https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=108.162.216.156&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T17:57:23ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:931:_Lanes&diff=197546Talk:931: Lanes2020-09-22T19:23:22Z<p>108.162.216.156: /* this comics meaning to me */ new section</p>
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<div>;Typo?<br />
Not positive enough to change, but..."Randall's now wife"? Is that supposed to be 'Randall's NEW wife'? --[[Special:Contributions/68.200.188.141|68.200.188.141]] 02:00, 28 January 2013 (UTC)<br />
:No. At the time, she was his fiancee. She is now his wife. His then-fiancee, now-wife. [[Special:Contributions/184.144.254.165|184.144.254.165]] 01:32, 28 October 2013 (UTC)<br />
::This explain now covers this issue very well. Thanks for your hints. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:35, 6 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
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;My edit to the transcript<br />
I've noticed that when the only characters in a comic are two stick figures, explainxkcd usually calls them "Cueball" and "Friend". So I changed this transcript to reflect that. I tried to clarify what "off-panel" meant, and I added the fact that the second Cueball-only panel shows only the top half of his body. Lastly, I changed "roughly fifty" to "fifty-two", since an exact count of the lanes was given in the explanation. I hope no one disagrees with these changes, but if you do, please don't just revert without an explanation. [[User:NealCruco|NealCruco]] ([[User talk:NealCruco|talk]]) 19:06, 13 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Here's to Randall's Now Wife. Good on you my dear!<br />
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[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 16:29, 23 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Fuck cancer. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.143|108.162.219.143]] 02:02, 13 April 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Just read Jimmy Carter's got cancer. I echo the sentiments of the IP poster above me.[[User:PsyMar|PsyMar]] ([[User talk:PsyMar|talk]]) 20:54, 12 August 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Might be worth mentioning too that this resembles a Sankey Diagram [[Special:Contributions/162.158.167.24|162.158.167.24]] 07:13, 14 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== this comics meaning to me ==<br />
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As someone who has previously have family members battle with cancer, this was shockingly realistic. My mother got breast cancer and had treatment which seemed to work. Ten years later she got sick again and ended up dying. The idea that treatment works or doesn't is simply incorrect and a single cancer cell can become a massive potentially fatal problem in the seemingly distant future.</div>108.162.216.156https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2333:_COVID_Risk_Chart&diff=1949732333: COVID Risk Chart2020-07-23T03:29:08Z<p>108.162.216.156: /* Orange (medium–high risk) */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2333<br />
| date = July 15, 2020<br />
| title = COVID Risk Chart<br />
| image = covid_risk_chart.png<br />
| titletext = First prize is a free ticket to the kissing booth.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by THE WINNER OF A TEST-TUBE-EATING CONTEST. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic is a graph showing the risk of {{w|COVID-19}} infection of numerous activities on the horizontal axis, while showing the other (i.e. safety) risks of the activity on the vertical axis. The activities are also color coded green, yellow, orange, or red, presumably indicating whether engaging in them is a good idea. All the activities are green in the upper left corner (no COVID-19 danger and no other dangers), but change to yellow, orange, and red as you go right or down. This presentation and color progression is similar to a common presentation of a {{w|risk matrix}}.<br />
One-dimensional charts showing the COVID-19 risk of common activities were popular at the time of this comic, when businesses and schools were re-opening after the first wave of COVID-19. <br />
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The top of the graph contains activities that people are likely to engage in during the pandemic, beginning (from left to right) with staying at home, hanging out with friends at the park, grocery shopping, attending in-person classes, and singing in church. The first few activities are common and not very dangerous (colored green and yellow), but the last two come with significant risks of infection due to COVID-19 (they are colored orange and red). Lower on the graph the activities become more and more dangerous (though these dangers are not related to COVID-19, i.e.: they are non-covid risks) and then non-sensical, a trend often seen in xkcd comics. Some activities are grouped together, being variations of the same thing (such as going down a waterslide, going down a waterslide with a stranger, and going down a waterside on an electric scooter). The last row contains extremely dangerous activities such as (from left to right, or from low COVID-19 danger to high) bungee jumping while doing sword tricks, going down a waterslide on an electric scooter, (participating in an) axe catching contest, racing a scooter through a hospital with a mask over your eyes, and winning a {{w|test tube}}-eating contest at a COVID testing lab. All these activities are likely to result in undesirable outcomes {{Citation needed}}.<br />
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Part of the humor comes from the increasing ridiculousness of the "red" activities, some of which are unlikely combinations or escalations of other less-risky activities (e.g. renting an electric scooter is a "green" activity, but riding that scooter with a stranger carries more risk, and then still more from racing that scooter through a hospital, with or without a mask).<br />
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This comic strip is similar in presentation to [[2282: Coronavirus Worries]].<br />
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The title text suggests a ticket to "the" kissing booth as a prize. Presumably, the prize is for the test-tube eating contest, and the booth is the kissing booth mentioned in the comic, "a kissing booth at a COVID testing site". A kissing booth is a kind of sideshow sometimes seen at carnivals, where members of the public can pay a small fee to kiss someone, usually an attractive woman. Winning a ticket would normally be positively received. However, since kissing is a very high risk activity for COVID-19 transmission, it would now be perceived as a kind of punishment. Moreover, if the ticket was the prize for the test-tube eating contest then not only would the winner already likely have infected themselves with COVID-19, but they are likely to have mouth injuries from eating glass, making the kiss even riskier.<br />
