Talk:3127: Where Babies Come From

2025-08-14T09:32:49Z

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First, I guess. [[User:B_for_brain|B for brain]] ([[User_talk:B_for_brain|talk]]) ([https://www.youtube.com/@bforbrain youtube channel] [https://bforbrain.weebly.com/ wobsite (supposed to be a blag)]) 21:41, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

The geology one seems to be more just an inference that a baby would emerge through differential erosion/weathering from the parent rock body. The meteorological one is both a near actual weather related event description and also a pun on what happens during conception. Other entries also vary between being puns on conception or birth (technically kind of true) or just wrong inferences using their field (such as the “off by one”) [[Special:Contributions/2A09:BAC2:39EE:240A:0:0:397:5A|2A09:BAC2:39EE:240A:0:0:397:5A]] 22:09, 11 August 2025 (UTC)pakers
:Yea I think the geology one reminds me of the reverse footsteps after snow (when you step in snow it compresses it which reduces melting compared to soft, noncompressed snow, meaning once the snow has melted the footsteps are now elevated) [[User:TheTrainsKid|TheTrainsKid]] ([[User talk:TheTrainsKid|talk]]) 22:18, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

0.001 kya (kilo years ago) is 0.001 x a thousand years ago (i.e. around a year ago) [[Special:Contributions/82.42.161.198|82.42.161.198]] 22:36, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

: .001kya is a one digit approximation for 9 months (technically .00075kya) [[User:MAP|MAP]] ([[User talk:MAP|talk]]) 01:59, 12 August 2025 (UTC)
::Actually, an approximation with precision of 1 year (= 1 a = 0.001 ka). A 5× more precise one-significant-figure approximation is 0.0008 kya (technically within actual variation, but further from the average than 0.00075). [[Special:Contributions/2001:4C4D:12CE:DA00:11BB:2E59:DD89:1F6A|2001:4C4D:12CE:DA00:11BB:2E59:DD89:1F6A]] 05:59, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Why did Randall make this comic? My theory: he's gonna be a father soon and he's trying to figure out how to break the news to us. [[User:CalibansCreations|'''<span style="color:#ff0000;">Caliban</span>''']] ([[User talk:CalibansCreations|talk]]) 15:25, 12 August 2025 (UTC)
:[https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2386:_Ten_Years This seems unlikely]. Unless they're adopting ...? [[Special:Contributions/205.175.118.102|205.175.118.102]] 16:57, 12 August 2025 (UTC)
::She had breast cancer. You feed babies with breasts you do not give birth to them using them, and can feed babies in other ways... So there is no problem getting kids after being treated for breast cancer. The question is if you wish to, given the risk of recurrence and early death. But Randall has made [[:Category:Comics with babies|lots of comics about babies]] so this comic is no different than those other, that did not indicate Randall about to have one. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 06:21, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

I think the article could be a bit more clinical and direct. Right now, it's low on information, and high on vauge implication, aiming for wit. I'll take a crack at improving some sections, but I'm not sure what the intentions were for every part.
[[Special:Contributions/62.92.112.171|62.92.112.171]] 18:39, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Saying "contemporaneous documentation" suggests to me that the historians are seeking photographic or video evidence of the, erm, precipitating events. [[Special:Contributions/72.204.242.221|72.204.242.221]] 19:48, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

I guess [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=3127:_Where_Babies_Come_From&oldid=384046 somebody] didn't get the deeper sense of humour. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33|82.13.184.33]] 08:22, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

I understand the historian as questioning a (recently born) baby. After asking for more documentation the baby starts to cry which is interpreted as uncooperativeness. --[[Special:Contributions/2001:638:807:507:25AF:D335:DFE6:ACF4|2001:638:807:507:25AF:D335:DFE6:ACF4]] 08:32, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

Astronomer: at a Coldplay concert?

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