https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Ryan+Isaacsexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-07T17:05:52ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1995:_MC_Hammer_Age&diff=1572141995: MC Hammer Age2018-05-18T14:34:14Z<p>Ryan Isaacs: Adding more to the explanation of this comic</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1995<br />
| date = May 18, 2018<br />
| title = MC Hammer Age<br />
| image = mc_hammer_age.png<br />
| titletext = Wait, sorry, I got mixed up--he's actually almost 50. It's the kid from The Karate Kid who just turned 40.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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On the day this comic came out, both {{w|MC Hammer}} and {{w|Ralph Macchio}} (the actor who starred in the first three {{w|The Karate Kid|Karate Kid}} movies) were 56 years old.<br />
This is yet another entry into the "[[My Hobby]]" series. <br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball and White Hat are walking.]<br />
:Cueball: Want to feel old? MC Hammer just turned 40.<br />
:White Hat: Wow.<br />
:White Hat: I mean, I guess that's not too surprising, right?<br />
:White Hat: It's been a long time.<br />
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:[Caption below the panel:]<br />
:My Hobby: Deliberately lowballing "Want to feel old" factoids to set up a bigger payoff later when they learn the correct number.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]]<br />
[[Category:Comics to make one feel old]]<br />
[[Category:My Hobby]]</div>Ryan Isaacs