https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Marklunchexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-15T12:37:59ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1627:_Woosh&diff=1088771627: Woosh2016-01-08T09:28:15Z<p>Marklunch: Minor edit, and my first!</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1627<br />
| date = January 8, 2016<br />
| title = Woosh<br />
| image = woosh.png<br />
| titletext = It also occasionally replies with 'Comment of the year', 'Are you for real', and 'I'm taking a screenshot so I can remember this moment forever'.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Very hasty draft. More needed on the alternative title text suggestions.}}<br />
Replying to a comment with "woosh" generally indicates that there was a joke, and their comment failed to recognize it -- "woosh" is onomatopoeia for the joke metaphorically "flying over their head". A bot replying to comments with "woosh" at random would be very confusing, as people would search for the nonexistent joke they missed. This is similar to [[559: No Pun Intended]].<br />
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The title text expands on this idea, with other comments that would cause similar confusion.<br />
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Although it is not specified as one of [[Randall|Randall's]] hobbies it is clearly related to the [[:Category:My Hobby|My Hobby]] series.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Online comment thread]<br />
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:Person 1: This video looks fake to me.<br><br />
::Bot: Woosh<br><br />
:::Person 1: Huh? Everyone's acting like it's real!<br><br />
:::Person 1: If it's a joke lots of people aren't getting it.<br><br />
:::Person 1: What am I missing?!!<br><br />
:::Person 1: Answer me<br />
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:[Caption below the frame:] <br />
:Nothing creates more confusion than my bot that replies to random Internet comments with "Woosh".<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>Marklunch