https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=162.158.90.84&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T20:47:56ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2749:_Lymphocytes&diff=3085892749: Lymphocytes2023-03-15T07:24:05Z<p>162.158.90.84: Add note about possible "Vicious Mockery" reference in CD4+ cell description.</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2749<br />
| date = March 13, 2023<br />
| title = Lymphocytes<br />
| image = lymphocytes_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 651x733px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = It's very hard to detect, but recent studies have determined that when plasma B cells are producing antibodies, they go 'pew pew pew'<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by the WORLD'S SECOND COOLEST IMMUNOLOGIST - Table is cool, but some entries miss mention or explanation of the text in the comic, when it may have relation to the real life cell etc. (Perhaps ensure each description covers the real description for the name and then the explanation for the rogue text. Except for the D Cell, obviously, where it is both at once.) Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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The human body contains many different types of immune cells. This comic is a list of {{w|lymphocyte}}s, a specific type of immune cell that is found in blood and lymph. As the comic goes on, in the style of many "informative" xkcd comics, the descriptions of the names of the cells get more and more removed from reality. Though many of the cells are real, only two descriptions are accurate, those for the plasma B cell and that of the out of context D cell. The diagrams are either uninformingly similar to each other, as an extremely generic diagram of a biological cell, or made to look somewhat like the item spoofed by the description.<br />
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The title text is possibly a reference to this recent study: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.3c00638<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name !! Real Lymphocyte? !! Randall's description !! Comment<br />
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| Plasma B cells || Yes || Churn out antibodies || {{w|Plasma B cell}}; churns out antibodies as the comic says.<br />
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| Naïve B cells || Yes || Try to stop pathogens by asking nicely || {{w|B cell}}s that have not yet been exposed to an antigen. Can only "ask nicely" for pathogens to stop because they cannot yet contribute to the immune system.<br />
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| {{w|Memory B cell}}s || Yes || Very quietly sing {{w|Memory_(Cats_song)|"Memory" from ''Cats''}} at all times || Long-lived B cells that "remember" an antigen they have previously encountered, allowing them to quickly respond to a reappearance of the same antigen. "Memory" is one of the most famous songs from the 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber ''{{w|Cats (musical)|Cats}}'' musical.<br />
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| {{w|Regulatory B cell}}s || Yes || Required by local ordinance || Suppress certain immune responses, or in other words, regulates the immune response, which is their actual namesake, as opposed to the made-up namesake of only being in the body because some regulation requires it. Though cells do follow instructions from DNA, which might be considered to be local ordinances.<br />
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| CD8+ T cells || Yes || Melee combat || {{w|Cytotoxic T cell}}, responsible for killing cells which are cancerous or infected. Named after the surface protein "CD8" ("Cluster of Differentiation") it uses when searching for targets. Possibly also reference to the tabletop gaming terminology where "d8" means 8-sided dice, "d4" means 4-sided dice, etc. D&D and many of its derivatives use d8s primarily for damage, particularly for some of the most common weapons like rapiers, longswords, and longbows, and also for several spells like Chill Touch or Ray of Frost.<br />
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| CD4+ T cells || Yes || Scream at other cells || {{w|T helper cell}}, releasing cytokines as a signal that prompts the immune system into action, thus "screaming" at other cells. Named after the surface protein "CD4" (see above), that is used for binding to other cells while "screaming". Possibly also a reference to the D&D spell "Vicious Mockery" which may involve screaming and does damage based on a "d4" die.<br />
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| {{w|Gamma delta T cell|Gamma-Delta T cell}}s || Yes || Unknown / classified || T cells found largely in mucous membranes of the gut, with different T-cell receptors than normal. Effectively the immune system's first line of defense.<br />
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| CDRW+ T cells || No || Rewritable, 700MB || Here, the meaning of "CD" is switched from {{w|Cluster of Differentiation}} to {{w|Compact Disc}}, as in the {{w|CD-RW}} re-writable media format. 700 megabytes is a common size format for CDs.<br />
