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User:Certified nqh

2026-05-04T04:40:49Z

Eyetorus: /* The final word */

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== The final word ==

Here is your designated space for creating the illusion that you have the final word:


i am a cow. moo. [[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]|[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]]) 16:16, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

i think that you're awesome, nqh. i'm glad you and people like you exist. [[User:108.162.242.105|108.162.242.105]] 18:15, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

SRIMP [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]][[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]][[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]] 20:54, 3 November 2023 (UTC)


weeeeeee! [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 18:55, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

chip

Well, now it is. [[User:RadiantRainwing|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing|talk]]) 16:33, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

sina sona ala sona e toki pona???? {{unsigned|172.69.60.217|21:28, 22 February 2025}}
:<abbr title="My hovercraft is full of eels">tomo tawa mi pi tawa kepeken kon li jo e kala linja mute lon insa ali ona</abbr> [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.94|162.158.74.94]] 21:41, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
::ni li tan jan Misali anu seme? mi sona lili pi toki pona. [[Special:Contributions/2A00:801:7A8:EF7A:0:0:10ED:6551|2A00:801:7A8:EF7A:0:0:10ED:6551]] 12:53, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

o rly? --'''''[[User:DollarStoreBa'al |DollarStoreBa'al]][[User talk:DollarStoreBa'al |'''''Converse''''']][[DSBContribs |'''''My life choices''''']] 20:37, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

hi it's me i forgot my password but i'm just here to tell you you're all nerds bye forever [[Special:Contributions/129.15.64.228|129.15.64.228]] 19:35, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

Ice-Spheroids Habit Model with Aspect-Ratio Evolution - [[User:LordOfFridges|LordOfFridges]], Jan 15, 2026 2237Z

Shenanigans [[User:Eyetorus|Eyetorus]] ([[User talk:Eyetorus|talk]]) 04:40, 4 May 2026 (UTC)



Glad that's over with.

== Me ==

I'm a high school senior in programming 4.

CST (UTC-6) is my time zone.
 CDT (UTC-5)

NQH stands for NotQuiteHadouken, which is what I changed it to after I got tired of people making jokes about my last username. NotQuiteHadouken is a Joel reference.

[[File:nqh_pfp.jpg|32x32px]] is my pfp in most places

My playlist is at least 200 songs. I have written it like this because I keep adding to it.

I don't like...

* Country songs

* TV

* You[dubious]

* Myself

* Simon Cowell

* Turbulence

* Quantum mechanics

* The US

* The incentive to publish negative results

* How I must speak

* Things being hard

* Being a jack of all trades, but a master of none.[but a jack of all trades is better than a master of one]

* Game theory

* People who say that they don't like people with no other context

My favorite...

* Browser is firefox.

* Thing from McDonalds is the McDouble.

<ul style="list-style: circle;"><li> Thing from taco bell is Tacos Locos without sour cream.</li></ul>

* Thing from subway is footlong white bread toasted with turkey, bacon, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles.

* Soda is A&W cream soda.

* Mode of transportation is public transportation, second is walking. This will change.

* Mode of long-distance communication is Signal, second is Facebook Messenger.

* Circle of hell is wrath.

* Anime is JJBA, second is Parasyte.

The practical thing I am best at is coding. The impractical thing I am best at is sleeping.

I am 5'10". I think.

Cool things I own are...

* A weather radio that runs on a 9V battery

* Two rectangular prisms with 3D laser engravings in them of flowers

There are 4 computers that I use regularly and 2 broken in my closet.

I have an HP Pavilion with a broken screen that has Arch Linux installed on it.

It is entirely capable of hosting a website, but cox routers suck ass and block all the necessary ports.

I own a domain name, that being nqhlof.us. Don't try to go to it, it doesn't work.

I can read.

== My brain ==

Languages I know are English (native), Spanish (pretty good), and toki pona.

Languages I have tried to learn at some point are Russian, German, and Japanese.

As far as I can remember, my IQ is decent.

Scripts I can read are Latin, Cyrillic, Hindu-Arabic numerals, katakana, hiragana, and some kanji.

I can read.

== My code ==

I can code in C, C#, C++, yaml, xaml, xml, html, css, js, lua, luau, python, brainfuck, lisp, VIM keybindings, and mindustry processor.

Anything related to scripting is done on whatever OS I feel like because I am indecisive.

My HTML magic happens when I feel like it.

I'm pretty good at HTML, JS, and CSS.

I am currently working on whatever I so damn please.