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=== Green (low risk) ===<br />
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The lowest-risk category of activities has very low COVID risk and also very low non-COVID risk.<br />
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;Staying home<br />
:The lowest-risk activity of all, as long as the home itself is safe, and your family members do not have COVID-19.<br />
;Video chats<br />
:{{w|Video chat}}ting carries a slightly higher non-COVID risk than simply staying at home, because you might get into an upsetting argument or accidentally expose something embarrassing. As long as the person you're chatting with is not within your personal space, the risk of catching COVID from them is still zero.<br />
;Hanging out with friends in the park<br />
:Physically interacting with others creates an increased risk COVID transmission, but the major risk of transmission seems to come from sharing enclosed spaces, not the outdoors, and as long as everyone keeps to themselves, they can still safely enjoy the social interaction (as long as [[2330: Acceptable Risk|they aren't prone to overthinking everyday decisions]]).<br />
;Going for walks<br />
:Going for walks carries very little COVID risk as long as you stay by yourself. It is slightly more dangerous than staying home though, as you might fall or hurt yourself in some way.<br />
;Hanging out with friends on the beach<br />
:This has a similar COVID risk as hanging out with friends in the park, but has slightly more safety concerns due to possible unpleasant encounters with crabs, jellyfish, and other ocean-going animals<sup>[cetacean needed]</sup> as well as the risks posed by extended UV exposure. There are also negligible risks of tsunamis, shark attacks, and encounters with other rare and deadly animals<sup>[cetacean needed]</sup>.<br />
;Riding an {{w|electric scooter}}<br />
:Electric scooters are scooters powered by electricity. They have increased in popularity recently, representing a form of lightweight transportation. If done by oneself, riding one has essentially no risk of coronavirus, but it is relatively easy to injure oneself when riding an electric scooter. Electric scooters have previously been mentioned in [[E Scooters]].<br />
;Renting an electric scooter<br />
:This has a slightly higher COVID risk than riding your own scooter, as a previous renter could have left traces of the virus on the handle bars. In terms of general safety, it is the equivalent of riding your own scooter.<br />
;Going down a {{w|waterslide}} <br />
:Waterslides are common attractions at water parks and even some community pools. They are simply slides made faster by running water down them. They are not extremely dangerous, so long as the rider can swim or stand in the pool of water at the end of the slide, though it is definitely possible to injure oneself on one, both reasons perhaps contributing to it being the most dangerous of the "green" activities. As long as the water is properly filtered, any handrails are sanitized between riders, and riders waiting in line and in the pool are appropriately separated, there is little risk of catching COVID.<br />
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=== Yellow (medium risk) ===<br />
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;Grocery shopping<br />
:Going shopping for groceries involves entering a building in which others are present, including many workers who are present for hours-long shifts. The risk of catching COVID can be reduced by wearing face masks, barriers between staff areas and customer areas, and limiting customer densities.<br />
;Grocery shopping while hungry<br />
:Shopping for groceries ''while hungry'' does not carry any greater risk of catching COVID, but this shows a slightly increased non-COVID risk because people who go shopping while hungry tend to buy foods that are more expensive and less healthy. (Be advised that a study that popularized this "common sense" result [https://media.jamanetwork.com/news-item/jama-network-retracts-6-articles-that-included-dr-brian-wansink-as-author/ has been retracted] due to academic misconduct by its author, {{w|Brian Wansink}}.)<br />
;Grocery shoplifting<br />
:Shoplifting is taking goods without paying, so this activity is stealing groceries. It would expose you to the same amount of COVID risk as regular grocery shopping, but would additionally subject you to the risk of arrest and/or physical retaliation. And even if not detected, self-inflicted risks may result from your [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-meathead/ possibly apocryphal] chosen method of subterfuge. While this activity is not very risky and is colored yellow, it is probably not a good idea.<br />
;Riding a single rental scooter with a stranger<br />
:This is a bad idea, as most rental scooters are designed for only one person. It would also expose you to a stranger, who might have COVID. The safety concern of riding with two people on a one-person scooter is not reflected in the comic.<br />
;Going down a waterslide with a stranger<br />
:This carries the same risks as going down a waterslide by yourself (as long as the waterslide is designed for two people), but exposes you to a stranger who could have COVID.<br />
;Getting in a stranger’s car<br />
:This can potentially be risky because driving is dangerous, and because murders have occurred in the past when people hitchhike. Getting into a stranger’s car would also expose you COVID, if they are carrying the virus. A car is a confined space, which is generally considered particularly bad from a COVID perspective.<br />
;Playing {{w|lawn darts}}<br />
:This activity poses little risk of COVID-19 transmission, as this game is usually played outdoors and players generally do not have to be close to play, so standard outdoor precautions can be taken. Lawn darts can pose a moderate risk of personal injury if played unwisely, which is why they have been banned in their original metal-tipped form in the United States and Canada.<br />
;Climbing a waterslide with a stranger<br />
:This activity poses similar risk of COVID-19 transmission as the "going down a waterslide" activity, but there is higher non-COVID risk because waterslides are meant to "go down", and going against the normal flow of water (or without ensuring that nobody else is sliding down) may result in injury.<br />
;Getting in a stranger’s car uninvited<br />
:This has similar risk as the normal "getting in a stranger's car", but there is higher risk of getting in a car ''uninvited'', as you may be considered a hijacker or trying to steal the car, and thus the stranger may physically attack you.<br />
;Doing skateboard tricks<br />
:Performing tricks on a skateboard, especially if well away from other people, carries little risk of COVID-19 transmission, but carries a moderate risk of personal injury, especially when a manoeuvre does not go as intended and/or the rider unintentionally comes off the board to collide with the ground and/or obstacles.<br />
;Riding a conveyor belt through the {{w|Transportation Security Administration|TSA}} x-ray machine<br />
