https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Gobrien 2026-04-16T17:15:20Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2112:_Night_Shift&diff=169641 2019-02-15T17:15:24Z

<p>Gobrien: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2112<br /> | date = February 15, 2019<br /> | title = Night Shift<br /> | image = night_shift.png<br /> | titletext = Help, I set my white balance wrong and suddenly everyone is screaming at each other about whether they've been to Colorado.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BORED SCREAMING RESIDENT OF COLORADO (YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO COLORADO). Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> Electronic devices have display settings that allow them to control the color and intensity of white, black, and other colors. After research that blue tones to light can keep people awake, among other things, it has become common to offer a &quot;night shift&quot; mode that makes the screen appear less blue and more red when one might want to sleep. This comic imagines such a mode as influencing the messages received from friends to encourage sleepiness.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> :[What looks to be comments with peoples profile pictures in front of them]<br /> <br /> :The Atlantic Ocean is big<br /> ::The Pacific is even bigger<br /> ::They're both very big<br /> <br /> :A lot of people have TVs<br /> ::Some people don't<br /> ::Yeah, that's true<br /> <br /> :24 isn't a prime number<br /> ::Neither is 25<br /> <br /> :Have you ever been to Colorado?<br /> ::No<br /> ::No<br /> ::Yeah<br /> ::No<br /> <br /> :[Caption below the panels:]<br /> :My phone has a night shift mode to help me sleep, but instead of reducing the intensity of blue light, it reduces the intensity of opinions<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Gobrien https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2112:_Night_Shift&diff=169639 2019-02-15T17:11:31Z

<p>Gobrien: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2112<br /> | date = February 15, 2019<br /> | title = Night Shift<br /> | image = night_shift.png<br /> | titletext = Help, I set my white balance wrong and suddenly everyone is screaming at each other about whether they've been to Colorado.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BORED SCREAMING RESIDENT OF COLORADO (YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO COLORADO). Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> Electronic devices have display settings that allow them to control the color and intensity of white, black, and other colors. After research that blue tones to light can keep people awake, among other things, it has become common to offer a &quot;night shift&quot; mode that makes the screen appear less blue and more red when one might want to sleep. This comic imagines such a mode as influencing the messages received from friends to encourage sleepiness.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> :[What looks to be comments with peoples profile pictures in front of them]<br /> <br /> :The Atlantic Ocean is big<br /> ::The Pacific is even bigger<br /> ::They're both very big<br /> <br /> :A lot of people have TVs<br /> ::Some people don't<br /> ::Yeah, that's true<br /> <br /> :24 isn't a prime number<br /> ::Neither is 25<br /> <br /> :Have you ever been to Colorado?<br /> ::No<br /> ::No<br /> ::Yeah<br /> ::No<br /> <br /> :[Caption below the panels:]<br /> :My phone has a night shift mode to help me sleep, but instead of reducing the intensity of blue light, it reduces the intensity of opinions<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Gobrien https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2112:_Night_Shift&diff=169635 2019-02-15T17:05:51Z

<p>Gobrien: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2112<br /> | date = February 15, 2019<br /> | title = Night Shift<br /> | image = night_shift.png<br /> | titletext = Help, I set my white balance wrong and suddenly everyone is screaming at each other about whether they've been to Colorado.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> :[What looks to be comments with peoples profile pictures in front of them]<br /> <br /> :The Atlantic Ocean is big<br /> ::The Pacific is even bigger<br /> ::They're both very big<br /> <br /> :A lot of people have TVs<br /> ::Some people don't<br /> ::Yeah, that's true<br /> <br /> :24 isn't a prime number<br /> ::Neither is 25<br /> <br /> :Have you ever been to Colorado?<br /> ::No<br /> ::No<br /> ::Yeah<br /> ::No<br /> <br /> :[Caption below the panels:]<br /> :My phone has a night shift mode to help me sleep, but instead of reducing the intensity of blue light, it reduces the intensity of opinions<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

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