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| DVD+R T cells || No || Different from DVD-R, though no one is sure how || {{w|DVD+R}} is a DVD format designed by {{w|HP Labs}}, while DVD-R (pronounced "dash R") came originally from {{w|Pioneer Corporation}} and was the earlier accepted system. The two formats are not trivially compatible, but many (re)writing DVD drives were made multiformat to automatically handle both of these, {{w|DVD-RAM}}, read/write versions and CD-density media, as necessary, under the general label of "DVD±RW". The user then ends up not usually needing, or bothering, to know the technical differences.<br />
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| {{w|Natural killer cell}}s || Yes || Named by the world's coolest immunologist || Kills cells infected by intracellular pathogens and other malfunctioning (e.g. cancerous) cells, similar to CD8+ cells but part of the {{w|innate immune system}}. Randall likes the name of these cells more than the next item, making Rolf Kiessling and Hugh Pross "the world's coolest immunologist(s)."<br />
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| ILC1, ILC2, and ILC3 cells || Yes || Named by a significantly less cool immunologist || {{w|Innate lymphoid cell}}s, regulating the innate immune system through signaling molecules. Named in [https://www.nature.com/articles/nri3365 this paper in Nature] by Hergen Spits, David Artis, Marco Colonna, Andreas Diefenbach, James P. Di Santo, Gerard Eberl, Shigeo Koyasu, Richard M. Locksley, Andrew N. J. McKenzie, Reina E. Mebius, Fiona Powrie and Eric Vivier, making them collectively much less cool than Kiessling and Pross above.<br />
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| D cells || No || Larger than C and AA cells, used in old flashlights || This is not a blood cell, but a {{w|D battery|"D cell" battery}}. Confusingly, biological cells called "D cells" or {{w|delta cell}}s do exist, but they are not lymphocytes.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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[A 4 by 3 grid, each containing (from top to bottom) the name of the lymphocyte, a depiction of the cell and a description]<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Panel !! Title !! Shape !! Description<br />
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|1 || Plasma B cells || Egg-like shaped cell with the nucleus right from the middle || Churn out antibodies <br />
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|2 || Naïve B cells || Almost circular cell with the nucleus in the middle || Try to stop pathogens by asking nicely <br />
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|3 || Memory B cells || Like panel 2, but with some music notes next to it, as if it produces sound || Very quietly sing "memory" from Cats at all times <br />
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|4 || Regulatory B cells || Like panel 2 || Required by local ordinance <br />
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|5 || CD8+ T cells || Also oblong, but with the nucleus left from the middle || Melee combat <br />
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|6 || CD4+ T cells || Circular, with a large nucleus, saying ‘AAAAAAAAA!’ || Scream at other cells <br />
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|7 || Gamma-Delta T cells || Dashed circle with a question mark in the middle || Unknown / classified <br />
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|8 || CDRW+ T cells || Shaped like a CD, with a large hole in the middle || Rewritable, 700MB <br />
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|9 || DVD+R T cells || Shaped like a DVD, with a bit smaller hole in the middle || Different from DVD-R, though no one is sure how <br />
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|10 || Natural killer cells || Irregularly shaped oblong cell with nucleus in the middle || Named by the world's coolest immunologist <br />
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|11 || ILC1, ILC2, and ILC3 cells || Three cells || Named by a significantly less cool immunologist <br />
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|12 || D cells || Cylindrical shaped ‘cell’, with a smaller cylindrical ‘nucleus’ inside it at the right, roughly shaped like a D battery || Larger than C and AA cells, used in old flashlights <br />
|}<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Biology]]<br />
[[Category:Science]]</div>162.158.90.84https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2744:_Fanservice&diff=3070762744: Fanservice2023-03-01T16:56:14Z<p>162.158.90.84: Turbine maintanance engineers absolutely do not work on HVAC systems. They work on power generation and vehicles. Turbines are not fans!</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2744<br />
| date = March 1, 2023<br />
| title = Fanservice<br />
| image = fanservice_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 188x278px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = I was eventually kicked out of my architectural engineering program because I wouldn't stop referring to HVAC as "the fandom."<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by an HVAC ROCK BAND - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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This comic is very similar to [[2036: Edgelord]] and [[2654: Chemtrails]]. In all three of these comics, a modern slang term or just a commonly used word ("chemtrails" was the case in 2654) is used to describe a job, and while the slang or word seems accurate, it isn't the normally used term for the job. Previously a graph theory PHD was labeled an "edgelord", a reference to how mathematical graphs have edges, but this time a turbine maintenance engineer is called out for doing a lot of fanservice, as in, literally serving/maintaining a huge fan (with which turbines are often inaccurately conflated). In the other comic, trails of ant pheromones were labeled as "chemtrails", a reference to how pheromones are chemicals.<br />
