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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1756<br />
| date = November 7, 2016<br />
| title = I'm With Her<br />
| image = im_with_her.png<br />
| titletext = We can do this.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete| Just a stub! please add what you can!}}<br />
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[[Randall]] urges his American viewership to vote, and states that he will vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton, the {{w|Democratic Party| democratic}} nominee in the 2016 United States Presidential election. The "H" with an arrow is Clinton's campaign logo, and "I'm with her" is a slogan widely used by her supporters. He then lists tips to help you cast your vote, surprisingly using only real sites. This suggests he is invested in the election.<br />
The [[Ponytail]] character seems to be Joanna from [[322: Pix Plz]], and the [[Cueball]] on the chair is from [[303: Compiling]]. The [[Hairbun]] sitting on the top-right part of the 'H' may be the 'Old Days' programmer from the previous comic, [[1755: Old Days]].<br />
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All the information on the bottom half of the comic includes sites, numbers, info, etc that will help US voters to vote, regardless of for whom they will vote for. Including this information helps voters because every election many voters don't vote because they feel they don't know how or that it isn't worth it. It seems like Randall doesn't want the US election to have some of the same problems that the Brexit vote had (where many voters opposed to exiting the EU didn't vote for one reason or another).<br />
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The websites are:<br />
* https://iwillvote.com/ (for looking up polling location, ID requirements, etc.)<br />
* http://www.drive2vote.org/ (for voters in Douglas or Sarpy County, Nebraska, who need a ride to the polls from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett Warren Buffett] or his friends)<br />
* http://www.civicinnovation.com/ (a website which "gives you a list of the top 10 highest-impact potential voters in your address book to get in touch with -- based on the likelihood that they support progressive candidates, and that they live in states with the most competitive races")<br />
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The comic features a total of: 1 [[Black Hat]], 1 [[Blondie]], 2 Cueballs, 1 [[Beret Guy]], 1 [[White Hat]], 1 Hairbun, 1 [[Science Girl]], 1 Ponytail, and 2 [[Megan]]s<br />
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'''Vote for Trump'''<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Still nothing on the specific characters in the image.}}<br />
Image of xkcd characters surrounding a large logo for the Hillary Clinton campaign.<br />
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Caption: I'm with her.<br />
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How to help<br />
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Vote-- iwillvote.com<br />
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Get a ride to the polls-- drive2vote.org<br />
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If you're having problems voting-- 866-OUR-VOTE<br />
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Experimental social turnout project-- civicinnovation.com App Store: VoteWithMe<br />
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Reminder: If you're in line when the polls close, they have to let you vote<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]</div>108.162.216.83https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:327:_Exploits_of_a_Mom&diff=83738Talk:327: Exploits of a Mom2015-01-29T20:32:27Z<p>108.162.216.83: </p>
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<div>What about the daughter's name?[[User:Guru-45|Guru-45]] ([[User talk:Guru-45|talk]]) 14:57, 17 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
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:I think that's embellished upon later in a series called l33t. [[User:Davidy22|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]][[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>(talk)</tt>]] 15:42, 17 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
:It's for novelty license plates with people's names on them (like "Bort" for example). [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.67|199.27.128.67]] 18:15, 6 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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After fixing my stupid undo I think this comic is still incomplete: What is the "driver's license factory" at the title text? --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 16:17, 11 June 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:The common tale is that someone purchases some item or other with writing on it (or somewhere where writing can appear, on closer examination) and finds that this writing reads "Help, I'm trapped in a <item> factory", or similar, as appropriate to the object concerned. This suggests that someone is trapped (or perhaps even enslaved to work) within such a place and their only hope of escape is to make 'messages in a bottle' out of the product that leaves the facility. This is often extended to various fantastical situations, like the (British only?) joke about the stick of {{w|Rock_(confectionery)|sea-side rock}}.<br />