:This has relatively low risk of COVID infection, assuming the conveyor X-ray machine belt is sanitized; however, this is generally not legal or lawful and may get you in trouble with the TSA and other authorities, and you might get cancer because of the exposure to X-rays.<br />
;Axe throwing contest <br />
:Under normal circumstances, attending an axe throwing contest is a fairly risky endeavor, as an improperly thrown axe has a tendency to rebound off the target and could hit you (whether you are throwing or merely spectating). The global pandemic adds an additional layer of risk, as if you are engaged in an axe throwing contest you most are most likely in close contact with other people increasing your risk of catching COVID-19.<br />
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=== Orange (medium–high risk) ===<br />
;Attending in-person classes<br />
:While there is low risk to injure oneself in class, most schools have closed at the beginning of the COVID pandemic to prevent the virus from spreading through close proximity attendees. Some schools have switched to online classes, while others have reopened and reduced the number of students per classroom. The risk of transmission would then be greater when attending in-person than online class.<br />
;Attending online classes while in class at a different school<br />
:Continuing on the previous activity, participating to classes in both modes at the same time wouldn't augment risks associated with COVID, but could cause mental exhaustion or similar stress-related symptoms. If you are not properly paying attention to a class you should be attending, or have inexplicably gone to a classroom that you have no reason to be in, there are further risks that you will fall foul of a teacher's or school's authority.<br />
;Getting a dental cleaning<br />
:Superficial dental work by a trained practitioner is not particularly risky under normal circumstances, but COVID precautions in most sitations (keeping at a distance, using face coverings) aren't compatible with the requirements of one person leaning in close to another person's open mouth and prodding into it with various tools.<br />
;Going on a {{w|Tinder (app)|Tinder}} date<br />
:Meeting a stranger is very much the point of a Tinder date. Even if the intimacy only extends to drinks and/or a meal it is difficult to 'socially distance' while still being sociable. The meet-up intention, by one or both parties, might be expected to be even less distancing. As well as COVID risks from well-intentioned encounters, there are very basic risks (on the night or consequentially) to health and happiness that cannot be entirely ruled out.<br />
;Getting a dental cleaning from a Tinder date<br />
:It seems that the COVID risk from combining the above two activities do not significantly compound, but: the low likelyhood that an almost-random stranger is trained in dental hygiene adds to the non-COVID risks to impromptu dentistry; if they ''are'' qualified, they are unlikely to have turned up properly equipped; if they arrive equipped, without pre-arrangement, that may also be worrying.<br />
;Doing skateboard tricks in a hospital<br />
:Skateboarding in a confined indoor setting, or in rooms furnished with beds and equipment ''should'' be significantly more risky than in a skatepark or other typical venue. Possibly the immediacy of healthcare professionals and supplies makes the outcomes of any injuries less problematic. However, your exertions in the proximity of likely sources for the COVID pathogen is a significant issue in itself.<br />
;Racing a scooter through a hospital with a mask on<br />
:Your skateboard tricks may have been not particularly mobile, like Feet Stomps and other in-situ board-flips. If you're on a scooter ({{w|Kick_scooter|foot-}}, {{w|Motorized_scooter|electric-}} or {{w|Scooter_(motorcycle)|combustion-}}powered) that is deliberately traveling fast then you're living more dangerously. But at least you're wearing a mask, to slightly reduce the accompanying contagion risks...<br />
;Racing a scooter through a hospital without a mask<br />
:...unless you aren't?<br />
;Setting off fireworks in your car<br />
:A car is an extremely confined space, and most fireworks need a ''lot'' of space once lit. It's not obvious if you are supposed to be in the car yourself, but there is at least risk of damaging the vehicle.<br />
;Running and sliding headfirst into the pins at a bowling alley<br />
:Intending to impact a bunch of 1.5kg pins, with your head doing the job normally done with a ~7kg ball, is not considered particularly risk-free. Being in a (normally) communal recreational facility, there may also be chances of contact with surfaces previously shed-upon by the exertions of a COVID-infected person.<br />
;Stealing a stranger’s car<br />
:This is illegal, may involve risk of physical confrontation and do you really want to get into that driver's seat without thoroughly disinfecting it first?<br />
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=== Red (high risk) ===<br />
;Singing in church<br />
:Being in a public gathering place such as a church is a significant exposure risk for COVID. While singing is normally harmless, in a church singing is often done without masks and in a group, further increasing exposure in this case. There have been cases of [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/17/did-singing-together-spread-coronavirus-to-four-choirs outbreaks traced to choir practices/performances], which motivated bans on singing in churches. However, the same article mentions that a fluid mechanics expert studied the airflows from singing and various instruments and came to the conclusion that "singing is quite safe". (Certain instruments were another matter.) N.b., the outbreaks traced to the four choirs mentioned in the article were all prior to widespread practice of prevention measures. <br />
;Going to a restaurant<br />
:Restaurants are another place where traffic and exposure to COVID is high, as well as being a confined space. Other accidents, such as fires, falls, or choking add to the non-COVID risk.<br />
;Going to a bar<br />
:Similarly to restaurants, bars are also a place where COVID-19 spreads often. Bars can be more crowded than restaurants, with people sitting or eating in closer proximity. However, since the customers are more likely to be drunk and to get into a fight, the non-COVID risk is increased. Even if not engaging in violence, people who are even slightly inebriated are more likely to ignore standard precautions like social distancing.<br />
;Going to a party / Hosting a party<br />
:Parties are a highly social activity which increases exposure to COVID. Hosting or attending a party carries similar COVID-related risk as both involve interactions with others, while accidents can occur at a party, contributing to the non-COVID risk. However, hosts may still have a slightly larger COVID-related risk as they are more likely to be touching objects or surfaces on which the virus is present as they tidy up during or after the party, and are likely in proximity of all the guests during the party.<br />