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A second order of dissonance is introduced from the difference between fans and turbines, which are designed to work towards opposite purposes. Randall has previously touched on wind turbines ''not'' being fans, most notably in [[1378: Turbine]].<br />
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{{wiktionary|Fanservice}} is a term often used to describe certain decisions made in TV or film productions that make some form of knowing nod to the viewers that isn't necessary to the plot or visualisation of the work. It can just mean inserting obscure details of the work's back-history, to spark gleeful recognition amongst the more devoted fans, or it could be increasing the ridiculousness of character's behaviour (often due to one or other overly contrived reason) to live up to their stereotype. A frequent form of this is the {{tvtropes|MsFanservice|Ms. Fanservice}} trope, where the more glamorous female characters find themselves in more figurehugging clothing, clothing that actually covers {{tvtropes|ChainmailBikini|much less of their figure}} than should be practical or even find themselves shoehorned into a situation where they {{tvtropes|CensorSuds|aren't wearing}} even their 'normal' skimpy outfit.<br />
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In the title text, Cueball refers to HVAC (a term for the unified heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems of a given building) as "the fandom." Normally, "fandom" means the group of fans of something, but here refers to a system that relies on lots of fans.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
[Cueball stands next to White Hat (apparently a turbine maintenance engineer)]<br />
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Cueball: So, I hear you do a lot of fanservice.<br />
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White Hat: NO!<br />
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[Caption below the panel:] How to annoy a turbine maintenance engineer<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>162.158.90.84https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2743:_Hand_Dryers&diff=3070342743: Hand Dryers2023-03-01T08:07:06Z<p>162.158.90.84: Made the explanation a little more concise</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2743<br />
| date = February 27, 2023<br />
| title = Hand Dryers<br />
| image = hand_dryers_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 618x309px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = I know hand dryers have their problems, but I think for fun we should keep egging Dyson on and see if we can get them to make one where the airflow breaks the speed of sound.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a DYSON ENGINEER - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
A {{w|hand dryer}} is an electrical device which uses air flow, typically of hot air, to dry the user's hands after they have just washed them. In the 30 or so seconds it takes to dry the hands, the user may feel as though the air coming from the hand dryer isn't actually warm, hence seeming like they "take forever to heat up," while in reality the water evaporating from the user's wet hands absorbs heat from them, as well as the possibly heated air, as {{w|evaporation}} is an endothermic process. Thus the user does not ''feel'' that the air from the dryer is warm, even though it is, and will only start to do so once their hands have been significantly dried. Interestingly, this absorption of heat through evaporation is how human {{w|sweat}} has its cooling effect, which means that even warm ambient air can be made to feel colder by being wafted across a person's dampened skin.<br />
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Randall has procured a small airplane, accompanied by a banner with a message explaining this phenomenon. He elaborates in the caption that he's spent dozens of years angry at the engineers of these hand dryers, as he was under the comic's erroneous impression that the air from the dryers was not actually warm. In an act of justice for hand dryer engineers everywhere, he now considers it his personal mission to explain to the public why this is actually a misconception. And indeed, it seems to be working - a person on the ground has already been [[1053: Ten Thousand|enlightened]] by Randall.<br />
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In the title text, the {{w|speed of sound}} is the speed of a sound wave{{citation needed}} in a given medium, usually air. Breaking the {{w|sound barrier}} is often touted as a significant achievement for powered aircraft (this was first safely achieved in the 1940s, and became significantly 'easier' with the development of the jet engine). Here, Randall thinks it would be a good idea to try and get the {{w|Dyson (company)|Dyson company}} (a technology company known for making high-tech, fancy and expensive air-moving devices such as vacuum-cleaners, fans and hand dryers) to design a hand dryer whose airflow would exceed the sound barrier. This would be technically difficult to achieve with such a relatively small device as a typical wall-mounted hand dryer. Nor would such a hand dryer really be practically useful, given that air currents faster than the speed of sound could injure the hands of the dryer's users,{{Citation needed}} amongst other unintended effects.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[An airplane tows a banner. In the distance, there are three small clouds and three birds]<br />