:(Of course, the writing in sticks of rock generally starts to become unreadable (for normal-sized sticks) for any name larger than "Bridlington", although with care I suppose they've made them with a semi-legible "Western-super-Mare" set through them. But one aspect of this version of the joke could definitely well be that the theoretical SOS message wouldn't legibly fit.)<br />
:So, anyway, Mrs Roberts (who waited for a number of years for Little Bobby Tables to grow up to school-age, for the illustrated exploit) is patiently waiting for her daughter to get to somewhere in her mid-teens, or later, all the while intending that she will get to spoof such a message from the local DMV's license-printing facility at some point. (Turns out that could be as 'soon' as her reaching 14-16 years of age for her first Learner license, depending on state.) Momma Roberts likes playing the long-game, it appears. [[Special:Contributions/178.98.31.27|178.98.31.27]] 16:02, 19 June 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:The mouseover text might also be a reference to an easter egg in classic Mac OS, in which the text "Help! Help! We're being held prisoner in a system software factory!" was embedded in the {{w|system suitcase}}. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.90|173.245.50.90]] 20:02, 13 April 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Wasn't there another comic that had the digits of pi with "Help I'm trapped in a universe factory!" included in it? {{unsigned ip|108.162.249.205}}<br />
:Yes, the earlier [[10: Pi Equals]]. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.83|108.162.216.83]] 20:32, 29 January 2015 (UTC)</div>108.162.216.83https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:530:_I%27m_An_Idiot&diff=83708Talk:530: I'm An Idiot2015-01-29T03:36:15Z<p>108.162.216.83: </p>
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<div>Does this count as a self-nerd-snipe? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.218.101|108.162.218.101]] 02:44, 9 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Anyone have an idea how he made his Mac Mini speak? [[Special:Contributions/199.27.133.129|199.27.133.129]] 19:46, 24 September 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Yes. Read the title text. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.83|108.162.216.83]] 03:36, 29 January 2015 (UTC)</div>108.162.216.83https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:178:_Not_Really_Into_Pokemon&diff=83705Talk:178: Not Really Into Pokemon2015-01-29T03:05:12Z<p>108.162.216.83: Created page with "The title text is probably more specifically an allusion to Missingno and other glitch Pokemon in ''Pokemon Red'' and ''Pokemon Blue''. Capturing them would make the text in t..."</p>
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<div>The title text is probably more specifically an allusion to Missingno and other glitch Pokemon in ''Pokemon Red'' and ''Pokemon Blue''. Capturing them would make the text in the Hall of Fame render improperly. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.83|108.162.216.83]] 03:05, 29 January 2015 (UTC)</div>108.162.216.83https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1417:_Seven&diff=753111417: Seven2014-09-05T18:16:03Z<p>108.162.216.83: /* Title text list */</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 sets that have exactly seven objects. This leads him to exchange the items in the sets without noticing, to the point where, when attempting to list a single set, each item mentioned actually belongs to a different set.<br />
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This is shown in the comic when Cueball tries to enumerate the seven dwarfs from ''{{w|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs}} (a task some people might find difficult, although they would not just chose words from other sets of seven to fill in the gaps...) <br />
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The title text also makes it clear that even a simple set of seven items, like the days of the week, also goes completely wrong.<br />
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The comic is a reference to the oldest {{w|Set-theoretic_definition_of_natural_numbers#Oldest_definition|set-theoretic definition of the natural numbers}} in which for each natural number, an equivalence class is defined over all sets which contain the same number of items. As Cueball is known for mathematical thinking he could be presumed to have taken the underlying equivalence relation to heart, and (over)applying it to real life, genuinely judges sets to be identical if they both contain N objects.<br />