== XKCD ==

I have no idea how I found out about xkcd.

I have read every comic.

Favorite character is Black Hat.

== This site ==

I found out about explainxkcd because I googled something, this site popped up, and I wanted to look at it.

Here's my signature: {{User:Certified_nqh/signature.css}}

[[User:Certified_nqh/sandbox|Here's my sandbox.]]

Sometimes I end up reading the latest comic here instead of on XKCD.

[[User:Certified_nqh/common.css|This is my style sheet on this.]]

[[User:Certified_nqh/epicdarkmode.css|This is the dark mode I came up with. It's pretty good.]]

I've made {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|changes}} changes to {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|pages}} pages and have a score of {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|score}}.

I was trying to show up on the top 50 before I realized I wasn't actually getting anything out of it and stopped.

Because numbers redirect to comics, you can just go into the URL of an xkcd comic, put "explain" before xkcd.com, and get to the explanation.

By the way, </noinclude><includeonly>Stop trying to embed my user page into shit.</includeonly><noinclude>

=== Times I have accidentally mistyped the site URL ===

Since you can just put "explain" before "xkcd" in any of the comics, I usually use that to go to the explanation for that comic.

Sometimes I don't look.

* xkcd.explaincom

* explonkxkcd.com

* exokaubxkcd.com

* explinxkcd.com (redirected to some weird URL that i closed immediately)

=== Templates I have made ===

{{tl|soup}} (not shown due to divs sucking)

{{tl|wikidata}} {{wikidata|2|Earth}}

{{tl|Actual Citation Needed}} {{Actual Citation Needed}}

== People who are pretty cool ==

[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]], [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]]

{{W|John Conway}}, {{W|Isaac Newton}}, {{W|Albert Einstein}}

[https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths Matt Parker], [https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMould Steve Mould], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg Mark Rober], [https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague Sebastian Lague], [https://youtube.com/@CodeParade CodeParade], [https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo Tom Scott]

{{W|Mark Z. Danielewski}}, {{W|Suzanne Collins}}

And you, for deciding to read my user page. :).

== Did you know... ==

<ul style="list-style: circle;">
<li>Gradients are possible with spans? </li>
<li><div style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: red !important;">CSS is hard?</div>
<li>You can [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289A/en synthesise the flavor of chicken]? </li>
<li>Most HTML tags work in wikimedia sites?</li>
</ul>

== log ==

23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.

:20:58, 21 November 2023 (CST): Bit late, but the image has glitched twice so far.

18:17, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i own a flask

21:29, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i'm tired

22:43, 22 October 2023 (CDT): decided to go and press random and on like my 4th click it sent me to the latest comic. 0.5% lookin a

23:26, 22 October 2023 (CDT): common is more dull now

09:07, 23 October 2023 (CDT): miracle tablets of screw you

09:50, 23 October 2023 (CDT): i am the only one in my entire math class who manages to find errors in the answer key

21:49, 23 October 2023 (CDT): my [https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/21183 best work] happens when i use the github editor

09:31, 24 October 2023 (CDT): i own a musket for home defense. four ruffians break into my house "what the devil?" as i grab my powdered wig and kentucky rifle. blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot, draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbor's dog. i have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with G R A P E S H O T. TALLY HO LADS! The grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. <big>Just as the founding fathers intended.</big>

11:14, 24 October 2023 (CDT): [deleted]

22:05, 24 October 2023 (CDT): stood up in the shower and fainted

09:30, 26 October 2023 (CDT): womp womp

20:22, 26 October 2023 (CDT): i am tilted at the towers :godo:

09:52, 28 October 2023 (CDT): raiiiiin

11:40, 31 October 2023 (CDT): i put water in a hip flask to confuse the people around me

09:22, 1 November 2023 (CDT): i don't comprehend halloween

10:38, 2 November 2023 (CDT): my father once told me there would be incredibly annoying people in my life and that i must do nothing but tolerate them

10:43, 2 November 2023 (CDT): i'm going to be putting these in my current time zone now.

16:02, 3 November 2023 (CDT): Muss es sein?

06:30, 5 November 2023 (CST): DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS OVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

21:23, 5 November 2023 (CST): My ass just had to spend thirteen and a half fucking hours doing nothing because my stepmother dragged me along because she had to sing for something at church at 6 pm. I hate this. I hate this.