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:[On the banner is written:] It seems like hand dryers take forever to heat up, but that's because the evaporation cools your skin, so the hot air feels cold until the water is gone.<br />
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:Voice coming from the bottom of the panel: Ohhh! <br />
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:[Caption below the panel:] I spent decades mistakenly annoyed at hand dryer engineers, so now I'm on a mission to save others from the same fate.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Engineering]]<br />
[[Category:Aviation]]<br />
[[Category:Airplane banner]]</div>162.158.90.84https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2742:_Island_Storage&diff=3068162742: Island Storage2023-02-24T20:32:15Z<p>162.158.90.84: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2742<br />
| date = February 24, 2023<br />
| title = Island Storage<br />
| image = island_storage_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 740x435px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = I always hate dragging around the larger archipelagos, but I appreciate how the Scandanavian peninsula flexes outward to create a snug pocket for the British Isles.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a BOT PUTTING THE EDITORS INTO STORAGE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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This is another world map vandalized by Randall, similarly to the [[:Category:Bad Map Projections|bad map projection series]]. This time, every major island, that is not considered a continent in its own right, is relocated into similarly-sized swathes of sea partly enclosed by the outlines of adjacent continents. The caption implies it's Earth's intended "storage mode", where everything 'loose' is neatly packed away.<br />
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New locations of various islands:<br />
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{| class="wikitable" <br />
|-<br />
! Island(s)<br />
! Original Location<br />
! New Location<br />
|-<br />
| Northern Canadian Islands<br />
| North of mainland Canada<br />
| Hudson Bay<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Newfoundland (Island)}}, {{w|Prince Edward Island}}, and {{w|Anticosti Island}}<br />
| Off the eastern coast of Canada<br />
| {{w|Gulf of St Lawrence}}<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Greenland}}<br />
| Northeast of Canada<br />
| Gulf of Mexico<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Hispaniola}} and {{w|Cuba}}<br />
| Caribbean Sea<br />
| Gulf of Mexico<br />
|-<br />
| Other Caribbean Islands<br />
| Caribbean Sea<br />
| Gulf of Venezuela<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Iceland}}<br />
| Northern Atlantic Ocean<br />
| Coast of southern France<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Great Britain}} and {{w|Ireland}}, ??<br />
| Northwest Europe<br />
| Baltic Sea<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Sardinia}} and {{w|Sicily}}<br />
| Off western coast of Italy<br />
| Coast of Italy<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Aegean Islands}}<br />
| Aegean Sea<br />
| Coast of Greece<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|New Guinea}}, {{w|Java}}, {{w|Sulawesi}}<br />
|<br />
| Mediterranean Sea<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Japan}}, {{w|Sakhalin}}<br />
|<br />
| Sea of Ohotsk<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Taiwan}}, {{w|Hainan}}<br />
|<br />
| Yellow Sea?<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Madagascar}}<br />
|<br />
| Red Sea<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Sri Lanka}}<br />
|<br />
| Persian Gulf<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Borneo}}<br />
|<br />
| Gulf of Thailand<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|New Zealand}}, {{w|Tasmania}}<br />
| Off the coast of Australia<br />
| Gulf of Carpentaria<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[A map of Earth with the largest continents (except Antarctica) in their usual locations, but all of the major islands have been moved into various bays and seas.]<br />
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:[Caption below the panel:]<br />
:Reminder: If you're the last one using the Earth, please put the islands away when you're done.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Maps]]</div>162.158.90.84https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1235:_Settled&diff=1879711235: Settled2020-03-02T13:02:02Z<p>162.158.90.84: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1235<br />
| date = July 8, 2013<br />
| title = Settled<br />
| image = settled.png<br />
| titletext = Well, we've really only settled the question of ghosts that emit or reflect visible light. Or move objects around. Or make any kind of sound. But that covers all the ones that appear in Ghostbusters, so I think we're good.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
