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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 152<br />
| date = September 3, 2006<br />
| title = Hamster Ball<br />
| image = hamster_ball.png<br />
| titletext = Reportedly, double-walled inflatable balls like this exist somewhere. Now to find that place.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
The comic starts with a {{w|genie}}, who, having been freed from a magical lamp, grants the owner three wishes; this isn't unusual, since the {{w|Genie in popular culture|idea of a genie}} who does this is a very {{tvtropes|GenieInABottle|common (warning: tvtropes vortex) trope}} in the fantasy genre.<br />
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[[Cueball]] asks for a human-sized {{w|hamster ball}}, and when he gets it, he starts to roll around in it, obviously entertained.<br />
The genie then asks what he would like for his {{tvtropes|ThreeWishes|other two wishes (warning: tvtropes vortex)}}, to which, having already being granted his heart's desire, he states that he wouldn't need the other wishes for anything.<br />
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The title text refers to the activity of {{w|Zorbing}}. Later, [[Randall]] found out where to get one and went on a [[211: Hamster Ball Heist|hamster ball heist]], and hamster balls have been a [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Hamster_Ball recurring theme] on xkcd since this comic, and 14 years later it received a direct sequel [[2331: Hamster Ball 2]].<br />
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This comic is referenced in [[1975: Right Click]], where one of the things the ADVENT.EXE wishing well allows you to wish for is a human-sized hamster ball. Doing so redirects you to this page.<br />
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Genies (or magic lamps) are mentioned in at least four other comics:<br />
*[[532: Piano]] <br />
*[[879: Lamp]] <br />
*[[1391: Darkness]]<br />
*[[2193: Well-Ordering Principle]]<br />
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In the first two, Randall manages to use the concept to make penis-related jokes.<br><br />
In the fourth, the issue of number of wishes is discussed, from the perspective of wanting more than three wishes. The issue of wishing for more wishes is also the subject of [[1086: Eyelash Wish Log]], so it is not always enough with one or even three wishes!<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball stands by a genie, whose lower body becomes smoke and trails down to an old-fashioned lamp.]<br />
:Genie: You have awakened me from the lamp. You may have three wishes. What does your heart desire?<br />
:Cueball: I'd like a human-sized hamster ball.<br />
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:[A hamster ball appears; Cueball is inside it, arms outstretched.]<br />
:Cueball: Sweet!<br />
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:[Cueball steps to left; the ball rolls that way.]<br />
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:[He does the same thing to his right.]<br />
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:[Cueball comes to rest in the centre of the panel.]<br />
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:Genie: And your other wishes?<br />
:Cueball: Why would I need other wishes?<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*For some unknown reason, this comic was the second of only a handful of comics to be [[:Category:Sunday comics|released on a Sunday]].<br />
**The Monday release was then skipped, and the next comic came out Wednesday. So this was in principle supposed to be a Monday release.<br />
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[[Category:Comics sharing name|Hamster Ball]]</div>173.245.52.157https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2365:_Messaging_Systems&diff=198140Talk:2365: Messaging Systems2020-09-29T22:41:31Z<p>173.245.52.157: </p>
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I guess ordinary email should be in the same section as SMS as well. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.171|162.158.158.171]] 00:20, 29 September 2020 (UTC)<br />
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The comic should mention MMS, which is well integrated into SMS, so that it's supported by not quite as much as SMS but still by almost everybody, and counts as vaguely modern in that you can attach images and have no length limit. โ[[User:TobyBartels|TobyBartels]] ([[User talk:TobyBartels|talk]]) 00:46, 29 September 2020 (UTC)<br />
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My DynaTAC doesn't get SMS. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.150|172.69.22.150]] 00:56, 29 September 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Okay, got a basic explanation up; The comic is missing a bunch of different messaging services I feel. Also, I knew that somebody would say that their phone doesn't support SMS, I guess that habit of hedging writing with mostly is paying off.<br />
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"It [Whatsapp] is popular in multiple countries, namely Latin America and India." I have no idea what this means: should "namely" be "mainly"? But is the fixed version even true? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.225|162.158.158.225]] 11:28, 29 September 2020 (UTC)<br />
: Both "namely" and "mainly" are valid and mean very similar things in this context. Saying "... mainly Latin America and India" suggests most of Whatsapp's popularity is in Latin America and India and Whatsapp has little popularity anywhere else. On the other hand, saying "... namely Latin America and India" suggests that Latin America and India are some of the countries where Whatsapp is particularly popular without implying that Whatsapp is significantly unpopular elsewhere. That said, it's a pretty subtle distinction that almost no one will actually care about except hardcore language geeks. With love from your friendly neighborhood Grammar Communist. <3 [[User:Gertuviti|Gertuviti]] ([[User talk:Gertuviti|talk]]) 12:57, 29 September 2020 (UTC)<br />
:: In any case: Wouldn't it be easier to list countries where it's not popular? Because to what I know there are a few markets where it didn't get a foothold (''namely'' Northern America, Australia, China), but in most of the rest of the world it basically is ''the'' way of messaging since many years (others, like Signal, Telegram, Threema, are coming, but usually have a hard time fighting WhatsApp predominancy). SMS didn't disappear and is still used by some technical systems (like for sending TANs or alarms), but I can't remember when I last heard about someone sending an SMS privately (my current phone, in service since one year, for sure never received one). --[[User:YMS|YMS]] ([[User talk:YMS|talk]]) 14:17, 29 September 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Discord is slowly moving towards supported by everyone because of Covid-19. [[User:Stardragon|Stardragon]] ([[User talk:Stardragon|talk]]) 12:27, 29 September 2020 (UTC)<br />
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"Discord being used by everyone" (ref. Explanation rather than above Talk comment), I have deliberately kept off Discord, so clearly not. The reason for Discord (as per Talk comment) applies more so to Zoom/Teams, though. Although I've kept off those too, where I can (using Zoom on a Raspberry Pi on a few occasions, which tends to overheat it). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.140|162.158.159.140]] 13:45, 29 September 2020 (UTC)<br />
: Good for you; you're fighting the system! Note that the explanation has been updated from "everyone" to "many groups". [[User:OhFFS|OhFFS]] ([[User talk:OhFFS|talk]]) 18:02, 29 September 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Separate comment: I'm not sure if this helps or hinders the comic's assertions, but friends and family continually tend to send Texts to my dumb-phone that contain emoji I keep telling them that it can't show (i.e. any of them). Only by context can I guess if the anonymous 'square' character is more thumbs-up/smiley-face or otherwise. Or if the three squares after the birthday greeting might include candles/cake. Making them no more clarified than the plain-text message they think they're clarifying. I suppose the single, sole 'emojibox' reply ''does'' work as a basic read-receipt notification, though. Regardless of if it's actually winky-face, poo, zombie, rainbow, cablecar, flag-of-Liberia or whatever they decided to send me... ;) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.140|162.158.159.140]] 13:45, 29 September 2020 (UTC)<br />
