before later being picked up by a publisher and being somewhat changed and re-written as a proper book.  Many also have people making and posting online fan translations of them.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.35|162.158.74.35]] 06:40, 7 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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9 was possibly omitted, because 7 8 9 (seven ate nine) --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.11|162.158.111.11]] 08:11, 7 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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: I'd say you are making up your own jokes - however - :-)  Robert Carnegie rja.carnegie@gmail.com [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.71|162.158.154.71]] 14:06, 7 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Some comics seems like Randall makes them purely for this website, or in general to make people guess what each of the things mean. [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 09:27, 7 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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I'd just like to point out that this assumes cueball's odds of sinking a basket remain at 30% after hundreds/thousands of shots. One would think he would improve with practice.&lt;br /&gt;
[[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.75|162.158.62.75]] 23:53, 3 July 2020 (UTC)Duban&lt;br /&gt;
: Randall expresses as much in the title text.  --[[User:NotaBene|NotaBene]] ([[User talk:NotaBene|talk]]) 00:00, 4 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: The psychological factor is another problem. The pressure of having reached a large number of shots will change how a person performs. Considering how sensitive the overall probability is to small variations in the success rate, this could have a dramatic effect, even if the overall free throw percentage doesn't change. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.70.15|172.69.70.15]] 05:23, 4 July 2020 (UTC) &lt;br /&gt;
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Cueball's odds of 30 consecutive baskets are 0.3^30 = 2.06*10^-16. Earth is hit by about 6100 meteors per year, and a basketball hoop has a radius of 9 inches. Using that it will be hit about once every 5.09*10^11 years. In order for it to be even, Cueball would have to do approximately one trial every 55 minutes. Since he'll start over each time he misses, it works out to once attempt every 38.6 minutes. [[User:DanielLC|DanielLC]] ([[User talk:DanielLC|talk]]) 00:36, 4 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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(?Almost) no-one in recorded history has been killed by a meteor, so the estimate of 1 in 250,000 is based on a very small chance of a very large number of people dying from something like a &amp;quot;Dinosaur Killer&amp;quot; object, which would not fit through the hoop.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ok. Area of hoop: 0.166 square meters. Area of earth: 510 million square kilometers, or about 3x10^15 hoops. The Planetary Science Institute thinks 500 meteorites per year; Cosmos magazine think 6100 per year (which will essentially all be small enough to go through the hoop). So we get 5x10^11 or 6x10^12 years for space to score. If Cueball had to do multiple sets of 30 throws and wait until one of those sets was all successes he'd take 5x10^15 attempts, so 1000 or 10,000 attempts per year for a fair game. Which seems ok.&lt;br /&gt;
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On the other hand,  suppose that any 30 consecutive success counts. In that case the waiting time is shorter, but not much shorter. [This](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/893941/distribution-of-maximum-run-length-of-independent-multinomial-trials) suggests the average time for any 30 consecutive is the same  as the average time for batches of 29 when you need to get all 29 in a batch. So the difference is smaller than uncertainties/approximations we're already ignoring&lt;br /&gt;
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Since almost all meteors are incinerated and reduced to dust upon contact with the earth's atmosphere, it stands to reason that there may already be a (teeny-weeny bit of a) meteor already passing through the hoop. [[User:RAGBRAIvet|RAGBRAIvet]] ([[User talk:RAGBRAIvet|talk]]) 02:40, 4 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Technically it's still a meteor as it's being put through the hoop. The definition of a meteorite is a meteor that has *reached the surface* and made it through the atmosphere. The basketball hoop is not the surface. It is still a point in the atmosphere. Magma at any arbitrary point before it flows or erupts out of a vent (10 feet before the vent, for example, the same height as the rim of the basket on a regulation hoop) is still called magma and not lava. Therefore the entry should note this and refer to the meteors as such and not improperly as meteorites as the current note does. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.124|108.162.216.124]] 07:32, 4 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: This is what I was going to say, more or less. Though with the additional pondering of hoop-height to atmosphere depth (roughly) proportional to chance of a hoop-scorer attaining &amp;quot;-ite&amp;quot; status soon after. And then *something* *something* about the inherent status of a rim-shot (the chances being an interesting additional function of hoop diameter and the (surviving) cross-sectional width - and what if the latter exceeds the former?)... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.71|162.158.154.71]] 10:01, 4 July 2020 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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According to https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/pettit_chron_10.html a 2001 study estimated the meteorite fall rate to one meteorite per million square kilometers per year, which yields an expected value of ~6e+12years to score for space. The Cosmos magazine article mentioned above may draw from the same source.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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| number    = 1412&lt;br /&gt;
| date      = August 25, 2014&lt;br /&gt;
| title     = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles&lt;br /&gt;
| image     = teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles.png&lt;br /&gt;