Displayed is a timeline chart showing the percentage of people in the United States who have a camera at every moment. [[Randall]] refers to the fact that today most people carry embedded camera devices using their {{w|cell phones}} or the even more modern {{w|Smartphone|smartphones}}.<br />
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The chart shows that after the 1980s the percentage increases rapidly, almost reaching 100% by 2013. The text below the image states that "''We have conclusively settled the questions of {{w|Flying_saucer|flying saucers}}, lake monsters [such as the {{w|Loch Ness Monster}}], {{w|ghost}}s, and {{w|Bigfoot}}''", implying that because almost everyone carries a camera the evidence should have arisen by now to settle any question about such phenomena. Of course, such evidence has ''not'' arisen — but that doesn't stop many people from continuing to believe the myths. But at least now it is hard to claim that you saw something, but didn't have a camera to capture it with. If something moved by so fast that you did not have time to take a picture, then it could also be questioned if you have time to see that it was a ghost etc.<br />
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The title text declares that, in the case of ghosts, only the questions regarding phenomena that can be captured with a camera have been settled - leaving, in other words, ghosts that can't be seen, heard, or felt are essentially indistinguishable from an absence of ghosts. The title text also makes a joke about the ghosts of ''{{w|Ghostbusters}}'', a popular film that featured highly visible and noisy ghosts which left a slime. If such ghosts existed, recording them would be very easy.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[A graph with percentage from 0 to 100 on the Y-axis with three ticks with labels, top, middle and bottom. The X-axis is a timeline with years with labeled ticks at every five years interval from 1980 but also including a final tick at the year of release, 2013, which is written in a smaller font. The graph shown a red line that starts before 1980 at just above 0% and stays there through the 80s, rises a little past 1990 and reached 1-2% at around 2000, but then it rises rapidly to 10% at 2005, 75% at 2010, and around 90% at 2013, where the rise begins to flatten out asymptotically towards 100 %. There is a caption for what the Y-axis represents over the flat part of the curve:]<br />
:Percentage of the US population carrying cameras everywhere they go, every waking moment of their lives:<br />
:Y-axis labels:<br />
::100%<br />
::50%<br />
::0%<br />
:X-axis labels: 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 <small>2013</small><br />
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:[Caption below the panel:]<br />
:In the last few years, with very little fanfare, we've conclusively settled the questions of flying saucers, lake monsters, ghosts, and Bigfoot.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics with color]]<br />
[[Category:Timelines]]<br />
[[Category:Line graphs]]<br />
[[Category:Paranormal]]</div>162.158.90.84https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2255:_Tattoo_Ideas&diff=187233Talk:2255: Tattoo Ideas2020-02-13T13:14:12Z<p>162.158.90.84: </p>
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"Changeme" made me think of FIXME or TODO of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comment_(computer_programming)#Tags [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.150|162.158.106.150]] 06:03, 15 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
:yeah, it's the equivalent but for stuff like passwords [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.91|162.158.154.91]] 06:42, 15 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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The "Eurion Constellation" is a constellation-like pattern of dots on paper currency that when detected, prevents photocopiers from making copies of the bills https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation<br />
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[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissot%27s_indicatrix Tissot's indicatrix] is a matrix of circles placed on a map that change size and proportions (possibly turning into ellipses) based on map distortion. As a tattoo, that would be useful in tracking any distortion of the skin since you had the tattoo. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.216|141.101.105.216]] 07:07, 15 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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The [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/suffer-to-be-beautiful/ Snopes page on Epidurals and Tattoos] states that, as of 2005, doctors will administer epidurals (an anaesthetic procedure designed to lessen the pain of childbirth) through lower back tattoos, but that there is discussion in the Canadian medical community that there may be some risk involved with this procedure. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.54.177|172.69.54.177]] 07:23, 15 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