:That's one reason why SMS isn't in the "Vaguely Modern" category. Although it can transmit and receive emojis, many devices that only support SMS can't display them. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 14:28, 29 September 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Why isn't there a category for Venn Diagrams? [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 18:58, 29 September 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Aww, Telegram didn't even get mentioned, despite having 200 times as many users as Signal. :( [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 21:26, 29 September 2020 (UTC)<br />
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I for one would support using Randall's local-mobile-TID-gateway protocol [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.157|173.245.52.157]] 22:41, 29 September 2020 (UTC)</div>173.245.52.157https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=929:_Speculation&diff=180283929: Speculation2019-09-21T04:54:31Z<p>173.245.52.157: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 929<br />
| date = July 25, 2011<br />
| title = Speculation<br />
| image = speculation.png<br />
| titletext = 'I was pretty good at skeet shooting, but was eventually kicked off the range for catching the clay pigeons in a net and dispatching them execution-style.'<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
During a {{w|basketball}} game, the players discuss the nature of universal conformity. {{w|Facebook}} and {{w|Google+}} are competing {{w|social networks}}, at the time of this comic many people were switching to Plus over Facebook leading many to speculate that Facebook was in decline and that Plus would soon be the dominant social network. As of 2019, it seems that Facebook has successfully held its position as the Default Social Networkโข, while Google Plus was a colossal blunder for Google and was finally sunset for consumers in April 2019<br />
The two players seem to have a disagreement over this. One player states that it would be ridiculous to expect everyone to move to Plus. The other player denies the notion that they have to, valuing his personal preference over conformity. He supports this by saying that his mother still uses {{w|AOL}} and other people continue using {{w|IRC}}, if each time a new dominant social network emerged and everyone switched to it neither of these things would stick around.<br />
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They are interrupted when they pass the ball to [[Black Hat]] who immediately shoots it with a crossbow bolt. Their arguments and rather intelligent discussion are derailed by the absurdity of Black Hat's reaction which is both humorous and puts the issue in stark contrast.<br />
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Black Hat neither joins in the discussion nor does he participate in the game and it seems that any offer to participate in either is met with a blunt and clear denial. He is simply not a conformist.<br />
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In the title text Black Hat continues to provide an example of his tendency to play by his own rules. A clay pigeon is a clay disc that is thrown into the air and serves as a target on a {{w|skeet shooting}} range. Participants are expected to shoot the pigeons with a shotgun but Black Hat would rather capture the clay pigeons and shoot them from a very close range. This is made even more humorous by the excellent crossbow skills he shows in the comic. This practice eventually got him expelled from the shooting range.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Two Cueball-like guys are playing basketball. The right guy (Cueball) attempts to throw the basketball through the hoop, but it bounces off down to his friend. To the right Black Hat has his back to the other two while he is looking at his phone.]<br />
:Friend: Do you seriously think ''everyone'' will move to Plus? It was hard enough getting them on Facebook.<br />
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:[The friend has caught the rebound and now passes the basketball back to Cueball. Black Hat is not shown.]<br />
:Cueball: Do they have to?<br />
:Cueball: My mom still uses AOLโit doesn't mean my social life has to happen there.<br />
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:[Only Cueball is shown. He passes the basketball to the right towards the off-pannel Black Hat.]<br />
:Cueball: Universal adoption isn't everything. I mean, IRC is stillโ<br />
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:[Zoom in on the basketball as an arrow pierces the ball, forming a slight depression.]<br />
:''Thunk''<br />
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:[Cueball looks to Black Hat who has a crossbow in one hand, he is still looking at the phone in his other hand. The ball with the arrow lies between them.]<br />
:Cueball: You're not really the "catch" type, are you?<br />
:Black Hat: I am not.<br />
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[[Category:Sport]] <!-- The other sport mentioned being skeet shooting --></div>173.245.52.157https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1980:_Turkish_Delight&diff=1558901980: Turkish Delight2018-04-16T14:06:52Z<p>173.245.52.157: /* Explanation */</p>
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| number = 1980<br />
| date = April 13, 2018<br />
| title = Turkish Delight<br />
| image = turkish_delight.png<br />
| titletext = I take it Narnia doesn't have Cinnabons? Because if you can magic up a plate of those, I'll betray whoever.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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''{{w|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe}}'' is a fantasy novel by British novelist {{w|C. S. Lewis}}, the first published and best known of seven novels in ''{{w|The Chronicles of Narnia}}''. In it, a group of four sibling children discover another world called Narnia. At the beginning of the story, the land is in a perpetual winter caused by the {{w|White Witch}} (the antagonist of the story). One of the children, {{w|Edmund Pevensie}}, is approached by the White Witch and offered {{w|Turkish delight}}, a type of confection, in exchange for leading the other children to her. What the book says and what the movie leaves out is he doesn't know the sweets are enchanted by the White Witch to make the eater want them the more they eat them. Not a full mind control, but more of a strong urge to get more.<br />
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Turkish delight is very different from typical confections found in the modern Western world and isn't very popular in the United States. [[Randall]] comments that he was very disappointed when he tried Turkish delight, after having read in the novel about how delicious the characters considered it. If he were in Edmund's shoes, he would not have been persuaded.<br />
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[http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2005/12/the_lion_the_witch_and_the_really_foul_candy.html It is not uncommon for present-day Narnia fans to be disappointed when they try Turkish delight], as different as it is to modern confections. However, in the late Victorian era when Lewis grew up, [https://www.tor.com/2016/08/08/why-was-turkish-delight-the-ultimate-temptation-in-c-s-lewis-narnia/ Turkish delight was very popular in England]. Because it was nearly impossible for local confectioners to make properly, it had to be imported from Turkey, at great expense, making it a status symbol for the wealthy and a rare treat for those with less money. When Lewis wanted to come up with the perfect temptation for Edmund, he drew on his own childhood memories of a favorite rare and expensive treat--which would have been even harder to come by because of [https://flashbak.com/sugar-rationing-in-world-war-2-photos-13598/ sugar rationing during World War II], when the story was set. <br />
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{{w|Cinnabon}} (referenced in the title text) is a popular chain restaurant in the USA which serves mostly {{w|cinnamon roll|cinnamon buns}} covered in a thick, sugary glaze. The chain is not well known in Britain, but has recently opened a [https://www.cinnabon.co.uk/store-locator/ few restaurants], mainly in the London area. (A more common UK equivalent of the cinnamon bun is the {{w|Chelsea bun}}.) There are presumably no branches of Cinnabon in Narnia.{{Citation needed}}<br />
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A prescriptivist might claim that the title text contains a grammatical mistake: the word should be "whomever," as that is the objective case. However, a descriptivist would point out that many dialects no longer maintain this distinction except in highly formal contexts.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[A person wearing a cap, a fur coat, and gloves sits in a sled handing over a plate with small cubic pieces on it to a small boy with dark hair standing beneath. The boy's reaches one hand to the plate.]<br />
:Person from the sled: Have some Turkish delight. If you betray your family, there's more where that came from.<br />