| titletext = My upcoming album, 'Linked List', has covers of 'The Purple People Eater', the Ninja Turtles theme, 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini', and the Power Rangers theme, with every song played to the tune of the next.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Explanation==&lt;br /&gt;
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This comic is a reference to the recently released {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie}}. It is a list of Wikipedia article titles that are in the same syllable-stress pattern as the first line of the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS-qFdw-v_o theme song] of the {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|1987 cartoon series}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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The list is compiled in alphabetical order from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of the items on this list (e.g. ''{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}}'') are drawn as headlines in the same style as the logo from that series. These articles are not in alphabetical order with the surrounding small face text, but these headlines are in alphabetical order with the other headlines from top to bottom, without respect to the left or right column. Some of these phrases are not actually the titles of Wikipedia articles, but are redirects. For instance, the article on {{w|Woodrow Wilson &amp;quot;Woody&amp;quot; Guthrie}} redirects to {{w|Woody Guthrie}}, and {{w|Former Arctic Monkeys members}} at one time redirected to {{w|Andy Nicholson}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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The syllable-stress pattern of this line is long-short-long-short-long-short-long-short, known in poetry as {{w|trochaic tetrameter}}. Randall has previously authored comics dealing with {{w|trochees}}, namely [[856: Trochee Fixation]] and [[1383: Magic Words]].&lt;br /&gt;
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A similar idea was performed by {{w|Jimmy Fallon}} in 2001 at a [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jimmy+fallon+80s+medley concert for New York city] where he demonstrated singing &amp;quot;any 80's song&amp;quot; over the tune of {{w|MC Hammer}}'s song &amp;quot;{{w|U Can't Touch This}}&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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The title text suggests an album of songs (''{{w|The Purple People Eater}}'', the aforementioned ''Ninja Turtles'' theme, ''{{w|Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini}}'' and the ''{{w|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}}'' theme), the title or primary refrain of which have a large number of verses in {{w|trochee|trochaic}} {{w|meter (poetry)|meter}}. Randall suggests that these refrains are so interchangeable that the lyrics of each could be sung to the melody of the song following it in the tracklist. Randall would title the album ''{{w|Linked List}}'' as each song would melodically reference the next song. The refrains of the songs, respectively are:&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;One-eyed, one-horned flying purple people eater&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Go go Power Rangers&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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==The Wikipedia links==&lt;br /&gt;
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There are 6 headlines and 9 other article links in each block next to a headline for a total of 60 wiki links:&lt;br /&gt;
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;{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Biggest Loser: Second Chances}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Cayman Island blue iguana}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Central Texas pocket gopher}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Church of Jesus Christ Creator}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Climate change and meat production}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Daylight saving time in China}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Denver Airport People Mover}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Easter Island spiny lobster}}&lt;br /&gt;
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;{{w|Asian Human Rights Commission}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Edgar Allan Poe Museum}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Engine failure after take-off}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|English as a second language}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Former Arctic Monkeys members}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Fowler's Modern English Usage}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Georgia Game and Fish Department}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Golden-mantled howler monkey}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Greater Cleveland Film Commission}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Hairy flower chafer beetle}}&lt;br /&gt;
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;{{w|San Diego City Council}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Harland David &amp;quot;Colonel&amp;quot; Sanders}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Human Tissue Resource Network}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Klondike-class destroyer tender|Klondike class destroyer tender}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Legal code of North Dakota}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Lesser knapweed flower weevil}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Maple syrup urine syndrome}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Nablus mask-like facial syndrome}}&lt;br /&gt;
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;{{w|Single payer health insurance}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Neo Geo Pocket Color}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|New Year's Eve with Carson Daly}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Newton's second law of motion}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|North Korean Workers Party}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Orange County Business Council}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Over/under cable coiling}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Places named for Adolf Hitler}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Proton-proton chain reaction}}&lt;br /&gt;