;Going on a cruise<br />
:Cruises have been a site where [https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article244269937.html many people have contracted COVID], leading to the high COVID-related risk. However, there are other risks assiciated with cruises that are non-COVID related, such as the risk of the ship sinking, or other sicknesses, etc.<br />
;Opening a kissing booth at a COVID testing site<br />
:Opening a kissing booth at a COVID testing site is likely to attract others who may be sick with COVID (since they are likely at the testing site to be tested, or to have been in proximity to someone who is), and kissing them greatly increases the risk of transmission. Opening a booth close to a testing site may also lead to controversy, adding to the non-COVID related risk. (A kissing booth is a place where one can kiss the person at the stand as a prize or in exchange for money).<br />
;Doing skateboard tricks in a bar<br />
:As mentioned before, bars are places where it is very likely to contract COVID. Doing skateboard tricks in such a confined space also leads to a very large risk of injury.<br />
;Skateboarding in a mosh pit on a cruise ship<br />
:{{w|Mosh pit}}s are often very densely crowded with people, so the risk of transmission is huge. Also, doing skateboard tricks in such a crowded area means one could get trampled, knocked over, run into other people and/or things, etc. Additionally, doing these on a cruise ship heightens the risk, as mentioned above.<br />
;Getting a COVID test from a stranger at a crowded bar<br />
:As mentioned before, bars greatly increase the risk of contracting COVID, and getting a test from a stranger means the test itself carries many non-COVID related risks coming from a malicious or incompetent stranger. Testing for COVID-19 involves taking a sample of mucus, saliva, or blood; any of these sampling apparatus may potentially be contaminated with COVID or other diseases if they are being improperly re-used.<br />
;Bungee jumping while doing sword tricks<br />
:While bungee jumping is an activity that is often not performed in a crowded area, meaning that it is difficult to contract COVID while doing so, the act of bungee jumping while doing sword tricks leads to a host of injuries.<br />
;Going down a waterslide on an electric scooter<br />
:As mentioned before, if the waterslide is not used by many people, riding it is not likely to cause COVID. However, since waterslides contain water and electric scooters contain batteries (they don't mix well, safety-wise), many injuries may result.<br />
;Setting off fireworks in a stranger's car<br />
:A car is a confined space, and so the risk of contracting COVID is higher. Setting off fireworks in cars also will cause many injuries to everyone in the car, and more injuries in reactions from the driver and/or other angry passengers.<br />
;Axe catching contest<br />
:The proximity to others during a contest means a higher risk of contracting COVID. As for the axe catching part, injuries are likely to occur from attempting to catch flying axes, especially if the catcher is inexperienced.<br />
;Racing a scooter through a hospital with a mask over your eyes<br />
:A hospital is a place where COVID patients often stay, leading to a higher risk of contracting the disease. Having a mask over one's eyes would do nothing to help reduce the risk. Riding a scooter while effectively blindfolded in an area that has many obstructions like a hospital can lead to many injuries.<br />
;Winning a test-tube-eating contest at a COVID testing lab<br />
:Eating many test tubes which potentially contain samples containing COVID will almost definitely lead to one contracting the disease, and eating glass will lead to numerous internal injuries.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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[This comic is a graph plotting the safety risk of activities on the vertical axis and the risk of infection from COVID-19 on the horizontal axis. Lowest risks are in the upper left corner, and highest in the lower right. All activities are color coded green, yellow, orange, or red. A two way arrow labeled “non-COVID risk” points up and down to "high" and "low" labels on the left side of the graph. Another two way arrow labeled “COVID risk” points left and right to "high" and "low" labels on the top of the graph.<br />
From left to right and top to bottom:]<br />
:<span style="background:#acd8a8>Staying home</span> & <span style="background:#acd8a8>Video chats</span>, <span style="background:#acd8a8>Hanging out with friends at the park</span>, <span style="background:#f9dfa4>Grocery shopping</span>, <span style="background:#edbba3>Attending in-person classes</span>, <span style="background:#f58e8e>Singing in church</span><br />
:<span style="background:#acd8a8>Going for walks</span>, <span style="background:#acd8a8>Hanging out with friends on the beach</span>, <span style="background:#f9dfa4>Grocery shopping while hungry</span>, <span style="background:#edbba3>Attending online classes while in class at a different school</span>, <span style="background:#f58e8e>Going to a restaurant</span><br />
:<span style="background:#acd8a8>Riding an electric scooter</span>, <span style="background:#acd8a8>Renting an electric scooter</span>, <span style="background:#f9dfa4>Grocery shoplifting</span> & <span style="background:#f9dfa4>Riding a single rental scooter with a stranger</span>, <span style="background:#edbba3>Getting a dental cleaning</span> & <span style="background:#edbba3>Going on a Tinder date</span>, <span style="background:#f58e8e>Going to a bar</span> & <span style="background:#f58e8e>Going to a party</span> & <span style="background:#f58e8e>Hosting a party</span> & <span style="background:#f58e8e>Going on a cruise</span><br />
:<span style="background:#acd8a8>Going down a waterslide</span>, <span style="background:#f9dfa4>Going down a waterslide with a stranger</span>, <span style="background:#f9dfa4>Getting in a stranger’s car</span>, <span style="background:#edbba3>Getting a dental cleaning from a Tinder date</span>, <span style="background:#f58e8e>Opening a kissing booth at a COVID testing site</span><br />
:<span style="background:#f9dfa4>Playing lawn darts</span>, <span style="background:#f9dfa4>Climbing a waterslide with a stranger</span>, <span style="background:#f9dfa4>Getting in a stranger’s car uninvited</span>, <span style="background:#edbba3>Doing skateboard tricks in a hospital</span>, <span style="background:#f58e8e>Doing skateboard tricks in a bar</span><br />
:<span style="background:#f9dfa4>Doing skateboard tricks</span>, <span style="background:#f9dfa4>Riding a conveyor belt through the TSA x-ray machine</span>, <span style="background:#f9dfa4>Axe throwing contest</span>, <span style="background:#edbba3>Racing a scooter through a hospital with a mask on</span> & <span style="background:#edbba3>Racing a scooter through a hospital without a mask</span>, <span style="background:#f58e8e>Skateboarding into a mosh pit on a cruise ship</span><br />
