https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=162.158.123.119&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T13:56:56ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2373:_Chemist_Eggs&diff=2000192373: Chemist Eggs2020-10-17T01:27:36Z<p>162.158.123.119: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2373<br />
| date = October 17, 2020<br />
| title = Chemist Eggs<br />
| image = chemist_eggs.png<br />
| titletext = Chemists actually find it simpler to define a general odor of rotten eggs as a baseline, and the LACK of rotten eggs as a distinct smell.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a ROTTEN EGG LOVER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic details how some people attribute smells to certain things that aren't always common to smell<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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[Cueball and Ponytail face a table]<br />
:Cueball: How will I know if the reaction fails?<br />
:Ponytail: You'll smell the sulfides<br />
Cueball: what do those smell like?<br />
Ponytail: Rotten eggs.<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]</div>162.158.123.119https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=972:_November&diff=198796972: November2020-10-06T16:30:35Z<p>162.158.123.119: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 972<br />
| date = November 2, 2011<br />
| title = November<br />
| image = november.png<br />
| titletext = November marks the birthday of Charles Schulz, pioneer of tongue awareness.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic is a homage to {{w|Charles Schulz}}, the creator of the comic {{w|Peanuts}}, who was born on November 26, 1922. Both comics carry the idea that when you start thinking about your tongue, you can hardly stop thinking about it. (Similarly: if you start thinking about your breathing, you stop breathing unless you consciously think to breathe,same goes for blinking.) This is similar to {{w|Ironic process theory|the ironic process theory}}, where trying to not think about something will invariably make you think about it. The intention of [[Black Hat]] in this comic is for [[Cueball]] to consciously feel his tongue for the entire month of November. Since it was Black Hat's idea, Black Hat probably suffers the same consequences.<br />
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Here is the comic in question by Charles Schulz from Peanuts.<br />
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">[[File:tongue awareness.jpg]]</div><br />
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[http://fuckyeahexistentialism.tumblr.com/post/852726235/im-aware-of-my-tongue-its-an-awful-feeling A random person on tumblr] speculates that Schulz's comic has a deeper meaning about becoming conscious about one's existence in the world. This is similar, in concept, to the expression and phrase used for trolling in online communities, "[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-are-now-breathing-manually You Are Now Breathing Manually]".<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Black Hat and Cueball sit in a room.]<br />
:Black Hat: Did you know November is Tongue Awareness Month?<br />
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:[Cueball is suddenly aware of his tongue.]<br />
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:[Cueball continues to be aware of his tongue.]<br />
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:[Cueball is *still* aware of his tongue.]<br />
:Cueball: I hate you.<br />
:Black Hat: Enjoy the next four weeks.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]</div>162.158.123.119https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2363:_Message_Boards&diff=1976922363: Message Boards2020-09-24T17:06:28Z<p>162.158.123.119: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2363<br />
| date = September 23, 2020<br />
| title = Message Boards<br />
| image = message_boards.png<br />
| titletext = (c) You can have a scooter when you pay for it yourself, and (d) if you can't learn to start a new thread rather than responding to an old one, you'll be banned. [thread locked by moderator]<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by A LG Chocolate. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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The joke of this comic lies in the dates of the forum posts and the (presumed) relation between the posters.<br />
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The initial post was made in 2000 by NIN85 who was, at the time, a teenaged girl (likely 14-15 years old given her username ends in 85, implying she was born in 1985), complaining that her mother did not allow her to get a {{w|Vespa}}. Vespa is a brand of scooters and mopeds produced by the Italian manufacturer Piaggio. Most U.S. states require motorcycle licenses for any vehicle with an engine size over 50 cubic centimeters. Most Vespas are larger than this, although 49 CC models (classified as mopeds) do exist.<br />