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The number seven being the number for when sets become indistinguishable is possibly a reference to {{w|The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two|Miller's law}}; however, this refers to elements within the same set becoming indistinguishable, rather than indistinguishability of different sets of the same size.<br />
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===Comic list===<br />
For each of the seven lists below, the relevant item's position on its own list of seven is equal to its position on the list in the comic. So, since "phylum" is the second major taxonomic rank, "phylum" is the second item on the list in the comic.<br />
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The seven "dwarfs" mentioned and their relevant sets of seven are (each item's position in its set is written in brackets before the item):<br />
# Disney's Dwarfs from the movie ''{{w|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs}}''): (1) '''Sneezy''', Dopey, Bashful, Sleepy, Grumpy, Happy and Doc<br />
# Major {{w|taxonomic ranks}}: kingdom, (2) '''phylum''', class, order, family, genus and species<br />
# Continents: Asia, Africa, (3) '''Europe''', North America, South America, Australia and Antarctica<br />
# {{w|Seven deadly sins|Deadly sins}}: lust, gluttony, greed, (4) '''sloth''', wrath, envy and pride<br />
# {{w|Seven-layer dip|Seven Layer Dip (recipe)}}: refried beans, cheese, ground beef, sour cream, (5) '''guacamole''', salsa and 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, (6) '''data link''' and 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 and (7) '''Colossus of Rhodes'''<br />
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===Title text list===<br />
The title text extends this saying he also does the same with the set of the seven days of the week. However, the lists found so far (here below) does not follow the same pattern as the dwarfs. The item number does not fit with that of our lists. So where no. 4 spectral colour has Green as no. 4 in the list, this is not the case with no. 5 on the list the Pleiades - here Electra is mentioned as no. 2 in {{W|Pleiades_(Greek_mythology)#The_Seven_Sisters|the wikipedia list}}. (However, this could maybe be discussed?) There is, however, reason to belive we do not yet have the complete understanding of the comic.<br />
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The sets Cueball's "days of the week" come from are (the relevant items number in the set is written in brackets before the item):<br />
# {{w|Days of the week}}: (1) '''Monday''', Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday<br />
# {{w|Seven_Seas#Modern|The Seven Seas (modern version)}}: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, (4?) '''Arctic''', Mediterranean, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
## This could also be a reference to {{w|Climate zones}}. See [[#Trivia|Trivia]].<br />
## This could also be a reference to {{w|Continents}}. See [[#Trivia|Trivia]].<br />
# {{w|Seven Sisters (colleges)|Seven Sisters}}, historically women's colleges in U.S.: Mount Holyoke, Vassar, (3) '''Wellesley''', Smith, Radcliffe, Bryn Mawr and Barnard<br />
# Traditional {{w|spectral color}}s: red, orange, yellow, (4) '''green''', blue, indigo and violet <br />
## However {{w|Indigo#Classification_as_a_spectral_color|indigo is stuck in}} by {{w|Isaac Newton}}. See [[#Trivia|Trivia]].<br />
# {{w|Pleiades (mythology)|Pleiades}}, Seven Sisters, nymphs and daughters of Atlas and Pleone in Greek mythology: Maia, (2?) '''Electra''', Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope and 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, (6) '''Synergize''' and Sharpen the saw<br />
# {{w|Seven_Seals|Seals}} in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament: First seal, Second seal, Third seal, Fourth seal, Fifth seal, Sixth seal and (7) '''Seventh seal'''<br />
## Although '''very''' unlikely, ''The Seventh Seal'' could also refer to the 1957 film by {{w|Ingmar Bergman}}. See [[#Trivia|Trivia]].<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, data link, Colossus of Rhodes<br />
: Caption: I have this problem where all sets of seven things are indistinguishable to me.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*Arctic (no. 2 on the title text list) could also be a reference to {{w|Climate zones|climate zones}}: '''Arctic''', North Temperate, Northern Subtropical, Tropical, Southern Subtropical, South Temperate and Antarctic. <br />