23:12, 5 November 2023 (CST): my chromebook's screen just had a strok

11:35, 6 November 2023 (CST): my english teacher is monologuing about MLA citations

00:00, 1 January 1970 (CST): editsection10 

11:29, 7 November 2023 (CST): [citation not needed]

08:08, 8 November 2023 (CST): starting on the 10th i ride with one of my friends to school

:22:01, 29 February 2024 (CST): i lied. apparently it isn't guaranteed

11:54, 8 November 2023 (CST): I WAS going to make a joke about "hey guys!! what should my thousandth edit be???" until I realized that I already had 1003 edits. Darn you, me.

10:25, 9 November 2023 (CST): Put <nowiki>*::after {content:" This element has been claimed by NQH.";font-size:2em;}</nowiki> into your common.css file. (do not actually)

15:22, 9 November 2023 (CST): I decided to look through the blocked users list and...I...what the fuck is quickbooks???

17:56, 9 November 2023 (CST): I have just discovered [[Special:MyPage/common.js|common.js]]. You will not see me for a while.

18:08, 9 November 2023 (CST): It doesn't work.

11:12, 10 November 2023 (CST): For some ungodly reason my English teacher uses ChromeOS on a windows laptop.
:indeed... why move away from Microsoft closed-source system to a Google/Alphabet closed-source one. Find an actual proper Linix distro, would be my advice. If anybody were to ask. Which nobody does. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.51|172.70.85.51]] 18:35, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

14:07, 10 November 2023 (CST): I made Pelvis Presley in kahoot.

08:00, 15 November 2023 (CST): I can't wait for Christmas because it means I don't have to listen to what the god damn bell is right now at my school.

:10:30 (7:55), 27 November 2023 (CST): Oh my god they changed it early.

14:55, 15 November 2023 (CST): Do you ever get so angry at someone you physically dash out of your chair and scream directly into their face?

10:29, 27 November 2023 (CST): Fortnite actually runs on my computer without lagging violently now. This is a miracle.

08:48, 6 December 2023 (CST): They ruined it.

10:13, 14 December 2023 (CST): I think my chromebook is dying.

11:37, 15 December 2023 (CST): i am exempt from every single semester test at my school oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh b

14:49, 8 January 2024 (CST): was i supposed to say happy new year

10:16, 26 February 2024 (CST): I clicked random and got a 500 internal server error. Thanks, Randall.

20:24, 30 April 2024 (CST): It has been more than one month since I last updated the log. XKCD still randomly decides it doesn't support https or just dies entirely. This is a recent issue. Oh lord.

13:05, 26 August 2024 (CST): i had a job and then i didn't

14:40, 4 October 2024 (CST): i hadn't a job and then i did
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User:Certified nqh

2026-05-04T04:39:40Z

Eyetorus: /* The final word */

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== The final word ==

Here is your designated space for creating the illusion that you have the final word:


i am a cow. moo. [[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]|[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]]) 16:16, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

i think that you're awesome, nqh. i'm glad you and people like you exist. [[User:108.162.242.105|108.162.242.105]] 18:15, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

SRIMP [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]][[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]][[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]] 20:54, 3 November 2023 (UTC)


weeeeeee! [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 18:55, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

chip

Well, now it is. [[User:RadiantRainwing|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing|talk]]) 16:33, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

sina sona ala sona e toki pona???? {{unsigned|172.69.60.217|21:28, 22 February 2025}}
:<abbr title="My hovercraft is full of eels">tomo tawa mi pi tawa kepeken kon li jo e kala linja mute lon insa ali ona</abbr> [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.94|162.158.74.94]] 21:41, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
::ni li tan jan Misali anu seme? mi sona lili pi toki pona. [[Special:Contributions/2A00:801:7A8:EF7A:0:0:10ED:6551|2A00:801:7A8:EF7A:0:0:10ED:6551]] 12:53, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

o rly? --'''''[[User:DollarStoreBa'al |DollarStoreBa'al]][[User talk:DollarStoreBa'al |'''''Converse''''']][[DSBContribs |'''''My life choices''''']] 20:37, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

hi it's me i forgot my password but i'm just here to tell you you're all nerds bye forever [[Special:Contributions/129.15.64.228|129.15.64.228]] 19:35, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

Ice-Spheroids Habit Model with Aspect-Ratio Evolution - [[User:LordOfFridges|LordOfFridges]], Jan 15, 2026 2237Z

Shenanigans



Glad that's over with.

== Me ==

I'm a high school senior in programming 4.