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:[The boy tastes one piece.]<br />
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:[The boy looks at that piece.]<br />
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:[The boy looks up, to the direction where the gift came from, the piece still in his hands.]<br />
:Boy: Wow.<br />
:Boy: This is...<br />
:Boy: not great.<br />
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:The ''Narnia'' books gave me a really unrealistic impression of how good Turkish delight tastes.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*The world of Narnia is a recurring theme in [[xkcd]], with previous prominent appearances in [[665: Prudence]], [[821: Five-Minute Comics: Part 3]], [[969: Delta-P]], and [[1786: Trash]].<br />
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[[Category:Chronicles of Narnia]]</div>173.245.52.157https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1961:_Interaction&diff=1532551961: Interaction2018-03-01T06:10:28Z<p>173.245.52.157: </p>
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| date = February 28, 2018<br />
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| titletext = [They do not move.]<br />
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Cueball and White Hat are having a small talk. White Hat begins the conversation with a typical greeting. Normally, a person would answer this question with a positive like, "Good," "Okay," "Can't complain," etc. But instead, Cueball answers with a very open and honest statement about the social anxiety he is successfully dealing with. White Hat then admits that he is experiencing the same thing, and the two congratulate each other. After that, there is an awkward silence where neither knows what to talk about next. Finally, White Hat makes note of the awkwardness and Cueball suggests they stop before it gets worse.<br />
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The title text states, that after saying goodbye they don't move away, keeping up the uncomfortable silence. This may be a reference to the final stage direction "''They do not move.''" in Samuel Beckett's play {{w|Waiting for Godot}}, where the protagonists frequently discuss leaving, but do not move.<br />
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:[White Hat and Cueball are talking.]<br />
:White Hat: How are you doing?<br />
:Cueball: Really excited to be confidently handling this extremely basic social interaction!<br />
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:[White Hat's arms raise slightly as if raising his palms.]<br />
:White Hat: Same here!<br />
:Cueball: Hey, congrats!<br />
:White Hat: You too!<br />
:Cueball: Thanks!<br />
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:[Frameless beat panel.]<br />
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:[Same setting.]<br />
:White Hat: And now it's falling apart before my eyes.<br />
:Cueball: I'm gonna quit while I'm ahead.<br />
:White Hat: Same.<br />
:Cueball: See you later!<br />
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It seems like in addition to the destructive sports thing, he's also playing on the emojis made from other emojis in multi character Unicode, but as it's 3 in the morning and I can't even remember what things are called I'm not gonna even try to edit right now. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.33|162.158.62.33]] 07:50, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Hey! An early published comic! 3AM Me And Randall time Thursday night right now. Fun since I only read on Monday and Thursday nights. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 08:14, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Actually candle eating isn't so far out there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXg3l_Lnmdo<br />
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It seems like the joke in the title is about the fact that a horse winning a HorseHole race wouldn't actually be able to compete anymore (dead or hurt). Which would explain why no horse ever won the 4 different races. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.150.40|162.158.150.40]] 09:58, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:The horse can easily do the HorseHole last. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:49, 25 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Re. " the mailbox seems to be missing mail" - If there was mail in there, there wouldn't be room to stuff the owl in.[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.239|141.101.104.239]] 11:22, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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What a dumb idea for a comic. It's kinda like comedy central when they run out of ideas, they run South Park day and night, or TruTV running Impractical Jokers episodes because they ran out of other remotely funny stuff. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.113|172.68.58.113]] 11:52, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
: What a dumb idea for a comment. It's kinda like a kid in the playground who doesn't have the imagination to join in with the other kids' games, so decides to just try to spoil them instead.[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.239|141.101.104.239]] 09:24, 27 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:: ^This guy for President [[User:AtrumMessor|AtrumMessor]] ([[User talk:AtrumMessor|talk]]) 21:18, 27 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Is it worth mentioning that a version of Alligator Jumping appears in the Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album? As befits MP, the sport involves running at a crocodile, then diving into its mouth. There is controversy in the sport regarding whether or not to coat yourself with a marinade. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.85|162.158.111.85]] 12:28, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
: Alligator jumping sort of reminds me of the old [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitfall! Pitfall] series of games. [[User:Shamino|Shamino]] ([[User talk:Shamino|talk]]) 15:33, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I vaguely remember that "Consequence XXXXX" is a thing; finding a reference for that would be helpful. Also, any way to increase the size of the emojis? They're pretty hard to read at the usual font size. -- [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.145|173.245.52.145]] 15:15, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I don't think the ball in Fancyball is supposed to be giant; they are just emoji and I don't think they're representative of the sizes of the participants/objects in the game. After all, I don't think there is a man the size of a volcano... Also, water-skiing is a sport - is the person jumping over the alligator necessarily confined to snow? Although the person in the emoji does have ski poles so perhaps that is the case. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.76|162.158.34.76]] 15:31, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Multiplayer ๐ฅ Might be a reference to polygamy, as there is an app called avocado that is supposed to be a safe app for couples to share within.<br />
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I wonder if it might be possible to have a fallback for Emoji that aren't as well supported. I note a few that don't work on my Firefox version. I also wonder how useful the transcripts are with the emoji: do screen readers properly handle them? [[User:Trlkly|Trlkly]] ([[User talk:Trlkly|talk]]) 22:12, 25 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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:I have all on palemoon, which makes me thinking it's not related to browsers, just what font you have installed. Try [https://github.com/eosrei/twemoji-color-font/releases twemoji]. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:49, 25 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:About half the emojis in the transcript are just squares for me. And I'm on an iPad, no installing fonts or anything for me. (Granted, it's an iPad 1 whose highest possible iOS is 5.1.1, but still). I would agree that having actual emojis seem useless to a reader program, BUT I note that there's also text descriptions. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:53, 28 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Originally though that the consequence archery is supposed to be about shooting down satellites from orbit while standing on earth, but that would be very hard to do with conventional bow (or, frankly, anything else except rocket). -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:49, 25 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