** There are however usually only five mentioned according to the {{w|Köppen climate classification}}. They are: Tropical, Dry, Temperate, Continental and Polar climate.<br />
** There are seven continents of the world. Africa, Antarctica (2), Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America. Since the picture of the 2nd dwarf is not a dwarf, but resembles another cartoon character "Fievel", the second item in the hover list "Arctic" was a purposeful mistake as well.<br />
*Concerning the seven colour of the spectrum (no. 4 on the title text list) {{w|Indigo#Classification_as_a_spectral_color|indigo is stuck in}} by {{w|Isaac Newton}} to add up to the seven notes in the {{w|Scale_(music)#Western_music|Western musical scale}} <br />
** It should be noted that {{w|Indigo#Classification as a spectral color|Newton probably meant}} the colours {{w|cyan}} and {{w|blue}} as we think of it today, rather than blue and {{w|indigo}}. <br />
** Also note that in a {{w|rainbow}} you usually {{w|Rainbow#Number_of_colours_in_spectrum_or_rainbow|cannot distinguish more than six colours}} with cyan melting in with green and blue and the same for indigo with blue and violet.<br />
** These are also the traditional seven artists' pigments, {{w|Roy_G._Biv|with the accompanying mnemonic "Roy G. Biv"}}. Indigo dye is a widely known and readily available colouring agent. The ongoing ubiquity of the ''pigment'' (think denim) gives it a unique prominence in spite of its uncertain status as a spectral colour. <br />
*Although '''very''' unlikely, ''The Seventh Seal'' (no. 7 on the title text list) could also refer to the 1957 film by Ingmar Bergman. <br />
**This was Bergman's seventh film with an English title beginning with the letter ‘S’ (ignoring articles). ''A Ship Bound for India'', ''Summer Interlude'', ''Secrets of Women'', ''Summer with Monika'', ''Sawdust and Tinsel'', ''Smiles of a Summer Night'', '''''The Seventh Seal'''''. <br />
**Similary ''The Seventh Seal'' is also the seventh Bergman film whose Swedish title starts with ‘S’, although the list has some different members. ''Skepp till Indialand'', ''Sånt händer inte här'', ''Sommarlek'', ''Sommaren med Monika'', ''Sommarnattens leende'', ''Sista paret ut'', '''''Det sjunde inseglet'''''. <br />
**''The Seventh Seal'' was also one of seven Bergman films submitted by Sweden for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film during the 1950s and 1960s. '''The Seventh Seal''', ''The Magician'', ''The Virgin Spring'', ''Through a Glass Darkly'', ''The Silence'', ''Persona'', ''Shame''.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>108.162.216.83https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1417:_Seven&diff=753081417: Seven2014-09-05T17:50:01Z<p>108.162.216.83: /* Trivia */</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 sets that have exactly seven objects. This leads him to exchange the items in the sets without noticing, to the point where, when attempting to list a single set, each item mentioned actually belongs to a different set.<br />
<br />
This is shown in the comic when Cueball tries to enumerate the seven dwarfs from ''{{w|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs}} (a task some people might find difficult, although they would not just chose words from other sets of seven to fill in the gaps...) <br />
<br />
The title text also makes it clear that even a simple set of seven items, like the days of the week, also goes completely wrong.<br />
<br />
The comic is a reference to the oldest {{w|Set-theoretic_definition_of_natural_numbers#Oldest_definition|set-theoretic definition of the natural numbers}} in which for each natural number, an equivalence class is defined over all sets which contain the same number of items. As Cueball is known for mathematical thinking he could be presumed to have taken the underlying equivalence relation to heart, and (over)applying it to real life, genuinely judges sets to be identical if they both contain N objects.<br />
<br />
The number seven being the number for when sets become indistinguishable is possibly a reference to {{w|The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two|Miller's law}}; however, this refers to elements within the same set becoming indistinguishable, rather than indistinguishability of different sets of the same size.<br />
<br />
===Comic list===<br />
For each of the seven lists below, the relevant item's position on its own list of seven is equal to its position on the list in the comic. So, since "phylum" is the second major taxonomic rank, "phylum" is the second item on the list in the comic.<br />
<br />
The seven "dwarfs" mentioned and their relevant sets of seven are (each item's position in its set is written in brackets before the item):<br />
# Disney's Dwarfs from the movie ''{{w|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs}}''): (1) '''Sneezy''', Dopey, Bashful, Sleepy, Grumpy, Happy and Doc<br />
# Major {{w|taxonomic ranks}}: kingdom, (2) '''phylum''', class, order, family, genus and species<br />
# Continents: Asia, Africa, (3) '''Europe''', North America, South America, Australia and Antarctica<br />
# {{w|Seven deadly sins|Deadly sins}}: lust, gluttony, greed, (4) '''sloth''', wrath, envy and pride<br />
# {{w|Seven-layer dip|Seven Layer Dip (recipe)}}: refried beans, cheese, ground beef, sour cream, (5) '''guacamole''', salsa and 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, (6) '''data link''' and 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 and (7) '''Colossus of Rhodes'''<br />
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===Title text list===<br />