CST (UTC-6) is my time zone.
 CDT (UTC-5)

NQH stands for NotQuiteHadouken, which is what I changed it to after I got tired of people making jokes about my last username. NotQuiteHadouken is a Joel reference.

[[File:nqh_pfp.jpg|32x32px]] is my pfp in most places

My playlist is at least 200 songs. I have written it like this because I keep adding to it.

I don't like...

* Country songs

* TV

* You[dubious]

* Myself

* Simon Cowell

* Turbulence

* Quantum mechanics

* The US

* The incentive to publish negative results

* How I must speak

* Things being hard

* Being a jack of all trades, but a master of none.[but a jack of all trades is better than a master of one]

* Game theory

* People who say that they don't like people with no other context

My favorite...

* Browser is firefox.

* Thing from McDonalds is the McDouble.

<ul style="list-style: circle;"><li> Thing from taco bell is Tacos Locos without sour cream.</li></ul>

* Thing from subway is footlong white bread toasted with turkey, bacon, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles.

* Soda is A&W cream soda.

* Mode of transportation is public transportation, second is walking. This will change.

* Mode of long-distance communication is Signal, second is Facebook Messenger.

* Circle of hell is wrath.

* Anime is JJBA, second is Parasyte.

The practical thing I am best at is coding. The impractical thing I am best at is sleeping.

I am 5'10". I think.

Cool things I own are...

* A weather radio that runs on a 9V battery

* Two rectangular prisms with 3D laser engravings in them of flowers

There are 4 computers that I use regularly and 2 broken in my closet.

I have an HP Pavilion with a broken screen that has Arch Linux installed on it.

It is entirely capable of hosting a website, but cox routers suck ass and block all the necessary ports.

I own a domain name, that being nqhlof.us. Don't try to go to it, it doesn't work.

I can read.

== My brain ==

Languages I know are English (native), Spanish (pretty good), and toki pona.

Languages I have tried to learn at some point are Russian, German, and Japanese.

As far as I can remember, my IQ is decent.

Scripts I can read are Latin, Cyrillic, Hindu-Arabic numerals, katakana, hiragana, and some kanji.

I can read.

== My code ==

I can code in C, C#, C++, yaml, xaml, xml, html, css, js, lua, luau, python, brainfuck, lisp, VIM keybindings, and mindustry processor.

Anything related to scripting is done on whatever OS I feel like because I am indecisive.

My HTML magic happens when I feel like it.

I'm pretty good at HTML, JS, and CSS.

I am currently working on whatever I so damn please.

== XKCD ==

I have no idea how I found out about xkcd.

I have read every comic.

Favorite character is Black Hat.

== This site ==

I found out about explainxkcd because I googled something, this site popped up, and I wanted to look at it.

Here's my signature: {{User:Certified_nqh/signature.css}}

[[User:Certified_nqh/sandbox|Here's my sandbox.]]

Sometimes I end up reading the latest comic here instead of on XKCD.

[[User:Certified_nqh/common.css|This is my style sheet on this.]]

[[User:Certified_nqh/epicdarkmode.css|This is the dark mode I came up with. It's pretty good.]]

I've made {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|changes}} changes to {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|pages}} pages and have a score of {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|score}}.

I was trying to show up on the top 50 before I realized I wasn't actually getting anything out of it and stopped.

Because numbers redirect to comics, you can just go into the URL of an xkcd comic, put "explain" before xkcd.com, and get to the explanation.

By the way, </noinclude><includeonly>Stop trying to embed my user page into shit.</includeonly><noinclude>

=== Times I have accidentally mistyped the site URL ===

Since you can just put "explain" before "xkcd" in any of the comics, I usually use that to go to the explanation for that comic.

Sometimes I don't look.

* xkcd.explaincom

* explonkxkcd.com

* exokaubxkcd.com

* explinxkcd.com (redirected to some weird URL that i closed immediately)

=== Templates I have made ===

{{tl|soup}} (not shown due to divs sucking)

{{tl|wikidata}} {{wikidata|2|Earth}}

{{tl|Actual Citation Needed}} {{Actual Citation Needed}}

== People who are pretty cool ==

[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]], [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]]

{{W|John Conway}}, {{W|Isaac Newton}}, {{W|Albert Einstein}}

[https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths Matt Parker], [https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMould Steve Mould], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg Mark Rober], [https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague Sebastian Lague], [https://youtube.com/@CodeParade CodeParade], [https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo Tom Scott]

{{W|Mark Z. Danielewski}}, {{W|Suzanne Collins}}

And you, for deciding to read my user page. :).

