https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=192.17.144.235 2026-04-15T02:18:13Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:637:_Scribblenauts&diff=38659 2013-05-27T22:35:59Z

<p>192.17.144.235: Created page with &quot;I thought that she was looking up and seeing Cueball in the room, rather than on the screen? ~~~~&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>I thought that she was looking up and seeing Cueball in the room, rather than on the screen? [[Special:Contributions/192.17.144.235|192.17.144.235]] 22:35, 27 May 2013 (UTC)</div>

192.17.144.235 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1216:_Sticks_and_Stones&diff=38340 2013-05-24T12:29:14Z

<p>192.17.144.235: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1216<br /> | date = May 24, 2013<br /> | title = Sticks and Stones<br /> | image = sticks and stones.png<br /> | titletext = Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I deserved it.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete}}<br /> <br /> {{w|Sticks and Stones (nursery rhyme)}}:<br /> <br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;Sticks and stones will break my bones&lt;br&gt;<br /> But words/names will never harm/hurt me.&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> is a nursery rhyme said, often by parents, to persuade an individual, usually a child, to ignore any name calling or mean taunts that were said by others in an attempt to hurt the individual's feelings.<br /> <br /> This comic plays on this rhyme by having the child come in and say that although words can't harm you physically, they can change how you feel and make you feel happy or sad and the child suggests that how you are feeling is all that matters in the world. Presumably the child has never been seriously physically hurt, and therefore doesn't understand the part about &quot;sticks and stones.&quot;<br /> <br /> The rhyme is actually incorrect, as recent studies have shown that the brain's reactions to physical pain and emotional rejection are very similar and even feed into each other [looking for citation]<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Language]]</div>

192.17.144.235 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1216:_Sticks_and_Stones&diff=38339 2013-05-24T12:27:17Z

<p>192.17.144.235: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1216<br /> | date = May 24, 2013<br /> | title = Sticks and Stones<br /> | image = sticks and stones.png<br /> | titletext = Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I deserved it.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete}}<br /> <br /> {{w|Sticks and Stones (nursery rhyme)}}:<br /> <br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;Sticks and stones will break my bones&lt;br&gt;<br /> But words/names will never harm/hurt me.&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> is a nursery rhyme said, often by parents, to persuade an individual, usually a child, to ignore any name calling or mean taunts that were said by others in an attempt to hurt the individual's feelings.<br /> <br /> This comic plays on this rhyme by having the child come in and say that although words can't harm you physically, they can change how you feel and make you feel happy or sad and the child suggests that how you are feeling is all that matters in the world. Presumably the child has never been seriously physically hurt, and therefore doesn't understand the part about &quot;sticks and stones.&quot;<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Language]]</div>

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