: It looks to me like the archer is an astronaut, suggesting he's in space himself. I think the idea is that hitting the satellite will make it crash into him, but that would take some strong heavy arrows. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:53, 28 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Regarding the Tinkerball, it can be dangerous for players too, especially if the Fae notices what they plan to do before is too beaten to cast spells. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:49, 25 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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couldn't disagree more with this explanation [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.157|173.245.52.157]] 01:37, 27 November 2017 (UTC)...<br />
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How so? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.47.6|172.68.47.6]] 06:34, 27 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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- when I read it, I imagined the satellite firing back at the archer. It definitely has absolutely nothing to do with the satellite falling on top of you, and the "archery in a space station" thing is a real stretch... it's a satellite.<br />
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Can we not hedge our bets with "rarity" of mermaids? I'm pretty sure that everyone on this site can agree that mermaids do not exist. Really. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.177|162.158.74.177]] 14:50, 27 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
: Agreed. Editing shortly. [[User:AtrumMessor|AtrumMessor]] ([[User talk:AtrumMessor|talk]]) 21:18, 27 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
: That's the very challenge of the sport. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:53, 28 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
: But no such objections to fairy badminton?[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.239|141.101.104.239]] 17:38, 28 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Eggs most certainly are found in nature, in bird's (or reptile's) nests.<br />
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Editing "Consequence Golf"--well-cared-for lawn grass (and there's no better than on a golf course) has high water content and is a lot harder to ignite than you'd think. A detonator fuse doesn't actually throw flames (or as much heat as one would assume) so the green catching fire would (a) be very unlikely, and (b) be the absolute least of your problems. Just don't ask me how I know. [[User:AtrumMessor|AtrumMessor]] ([[User talk:AtrumMessor|talk]]) 21:18, 27 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
: I think the idea is that the "golf ball" is a lit bomb which might explode in your face, making this golf like Hot Potato or Russian Roulette. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:53, 28 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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What does "consequence" mean? Is this a snowclone from something commonly known but unknown to me? Anyway, I think it needs an explanation... [[User:Mathmannix|Mathmannix]] ([[User talk:Mathmannix|talk]]) 01:27, 28 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:"Consequence" is a result or response to something, like a punishment. If you drive too fast, you will get a speeding ticket as a consequence of speeding. To make you regret doing it. In this case (can't see the comic but I remember consequence archery and consequence golf), if you participate in the archery and shoot down the satellite, it might crash into you. If you play the golf, the "ball" will probably explode near you. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:53, 28 November 2017 (UTC)</div>173.245.52.157https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1920:_Emoji_Sports&diff=1485071920: Emoji Sports2017-11-30T04:07:32Z<p>173.245.52.157: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1920<br />
| date = November 24, 2017<br />
| title = Emoji Sports<br />
| image = emoji_sports.png<br />
| titletext = No horse has yet managed the elusive Quadruple Crownโwinning the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, the Belmont Stakes, and the Missouri Horse Hole.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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This comic, as the heading indicates, arbitrarily selects emoji and uses them to make up very bizarre sports. Although some of these might be completely normal, most of them take things to a completely absurd level.<br />
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The title text is a reference to the triple crown, which is an highly prestigious award given to a three-year-old thoroughbred horse who wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes, the first three of the four listed events. The joke is that if Horse Hole was a real sport, then one who won a major competition for it, the Missouri Horse Hole, in addition to the three main horse racing events, would win a โQuadruple Crown".<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!scope="col" style="width: 100px;" |Emoji<br />
!scope="col" style="width: 150px;" |Sport<br />
!scope="col" |Description<br />
|-<br />
|๐คฝโโ๏ธ๐<br />
|Lavaball<br />
|Sets the sport of water polo around or inside an active volcano. If the water is simply replaced with lava, the players would asphyxiate from the toxic fumes long before they burned to death in the molten rock. If a typical pool of water is involved, the introduction of lava would cause rapid evaporation and the release of {{w|Chlorine#Use_as_a_weapon|chlorine gas}}, which is destructive to living tissue. In any case, this game is not a good time.{{Citation needed}}<br />
|-ly o<br />
|๐คพโโ๏ธ๐คบ<br />
|Bladeball<br />
|Using a fencing foil to hit a ball would not only be inefficient, but would easily lead to the destruction of the ball instead.<br />
|-<br />
|๐๐โฝ<br />
|Fancyball<br />
|Soccer played in high heels and dresses would be a problem for both kicking and running, with the grassy terrain exacerbating these issues, and these would lead to frequent injury.{{Citation needed}}<br />
|-<br />
|๐ณ๏ธ๐๐๐<br />
|Horse hole<br />
| Jockeys ride their horses into a large pit. Needless to say, such a sport would constitute blatant animal abuse; the ensuing fall would seriously injure competing equines (as well as their jockeys if they don't bail out beforehand). If the horse's self-preservation instinct kicks in before reaching the edge, the jockey will likely be severely injured in the process, an outcome which would likely garner a lot less pity.<br/> Both this segment and the title text may relate to Episode 354 of My Brother My Brother And Me, "Beanfreak", where a potential punishment for losing horses in a race is described as a trapdoor leading to a "pony pile" beneath the track. (Many of the podcast's episodes deal with horse racing and horse behavior, including some impassioned conversations on the performance of specific horses and the unregulated nature of the widely recognized Triple Crown achievement.)<br />
|-<br />
|๐ช๐โ๏ธ<br />
|Basketball shredding<br />
|The apparent point of this sport is to compete to destroy basketballs as quickly and/or as thoroughly as possible. There is some transgressive appeal in mistreating sports equipment, but hardly enough to keep a captive audience.<br />
|-<br />
|๐ฅ๐ญ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ<br />
|Eggspotting<br />
|This could be a combination of {{w|Egg_hunt|egg hunting}} and {{w|birdwatching}}. The emojis imply that said eggs would have to be found alone in nature, as if they were wild animals. Though it might be spotting of eggs of the wild animals in their nests.<br />
|-<br />
|โท๏ธ๐<br />
|Alligator jumping<br />
|An unusual combination of attributes, and to get the alligators to adapt to a cold environment might be a challenge. The emoji is actually a crocodile.<br />
|-<br />
|๐ฉ๐ฃ๐งโโ๏ธ<br />
|Merfishing<br />
|Unless humans volunteer to get in costume, this sport is unlikely to have any successes, due to the nonexistence of {{w|Mermaid|mermaids}}.{{Citation needed}}<br />
|-<br />
|๐จ๐ธ๐ง๐ธ๐ฉ<br />
|Tinkerball<br />
|Playing badminton with a fairy, named after [[wikipedia:Tinker Bell|Tinker Bell]]. Likely to injure the fairy.<br />
|-<br />
|๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ<br />
|Hedgehog curling<br />
|Hedgehogs are not ideal projectiles for sports, as {{w|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland}} has already demonstrated, and such an idea would likely be considered animal abuse on top of the impracticality.<br />
|-<br />
|๐๏ธ๐<br />
|Burger clamping<br />
|Perhaps a challenge to fit a tall burger into a bite-sized height, though said clamp is more likely to pierce the burger than to flatten it.<br />
|-<br />
|๐ฉโ๐๐น๐ฐ๏ธ<br />
|Consequence archery<br />