:<span style="background:#edbba3>Setting off fireworks in your car</span>, <span style="background:#edbba3>Running and sliding headfirst into the pins at a bowling alley</span>, <span style="background:#edbba3>Stealing a stranger’s car</span>, <span style="background:#edbba3>Racing a scooter through a hospital with a mask on</span> & <span style="background:#edbba3>Racing a scooter through a hospital without a mask</span> [extends from previous row], <span style="background:#f58e8e>Skateboarding into a mosh pit on a cruise ship</span> & <span style="background:#f58e8e>Getting a COVID test from a stranger at a crowded bar</span><br />
:<span style="background:#f58e8e>Bungee jumping while doing sword tricks</span>, <span style="background:#f58e8e>Going down a waterslide on an electric scooter</span>, <span style="background:#f58e8e>Setting off fireworks in a stranger’s car</span> & <span style="background:#f58e8e>Axe catching contest</span>, <span style="background:#f58e8e>Racing a scooter through a hospital with a mask over your eyes</span>, <span style="background:#f58e8e>Winning a test-tube-eating contest at a COVID testing lab</span><br />
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<div>*[[Beret Guy]] is a very strange person. Sometimes he takes these strange tendencies into the supernatural. <br />
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==Explanation==<br />
In the early comics he was more just a strange and naive guy. There is an early start to the strangeness, but that power could also be attributed to [[Cueball]] (at least it is a shared power) in [[248]]. <br />
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After comic [[1099]], Beret Guy begins to appear frequently with these strange powers, typically not related to each other, except that he has some issues with electrical sockets and power cords as seen in [[1293]] and [[1395]]. (See also [[509: Induced Current]] and the title text of [[614: Woodpecker]], regarding power cords, but not these strange powers.)<br />
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Here is a list of the comics where Beret Guy displays strange powers that are beyond the realm of possibility.<br />
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===List of abilities===<br />
#[[248]]: Manages to create a hypothetical situation (trapping him and his friend).<br />
#[[1088]]: Capable of waiting in the same place for five years, presumably without sustenance<br />
#[[1099]]: He has infinite wings.<br />
#[[1135]]: Makes spiders weave him a shirt.<br />
#[[1158]]: Creates rope to pull & release ball via his imagination.<br />
#[[1293]]: Pours soup from power socket.<br />
#[[1388]]: Subducts through the floor to form mountains in his room.<br />
#[[1395]]: Inflates a laptop through a power cord so that it floats like a helium balloon.<br />
#[[1422]]: Makes a phone with an old battery behave like a dying star.<br />
#[[1486]]: Uses the vacuum energy to fly and "gain unlimited power" with a vacuum cleaner.<br />
#[[1490]]: Sees the individual atoms, and can distinguish the different elements. But he cannot see what they are actually a part of, like a human or a dog.<br />
#[[1522]]: Can examine life on exoplanets around distant stars through a magnifying glass just by standing on a ladder.<br />
#[[1614]]: A little less clear what his powers are in this. But first he is walking a flying/floating dog, and then he returns flying on (or as) a kite, while the dog holds on to the line of the kite.<br />
#[[1617]]: Living by eating newspaper and without breathing oxygen for several years in a sealed and buried box.<br />
#[[1922]]: Riding in the air above two small dogs combined into a larger dog through interferometry<br />
#[[2310]]: Being able to sleep/stand on walls due to a higher than normal attraction to the {{w|Great Attractor}}.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
In a product experiment, two groups of people are given a certain pill or lotion. Some people are given the product to be tested, while others (the control group) are given a placebo; nobody is told which group they belong to. The control group acts as a norm for comparison against the others.<br />
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Randall has messed with this process by giving LSD ({{w|lysergic acid diethylamide}}) to the control group. LSD is a drug that causes hallucinations and distortions in the perception of time and space. [[Megan]], apparently a control, is experiencing spiders in her hallucinations. Since the control group is supposed to reflect what "normally" happens, this is indeed very confusing to the scientists. While hallucinating in the comic Megan is drawn as if she has 8 limbs showing that she's waving her arms. Alternatively, this could signify that she actually has grown four extra arms - which would be very confusing even if the scientists knew about the LSD.<br />
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However, given the scientists are confused, this means that they must know which person is in which group. This implies that the trial isn't double-blinded, which in and of itself would impact the veracity of the study. In a properly double-blinded study, the scientists would not know Cueball or [[Megan]] was the control and would only dutifully record their observations. (Alternatively, this is simply an unexpected result for either group.)<br />
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The title text suggests that, in a different study, this substitution was performed when the product being tested was itself LSD. This led to the conclusion that LSD is no more likely to cause hallucinations than a placebo, somehow implying that LSD is not a hallucinogen. We can only hope they were able to redo the test, as in layman's terms "Nonsense MUST be wrong". If this were true, this would imply that Randall would only have needed to sneak placebo LSD into the studies to get the same effect.<br />
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:[Caption above the frame:]<br />
:My Hobby:<br />
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:[Cueball looks down at his arm calmly, while next to him Megan is violently flailing around in terror. In the foreground a Cueball-like guy stands next to Ponytail who is holding a clipboard. They look on in puzzlement.]<br />
:Cueball: My rash seems to have shrunk by about 20% today.<br />
:Megan: OH GOD SPIDERS<br />
:Cueball-like guy: ? ?<br />
:Ponytail: ?<br />
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:[Caption below the frame:]<br />
:Sneaking into experiments and <br />
:giving LSD to the control group.<br />
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[[Category:Science]]</div>108.162.216.156https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Kazvorpal&diff=188176User talk:Kazvorpal2020-03-05T19:29:46Z<p>108.162.216.156: </p>
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<div>Hi Kazvorpal,<br />
