https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Metacomet10explain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-23T05:25:23ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=187:_The_Familiar&diff=34286187: The Familiar2013-04-19T06:59:53Z<p>Metacomet10: add image</p>
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| number = 187<br />
| date = November 22, 2006<!-- Click on the "All Comics" button in the sidebar on the left and find this comic in the list. The date is in the rightmost column, in the form YYYY-MM-DD. --><br />
| title = The Familiar<br />
| image = the_familiar.png<br />
| titletext = When I say we should do something sometime, I'm secretly hoping you'll say 'Why not now?'<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
In the first frame of this comic, the individual speaking asks his/her friend to go see the sunrise over the ocean. The friend replies with a list of excuses. The friend ends this list with the saying "rationalizing the familiar is easy." This comic laughs at humans natural tendency to stay inside their comfort zone, or "the familiar," and not want to do something new. The humor is found when the reader realizes that seeing the sunrise over the ocean is not just an every day activity, but one of great awe. Even this awe-inspiring experience does not compel the friend to go. He is instead left at his computer which, the reader can assume, the friend spends lots of time at<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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<!-- Include any categories below this line--></div>Metacomet10https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=187:_The_Familiar&diff=34285187: The Familiar2013-04-19T06:59:13Z<p>Metacomet10: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 187<br />
| date = November 22, 2006<!-- Click on the "All Comics" button in the sidebar on the left and find this comic in the list. The date is in the rightmost column, in the form YYYY-MM-DD. --><br />
| title = The Familiar<br />
| image = <br />
| titletext = When I say we should do something sometime, I'm secretly hoping you'll say 'Why not now?'<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
In the first frame of this comic, the individual speaking asks his/her friend to go see the sunrise over the ocean. The friend replies with a list of excuses. The friend ends this list with the saying "rationalizing the familiar is easy." This comic laughs at humans natural tendency to stay inside their comfort zone, or "the familiar," and not want to do something new. The humor is found when the reader realizes that seeing the sunrise over the ocean is not just an every day activity, but one of great awe. Even this awe-inspiring experience does not compel the friend to go. He is instead left at his computer which, the reader can assume, the friend spends lots of time at<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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-- Tip: Use colons (:) in the beginning of lines to preserve the original line breaks. <br />
-- Any actions or descriptive lines in [[double brackets]] should be reduced to [single brackets] to avoid wikilinking<br />
-- Do not include the title text again here --><br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
<!-- Include any categories below this line--></div>Metacomet10https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=187:_The_Familiar&diff=34284187: The Familiar2013-04-19T06:51:08Z<p>Metacomet10: The computer makes even the most awe-inspiring experiences seem to hard or "out of the comfort zone."</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 187<br />
| date = November 22, 2006<!-- Click on the "All Comics" button in the sidebar on the left and find this comic in the list. The date is in the rightmost column, in the form YYYY-MM-DD. --><br />
| title = The Familiar<br />
| image = <br />
| titletext = When I say we should do something sometime, I'm secretly hoping you'll say 'Why not now?'<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
<!-- Replace this line with the explanation! --> In the first frame of this comic, the individual speaking asks his/her friend to go see the sunrise over the ocean. The friend replies with a list of excuses. The friend ends this list with the saying "rationalizing the familiar is easy." This comic laughs at humans natural tendency to stay inside their comfort zone, or "the familiar," and not want to do something new. The humor is found when the reader realizes that seeing the sunrise over the ocean is not just an every day activity, but one of great awe. Even this awe-inspiring experience does not compel the friend to go. He is instead left at his computer which, the reader can assume, the friend spends lots of time at<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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-- Tip: Use colons (:) in the beginning of lines to preserve the original line breaks. <br />
-- Any actions or descriptive lines in [[double brackets]] should be reduced to [single brackets] to avoid wikilinking<br />
-- Do not include the title text again here --><br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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