https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Atdwildhorseexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-07T23:19:40ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1817:_Incognito_Mode&diff=1380301817: Incognito Mode2017-03-29T15:29:26Z<p>Atdwildhorse: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1817<br />
| date = March 29, 2017<br />
| title = Incognito Mode<br />
| image = incognito_mode.png<br />
| titletext = They're really the worst tech support team. And their solutions are always the same. "This OS X update broke something." "LET'S INFILTRATE APPLE BY MORPHING APPLES!"<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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''{{w|Animorphs}}'' is a book series by K. A. Applegate featuring several children who have a special power: they can {{w|shapeshifting|morph}} into various animals whose DNA they have absorbed through alien technology. However, if they stay morphed for over two hours, they will get stuck in that form until they die. Randall pokes fun at this by relating it to {{w|privacy mode|incognito mode}} in a browser (which is used for browsing the internet without storing cookies or browsing information) saying that if you use incognito mode for more than two hours, you get trapped using it forever, which may not be a bad thing.<br />
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It is unknown how hypothetically being trapped in incognito mode would extend to real life, perhaps making people unable to identify you and your interactions leaving no memories after you went away.<br />
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The title text is a reference to a common occurrence in the Animorphs book series wherein the protagonists used their ability to morph into animals to infiltrate enemy strongholds. However, the advise in the title text is nonsensical within the rules for morphing put forth in the book since the children can only turn into animals and an apple comes from a plant.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[Cueball is at his computer. A character with hair, neither clearly Megan or Blondie, maybe an Animorph(?), is speaking to him:]<br />
:Character: ...But remember - If you browse in incognito mode for more than two hours, you'll be trapped there ''forever!''<br />
:Caption: Animorphs Tech Tips<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>Atdwildhorsehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1817:_Incognito_Mode&diff=1380281817: Incognito Mode2017-03-29T15:17:43Z<p>Atdwildhorse: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1817<br />
| date = March 29, 2017<br />
| title = Incognito Mode<br />
| image = incognito_mode.png<br />
| titletext = They're really the worst tech support team. And their solutions are always the same. "This OS X update broke something." "LET'S INFILTRATE APPLE BY MORPHING APPLES!"<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Explain the title text. Do NOT remove this tag too soon.}}<br />
''{{w|Animorphs}}'' is a book series by K. A. Applegate featuring several kids who have a special power: they can {{w|shapeshifting|morph}} into various animals. However, if they stay morphed for over two hours, they will get stuck in that form until they die. Randall pokes fun at this by relating it to {{w|privacy mode|incognito mode}} in a browser (which is used for browsing the internet without storing cookies or browsing information) saying that if you use incognito mode for more than two hours, you get trapped using it forever, which may not be a bad thing.<br />
<br />
It is unknown how hypothetically being trapped in incognito mode would extend to real life, perhaps making people unable to identify you and your interactions leaving no memories after you went away.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Cueball is at his computer. A character with hair, neither clearly Megan or Blondie, is speaking to him:]<br />
:Character: ...But Remember-If you browse in incognito mode for more than two hours, you'll be trapped there ''forever!''<br />
:Caption: Animorphs Tech Tips<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>Atdwildhorse