== Did you know... ==

<ul style="list-style: circle;">
<li>Gradients are possible with spans? </li>
<li><div style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: red !important;">CSS is hard?</div>
<li>You can [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289A/en synthesise the flavor of chicken]? </li>
<li>Most HTML tags work in wikimedia sites?</li>
</ul>

== log ==

23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.

:20:58, 21 November 2023 (CST): Bit late, but the image has glitched twice so far.

18:17, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i own a flask

21:29, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i'm tired

22:43, 22 October 2023 (CDT): decided to go and press random and on like my 4th click it sent me to the latest comic. 0.5% lookin a

23:26, 22 October 2023 (CDT): common is more dull now

09:07, 23 October 2023 (CDT): miracle tablets of screw you

09:50, 23 October 2023 (CDT): i am the only one in my entire math class who manages to find errors in the answer key

21:49, 23 October 2023 (CDT): my [https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/21183 best work] happens when i use the github editor

09:31, 24 October 2023 (CDT): i own a musket for home defense. four ruffians break into my house "what the devil?" as i grab my powdered wig and kentucky rifle. blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot, draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbor's dog. i have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with G R A P E S H O T. TALLY HO LADS! The grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. <big>Just as the founding fathers intended.</big>

11:14, 24 October 2023 (CDT): [deleted]

22:05, 24 October 2023 (CDT): stood up in the shower and fainted

09:30, 26 October 2023 (CDT): womp womp

20:22, 26 October 2023 (CDT): i am tilted at the towers :godo:

09:52, 28 October 2023 (CDT): raiiiiin

11:40, 31 October 2023 (CDT): i put water in a hip flask to confuse the people around me

09:22, 1 November 2023 (CDT): i don't comprehend halloween

10:38, 2 November 2023 (CDT): my father once told me there would be incredibly annoying people in my life and that i must do nothing but tolerate them

10:43, 2 November 2023 (CDT): i'm going to be putting these in my current time zone now.

16:02, 3 November 2023 (CDT): Muss es sein?

06:30, 5 November 2023 (CST): DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS OVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

21:23, 5 November 2023 (CST): My ass just had to spend thirteen and a half fucking hours doing nothing because my stepmother dragged me along because she had to sing for something at church at 6 pm. I hate this. I hate this.

23:12, 5 November 2023 (CST): my chromebook's screen just had a strok

11:35, 6 November 2023 (CST): my english teacher is monologuing about MLA citations

00:00, 1 January 1970 (CST): editsection10 

11:29, 7 November 2023 (CST): [citation not needed]

08:08, 8 November 2023 (CST): starting on the 10th i ride with one of my friends to school

:22:01, 29 February 2024 (CST): i lied. apparently it isn't guaranteed

11:54, 8 November 2023 (CST): I WAS going to make a joke about "hey guys!! what should my thousandth edit be???" until I realized that I already had 1003 edits. Darn you, me.

10:25, 9 November 2023 (CST): Put <nowiki>*::after {content:" This element has been claimed by NQH.";font-size:2em;}</nowiki> into your common.css file. (do not actually)

15:22, 9 November 2023 (CST): I decided to look through the blocked users list and...I...what the fuck is quickbooks???

17:56, 9 November 2023 (CST): I have just discovered [[Special:MyPage/common.js|common.js]]. You will not see me for a while.

18:08, 9 November 2023 (CST): It doesn't work.

11:12, 10 November 2023 (CST): For some ungodly reason my English teacher uses ChromeOS on a windows laptop.
:indeed... why move away from Microsoft closed-source system to a Google/Alphabet closed-source one. Find an actual proper Linix distro, would be my advice. If anybody were to ask. Which nobody does. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.51|172.70.85.51]] 18:35, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

14:07, 10 November 2023 (CST): I made Pelvis Presley in kahoot.

08:00, 15 November 2023 (CST): I can't wait for Christmas because it means I don't have to listen to what the god damn bell is right now at my school.

:10:30 (7:55), 27 November 2023 (CST): Oh my god they changed it early.

14:55, 15 November 2023 (CST): Do you ever get so angry at someone you physically dash out of your chair and scream directly into their face?

10:29, 27 November 2023 (CST): Fortnite actually runs on my computer without lagging violently now. This is a miracle.

08:48, 6 December 2023 (CST): They ruined it.

10:13, 14 December 2023 (CST): I think my chromebook is dying.