The title text extends this saying he also does the same with the set of the seven days of the week. However, the lists found so far (here below) does not follow the same pattern as the dwarfs. The item number does not fit with that of our lists. So where no. 4 spectral colour has Green as no. 4 in the list, this is not the case with no. 5 on the list the Pleiades - here Electra is mentioned as no. 2 in {{W|Pleiades_(Greek_mythology)#The_Seven_Sisters|the wikipedia list}}. (However, this could maybe be discussed?) There is, however, reason to belive we do not yet have the complete understanding of the comic.<br />
<br />
The sets Cueball's "days of the week" come from are (the relevant items number in the set is written in brackets before the item):<br />
# {{w|Days of the week}}: (1) '''Monday''', Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday<br />
# {{w|Seven_Seas#Modern|The Seven Seas (modern version)}}: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, (4?) '''Arctic''', Mediterranean, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
## This could also be a reference to {{w|Climate zones}}. See [[#Trivia|Trivia]].<br />
# {{w|Seven Sisters (colleges)|Seven Sisters}}, historically women's colleges in U.S.: Mount Holyoke, Vassar, (3) '''Wellesley''', Smith, Radcliffe, Bryn Mawr and Barnard<br />
# Traditional {{w|spectral color}}s: red, orange, yellow, (4) '''green''', blue, indigo and violet <br />
## However {{w|Indigo#Classification_as_a_spectral_color|indigo is stuck in}} by {{w|Isaac Newton}}. See [[#Trivia|Trivia]].<br />
# {{w|Pleiades (mythology)|Pleiades}}, Seven Sisters, nymphs and daughters of Atlas and Pleone in Greek mythology: Maia, (2?) '''Electra''', Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope and 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, (6) '''Synergize''' and Sharpen the saw<br />
# {{w|Seven_Seals|Seals}} in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament: First seal, Second seal, Third seal, Fourth seal, Fifth seal, Sixth seal and (7) '''Seventh seal'''<br />
## Although '''very''' unlikely, ''The Seventh Seal'' could also refer to the 1957 film by {{w|Ingmar Bergman}}. See [[#Trivia|Trivia]].<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, data link, Colossus of Rhodes<br />
: Caption: I have this problem where all sets of seven things are indistinguishable to me.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*Arctic (no. 2 on the title text list) could also be a reference to {{w|Climate zones|climate zones}}: '''Arctic''', North Temperate, Northern Subtropical, Tropical, Southern Subtropical, South Temperate and Antarctic. <br />
** There are however usually only five mentioned according to the {{w|Köppen climate classification}}. They are: Tropical, Dry, Temperate, Continental and Polar climate.<br />
** There are seven continents of the world. Africa, Antarctica (2), Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America. Since the picture of the 2nd dwarf is not a dwarf, but resembles another cartoon character "Fievel", the second item in the hover list "Arctic" was a purposeful mistake as well.<br />
*Concerning the seven colour of the spectrum (no. 4 on the title text list) {{w|Indigo#Classification_as_a_spectral_color|indigo is stuck in}} by {{w|Isaac Newton}} to add up to the seven notes in the {{w|Scale_(music)#Western_music|Western musical scale}} <br />
** It should be noted that {{w|Indigo#Classification as a spectral color|Newton probably meant}} the colours {{w|cyan}} and {{w|blue}} as we think of it today, rather than blue and {{w|indigo}}. <br />
** Also note that in a {{w|rainbow}} you usually {{w|Rainbow#Number_of_colours_in_spectrum_or_rainbow|cannot distinguish more than six colours}} with cyan melting in with green and blue and the same for indigo with blue and violet.<br />
** These are also the traditional seven artists' pigments, {{w|Roy_G._Biv|with the accompanying mnemonic "Roy G. Biv"}}. Indigo dye is a widely known and readily available colouring agent. The ongoing ubiquity of the ''pigment'' (think denim) gives it a unique prominence in spite of its uncertain status as a spectral colour. <br />
*Although '''very''' unlikely, ''The Seventh Seal'' (no. 7 on the title text list) could also refer to the 1957 film by Ingmar Bergman. <br />