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I noticed you added a lot of Wikipedia links here. I like them a lot. Especially for people like me who are not native speakers, and who are only familiar with american culture from public media, it often helps for further reading at points, which do not need explanations for Americans. However I noticed, that you use the template <nowiki> [[wikipedia:andsoon]] </nowiki>, while on this project, the more common way to do it (and the only one I've seen until yesterday I think) is to use <nowiki> {w|andsoon} </nowiki> for them. I do not mean to tell you what to do or how to edit, but I personally like consistency. So maybe use that template, which is also shorter by the way, as well. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 06:19, 23 October 2019 (UTC)<br />
:I appreciate the feedback, and understand your need for a simple form of order. But not only did the way I'm doing it come first, but I find it amusing to continue using it specifically because of the contrast between that and the new template way. Complexity can produce its own, higher form of order. —[[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 15:35, 24 October 2019 (UTC)<br />
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HI Kazvorpal! I noticed that you're a fucking racist who thinks china is primitive and socialism is bad. I'm hoping you get banned. Have a nice day!</div>108.162.216.156https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2275:_Coronavirus_Name&diff=188175Talk:2275: Coronavirus Name2020-03-05T19:27:26Z<p>108.162.216.156: </p>
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Covid-19 is more dangerous than the flu and has already killed more people. And any death rate that starts with 0.00 and then has a number other than zero can only be called "basically zero" if you value human life very little. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.94.132|162.158.94.132]] 21:49, 2 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
:addendum: this seems to depend on what source you use for the chinese yearly flu death rate. number of deaths is either much higher or somewhat lower.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.123|162.158.91.123]] 21:53, 2 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
:It's Trump taking point that the coronavirus is a hoax and no worse than the flu. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.213|162.158.74.213]] 22:14, 2 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
:At the very least, the fact the virus has over 90,000 confirmed cases makes it a significant disease. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.246|172.69.34.246]] 22:28, 2 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
:It doesn't seem like the point of the comic is to comment on the severity of the virus. Seems more on-topic to say things that are objectively true, like "Many people are concerned about the virus" rather than discussing disputed stats.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.132|162.158.106.132]] 22:58, 2 March 2020 (UTC) Patb<br />
::I agree, and suggest we remove the line with stats entirely. It isn't relevant to the comic, and having it refer to "current estimates" means someone will have to keep updating it when new estimates are made. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.54.57|172.69.54.57]] 08:17, 3 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
:::A running total here wouldn't be necessary, there is at least one web site especially for that (or a page for Covid-19 on a general disease outbreak tracking site). To me it looks like this virus is about equally dangerous as flu, except that this virus is only in about 70 countries and counting, so if it isn't in yours yet (as far as you know) then you are not yet in danger (as far as you know). Also, flu kills a lot of people, numerically, every year, and if this virus kills an equal number of people, every year, there are twice as many people dead, total. (ish) So it's worth trying to stop this virus from existing, while we might still do that. Robert Carnegie rja.carnegie@gmail.com [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.76|162.158.159.76]] 13:40, 3 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
::Let's inject a little sanity here: Trump's "talking point" about it being no on par with the flu is, for once, correct. Most people who are infected have mild symptoms, or none at all. In fact, that's how it's suddenly turned out that the spread is so much greater than previously reported: Because most people never even know they have it. Given this, the mortality rate is a tiny fraction of what was previously reported, perhaps 0.3% instead of 3%. And it was only ostensibly 3% in a primitive region where some people still have dirt floors, and almost nobody is willing to deal with their socialized health care system except in an emergency. Therefore most of the infected were not showing up for treatment, only those in serious trouble. In fact, the vast majority of those who have died are elderly or immunocompromised, ''exactly'' the same group who are killed in the tens of thousands each year by the flu, in the US. So no, this has been a tempest in a teapot, stirred up by the unscientific CDC in order to pad their budget, the way they do periodically with a new fake pandemic threat. SARS, West Nile, bird flu, h1n1, and ebola...no competent epidemiologist would ever seriously have expected those to become a threat in the US, or anywhere else outside of primitive regions. But the CDC has continued to redouble their unearned budget on this fraudulent fearmongering. As I learned when consulting for such ilk in DC, "Fear Equals Funding". Oh, and no, 90,000 cases only make it a "significant disease" in the way that another coronavirus, the common cold, is significant. It's not significantly dangerous. In fact, it really is just a strong kind of common cold. « [[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 21:32, 3 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
:::While it doesn't seem to be more lethal than flu (or in general having more severe symptoms), either it's more contagious or the fact it's contagious for weeks before symptoms makes it spread easier. In this sense it's more serious threat - imagine for example if ALL employees of nuclear power plant would be infected leaving noone capable of caring of the reactor. That said, it seems that panic is currently more dangerous than the virus itself. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:14, 3 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
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:The 2% death rate in the explantion is outdated. [https://news.sina.cn/zt_d/yiqing0121 Here (in Chinese)] is the compiled data for all China. As of March 3rd, the death rate calculated by (death toll)/(confirmed infected patients) is 3.7% for all China and 4.6% for Wuhan city (the epicenter). The number for Wuhan is likely to grow in the following days, too. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.190.86|162.158.190.86]] 20:11, 3 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