11:37, 15 December 2023 (CST): i am exempt from every single semester test at my school oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh b

14:49, 8 January 2024 (CST): was i supposed to say happy new year

10:16, 26 February 2024 (CST): I clicked random and got a 500 internal server error. Thanks, Randall.

20:24, 30 April 2024 (CST): It has been more than one month since I last updated the log. XKCD still randomly decides it doesn't support https or just dies entirely. This is a recent issue. Oh lord.

13:05, 26 August 2024 (CST): i had a job and then i didn't

14:40, 4 October 2024 (CST): i hadn't a job and then i did
</noinclude>

Talk:1835: Random Obsessions

2026-05-04T03:18:57Z

Eyetorus:

I feel like it's worth noting that the internet fixations mentioned on the chart - robot, monkeys, pirate, ninja, zombies, bacon - were all mentioned in #856 Trochee fixation https://xkcd.com/856/ and that sandwich is also a trochee. [[User:Necroleopard|Necroleopard]] ([[User talk:Necroleopard|talk]]) 20:01, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

I'm clearly behind on some things here. I know about all of these except "sandwiches" and "bacon". [[User:Djbrasier|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier|talk]]) 04:51, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
:Some reference to a rise in "sandwich debate" online (Google trends or something) would be very helpful. [[User:Djbrasier|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier|talk]]) 04:53, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/is-a-hot-dog-a-sandwich is one of the threads of this meme but the meme does go further than just hotdogs --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.2.4|162.158.2.4]] 07:36, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

I added some description of the bacon fad, I wasn't sure if/where the Know Your Meme entry fits but here it is (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultures/bacon) in case some other editor wants to put it in[[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.11|108.162.238.11]] 13:09, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
:Bacon is never a fad though. It has always been and will always be. [[User:OldCorps|OldCorps]] ([[User talk:OldCorps|talk]]) 16:30, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
:: Yes, but as a common meme it was though. Though I remember it back in 2006 by 2010 it was already mainstream and fading.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.114.70|162.158.114.70]] 13:47, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

The current incomplete explanation asking about the bacon.... Are you kidding? This was the one I was most comfortable with! It's the quite current trend of singing the praises of bacon, memes shared around Facebook that say things like "Everything's better with bacon", "When in doubt, bacon", "Like if you love bacon, Comment if you love bacon, Share if you love bacon, ignore if you hate puppies". I even have a Facebook friend who put their middle name as "bacon", LOL! - NiceGuy1 [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.16|108.162.219.16]] 21:42, 12 May 2017 (UTC) I finally signed up! This comment is mine. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:57, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
:I added that tag. The question is what about bacon started to rise in 2010 and is peaking now? [[User:Djbrasier|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier|talk]]) 02:24, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
::Here is the google trend for "Bacon": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=bacon [[User:Jona|Jona]] ([[User talk:Jona|talk]]) 07:22, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
:::Looking at the graph, there appears to be a regular uptick in December or January. Interesting. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.166|108.162.245.166]] 22:27, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
::What started to rise? Ummmm, this stuff I already named. :) This graph is suggesting that Bacon memes, jokes, references, etc. started to rise in 2010. This being Google, it would probably mean people searching for these jokes and memes on Google, plus the people creating such things increasing the Google results. And thanks for the more specific answer, Jona, LOL! Even though my iPad is being a brat and won't show anything, the URL sounds quite the comprehensive answer, much better than anything I could say. - NiceGuy1 [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.64|108.162.219.64]] 03:27, 26 May 2017 (UTC) Also mine! [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:57, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

I believe this comic might be talking about the Burger King commercials that set off Google Homes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_O54le4__I -An anonymous person [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.88|108.162.219.88]] 12:51, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
:By that, I meant "What is the definition of a sandwich?" part. -Same anonymous guy [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.88|108.162.219.88]] 12:53, 13 May 2017 (UTC)

Why has nobody helping to edit these pages tried Googling a few key words? Nobody could figure out "robot monkeys;" I literally Googled the exact pair of words and limited the results to 2001 to 2011. It really does work. --[[User:OriginalName|OriginalName]] ([[User talk:OriginalName|talk]]) 03:51, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

I made the transcript complete by adding the caption and title text. --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|'''JayRules''XKCD''' ]][[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|what's up?]] 11:29, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