**This was Bergman's seventh film with an English title beginning with the letter ‘S’ (ignoring articles). ''A Ship Bound for India'', ''Summer Interlude'', ''Secrets of Women'', ''Summer with Monika'', ''Sawdust and Tinsel'', ''Smiles of a Summer Night'', '''''The Seventh Seal'''''. <br />
**Similary ''The Seventh Seal'' is also the seventh Bergman film whose Swedish title starts with ‘S’, although the list has some different members. ''Skepp till Indialand'', ''Sånt händer inte här'', ''Sommarlek'', ''Sommaren med Monika'', ''Sommarnattens leende'', ''Sista paret ut'', '''''Det sjunde inseglet'''''. <br />
**''The Seventh Seal'' was also one of seven Bergman films submitted by Sweden for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film during the 1950s and 1960s. '''The Seventh Seal''', ''The Magician'', ''The Virgin Spring'', ''Through a Glass Darkly'', ''The Silence'', ''Persona'', ''Shame''.<br />
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<div>...or "I can do '''it''' in under a minute" is taken as a euphamism for speedy performance ''after'' the bra puzzle is solved (or ignored). Which doesn't always impress a partner. I've heard. --[[Special:Contributions/178.107.249.215|178.107.249.215]] 22:20, 13 June 2013 (UTC)<br />
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The previous description ended with:<br />
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:The second person replies that they've noticed, perhaps sarcastically suggesting that the first person is far more interested in solving a Rubik's cube than actually removing the bra and... everything that follows.<br />
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While a subtle perspective, it glosses over the obvious joke about the Rubik's solver's speedy performance in the sack. --[[User:MisterSpike|MisterSpike]] ([[User talk:MisterSpike|talk]]) 18:39, 26 June 2013 (UTC)<br />
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I think this analysis is off. I think is should not be interpreted as an actual bra with a cube fastener, but rather comparing the difficulty of removing a bra with solving a cube. He says he can get it but opens himself up to the obvious joke by so proclaiming. -anon{{unsigned ip|24.142.134.100}}<br />
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I think it might actually be comparing the complications of sex and romance to the complication of a rubiks cube. {{unsigned ip|173.22.5.38}}<br />
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Maybe I'm reading too far into it, but I interpreted the title text as a remark on the fact that the first speaker is so good at solving rubik's cubes that s/he doesn't focus on much else. Their partner picks up on this: "Yes, I've noticed" is a subtle remark implying that the person should focus a little more on sex than solving a rubik's cube. --[[User:Mynotoar|Mynotoar]] ([[User talk:Mynotoar|talk]]) 23:54, 3 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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To me, this looks like a front closing bra. Many nerds would look to the difficult solution, only to find that Rubic's Cubes don't come apart when they are solved.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.83|108.162.216.83]] 19:20, 1 August 2014 (UTC)</div>108.162.216.83https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1391:_Darkness&diff=710661391: Darkness2014-07-07T04:37:38Z<p>108.162.216.83: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1391<br />
| date = July 7, 2014<br />
| title = Darkness<br />
| image = darkness.png<br />
| titletext = This was actually wish #406. Wish #2 was for him to lose the ability to remember that each new wish wasn't my first.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|My explaination is just a basic sketch, please help improve this explaination.}}<br />
The day-night cycle is an everyday occurence when the sun is hidden as the earth rotates, Making the earth dark, called night. This comic speculates on what would happen if news reporters did not know that this happened, naturally, this will appear frightening and newsworthy, making for lots of humor. The caption seems to imply that Randall asked a genie to make this happen for this exact reason.<br />
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The title text implies that Randall has been gaming the system for infinite wishes by making the genie forget how many wishes of his three wish limit have been used. This series of wishes are somewhat akin to his wish that the news forgot about the day night cycle<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
[From the female news anchor at a media desk]<br />
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Female Anchor: "...getting reports that the darkness has spread as far west as Texas. Let's go live to our reporter in Houston."<br />
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[From a breaking news window in the bottom right corner of the panel, a male newscaster stands in darkness]<br />
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Male Newscaster: "It's been thirty minutes since the sun vanished...<br />