:Until I clicked the link, I was under the impression you were telling us that the doctors would give women epidurals under the guise of tattoos or something... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.136|162.158.214.136]] 08:26, 15 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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"The [https://www.who.int/patientsafety/safesurgery/checklist/en/ WHO Surgical Safety Checklist] was developed after extensive consultation aiming to decrease errors and adverse events, and increase teamwork and communication in surgery. The 19-item checklist has gone on to show significant reduction in both morbidity and mortality and is now used by a majority of surgical providers around the world." [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.184|141.101.76.184]] 07:31, 15 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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In the 2000 movie "Memento", the amnesiac protagonist uses "an intricate system of Polaroid photographs and tattoos to track information he cannot remember." ([https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_(film) Wikipedia]) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.154|141.101.76.154]] 07:40, 15 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Aww man, now I want the title text as a tattoo. Also, the words "You should add a dragon" abruptly in the middle of an intricate design[[User:V|V]] ([[User talk:V|talk]]) 08:03, 15 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
:Or just "a dragon" [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.136|162.158.214.136]] 08:24, 15 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
::Or just tattoo "Your Tattoo" to show to anyone who asks to see your tattoo. --<br />
:::My sister-in-law decided to get a pumpkin tattoo in memory of her late father, as "Pumpkin" was his nickname for her. I genuinely thought she was going to get a <i>drawing</i> of a pumpkin. I suppose there's a chance she did too... [[User:Yorkshire Pudding|Yorkshire Pudding]] ([[User talk:Yorkshire Pudding|talk]]) 19:06, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.91|162.158.154.91]] 11:20, 15 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
:Even though it's too soon (xkcd [[286]])? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.228|162.158.255.228]] 09:42, 15 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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My phone refused to show this comic image until I viewed the url for the file directly. After reading about EURion sets, I wonder if Randall sneaked one in or something. It also started downloading an automatic "Play security information update" while I was trying to access the image. I guess if that's related causality could go in either direction. 16:14, 15 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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I don't understand, why would updating your password tattoo be difficult? Just add a character or two every 6-12 months, making it more and more secure over time. Some characters could even be modified, an underscore easily becomes an 'L', a parentheses becomes a zero or 'O'. [[User:SDSpivey|SDSpivey]] ([[User talk:SDSpivey|talk]]) 17:20, 15 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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I disagree with the slide rule explanation. If the two halves of the slide rule were put on opposite arms, you would always be able to use it assuming: the tattoos are uncovered, you can get the two sides close enough, and your skin doesn't sag too much.<br />
[[Special:Contributions/172.68.34.106|172.68.34.106]] 21:08, 15 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
:I too instinctively disagreed, under the same assumption that it would be on different sides of the body to slide against each other (because both 'slides' on one patch of skin would make it of no practical use - albeit ''xkcd''ish because of that!) but you'd still depend upon no unequal linear distortion (even if bilaterally the same in their non-linear stretching) to make the linear and log/etc scales remain usefully referential for all 'slide' positions, and I'm really not sure if (fr. ex.) forearm growth or fattening (muscle ''and/or'' flab) handily pulls the skin taught/promotes dermal stretching in a totally consistent manner. So I left my objection unsaid. Though still worth commenting on in here, I suppose. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.196|141.101.98.196]] 17:12, 16 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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The phrase '"All Your Base Are Belong to Us" is broken English phrase' in the explanation of the title text is itself broken English.<br />
[[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.28|162.158.92.28]] 23:02, 16 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Obviously, his first tattoo should simply say '''FIRST'''. — [[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 17:59, 25 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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I feel that "the entire script to DreamWorks' 2007 hit animation 'Bee Movie'" is missing from this list. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.90.84|162.158.90.84]] 13:14, 13 February 2020 (UTC)</div>162.158.90.84https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1813:_Vomiting_Emoji&diff=1375851813: Vomiting Emoji2017-03-20T15:02:17Z<p>162.158.90.84: </p>
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| date = March 20, 2017<br />
| title = Vomiting Emoji<br />
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| titletext = My favorite might be U+1F609 U+1F93F WINKING FACE VOMITING.<br />
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First! :) (Please don't delete this and show some respect for my art :D)<br />
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