I fixed the article so it's not incomplete anymore, but it still says "The current incomplete explanation in the spotlight is 1835: Random Obsessions, please help us fix it", even thought I already fixed it. Is it something with the site? --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|'''JayRules''XKCD''' ]][[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|what's up?]] 22:03, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
:I was wondering this myself... Usually the comic chosen as the "Incomplete Explanation Of The Week" or whatever is one of the juggernauts I won't touch with a ten foot pole (other than some comments I've made which have clearly been lost in the flood, LOL!) but when I hit this one it seems complete, the tag is gone... IDK, maybe the site is programmed to pick a new one once a week or something, but it doesn't re-check to see if it's been completed in the meantime? - NiceGuy1 [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.64|108.162.219.64]] 03:34, 26 May 2017 (UTC) I finally signed up! This comment is mine. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:57, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

TITS
:I see. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:57, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

Is the "Pirates vs Ninjas" a reference to [https://brickipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Pirates_vs._Ninja#]?

Was he right? Is the sandwich conversation over? Did we reach a satisfactory conclusion or at least an acceptable compromise? I don't know the answers, but somebody who does should update the explanation for the new year. [[User:Ijpete98|Ijpete98]] ([[User talk:Ijpete98|talk]]) 13:00, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

2024 is here! Are we done with this sandwich thing? What's the metric to define if we are done? We saw an earth sandwich last year, but is that the same meme? So many questions
--[[Special:Contributions/172.71.122.170|172.71.122.170]] 17:48, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

:Well, it is still talked about occasionally, but it seems to have died down considerably. {{unsigned|Willintendo|17:27, 25 October 2024}}

:Hello from the near future! As of 2025, Subjectively, I think the comic's timeline was pretty accurate, I feel like sandwich identification mania has subsided. It'll still come up occasionally, but not often, probably pretty comparable in ranking to bacon. Oddly, google trends seems to show a different view, in which interest reached an all-time high in January 2022, and has only dropped by 1% between then and the start of this year (though it did drop somewhat lower in the intervening years). So perhaps the original batch of sandwich-contemplators have outgrown it, but the next generation continues to consider this conundrum. Here's the Google trends results: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=Definition%20of%20a%20sandwich&hl=en-US [[User:PotatoGod|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod|talk]]) 01:18, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

::It's 2026!!!!!! I concur that sandwich talk has died down to the point of almost never being brought up, I only hear it occasionally when other meme definition debates crop up (and even then discussion dies down pretty quickly). Though debate over definition of soup (in regards to "is cereal a soup") is still common and heated! [[User:Eyetorus|Eyetorus]] ([[User talk:Eyetorus|talk]]) 02:46, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Talk:1835: Random Obsessions

2026-05-04T02:46:16Z

Eyetorus:

I feel like it's worth noting that the internet fixations mentioned on the chart - robot, monkeys, pirate, ninja, zombies, bacon - were all mentioned in #856 Trochee fixation https://xkcd.com/856/ and that sandwich is also a trochee. [[User:Necroleopard|Necroleopard]] ([[User talk:Necroleopard|talk]]) 20:01, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

I'm clearly behind on some things here. I know about all of these except "sandwiches" and "bacon". [[User:Djbrasier|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier|talk]]) 04:51, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
:Some reference to a rise in "sandwich debate" online (Google trends or something) would be very helpful. [[User:Djbrasier|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier|talk]]) 04:53, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/is-a-hot-dog-a-sandwich is one of the threads of this meme but the meme does go further than just hotdogs --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.2.4|162.158.2.4]] 07:36, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

I added some description of the bacon fad, I wasn't sure if/where the Know Your Meme entry fits but here it is (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultures/bacon) in case some other editor wants to put it in[[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.11|108.162.238.11]] 13:09, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
:Bacon is never a fad though. It has always been and will always be. [[User:OldCorps|OldCorps]] ([[User talk:OldCorps|talk]]) 16:30, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
:: Yes, but as a common meme it was though. Though I remember it back in 2006 by 2010 it was already mainstream and fading.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.114.70|162.158.114.70]] 13:47, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

