Talk:2669: Things You Should Not Do

2022-09-07T21:52:45Z

Merrybot:

Seems like this could become a series. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.210.31|172.68.210.31]] 20:42, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
:Maybe. But I don't think it will be.
:What I was thinking was that there are clearly, on average, around 43  items per 'page', up to this point. This page shows only 19 items (both pre-New and New, or 20 if the "New" line counts as one, don't know if multilines reduce the number of numbered items ler page), so either it's been{{Citation needed}} manually split/new-paged (for changing aesthetics) or else it is highly varying according to the font-height/multiline-wrappings in use beforehand. Or perhaps we should expect around the same number of 'newer New' items to complete this page before the next page number is automatically started to be populated. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.8|172.70.86.8]] 20:53, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
#156,819 looks like a reference to the Phineas and Ferb title sequence, and the episode Oil on Candace and probably more relevant here, What If 84. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.210.233|108.162.210.233]] 21:49, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
Added a transcript, hopefully it isn't too terrible. (also first explainxkcd edit!) [[User:Merrybot|Merrybot]] ([[User talk:Merrybot|talk]]) 21:52, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

2669: Things You Should Not Do

2022-09-07T21:48:50Z

Merrybot: Added transcript

{{comic
| number = 2669
| date = September 7, 2022
| title = Things You Should Not Do
| image = things_you_should_not_do.png
| titletext = Now I'm tempted to start telling people that I secretly don't actually know how to do any physics calculations, and so all the answers in What If are based on me actually trying to do the thing and then reporting what happened, but phrased as if it's hypothetical.
}}

==Explanation==
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This comic references various questions submitted to the what if? blog.

==Transcript==
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<big>Things you should not do</big><br />
(part 3647 of ????)

[A numbered list starting at 156,812. The first four items are gray.]

Eat Tide pods

Walk on stilts in a thunderstorm

Set off fireworks at a gas station

Feed your cat treats that are the exact shape and texture of a human hand

[A horizontal divider with the text "New!" in the middle.]

Lean over a geyser vent and try to look down into it

Fly a hot air balloon over a firing range

Peel away the Earth's crust

Try to paint the Sahara Desert by hand

Remove someone's bones without asking

Spend 100% of your governments budget on mobile game in-app purchases

Fill a lava lamp with actual lava

Drink the blood of someone with a viral hemorraghic fever

Eat meat from rabid animals

Perform your own laser eye surgery

Tell California poultry regulators that your farm is selling Pokemon eggs

Funnel the entire flow of Niagara Falls into the open window of a physics lab

Pump ammonia into your abdomen

Suspend yourself inside a 10-meter ball of sunscreen and fall into the sun

{{comic discussion}}

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2669: Things You Should Not Do