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[Text below the panel]: "Genie, for my last wish, make everyone in the media forget about the day-night cycle."<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>108.162.216.83https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1391:_Darkness&diff=710651391: Darkness2014-07-07T04:36:45Z<p>108.162.216.83: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1391<br />
| date = July 7, 2014<br />
| title = Darkness<br />
| image = darkness.png<br />
| titletext = This was actually wish #406. Wish #2 was for him to lose the ability to remember that each new wish wasn't my first.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|My explaination is just a basic sketch, please help improve this explaination.}}<br />
The day-night cycle is an everyday occurence when the sun is hidden as the earth rotates, Making the earth dark, called night. This comic speculates on what would happen if news reporters did not know that this happened, naturally, this will appear frightening and newsworthy, making for lots of humor. The caption seems to imply that Randall asked a genie to make this happen for this exact reason.<br />
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The title text implies that Randall has been gaming the system for infinite wishes by making the genie forget how many wishes of his three wish limit have been used. This series of wishes are somewhat akin to his wish that the news forgot about the day night cycle<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
[From the female news anchor at a media desk]<br />
Female Anchor: "...getting reports that the darkness has spread as far west as Texas. Let's go live to our reporter in Houston."<br />
[From a breaking news window in the bottom right corner of the panel, a male newscaster stands in darkness]<br />
Male Newscaster: "It's been thirty minutes since the sun vanished...<br />
[Text below the panel]: "Genie, for my last wish, make everyone in the media forget about the day-night cycle."<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>108.162.216.83https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1391:_Darkness&diff=710641391: Darkness2014-07-07T04:31:49Z<p>108.162.216.83: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1391<br />
| date = July 7, 2014<br />
| title = Darkness<br />
| image = darkness.png<br />
| titletext = This was actually wish #406. Wish #2 was for him to lose the ability to remember that each new wish wasn't my first.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|My explaination is just a basic sketch, please help improve this explaination.}}<br />
The day-night cycle is an everyday occurence when the sun is hidden as the earth rotates, Making the earth dark, called night. This comic speculates on what would happen if news reporters did not know that this happened, naturally, this will appear frightening and newsworthy, making for lots of humor. The caption seems to imply that Randall asked a genie to make this happen for this exact reason.<br />
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The title text implies that Randall has been gaming the system for infinite wishes by making the genie forget how many wishes of his three wish limit have been used. This series of wishes are somewhat akin to his wish that the news forgot about the day night cycle<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
Female Newscaster: "...getting reports that the darkness has spread as far west as Texas. Let's go live to our reporter in Houston."<br />
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Male Newscaster (in bottom right of screen): "It's been thirty minutes since the sun vanished...<br />
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Tagline: "Genie, for my last wish, make everyone in the media forget about the day-night cycle."<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>108.162.216.83https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=4:_Landscape_(sketch)&diff=702684: Landscape (sketch)2014-06-24T09:12:39Z<p>108.162.216.83: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 4<br />
| date = September 30, 2005<br />
| title = 4: Landscape (sketch)<br />
| image = landscape_cropped_(1).jpg<br />
| titletext = There's a river flowing through the ocean<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
The early comics sometimes do not present a particular point, but are just pictures drawn by [[Randall]].<br />
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There is a joke in the title text that a river, made of water, is flowing through the ocean, which is also made of water<br />
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It is also worth noting that the sketch, when flipped vertically, maintains the appearance of having the sea on the bottom and sky on top, although the setting sun is on the wrong part of the horizon.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[A sketch of a landscape with sun on the horizon.]<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*This is the second comic originally posted on livejournal. The previous was [[7: Girl sleeping (Sketch -- 11th grade Spanish class)]]. The next was [[3: Island (sketch)]]. View archive [http://liveweb.archive.org/web/20070927001941/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 here].<br />
