https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Hatterman explain xkcd - User contributions [en] 2026-04-14T17:07:09Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=3163:_Repair_Video&diff=390074 3163: Repair Video 2025-11-03T23:37:41Z <p>Hatterman: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 3163<br /> | date = November 3, 2025<br /> | title = Repair Video<br /> | image = repair_video_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 305x449px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = The statue should be in the likeness of whatever sculptor posted the sculpting tool repair video that was most helpful during the installation of the statue.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|This page was created by a E-21 HUMIDIFIER. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> Fixing things that are malfunctioning can take a long time and be an annoying process without help. When someone has a problem, like a humidifier making clicking noises, it can be very difficult and longwinded to fix without instructions. This comic is about people who go through the longwinded process of fixing things by themselves, but then afterwards decide to create instructional videos on the internet to help others who are going through the same problems. This means that all subsequent people with the problem do not have to spend nearly as much time trying to fix the problem, at the expense of the original solver's time to make the video, which is why the people who make such videos should be celebrated. This comic suggests that these heroes should receive at least a statue. <br /> <br /> The title text implies that the sculptor who is making the statues will have broken sculpting tools and will need to watch an instructional video on how to repair their tools. Therefore the person who made the most helpful video for repairing these tools should be the person whose likeness the statues are modelled after.<br /> <br /> This comic states that Randall thinks that people who make videos on removing annoying noises should get at least a statue. The title text states that the guy who made the sculpting tool tutorial for the statue should be represented.<br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> :[Cueball sits at his desk, on which there is a laptop computer showing a video. Behind Cueball's chair on the floor, there is a humidifier with &quot;E-21&quot; printed on it, making noise. The humidifier's cord extends to the right side of the panel.]<br /> :Voice from computer: Hey all!<br /> :Voice from computer: Does your E-21 humidifier make an annoying clicking noise? Mine did, but I finally figured out that there's an easy fix, so I made this video in case anyone else... <br /> :Cueball: Oh my god. Yes. '''''Yes.'''''<br /> :Humidifier: Click click<br /> <br /> :[Caption below the panel:] <br /> :I know there's more important work in the world, but I feel like these people deserve, at minimum, a statue.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}&lt;noinclude&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]</div> Hatterman https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=3163:_Repair_Video&diff=390072 3163: Repair Video 2025-11-03T23:32:40Z <p>Hatterman: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 3163<br /> | date = November 3, 2025<br /> | title = Repair Video<br /> | image = repair_video_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 305x449px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = The statue should be in the likeness of whatever sculptor posted the sculpting tool repair video that was most helpful during the installation of the statue.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|This page was created by a E-21 HUMIDIFIER. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> Fixing things that are malfunctioning can take a long time and be an annoying process without help. When someone has a problem, like a humidifier making clicking noises, it can be very difficult and longwinded to fix without instructions. This comic is about people who go through the longwinded process of fixing things by themselves, but then afterwards decide to create instructional videos on the internet to help others who are going through the same problems. This means that all subsequent people with the problem do not have to spend nearly as much time trying to fix the problem, at the expense of the original solver's time to make the video, which is why the people who make such videos should be celebrated. This comic suggests that these heroes should receive at least a statue. <br /> <br /> This comic states that Randall thinks that people who make videos on removing annoying noises should get at least a statue. The title text states that the guy who made the sculpting tool tutorial for the statue should be represented.<br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> :[Cueball sits at his desk, on which there is a laptop computer showing a video. Behind Cueball's chair on the floor, there is a humidifier with &quot;E-21&quot; printed on it, making noise. The humidifier's cord extends to the right side of the panel.]<br /> :Voice from computer: Hey all!<br /> :Voice from computer: Does your E-21 humidifier make an annoying clicking noise? Mine did, but I finally figured out that there's an easy fix, so I made this video in case anyone else... <br /> :Cueball: Oh my god. Yes. '''''Yes.'''''<br /> :Humidifier: Click click<br /> <br /> :[Caption below the panel:] <br /> :I know there's more important work in the world, but I feel like these people deserve, at minimum, a statue.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}&lt;noinclude&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]</div> Hatterman https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=3163:_Repair_Video&diff=390071 3163: Repair Video 2025-11-03T23:31:22Z <p>Hatterman: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 3163<br /> | date = November 3, 2025<br /> | title = Repair Video<br /> | image = repair_video_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 305x449px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = The statue should be in the likeness of whatever sculptor posted the sculpting tool repair video that was most helpful during the installation of the statue.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|This page was created by a E-21 HUMIDIFIER. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> Fixing things that are malfunctioning can take a long time and be an annoying process without help. When someone has a problem, like a humidifier making clicking noises, it can be very difficult and longwinded to fix without instructions. This comic is about people who go through the longwinded process of fixing things by themselves, but then afterwards decide to create instructional videos on the internet to help others who are going through the same problems. This means that all subsequent people with the problem do not have to spend nearly as much time trying to fix the problem, at the expense of the original solver's time to make the video, which is why the people who make such videos should be celebrated. This comic suggests that these heroes should receive at least a statue. <br /> This comic states that Randall thinks that people who make videos on removing annoying noises should get at least a statue. The title text states that the guy who made the sculpting tool tutorial for the statue should be represented.<br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> :[Cueball sits at his desk, on which there is a laptop computer showing a video. Behind Cueball's chair on the floor, there is a humidifier with &quot;E-21&quot; printed on it, making noise. The humidifier's cord extends to the right side of the panel.]<br /> :Voice from computer: Hey all!<br /> :Voice from computer: Does your E-21 humidifier make an annoying clicking noise? Mine did, but I finally figured out that there's an easy fix, so I made this video in case anyone else... <br /> :Cueball: Oh my god. Yes. '''''Yes.'''''<br /> :Humidifier: Click click<br /> <br /> :[Caption below the panel:] <br /> :I know there's more important work in the world, but I feel like these people deserve, at minimum, a statue.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}&lt;noinclude&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]</div> Hatterman