|Archery on a station could cause damage to its structure leading to the potentially explosive decompression of the station, and necessitate the evacuation of the astronauts aboard. If played outside, stray arrows could still cause disaster by setting debris into motion or by hitting vessels or equipment. Another dangerous consequence of shooting an arrow while floating in without a jetpack would be that the shot propulses the astronaut in the opposite direction of the arrow, setting him or her off to drift away helplessly into .<br />
|-<br />
|๐ฆโก๏ธ๐ฌ<br />
|Owlstuffing<br />
|This appears to consist of attempting to stuff owls into mailboxes, which would be doubly illegal, because it would be cruel to the owls and interfere with delivery of the mail. The mailbox is shown with the flag up, which normally indicates that there is mail in it, but it appears to be empty, perhaps so that the owl can be stuffed in it. Possibly a reference to owls carrying mail in the Harry Potter series.<br />
|-<br />
|๐ด๐ฏ๏ธ๐ด<br />
|Candle eating<br />
|An even more unhealthy form of {{w|competitive eating}}. Eating large amounts of candle wax can cause {{w|Bowel_obstruction|intestinal obstruction}}.<br />
|-<br />
|โณ๐ฃ๐๏ธโโ๏ธ<br />
|Consequence golf<br />
|The "consequence" of this game is simple: the bomb's eventual explosion necessitates efficient playing. Golfing with a bomb would likely significantly reduce the par on each hole, depending on the length of the fuse, and due to the threat of explosion, par likely would not be able to be exceeded unless the unskilled golfer is also very fast. There would be definite damage to the course and golfers unless the holes extinguished the bombs of golfers who succeeded in time. The balance and rolling of the balls would also be impeded by the fuses and caps.<br />
|-<br />
|๐๐๐<br />
|Snake shaming<br />
|Probably a play on snake charming. Also a possible reference to the biblical story where the snake is shamed for deceiving mankind by being doomed to crawl on its belly.<br />
|-<br />
|๐ฅ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฅ<br />
|Hell escape<br />
|Trying to escape the {{w|lake of fire}} is the pastime of damned souls, but perhaps living people are instead sent there and have to return home.<br />
|-<br />
|๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ<br />
|Multiplayer avocado<br />
|Unless a game based on avocados is the subject, there is, to say the least, a hardware compatibility issue here. Very different from the adult version, multiplayer eggplant (๐ฎ๐๐ฎ; see [[1870: Emoji Movie Reviews]]).<br />
|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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:<big>New sports</big><br />
:created from random emoji<br />
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:[Man Playing Water Polo + Volcano]<br />
:๐คฝโโ๏ธ๐ Lavaball<br />
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:[Woman Playing Handball + Person Fencing]<br />
:๐คพโโ๏ธ๐คบ Bladeball<br />
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:[Woman Dancing (2 emojis) + Soccer Ball]<br />
:๐๐โฝ Fancyball<br />
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:[Hole + Horse Racing (3 emojis)]<br />
:๐ณ๏ธ๐๐๐ Horse hole<br />
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:[Kitchen Knife + Basketball + Pick]<br />
:๐ช๐โ๏ธ Basketball shredding<br />
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:[Egg + Telescope + Woman Detective]<br />
:๐ฅ๐ญ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ Eggspotting<br />
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:[Skier + Crocodile]<br />
:โท๏ธ๐ Alligator jumping<br />
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:[Woman + Fishing Pole + Merman]<br />
:๐ฉ๐ฃ๐งโโ๏ธ Merfishing<br />
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:[Man + Badminton + Fairy + Badminton + Woman]<br />
:๐จ๐ธ๐ง๐ธ๐ฉ Tinkerball<br />
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:[Curling Stone + Hedgehog + Curling Stone]<br />
:๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ Hedgehog curling<br />
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:[Clamp + Hamburger]<br />
:๐๏ธ๐ Burger clamping<br />
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:[Woman Astronaut + Bow and Arrow + Satellite]<br />
:๐ฉโ๐๐น๐ฐ๏ธ Consequence archery<br />
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:[Owl + Right Arrow + Open Mailbox]<br />
:๐ฆโก๏ธ๐ฌ Owlstuffing<br />
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:[Fork and Knife + Candle + Fork and Knife]<br />
:๐ด๐ฏ๏ธ๐ด Candle eating<br />
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:[Flag in Hole + Bomb + Woman Golfing]<br />
:โณ๐ฃ๐๏ธโโ๏ธ Consequence golf <br />
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:[Pointing Right + Snake + Pointing Left]<br />
:๐๐๐ Snake shaming<br />
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:[Fire + Woman Climbing + Fire]<br />
:๐ฅ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฅ Hell escape<br />
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:[Video Game + Avocado + Video Game]<br />
:๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ Multiplayer avocado<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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It seems like in addition to the destructive sports thing, he's also playing on the emojis made from other emojis in multi character Unicode, but as it's 3 in the morning and I can't even remember what things are called I'm not gonna even try to edit right now. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.33|162.158.62.33]] 07:50, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Hey! An early published comic! 3AM Me And Randall time Thursday night right now. Fun since I only read on Monday and Thursday nights. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 08:14, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Actually candle eating isn't so far out there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXg3l_Lnmdo<br />
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It seems like the joke in the title is about the fact that a horse winning a HorseHole race wouldn't actually be able to compete anymore (dead or hurt). Which would explain why no horse ever won the 4 different races. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.150.40|162.158.150.40]] 09:58, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:The horse can easily do the HorseHole last. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:49, 25 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Re. " the mailbox seems to be missing mail" - If there was mail in there, there wouldn't be room to stuff the owl in.[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.239|141.101.104.239]] 11:22, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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What a dumb idea for a comic. It's kinda like comedy central when they run out of ideas, they run South Park day and night, or TruTV running Impractical Jokers episodes because they ran out of other remotely funny stuff. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.113|172.68.58.113]] 11:52, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Is it worth mentioning that a version of Alligator Jumping appears in the Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album? As befits MP, the sport involves running at a crocodile, then diving into its mouth. There is controversy in the sport regarding whether or not to coat yourself with a marinade. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.85|162.158.111.85]] 12:28, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
: Alligator jumping sort of reminds me of the old [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitfall! Pitfall] series of games. [[User:Shamino|Shamino]] ([[User talk:Shamino|talk]]) 15:33, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I vaguely remember that "Consequence XXXXX" is a thing; finding a reference for that would be helpful. Also, any way to increase the size of the emojis? They're pretty hard to read at the usual font size. -- [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.145|173.245.52.145]] 15:15, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I don't think the ball in Fancyball is supposed to be giant; they are just emoji and I don't think they're representative of the sizes of the participants/objects in the game. After all, I don't think there is a man the size of a volcano... Also, water-skiing is a sport - is the person jumping over the alligator necessarily confined to snow? Although the person in the emoji does have ski poles so perhaps that is the case. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.76|162.158.34.76]] 15:31, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Multiplayer ๐ฅ Might be a reference to polygamy, as there is an app called avocado that is supposed to be a safe app for couples to share within.<br />