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The reply was written in 2020 (twenty years later) by JULZ (or Julian), the son of the now-adult NIN85, likely in his teenage years given the Z at the end if his name implies he is {{w|generation Z}}. "Julz" complains about his mother refusing to allow him to get an electric scooter, which doesn't require a license. He is implicitly pointing out the hypocrisy of his mother, as a 15-year-old, thinking that teenagers with scooters are perfectly reasonable, while as a 35 year old, being against the idea.<br />
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The humor derives partially from the fact that this isn't really hypocrisy: we expect teenaged viewpoints to evolve into mature adult viewpoints, and do not hold adults to promises made or beliefs held when they were teenagers. Humor also results from the unexpected situation of the child tracking down his mother's old forum post, and his mother still being active in the same niche forum 20 years later. She quickly responds to his comment, addressing him by his real name, which makes it clear they are related. She points out that they had already talked about it (presumably explaining why he is not allowed to get an electric scooter) and expressing her disbelief that he managed to find her original post on the message board.<br />
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In the title text, the parent is apparently a {{w|Internet_forum#Moderators|mod}} on that board now, or at least can quickly twist the ear of an actual mod. (It is unclear whether she ever got her scooter and perhaps became a different kind of {{w|Mod_(subculture)|Mod}}.) She threatens banning if the kid does not learn to post a new thread for stuff like this instead of dredging up dead threads from years ago, a common complaint on message boards. The act of 'reviving long-dead threads' is often described as "necromancy", or "necroing", and some subforums may actually encourage tagging onto existing but idle discussions (to add new/updated information) rather than repeatedly creating new threads (that end up rehashing or linking all old information).<br />
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This 'necro' does not seem to be particularly informative, however, except as a curiosity. It's possible the motivation to lock this thread is more about hiding her hypocrisy from other users on the board than for the usual reason of letting dead threads stay dead, but a locked thread is usually still readable. It could easily be found and read by old and new forum-goers alike. Even, if not lost entirely by then, by a son or daughter (or sentient AI child-entity) of Julz in yet another twenty years. And they may even be able to have the discussion unlocked on some pretext, then append their own topical teenage complaints against Julian the parent.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Single panel showing a view of the "MopedPro" forum on a message board, with a caption below the panel.]<br />
::Forum Tab: '''''MopedPro Forum''''' (Top Left) | (4 tabs with illegible writing on them. None of them appear to be selected) (Top Right)<br />
:NIN85 (posted December 5, 2000 - 13:01): So mad that my mom won't let me get a Vespa. I'm old enough for a moped license and they're really not that dangerous.<br />
:JULZ [new user] (posted September 23, 2020 - 17:05): At least she's not stopping you from getting an electric scooter you don't even need a license for<br />
:NIN85 (posted September 23, 2020 - 18:36): Okay, Julian, (a) you know we talked about this, and (b) how the heck did you find this thread<br />
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:Caption: I love that message boards are now old enough for this to happen.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Social networking]]</div>162.158.123.119https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:555:_Two_Mirrors&diff=197227Talk:555: Two Mirrors2020-09-16T18:18:48Z<p>162.158.123.119: In the last frame, you can see her reflection still standing in the right-most mirror.</p>
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<div>Am i the only one who think of the ne555? <br />
[[Special:Contributions/87.179.191.141|87.179.191.141]] 21:46, 11 December 2012 (UTC)<br />
:No idea. What I was thinking was who reads books like that?<br />
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(There again who responds to sites like this?)<br />
And: Shouldn't the mirrors be at a slight angle to one another?<br />
[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 18:06, 30 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
:He refers to the NE555, the most famous IC, used mainly to create timers and oscillators. Its use matches perfectly the comic's theme. In fact, I came to this Discussion section expecting a reference to the NE555. [[User:Ajgelado|Ajgelado]] ([[User talk:Ajgelado|talk]]) 05:33, 1 September 2016 (UTC)<br />
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:A slight angle would amplify with each reflection breaking the chain. It would make more sense for them to be parallel but off-center from one another. [[User:Flewk|flewk]] ([[User talk:Flewk|talk]]) 07:38, 5 January 2016 (UTC)<br />
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In the last frame, you can see her reflection still standing in the right-most mirror.</div>162.158.123.119