::The mortality rate in China is only relevant if one lives in an area with a primitive socialized health care system. As with SARS, it won't turn out to have a significant death rate among people infected in the US who are not elderly or immunocompromised. Perhaps, in fact, a zero death rate outside of that high risk group. « [[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 21:32, 3 March 2020 (UTC) @kazvorpal your comment is inappropriate for several reasons, including "primitive" and deprecating socialized medicine. Since there've already been deaths among the small group of known cases in the USA, it's way too early to calculate mortality rates here. [[User:Cellocgw|Cellocgw]] ([[User talk:Cellocgw|talk]]) 16:24, 4 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
::Can someone ban this fucking racist Trumpbot? Kazvorpal even wrote some sort of article for blaming the failures of the current system on socialism. And then he calls China primitive and says some of the hospitals have dirt floors. Just ban Kazvorpal already. <br />
::Though you're right in that there ''is'' sophistication in the system (potentially), while the US famously has a situation so broken that "almost nobody is willing to deal with their '''non-'''socialized health care system except in an emergency" either. I think if the meaning was "a health system which is primitively socialised(/ist)" I could accept the utterer's original intent, though I don't actually know enough about the the practicalities of the Chinese system to know how it actually transpires in individual off-the-street transactions. I live within the somewhat social UK one, and directly see its problems, but I've been done well by it myself despite it being notably sabotaged by various politicians on the scene by forcing some changes or refusing to implement others. I haven't myself experienced the strange US one, even during my visits there, but I've had such info as a live online chat (early 1990s, via IRC, for reference) with someone who daren't go to a doctor/A&E for a clearly in-progress medical issue - if it wasn't even a real thing (as cynics might suggest may have happened in the text-only pre-Eternal September entirely pseudonymical medium) it must have had a grounding on experience and yet it totally blew my mind that something that would cost a few GBP (in medical supplies) and literally a few minutes of a doctor's time (underpaid, arguably) could instead potentially end up as billed for USDthousands either directly or as private insurance overheads. Still, this is an old (and perpetual) politically-biased discussion that has had few actual new arguments added to any side for years, and will doubtless rumble on as long as it can - I think we should all realise that all the systems are bad, we just fundementally disagree about which particular ones are least bad. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.148|141.101.98.148]] 19:53, 4 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
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If the Godzilla movies have taught me anything, it's that giant insects aren't a problem biologists can solve anyways. That's more of a "nuclear paleontology" sort of job. [[User:GreatWyrmGold|GreatWyrmGold]] ([[User talk:GreatWyrmGold|talk]]) 01:43, 3 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
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It is legitimately difficult to tell if Ponytail's use of the word 'catchy' as a descriptor for 'coronavirus' is an intentional or unintentional pun. Either way, it's very opportune. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.239|108.162.221.239]] 03:55, 3 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
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The current chapter of Wilde Life (a totally unrelated webcomic) as a giant spider interacting with two of the main characters, starting [https://www.wildelifecomic.com/comic/710/ here]. [[User:Nutster|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster|talk]]) 05:05, 3 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
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I think they missed a trick with the naming. CORVID-19 would have reminded everyone of H5N1 'bird flu', and we could just blame the crows. Kill a magpie to avoid infection!<br />
[[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.253|162.158.158.253]] 10:53, 3 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
:What? How is CORVID-19 supposed to remind anyone of H5N1 or bird flu? --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 13:20, 3 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
::Corvidae is the family including crows, ravens, jays, magpies; so, CORVID~=bird. Not sure how many people would make that connection, but I think that's what the previous poster was getting at.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.187.91|162.158.187.91]] 13:13, 4 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
:I think "SARS-CoV-2: Electric Boogaloo" has a nice ring to it although a little wordy for everyday use. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.116|198.41.238.116]] 08:16, 4 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Yeah really dodged a bullet on those rhinoviri. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.44|172.69.22.44]] 11:36, 3 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Is it relevant to mention that some spiders grow larger in cities? https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0105480 <br />
[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 15:39, 3 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
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I'm not really wanting to catch COVID-19. I'm holding out for COVID-19b, which is going to be better beta-tested. (But by the time COVID-19c comes out, it's just going to be a bandwagon of planned obsolescence by then - I'd rather stick with what I've got until the next significent release version and keep a close eye on the advanced reviews and what other vendors are innovating.) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.46|162.158.34.46]] 16:15, 3 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
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This is only 3 years too early to be a reference to the spiders in Colorado https://xkcd.com/1688/ especially with Megan holding bio-hazardous material. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.33|162.158.62.33]]<br />
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Assorted catchier names: a)Corona-chan (works for every disease with a girl name, Ebola, Zika, Lassa, Malaria, Cholera, Yersinia...Ask 4chan), b) My Corona (OK, a bit 1970-ish), c) Coronjob (for conspiracy buffs). (Personally, I'm less afraid of getting infected than getting, showing no symptoms as always and killing half of my environment...) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.54.9|172.69.54.9]] 09:36, 4 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, "My Corona" got largely superceded by the fad for "e-Corona", except for some niches, and then along came "iCorona" and changed everything. Though there was also the short-lived Corona Millenium Edition. (It didn't stay bad. Corona XP became the highpoint. And if you did't like that, you might as well just go back to Corona Bob.) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.43|162.158.154.43]] 16:59, 4 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