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I wonder if it might be possible to have a fallback for Emoji that aren't as well supported. I note a few that don't work on my Firefox version. I also wonder how useful the transcripts are with the emoji: do screen readers properly handle them? [[User:Trlkly|Trlkly]] ([[User talk:Trlkly|talk]]) 22:12, 25 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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:I have all on palemoon, which makes me thinking it's not related to browsers, just what font you have installed. Try [https://github.com/eosrei/twemoji-color-font/releases twemoji]. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:49, 25 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Originally though that the consequence archery is supposed to be about shooting down satellites from orbit while standing on earth, but that would be very hard to do with conventional bow (or, frankly, anything else except rocket). -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:49, 25 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Regarding the Tinkerball, it can be dangerous for players too, especially if the Fae notices what they plan to do before is too beaten to cast spells. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:49, 25 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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couldn't disagree more with this explanation [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.157|173.245.52.157]] 01:37, 27 November 2017 (UTC)...</div>173.245.52.157https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1529:_Bracket&diff=941261529: Bracket2015-05-26T00:31:45Z<p>173.245.52.157: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1529<br />
| date = May 25, 2015<br />
| title = Bracket<br />
| image = bracket.png<br />
| titletext = I'm staring at the "doctor" section, and I can't help but feel like I've forgotten someone.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Explain the specific groupings. Also, if the names are put in another wikitable, it will look much nicer.}}<br />
A {{w|Bracket (tournament)|tournament bracket}} shows the planned series of matchups in a tournament. In this comic Randall has shown a plan for a tournament between a wide range of cultural icons, both real and fictional, based mostly on similarities in their names. Various internet groups have speculated on who would win in a fight between characters from different films. It may be relevant that the film {{w|Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice}} is soon to be released where the two namesake {{w|superheros}}, {{w|Batman}} and {{w|Superman}}, fight against each other.<br />
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The individual starting pairings are generally based on common or similar given or surnames. Some adjacent brackets are "segued" by someone like Jeff Daniels who segues from a bracket of "Jeff"s into a bracket of "Daniels"es. The bracket itself is fairly arbitrary. Most initial matchups are pairs, although several are trios and there's a quadruplet in the Russels group, while a single entry, Beyoncรฉ, is given a first- and second-round {{w|bye (sports)|bye}}. Most of the participants in the tournament are people with a few exceptions: {{w|Shallots}} (small onions), {{w|scallops}} (bivalve mollusks), and {{w|scallions}} (green onions) are similar sounding foods, therefore may be confusing for some individuals (perhaps including [[Randall]]). The final grouping on the lower right of the bracket features a several retail stores and a film. <br />
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The [[title text]] may be referring to {{w|Dr. Dre}}, particularly as a reference to his 2001 song "{{w|Forgot About Dre}}". Alternatively, the title text could simply be a reference to the large number of pop culture personas that include the word "Doctor", such as {{w|Gregory House|Doctor House}}, {{w|Mehmet Oz|Dr. Oz}}, {{w|Phil McGraw|Dr. Phil}}, {{w|Dr. Watson}}, {{w|Emmett Brown|"Doc" Brown}}, {{w|Dr. Seuss}}, {{w|Dr Pepper}}, {{w|Doctor Doom}}, and {{w|List of fictional doctors|many others}} (or, in fact, [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/futurama-zoidberg-why-not-zoidberg why not Dr. Zoidberg]?). Another possibility is that the [[title text]] is supposed to make the readers ask themselves "{{w|Doctor who}}?" Though "The Doctor" is already listed, this could refer to either {{w|The Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor from ''Doctor Who''}} or {{w|Doctor (Star Trek: Voyager)|the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' character}}. Notably, while the Doctor in "Doctor Who" is technically one character, the Doctor has currently been played by 13 different actors. The mythos of the Doctor Who even includes individual incarnations of the Doctor interacting with each other; knowing they are the same person, yet often expressing annoyance when grouped together. So perhaps Randall is implying that to just include the Doctor as one individual is not an accurate representation of this character.<br />
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The names and other entries in the bracket are:<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="background:transparent;border:none;width:100%;"<br />
| style="background:transparent;border:none;"|<br />
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Armstrong:<br />
:{{w|Louis Armstrong}} (musician)<br />
:{{w|Neil Armstrong}} (first human on the moon)<br />
:{{w|Lance Armstrong}} (bicyclist)<br />
:{{w|Stretch Armstrong}} (action figure)<br />
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Jeff *:<br />
:{{w|Jeff Gordan}}<br />
:{{w|Jeff Bridges}} (Actor)<br />
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J* Daniels:<br />
:{{w|Jeff Daniels}}<br />
:{{w|Jack Daniels}} (Alcoholic beverage)<br />
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Mr. Well*s:<br />
:{{w|Orson Welles}} (Director of "Citizen Kane")<br />
:{{w|H.G. Wells}} (Known for "The War of the Worlds" and "The Time Machine")<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>well*:<br />
:{{w|George Orwell}} (Author of "1984" and "Animal Farm")<br />
:{{w|Wells Fargo}} (Bank and stage coach company)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Russell *:<br />
:{{w|Kurt Russell}} (Actor)<br />
:{{w|Russell Brand}} (Comedian)<br />
:{{w|Russell Crowe}} (Actor)<br />
:{{w|Russell Simmons}}<br />
<br />
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Simmons:<br />
:{{w|Richard Simmons}} (Host of exercise program)<br />
:{{w|Gene Simmons}} (Musician)<br />
<br />
<nowiki>*</nowiki>ckman:<br />
:{{w|Gene Hackman}} (Actor)<br />
:{{w|Hugh Jackman}} (Actor)<br />
:{{w|Alan Rickman}} (Actor)<br />
<br />
Alan Par*:<br />
:{{w|Alan Parsons}}<br />
:{{w|Alan Partridge}}<br />
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McCarthy/Eugene:<br />
:{{w|Jenny McCarthy}}<br />
:{{w|Joseph McCarthy}} (Senator known for anti-communist witchhunt)<br />
:{{w|Eugene McCarthy}} (Senator and Presidential candidate)<br />
:{{w|Eugene V. Debs}} (labor leader)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Wilde*<br />
:{{w|Gene Wilder}} (Actor)<br />
:{{w|Olivia Wilde}} (Actress)<br />
:{{w|Oscar Wilde}} (Writer)<br />
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Oscar De La *:<br />
:{{w|Oscar De La Renta}} (Fashion Designer)<br />
:{{w|Oscar De La Hoya}}<br />
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Jack *:<br />
:{{w|Jack Nicklaus}} (Golf player)<br />
:{{w|Jack Nicholson}} (Actor)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>ickle* / *ickel*:<br />
:{{w|Phil Mickelson}} (Golf player)<br />
:{{w|Nicholas Nickelby}} (Novel by Charles Dickens and name of main character)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>ryan Adams:<br />
:{{w|Ryan Adams}}<br />
:{{w|Bryan Adams}} (Singer)<br />
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Singers with Stage Names Referencing Weight/Games:<br />
:{{w|Chubby Checker}} (Singer famous for "The Twist")<br />
:{{w|Fats Domino}} (Rock and Roll Singer)<br />
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Colin *:<br />
:{{w|Colin Firth}} (Actor)<br />
:{{w|Colin Farrell}} (Actor)<br />
<br />
F*rell:<br />
:{{w|Will Ferrell}} (Actor)<br />
:{{w|The Farrelly Brothers}}<br />
<br />
<nowiki>*</nowiki>itt:<br />
:{{w|Joseph Gordon-Levitt}} (Actor)<br />
:{{w|Jennifer Love Hewitt}} (Actress)<br />
<br />
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Glover:<br />
:{{w|Danny Glover}}<br />
:{{w|Donald Glover}}<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Wahlberg:<br />
:{{w|Donnie Wahlberg}}<br />
:{{w|Mark Wahlberg}} (Actor)<br />
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Mark *:<br />
:{{w|Mark Ruffalo}} (Actor)<br />
:{{w|Mark Shuttleworth}} (entrepreneur, founder of {{w|Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu}})<br />
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| style="background:transparent;border:none;"|<br />
