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<div>Do you think this has to do with the Floss joke on Reddit at all? [[User:Kllrshrk|Kllrshrk]] ([[User talk:Kllrshrk|talk]]) 04:11, 17 October 2014 (UTC) Kllrshrk<br />
:I don't know about floss joke on reddit, tell me more [[Special:Contributions/103.31.5.112|103.31.5.112]] 04:32, 17 October 2014 (UTC)</div>103.31.5.112https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1417:_Seven&diff=752201417: Seven2014-09-05T07:47:41Z<p>103.31.5.112: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1417<br />
| date = September 5, 2014<br />
| title = Seven<br />
| image = seven.png<br />
| titletext = The days of the week are Monday, Arctic, Wellsley, Green, Electra, Synergize, and the Seventh Seal.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
In this comic, Cueball (or perhaps Randall) says he can't distinguish between two sets if they both have exactly seven objects. This leads him to exchange the items in the sets without noticing, to the point where, when listing a set, every item truly belongs to a different set.<br />
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The sets the Dwarves' "names" are from are:<br />
# Disney's Dwarfs from the movie ''{{w|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs(1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs}}'' (1937): '''Sneezy''', Dopey, Bashful, Sleepy, Grumpy, Happy, Doc<br />
# Major {{w|taxonomic ranks}}: kingdom, '''phylum''', class, order, family, genus, species<br />
# Continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, Antarctica<br />
# {{w|Seven deadly sins|Deadly sins}}: lust, gluttony, greed, '''sloth''', wrath, envy, pride<br />
# {{w|Seven-layer dip|Seven Layer Dip (recipe)}}: refried beans, cheese, ground beef, sour cream, '''guacamole''', salsa, chopped black olives/chopped tomatoes/chopped green onions<br />
# Layers of the {{w|OSI model|Open System Interconnection (OSI) data transmission model}}: application, presentation, session, transport, network, '''data link''', physical<br />
# {{w|Wonders of the World|Wonders of the Ancient World}}: Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Lighthouse of Alexandria, '''Colossus of Rhodes'''<br />
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The title text extends this saying he can't remember the days of the week, another set of seven, for the same reason. The sets Cueball's "days of the week" come from are:<br />
# Days of the week: '''Monday''', Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday<br />
# Climatic zones: Arctic, North Temperate, Northern Subtropical, Tropical, Southern Subtropical, South Temperate, Antarctic<br />
# {{w|Seven Sisters (colleges)|Seven Sisters}}, historically women's colleges in U.S.: Mount Holyoke, Vassar, '''Wellesley''', Smith, Radcliffe, Bryn Mawr, Barnard<br />
# Traditional spectral colors: red, orange, yellow, '''green''', blue, indigo, violet (indigo stuck in to add up to seven notes in Western musical scale)<br />
# {{w|Pleiades (mythology)|Pleiades}}, Seven Sisters, nymphs and daughters of Atlas and Pleone in Greek mythology: Electra, Maia, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope, Merope<br />
# ''{{w|The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People}}'' by Dr. Stephen R. Covey: Be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek first to understand and then to be understood, '''synergize'''', sharpen the saw<br />
# Seals in Book of Revelation of John in New Testament: uh, first seal, second seal...<br />
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The number seven being the number for when sets become indistinguishable is a reference to {{w|The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two|Miller's Law}}<br />
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=Transcript=<br />
:[Megan and Cueball are talking]<br />
:Megan: Can you name all the dwarves from Snow White?<br />
:Cueball: Sure, there's, um...<br />
:Cueball's thoughts: Sneezy Phylum Europe Sloth Guacamole Datalink Colossus of Rhodes<br />
:I have this problem where all sets of seven things are indistinguishable to me.<br />
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