*Original title: "Landscape"<br />
*Original [[Randall]] quote: "Don't ask me why there's a river running through the ocean. Please."<br />
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[[Category:Comics posted on livejournal]]</div>108.162.216.83https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1316:_Inexplicable&diff=57600Talk:1316: Inexplicable2014-01-13T18:25:36Z<p>108.162.216.83: added part to discussion</p>
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<div>[http://xkcd.com/725/ Literally] haunted? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.53.152|173.245.53.152]] 08:22, 13 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I would say he trying to say that some errors that computers have are impossible to fathom. I've baffled our IT people on many an occasion and the solution is usual 'rebuild' which is the computer equivalent of an exorcism.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.231.228|108.162.231.228]] 10:18, 13 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Definitely this. It is also much harder to figure out what the problem is with a computer when you weren't the one who has spent all their time using the computer. It is why I can't understand how IT people do their jobs. [[User:Daleb|Daleb]] ([[User talk:Daleb|talk]]) 13:14, 13 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Surprised nobody mentioned [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_machine Ghost in the machine] yet... --[[User:Koveras|Koveras]] ([[User talk:Koveras|talk]]) 10:28, 13 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I find the current explanation entertaining but... raises questions.<br />
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Is "This comic is inexplicable and represents a self-referencing joke about explainxkcd.com." serious?<br />
:I think it's not and I deleted the sentence. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.84|173.245.50.84]] 14:39, 13 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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"While it might [be] a reasonable conclusion [i.e. that it is 'haunted'] for a human, demons can't possess a computer." - this reads like "demons exist, but are incapable of possessing computer equipment", rather than "demons cannot possess a computer, because they don't even exist", which would be my ''preference'' (under the standard rules of not being able to ''prove'' the non-existence of the supernatral... and, believe me, I've had my fair share of totally baffling computer problems, in my time, and often anthropomorphise equipment, somewhat, ''at least'' to explain it to non-tech users... but then end up adopting the same attitude myself, of course).<br />
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"The title text suggests that Megan insists that Cueball resume possession of his laptop, as she is unsettled by the ghost; Cueball simply refuses, seeing an opportunity to make his problem hers." - I see that as more akin to the "cursed gem" type of story. One simply cannot palm the gem off on somebody else, but it must have a legitimately willing recipient (including a thief stealing it, often) in order for the curse itself to transfer itself. Now that the 'status' of the laptop is known he's not going to accept it back and take the 'curse of errors' back upon himself. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.223|141.101.99.223]] 14:08, 13 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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:I just removed the sentence "While it might [be] a reasonable conclusion for a human, demons can't possess a computer." In the real world ghosts (the comic does not mention demons) don't exist and can't possess either humans or computers; in a fictional world, they might be able to do either or both (a la King's "Trucks"). -- [[Special:Contributions/108.162.212.217|108.162.212.217]] 15:24, 13 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I think the joke is just that normally the smartass that knows more about computers than you is able to easilly fix it, but not in this case. [[User:Halfhat|Halfhat]] ([[User talk:Halfhat|talk]]) 16:13, 13 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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So am I the only one who thinks that the caption(or whatever the hover over text is called) refers to Cueball trying to return the laptop to a retail store. I mean I can see a store like Best Buy refusing to take back a laptop because a customer insists that there is a ghost in it. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.83|108.162.216.83]] 18:25, 13 January 2014 (UTC)</div>108.162.216.83