Bill */* Pullman:<br />
:{{w|Philip Pullman}} (Author)<br />
:{{w|Bill Pullman}}<br />
:{{w|Bill Paxton}}<br />
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Ghostbusters:<br />
:{{w|Bill Murray}} (Actor)<br />
:{{w|Dan Aykroyd}} (Actor)<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Rogers:<br />
:{{w|Ginger Rogers}} (Woman known for dancing with {{w|Fred Astaire}})<br />
:Mister/Fred Astaire/Rogers (Confusing reference to {{w|Fred Rogers}} (host of children's show, popularly known as "Mister Rogers") and to {{w|Fred Astaire}} (Dancer, actor, and singer))<br />
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Doctor */* Spock:<br />
:{{w|Mister Spock}} (Character on Star Trek)<br />
:{{w|Doctor Spock}} (Author of book on childcare)<br />
:{{w|Doctor Octopus}} (Villain in Spider-man comic books)<br />
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Doctors:<br />
:{{w|Doctor Manhattan}} (Character in Alan Moore's Watchmen)<br />
:{{w|Doctor Strangelove}} (Character based on Henry Kissinger in movie about nuclear war)<br />
:{{w|Doctor Strange}} (Sorceror Supreme in Marvel Comics)<br />
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More doctors:<br />
:{{w|Julius No|Dr. No}} (Main villain in the {{w|Dr. No (film)|first James Bond movie}})<br />
:{{w|The Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor}} (Main protagonist of the science fiction series {{w|Doctor Who}})<br />
:{{w|Cory Doctorow}} (Real person - [[:Category:Comics featuring Cory Doctorow| who has been in a number of xkcd comics]])<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Jerry Lewis:<br />
:{{w|Jerry Lee Lewis}} (Rock and Roll Singer)<br />
:{{w|Jerry Lewis}} (Comedian and former chairman of charitable organization)<br />
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Others with initial J:<br />
:{{w|Jenny Lewis}}<br />
:{{w|Xeni Jardin}}<br />
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Chris *:<br />
:{{w|Chris Evans}} (Actor)<br />
:{{w|Chris Hemsworth}} (Actor)<br />
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Chris P*:<br />
:{{w|Chris Pine}} (Actor)<br />
:{{w|Chris Pratt}} (Actor)<br />
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Homophones of Shallots:<br />
:{{w|Shallots}} (small onions)<br />
:{{w|Scallops}} (bivalve mollusks)<br />
:{{w|Scallions}} (green onions)<br />
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S* (Similar phonetics):<br />
:{{w|Siouxie Sioux}}<br />
:{{w|Suzanne Vega}}<br />
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Arnold */* Palmer:<br />
:{{w|Tom Arnold}} (ex-husband of Roseanne Barr)<br />
:{{w|Arnold Palmer}} (Golf player)<br />
:{{w|Amanda Palmer}}<br />
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Wes *:<br />
:{{w|Wes Craven}}<br />
:{{w|Wes Anderson}} (Movie Director)<br />
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P* Anderson:<br />
:{{w|Paul Thomas Anderson}}<br />
:{{w|Poul Anderson}} (Science fiction author)<br />
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Sir Walter *:<br />
:{{w|Sir Walter Scott}} (Scottish poet and writer)<br />
:{{w|Sir Walter Raleigh}} (British explorer of Virginia)<br />
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F* Drake:<br />
:{{w|Sir Francis Drake}} (British explorer, 2nd to circumnavigate the Earth)<br />
:{{w|Frank Drake}}<br />
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Van *:<br />
:{{w|Van Halen}} (Rockband)<br />
:{{w|Van Morrison}}<br />
:{{w|Van Wilder}}<br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Van Winkle:<br />
:{{w|Robert Van Winkle}}<br />
:{{w|Rip Van Winkle}} (fictional character)<br />
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Connects the "Rip"s with Natalie Imbruglia - her most famous hit was the song "Torn":<br />
:{{w|Rip Torn}} (Actor)<br />
:{{w|Natalie Imbruglia}}<br />
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Businesses with the word "Body" in their name:<br />
:{{w|The Body Shop}} (Shop)<br />
:{{w|Bath and Body Works}} (Shop)<br />
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Beyon*:<br />
:{{w|Bed Bath and Beyond}} (Shop)<br />
:{{w|Beyond Thunderdome}} (Motion picture)<br />
:{{w|Beyoncรฉ}} (Singeress)<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript}}<br />
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:[A tournament bracket. The matchups are the following, on left-hand side and right-hand side:]<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="background:transparent;border:none;width:100%;"<br />
| style="background:transparent;border:none;"|<br />
:(1) {{w|Louis Armstrong}} and {{w|Neil Armstrong}}<br />
:(2) {{w|Lance Armstrong}} and {{w|Stretch Armstrong}}<br />
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:(3) {{w|Jeff Gordan}} and {{w|Jeff Bridges}}<br />
:(4) {{w|Jeff Daniels}} and {{w|Jack Daniels}}<br />
<br />
:(5) {{w|Orson Welles}} and {{w|H.G. Wells}}<br />
:(6) {{w|George Orwell}} and {{w|Wells Fargo}}<br />
<br />
:(7) {{w|Kurt Russell}}, {{w|Russell Brand}}, {{w|Russell Crowe}} and {{w|Russell Simmons}}<br />
:(8) {{w|Richard Simmons}} and {{w|Gene Simmons}}<br />
:(9) {{w|Gene Hackman}}, {{w|Hugh Jackman}} and {{w|Alan Rickman}}<br />
:(10) {{w|Alan Parsons}} and {{w|Alan Partridge}}<br />
<br />
:(11) {{w|Jenny McCarthy}}, {{w|Joseph McCarthy}}, {{w|Eugene McCarthy}} and {{w|Eugene V. Debs}}<br />
:(12) {{w|Gene Wilder}}, {{w|Olivia Wilde}} and {{w|Oscar Wilde}}<br />
:(13) {{w|Oscar De La Renta}} and {{w|Oscar De La Hoya}}<br />
<br />
:(14) {{w|Jack Nicklaus}} and {{w|Jack Nicholson}}<br />
:(15) {{w|Phil Mickelson}} and {{w|Nicholas Nickelby}}<br />
<br />
:(16) {{w|Ryan Adams}} and {{w|Bryan Adams}}<br />
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:(17) {{w|Chubby Checker}} and {{w|Fats Domino}}<br />
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:(18) {{w|Colin Firth}} and {{w|Colin Farrell}}<br />
:(19) {{w|Will Ferrell}} and {{w|The Farrelly Brothers}}<br />
<br />
:(20) {{w|Joseph Gordon-Levitt}} and {{w|Jennifer Love Hewitt}}<br />
<br />
:(21) {{w|Danny Glover}} and {{w|Donald Glover}}<br />
:(22) {{w|Donnie Wahlberg}} and {{w|Mark Wahlberg}}<br />
:(23) {{w|Mark Ruffalo}} and {{w|Mark Shuttleworth}}<br />
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| style="background:transparent;border:none;"|<br />
:(24) {{w|Philip Pullman}}, {{w|Bill Pullman}} and {{w|Bill Paxton}}<br />
:(25) {{w|Bill Murray}} and {{w|Dan Aykroyd}}<br />
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:(26) {{w|Ginger Rogers}} and {{w|Fred Rogers|Mister/Fred Astaire/Rogers}}<br />
:(27) {{w|Mister Spock}}, {{w|Doctor Spock}} and {{w|Doctor Octopus}}<br />
:(28) {{w|Doctor Manhattan}}, {{w|Doctor Strangelove}} and {{w|Doctor Strange}}<br />
:(29) {{w|Dr. No}}, {{w|The Doctor}} and {{w|Cory Doctorow}}<br />
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:(30) {{w|Jerry Lee Lewis}} and {{w|Jerry Lewis}}<br />
:(31) {{w|Jenny Lewis}} and {{w|Xeni Jardin}}<br />
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:(32) {{w|Chris Evans}} and {{w|Chris Hemsworth}}<br />
:(33) {{w|Chris Pine}} and {{w|Chris Pratt}}<br />
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:(34) {{w|Shallots}}, {{w|Scallops}} and {{w|Scallions}}<br />
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:(35) {{w|Siouxie Sioux}} and {{w|Suzanne Vega}}<br />
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:(36) {{w|Tom Arnold}}, {{w|Arnold Palmer}} and {{w|Amanda Palmer}}<br />
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:(37) {{w|Wes Craven}} and {{w|Wes Anderson}}<br />
:(38) {{w|Paul Thomas Anderson}} and {{w|Poul Anderson}}<br />
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:(39) {{w|Sir Walter Scott}} and {{w|Sir Walter Raleigh}}<br />
:(40) {{w|Sir Francis Drake}} and {{w|Frank Drake}}<br />
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:(41) {{w|Van Halen}}, {{w|Van Morrison}} and {{w|Van Wilder}}<br />
:(42) {{w|Robert Van Winkle}} and {{w|Rip Van Winkle}}<br />
:(43) {{w|Rip Torn}} and {{w|Natalie Imbruglia}}<br />
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:(44) {{w|The Body Shop}} and {{w|Bath and Body Works}}<br />
:(45) {{w|Bed Bath and Beyond}} and {{w|Beyond Thunderdome}}<br />
:(46) Winner of 44 and winner of 45<br />
:(47) Winner of 46 and {{w|Beyoncรฉ}}<br />
|}<br />
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[Those are later interconnected:]<br />
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:(48) Winner of 1 and winner of 2<br />
:(49) Winner of 3 and winner of 4<br />
:(50) Winner of 5 and winner of 6<br />
:(51) Winner of 7 and winner of 8<br />
:(52) Winner of 9 and winner of 10<br />
:(53) Winner of 12 and winner of 13<br />
:(54) Winner of 14 and winner of 15<br />
:(55) Winner of 16 and winner of 17<br />
:(56) Winner of 18 and winner of 19<br />
:(57) Winner of 21 and winner of 22<br />
<br />
:(58) Winner of 24 and winner of 25<br />
:(59) Winner of 26 and winner of 27<br />
