https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=83.8.39.32explain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-07-10T01:29:22ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1216:_Sticks_and_Stones&diff=383201216: Sticks and Stones2013-05-24T06:35:23Z<p>83.8.39.32: /* Explanation */ Original, from Wikipedia</p>
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<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 />
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==Explanation==<br />
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<blockquote><poem>Sticks and stones will break my bones<br />
But words/names will never harm/hurt me.</poem></blockquote><br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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