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I think that it's worth noting that this comic came out the day after the American Super Tuesday primaries.--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.71.64|172.69.71.64]] 15:42, 4 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
:But it didn't. This comic came out the day ''before'' the primaries, and is completely unrelated to them. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.211.28|172.68.211.28]] 02:28, 5 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
Shoulda called it Coronavirus-2019.<br />
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| date = March 4, 2020<br />
| title = Self-Isolate<br />
| image = self_isolate.png<br />
| titletext = Turns out I've been "practicing social distancing" for years without even realizing it was a thing!<br />
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Continuing the theme from [[2275: Coronavirus Name|the previous comic]] about the outbreak of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, in this comic, [[Cueball]] is watching television and hears a suggestion that people may need to "self-isolate." This refers to the practice of {{w|quarantining}} potential carriers or infected individuals, to keep the virus from spreading. If the outbreak grows more severe, going out in large crowds could also be discouraged, to avoid being infected by those around you. <br />
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Cueball's response to this advice is that he's "been practicing for this moment [his] whole life". XKCD comics frequently refer to social awkwardness, introversion, and difficulty with interpersonal interactions. Cueball (likely representing Randall himself) appears to find spending time in public and with large groups trying. It's implied that he prefers to spend time alone (or possibly with small groups of family and close friends) rather than going out. The joke is that this tendency is often seen as unhealthy and alienating, but in the case of a pandemic, actually becomes quite valuable. Cueball seems to take an odd sort of pride in the fact that he's skilled at remaining alone and uninfected, while more social people would be in danger. <br />
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The comic image is a link to [https://web.archive.org/web/20200305015204/https://twitter.com/kakape/status/1235319133585248259 one tweet] in a thread of tweets about COVID-19 by [https://twitter.com/kakape @kakape], a science journalist according to their Twitter bio, which says "Social distancing may mean staying further apart from each other physically in coming weeks. We should compensate by caring even more about each other than usually, because we are, of course, all in this together." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200305015137/https://twitter.com/kakape/status/1235312559324114951 beginning of thread]). <br />
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In the title text, Cueball continues to be proud of his introversion, claiming that he has been "practicing social distancing" for much of his life.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball sits in an armchair watching television. A zigzag line from the TV indicates that the text is a voice from the TV.]<br />
:Voice from television: Experts are saying people may need to "self-isolate" to combat the virus.<br />
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:[A slim beat panel with Cueball sitting silent in the armchair.]<br />
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:[Zoomed in on Cueball in the armchair. A starburst on the right border indicates the voice from an off-panel person.]<br />
:Cueball: ... I've been practicing for this moment my whole life.<br />
:Off-panel voice: I don't think that's&mdash;<br />
:Cueball: ''Quick, make plans and watch how fast I cancel!''<br />
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[[Category:Social interactions]]</div>108.162.216.156https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:455:_Hats&diff=101070Talk:455: Hats2015-09-03T17:38:47Z<p>108.162.216.156: Added possibility of Black Hat being Two Black Hats</p>
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<div>I have a dissenting opinion, I think it's an electrostatics joke, with black hat (who is negative), meets a person of the same charge and more mass, so he is repelled by an electromagnetic field (likes repel)<br />
--[[Special:Contributions/198.228.200.168|198.228.200.168]] 15:57, 9 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:I am sure this is a mystic power pushing Black Hat back at the last frame. There must be a film or video game with a powerful man wearing two hats or something similar. I have no idea. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:40, 9 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
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::What, you mean like Team Fortress 2, and its infamous Gentle Manne of Leisure?{{unsigned ip|173.245.54.79}}<br />
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:I disagree with the above discussion: I believe the wavy lines shown in the final frame are simply to indicate that Black Hat is slowly backing away. If any mystical or eletrostatic forces were involved, the long delay in the 3rd and 4th frames, during which Black Hat is sizing up Black Hat 2, would NOT be appropriate. --[[User:MisterSpike|MisterSpike]] ([[User talk:MisterSpike|talk]]) 18:25, 26 June 2013 (UTC)<br />
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I believe it is significant that the black hat has its own black hat. Nobody mentioned this. It's not merely that the gentleman is wearing two hats. This effectively squares the humor level.<br />
--[[Special:Contributions/71.22.93.130|71.22.93.130 dobennett]] 23:37, 17 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
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I think the dual-BHG first had only one hat (I mean, why would you wear two hats?), but gained one from another BHG (ala Cube Zero and the watches), which is why DBHG is clearly a threat to BHGs.<br />
--[[Special:Contributions/84.249.195.230|84.249.195.230]] 14:54, 3 July 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Is it at all possible that Black Hat believes that there is something wrong with a person who wears two black hats and that they should be avoided at all costs?<br />
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:Not just possible, but likely! -Pennpenn [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162|108.162.250.162]] 07:07, 23 June 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Would it be possible that Two Black Hats in this page is the actual Black Hat intimidating someone who happened to wear a black hat on that day?<br />
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