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;{{w|Spotted giant flying squirrel}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Quantum vacuum plasma thruster|Quantuum vacuum plasma thruster}}&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;See also [[1404: Quantum Vacuum Virtual Plasma]].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Rocky Mountain spotted fever}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Royal Flying Doctor Service}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Russian Women's Fascist Movement}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Semi-active laser guidance}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Seven Brides for Seven Brothers}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon}}&lt;br /&gt;
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;{{w|Women science fiction authors}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Trailing suction hopper dredger}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Vector graphics markup language}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Viti Levu giant pigeon}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Voting rights in Puerto Rico}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|William Henry, Duke of Gloucester}}&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Gloucester is pronounced /ˈglɒstər/ (gloster).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Windows Vista startup process}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Woodrow Wilson &amp;quot;Woody&amp;quot; Guthrie}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Yaba monkey tumor virus}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Zack and Miri Make a Porno}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Notes===&lt;br /&gt;
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==Transcript==&lt;br /&gt;
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:[Caption above comic]&lt;br /&gt;
:;WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE TITLES&lt;br /&gt;
::With the right syllable stress pattern to be sung to the tune of the original ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' theme song&lt;br /&gt;
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:[Six groups of Wikipedia article titles are written out. Each group contains ten titles. The first title of each group is drawn in the style of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo, where the final word of each title is drawn in bulbous green text in the shape of an arch, with the remaining words in white text on a red banner above the green text. The remainder of the titles in each group are arranged as a list in standard font next to the larger titles, alternating from right to left hand side going down the comic.]&lt;br /&gt;
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:;''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective''&lt;br /&gt;
::''Biggest Loser: Second Chances''&lt;br /&gt;
::Cayman Island blue iguana&lt;br /&gt;
::Central Texas pocket gopher&lt;br /&gt;
::Church of Jesus Christ Creator&lt;br /&gt;
::Climate change and meat production&lt;br /&gt;
::''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''&lt;br /&gt;
::Daylight saving time in China&lt;br /&gt;
::Denver Airport People Mover&lt;br /&gt;
::Easter Island spiny lobster&lt;br /&gt;
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:;''Asian Human Rights Commission''&lt;br /&gt;
::Edgar Allan Poe Museum&lt;br /&gt;
::Engine failure after take-off&lt;br /&gt;
::English as a second language&lt;br /&gt;
::Former ''Arctic Monkeys'' members&lt;br /&gt;
::''Fowler's Modern English Usage''&lt;br /&gt;
::Georgia Game and Fish Department&lt;br /&gt;
::Golden-mantled howler monkey&lt;br /&gt;
::Greater Cleveland Film Commission&lt;br /&gt;
::Hairy flower chafer beetle&lt;br /&gt;
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:;''San Diego City Council''&lt;br /&gt;
::Harland David &amp;quot;Colonel&amp;quot; Sanders&lt;br /&gt;
::Human Tissue Resource Network&lt;br /&gt;
::''Klondike''-class destroyer tender&lt;br /&gt;
::Legal code of North Dakota&lt;br /&gt;
::Lesser knapweed flower weevil&lt;br /&gt;
::Lockheed Martin Atlas rocket&lt;br /&gt;
::Maple syrup urine syndrome&lt;br /&gt;
::''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers''&lt;br /&gt;
::Nablus mask-like facial syndrome&lt;br /&gt;
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:;''Single payer health insurance''&lt;br /&gt;
::Neo Geo Pocket Color&lt;br /&gt;
::''New Year's Eve with Carson Daly''&lt;br /&gt;
::Newton's second law of motion&lt;br /&gt;
::North Korean Workers Party&lt;br /&gt;
::Orange County Business Council&lt;br /&gt;
::Over/under cable coiling&lt;br /&gt;
::Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater&lt;br /&gt;
::Places named for Adolf Hitler&lt;br /&gt;
::Proton-proton chain reaction&lt;br /&gt;
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:;''Spotted giant flying squirrel''&lt;br /&gt;
::Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo&lt;br /&gt;
::Quantuum vacuum plasma thruster&lt;br /&gt;
::Rocky Mountain spotted fever&lt;br /&gt;
::Royal Flying Doctor Service&lt;br /&gt;
::Russian Women's Fascist Movement&lt;br /&gt;
::Semi-active laser guidance&lt;br /&gt;
::''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''&lt;br /&gt;
::''Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows''&lt;br /&gt;
::Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon&lt;br /&gt;
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:;''Women science fiction authors''&lt;br /&gt;
::Trailing suction hopper dredger&lt;br /&gt;
::Vector graphics markup language&lt;br /&gt;
::Viti Levu giant pigeon&lt;br /&gt;
::Voting rights in Puerto Rico&lt;br /&gt;
::William Henry, Duke of Gloucester&lt;br /&gt;
::Windows Vista startup process&lt;br /&gt;
::Woodrow Wilson &amp;quot;Woody&amp;quot; Guthrie&lt;br /&gt;
::Yaba monkey tumor virus&lt;br /&gt;
::''Zack and Miri Make a Porno''&lt;br /&gt;
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==Trivia==&lt;br /&gt;
*Randall mistyped the word &amp;quot;album&amp;quot; as &amp;quot;alubm&amp;quot; in the original title text but it was fixed later.&lt;br /&gt;
*He did not correct the word Quantum, which is mistyped Quantuum in the comic.&lt;br /&gt;
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