The current incomplete explanation asking about the bacon.... Are you kidding? This was the one I was most comfortable with! It's the quite current trend of singing the praises of bacon, memes shared around Facebook that say things like "Everything's better with bacon", "When in doubt, bacon", "Like if you love bacon, Comment if you love bacon, Share if you love bacon, ignore if you hate puppies". I even have a Facebook friend who put their middle name as "bacon", LOL! - NiceGuy1 [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.16|108.162.219.16]] 21:42, 12 May 2017 (UTC) I finally signed up! This comment is mine. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:57, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
:I added that tag. The question is what about bacon started to rise in 2010 and is peaking now? [[User:Djbrasier|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier|talk]]) 02:24, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
::Here is the google trend for "Bacon": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=bacon [[User:Jona|Jona]] ([[User talk:Jona|talk]]) 07:22, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
:::Looking at the graph, there appears to be a regular uptick in December or January. Interesting. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.166|108.162.245.166]] 22:27, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
::What started to rise? Ummmm, this stuff I already named. :) This graph is suggesting that Bacon memes, jokes, references, etc. started to rise in 2010. This being Google, it would probably mean people searching for these jokes and memes on Google, plus the people creating such things increasing the Google results. And thanks for the more specific answer, Jona, LOL! Even though my iPad is being a brat and won't show anything, the URL sounds quite the comprehensive answer, much better than anything I could say. - NiceGuy1 [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.64|108.162.219.64]] 03:27, 26 May 2017 (UTC) Also mine! [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:57, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

I believe this comic might be talking about the Burger King commercials that set off Google Homes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_O54le4__I -An anonymous person [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.88|108.162.219.88]] 12:51, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
:By that, I meant "What is the definition of a sandwich?" part. -Same anonymous guy [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.88|108.162.219.88]] 12:53, 13 May 2017 (UTC)

Why has nobody helping to edit these pages tried Googling a few key words? Nobody could figure out "robot monkeys;" I literally Googled the exact pair of words and limited the results to 2001 to 2011. It really does work. --[[User:OriginalName|OriginalName]] ([[User talk:OriginalName|talk]]) 03:51, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

I made the transcript complete by adding the caption and title text. --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|'''JayRules''XKCD''' ]][[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|what's up?]] 11:29, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

I fixed the article so it's not incomplete anymore, but it still says "The current incomplete explanation in the spotlight is 1835: Random Obsessions, please help us fix it", even thought I already fixed it. Is it something with the site? --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|'''JayRules''XKCD''' ]][[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|what's up?]] 22:03, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
:I was wondering this myself... Usually the comic chosen as the "Incomplete Explanation Of The Week" or whatever is one of the juggernauts I won't touch with a ten foot pole (other than some comments I've made which have clearly been lost in the flood, LOL!) but when I hit this one it seems complete, the tag is gone... IDK, maybe the site is programmed to pick a new one once a week or something, but it doesn't re-check to see if it's been completed in the meantime? - NiceGuy1 [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.64|108.162.219.64]] 03:34, 26 May 2017 (UTC) I finally signed up! This comment is mine. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:57, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

TITS
:I see. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:57, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

Is the "Pirates vs Ninjas" a reference to [https://brickipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Pirates_vs._Ninja#]?

Was he right? Is the sandwich conversation over? Did we reach a satisfactory conclusion or at least an acceptable compromise? I don't know the answers, but somebody who does should update the explanation for the new year. [[User:Ijpete98|Ijpete98]] ([[User talk:Ijpete98|talk]]) 13:00, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

2024 is here! Are we done with this sandwich thing? What's the metric to define if we are done? We saw an earth sandwich last year, but is that the same meme? So many questions
--[[Special:Contributions/172.71.122.170|172.71.122.170]] 17:48, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

:Well, it is still talked about occasionally, but it seems to have died down considerably. {{unsigned|Willintendo|17:27, 25 October 2024}}

:Hello from the near future! As of 2025, Subjectively, I think the comic's timeline was pretty accurate, I feel like sandwich identification mania has subsided. It'll still come up occasionally, but not often, probably pretty comparable in ranking to bacon. Oddly, google trends seems to show a different view, in which interest reached an all-time high in January 2022, and has only dropped by 1% between then and the start of this year (though it did drop somewhat lower in the intervening years). So perhaps the original batch of sandwich-contemplators have outgrown it, but the next generation continues to consider this conundrum. Here's the Google trends results: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=Definition%20of%20a%20sandwich&hl=en-US [[User:PotatoGod|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod|talk]]) 01:18, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

It's 2026!!!!!! I concur that sandwich talk has died down to the point of almost never being brought up, I only hear it occasionally when other meme definition debates crop up (and even then discussion dies down pretty quickly). Though debate over definition of soup (in regards to "is cereal a soup") is still common and heated! [[User:Eyetorus|Eyetorus]] ([[User talk:Eyetorus|talk]]) 02:46, 4 May 2026 (UTC) eyetorus