https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Smitopexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-18T08:05:28ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2665:_America_Songs&diff=2936542665: America Songs2022-08-29T19:23:21Z<p>Smitop: /* Explanation */ use template</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2665<br />
| date = August 29, 2022<br />
| title = America Songs<br />
| image = america_songs.png<br />
| titletext = Juraaaassic Park, Juraaaassic Park, God shed his grace on theeeee<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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Many songs, particularly those written by Americans, contain the word "America".{{citation needed}} These songs usually either praise America for its perceived virtues or criticize it for its perceived flaws. Regardless of the content of the song, you could (in principle) sing any such song while replacing each usage of the word "America" or "American" with another four-syllable word or phrase with emphasis on the second syllable, without disrupting the meter of the song.<br />
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The comic provides a list of names, mostly but not entirely of locations, which have four syllables and emphasis on the second syllable.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>Smitophttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2589:_Outlet_Denier&diff=2279642589: Outlet Denier2022-03-04T22:07:29Z<p>Smitop: /* Explanation */ +series</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2589<br />
| date = March 4, 2022<br />
| title = Outlet Denier<br />
| image = outlet_denier.png<br />
| titletext = There are regularly placed bumps on the undersde just the right size to press the rocker switch on the power strip.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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This is the fifth instalment in the series of [[:Category:Cursed Connectors|Cursed Connectors]] and depicts a plug that covers a whole power bar. Connectors can be difficult to plug in power strips or sockets because the shape of the connector make them unable to fit or make them cover space needed for other connectors. The comic depicts an extreme case of a cumbersome connector shape.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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Cursed Connectors #78<br />
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[Drawing of a power strip with a rocker switch and an unusually shaped connector.]<br />
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The outlet denier<br />
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Title text: There are regularly placed bumps on the underside just the right size to press the rocker switch on the power strip.<br />
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[[Category: Cursed Connectors]]</div>Smitophttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2589:_Outlet_Denier&diff=2279632589: Outlet Denier2022-03-04T22:05:18Z<p>Smitop: +cursed connector category</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2589<br />
| date = March 4, 2022<br />
| title = Outlet Denier<br />
| image = outlet_denier.png<br />
| titletext = There are regularly placed bumps on the undersde just the right size to press the rocker switch on the power strip.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by an OUTLET IN DENIAL - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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Connectors can be difficult to plug in power strips or sockets because the shape of the connector make them unable to fit or make them cover space needed for other connectors. The comic depicts an extreme case of a cumbersome connector shape.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Cursed Connectors #78<br />
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[Drawing of a power strip with a rocker switch and an unusually shaped connector.]<br />
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The outlet denier<br />
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Title text: There are regularly placed bumps on the underside just the right size to press the rocker switch on the power strip.<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category: Cursed Connectors]]</div>Smitophttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2518:_Lumpers_and_Splitters&diff=2182432518: Lumpers and Splitters2021-09-20T23:48:20Z<p>Smitop: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2518<br />
| date = September 20, 2021<br />
| title = Lumpers and Splitters<br />
| image = lumpers_and_splitters.png<br />
| titletext = Anna Karenina is a happy family lumper and unhappy family splitter.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CATEGORIZATION META-PEDANT CHUNGUS - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
It is common to categorize groups of people into certain categories. "Lumpers" lump what might at first seem to be distinct categories of people into the same categories, while "Splitters" do the opposite: split what seems to be a cohesive group of people into smaller categories. The comic itself categorizes [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] into those two types of categorizers. [[Megan]] describes herself and [[Cueball]] as as both being categorization pedants, lumping the two distinct categories of people into one, while [[Cueball]] subcategorizes [[Megan]] into a specific type of lumper: a meta-lumper, since the people Megan was categorizing were themselves lumpers.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[Megan and Cueball are shown with labels below them saying "Lumper" and "Splitter", respectively]<br />
:[Megan]: Really, we're both just categorization pedants.<br />
:[Cueball]: Ahh, so you're a ''meta''-lumper.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>Smitophttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2518:_Lumpers_and_Splitters&diff=2182422518: Lumpers and Splitters2021-09-20T23:43:00Z<p>Smitop: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2518<br />
| date = September 20, 2021<br />
| title = Lumpers and Splitters<br />
| image = lumpers_and_splitters.png<br />
| titletext = Anna Karenina is a happy family lumper and unhappy family splitter.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CATEGORIZATION META-PEDANT CHUNGUS - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
It is common to categorize groups of people into certain categories. "Lumpers" lump what might at first seem to be distinct categories of people into the same categories, while "Splitters" do the opposite: split what seems to be a cohesive group of people into smaller categories. The comic itself categorizes [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] into those two types of categorizers.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[Megan and Cueball are shown with labels below them saying "Lumper" and "Splitter", respectively]<br />
:[Megan]: Really, we're both just categorization pedants.<br />
:[Cueball]: Ahh, so you're a ''meta''-lumper.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>Smitophttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2518:_Lumpers_and_Splitters&diff=2182412518: Lumpers and Splitters2021-09-20T23:39:25Z<p>Smitop: /* Transcript */ italize transcript to match comic</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2518<br />
| date = September 20, 2021<br />
| title = Lumpers and Splitters<br />
| image = lumpers_and_splitters.png<br />
| titletext = Anna Karenina is a happy family lumper and unhappy family splitter.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[Megan and Cueball are shown with labels below them saying "Lumper" and "Splitter", respectively]<br />
:[Megan]: Really, we're both just categorization pedants.<br />
:[Cueball]: Ahh, so you're a ''meta''-lumper.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>Smitophttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2518:_Lumpers_and_Splitters&diff=2182382518: Lumpers and Splitters2021-09-20T23:38:37Z<p>Smitop: /* Transcript */ add transcript</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2518<br />
| date = September 20, 2021<br />
| title = Lumpers and Splitters<br />
| image = lumpers_and_splitters.png<br />
| titletext = Anna Karenina is a happy family lumper and unhappy family splitter.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[Megan and Cueball are shown with labels below them saying "Lumper" and "Splitter", respectively]<br />
:[Megan]: Really, we're both just categorization pedants.<br />
:[Cueball]: Ahh, so you're a meta-lumper.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>Smitop