:(60) Winner of 28 and winner of 29<br />
:(61) Winner of 30 and winner of 31<br />
:(62) Winner of 32 and winner of 33<br />
:(63) Winner of 34 and winner of 35<br />
:(64) Winner of 37 and winner of 38<br />
:(65) Winner of 39 and winner of 40<br />
:(66) Winner of 41 and winner of 42<br />
<br />
:(67) Winner of 49 and winner of 50<br />
:(68) Winner of 51 and winner of 52<br />
:(69) Winner of 11 and winner of 53<br />
:(70) Winner of 54 and winner of 55<br />
:(71) Winner of 56 and winner of 20<br />
:(72) Winner of 57 and winner of 23<br />
<br />
:(73) Winner of 59 and winner of 60<br />
:(74) Winner of 61 and winner of 62<br />
:(75) Winner of 63 and winner of 36<br />
:(76) Winner of 64 and winner of 65<br />
:(77) Winner of 66 and winner of 43<br />
<br />
:(78) Winner of 48 and winner of 67<br />
:(79) Winner of 68 and winner of 69<br />
:(80) Winner of 71 and winner of 72<br />
<br />
:(81) Winner of 58 and winner of 73<br />
:(82) Winner of 75 and winner of 76<br />
:(83) Winner of 77 and winner of 47<br />
<br />
:(84) Winner of 78 and winner of 79<br />
:(85) Winner of 70 and winner of 80<br />
<br />
:(86) Winner of 81 and winner of 74<br />
:(87) Winner of 82 and winner of 83<br />
<br />
:(88) Winner of 84 and winner of 85<br />
<br />
:(89) Winner of 86 and winner of 87<br />
<br />
:[The two sides finally join up in:]<br />
<br />
:(90) Winner of 88 and winner of 89<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Charts]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring real people]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cory Doctorow]]</div>173.245.52.157https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1074:_Moon_Landing&diff=884981074: Moon Landing2015-04-05T15:11:12Z<p>173.245.52.157: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{Comic<br />
| number = 1074<br />
| date = June 27, 2012<br />
| title = Moon Landing<br />
| image = moon_landing.png<br />
| titletext = Ok, so Spirit and Opportunity are pretty awesome. And Kepler. And New Horizons, Cassini, Curiosity, TiME, and Project M. But c'mon, if the Earth were a basketball, in 40 years no human's been more than half an inch from the surface.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{w|Neil deGrasse Tyson}} is an American astrophysicist and science communicator. As of writing he is the "Frederick P. Rose Director" (a special honorary title) of the {{w|Hayden Planetarium}}. He has appeared on many different shows, ranging from The Discovery Channel to The Big Bang Theory.<br />
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There are a number of {{w|moon landing conspiracy theories|conspiracy theories}} claiming that the moon landing was a hoax. Tyson offers a pretty compelling argument against them, but [[Megan]] presents an even more convincing refutation, snarkily implying that NASA really hasn't done anything spectacular since 1969.<br />
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And [[Cueball]] responds with a pun on the word "burn". Burn can mean a particularly effective insult, or it can mean the consumption of fuel for propulsion. In this case, the "burn" was so effective it pushed the spaceship out of orbit (which usually takes a very large amount of burning, depending on the gravity of the planet or moon).<br />
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In the title text [[Randall]] mentions many successful {{w|NASA}} unmanned missions:<br />
*The {{w|Mars Exploration Rover|Mars rovers}} Spirit and Opportunity. Opportunity is working for over ten years on the Mars surface while Spirit is out of order. See this comic: [[695: Spirit]].<br />
*{{w|Kepler (spacecraft)|Kepler}} did find many unknown {{w|exoplanets}}<br />
*{{w|New Horizons}} is a mission to the dwarf planet {{w|Pluto}} and beyond. It's scheduled to arrive at Pluto by mid 2015.<br />
*{{w|CassiniโHuygens|Cassini}} is a probe orbiting {{w|Saturn}} since 2004.<br />
*{{w|Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity}} is an other Mars rover at the size of a small car, exploring the Mars surface since August 2012.<br />
*{{w|Titan Mare Explorer|TiME}} is a proposed mission to explore the oceans of Saturn's moon Titan.<br />
*{{w|Project M (NASA)|Project M}} is an idea to send human like robots to the Moon.<br />
The final sentence of title text notes that all manned missions since the Moon landings have taken place in low-earth orbit, which is barely far off of the Earth's surface. If the Earth were scaled to the size of a regulation basketball, approximately 24&nbsp;cm (9ยผ inches) in diameter, those manned missions would have all taken place within 1.25&nbsp;cm (ยฝ inch) of the ball's surface. At this scale the Moon would be at a distance of 7.7&nbsp;m (25.3&nbsp;ft). Unmanned missions, such as those named above or the {{w|Voyager program|Voyager}} and {{w|Mariner program|Mariner}} probes of the 1960s and 1970s, have traveling much further.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball is sitting at a table with a laptop open. His hands are on the keys.]<br />
:Cueball: Hah- Neil DeGrasse Tyson has a great reply to people who doubt astronauts went to the moon.<br />
:Voice off-screen: Oh?<br />
:Cueball: "Atop 3,000 tons of rocket fuel, where ''else'' do you think they were headed?"<br />
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:[The voice off screen turns out to be Megan. She is depicted, and now Cueball is off-screen.]<br />
:Megan: Cute. But it overlooks an even simpler argument.<br />
:Cueball: Which is?<br />
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:[Both Megan and Cueball are now visible. Cueball has turned his chair around to face her.]<br />
:Megan: If NASA were willing to fake great accomplishments, they'd have a second one by now.<br />
:Cueball: ''Ouch.''<br />
:Megan: ...Too mean?<br />
:Cueball: That burn was so harsh I think you deorbited.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]</div>173.245.52.157https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1430:_Proteins&diff=76800Talk:1430: Proteins2014-10-06T18:49:08Z<p>173.245.52.157: </p>
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<div>'''If this comic has motivated anyone to join in with the Folding@Home project, you can get started [http://folding.stanford.edu/ here].''' --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 09:28, 6 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
:I've been folding for about a year now. Before that it was the SETI@Home project - but I decided to switch to something that could have more direct and beneficial results. [[User:Jarod997|Jarod997]] ([[User talk:Jarod997|talk]]) 13:58, 6 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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This comic has some similarities to [[1425: Tasks]]. It can be difficult for the public (or experts for that matter) to grasp the complexity of a task for a computer. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 09:13, 6 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Surely if you were folding yourself a crane out of paper then you would need to fold yourself a pair of scissors in order to be able to make cuts. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.49|141.101.99.49]] 10:27, 6 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Surely the "pull the tail" is referring to the flapping bird origami, which is similar to the crane but lacks one set of folds that make the figure narrower.{{unsigned ip|108.162.219.116}}<br />
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Thanks for adding that "your actually donating your electricity" part - I had not considered it to that extent. I realized that the program is using more CPU/GPU "loading" while the screen saver is active, but for some reason I didn't translate that into more money out via my electricity bill. :) [[User:Jarod997|Jarod997]] ([[User talk:Jarod997|talk]]) 13:58, 6 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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No mention yet of the fact that Megan (and Randall) thinks this is the hardest problem! I have added some where it only aims at other science questions. But she did not say anything about science. Solving all human crises like overpopulation, climate, pollution, hunger, war and death could also be seen as either several or just one (unified) problem. She would then still think her problem harder... Should that be added as well in some form? I will leave that for others to decide. [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 18:31, 6 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I think it is clear that Megan means computational problems - unifying gravity or solving human crises have not been reduced to computational terms - so the comparison is not appropriate and the comment in the explaination is unwarranted.</div>173.245.52.157https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1392:_Dominant_Players&diff=71300Talk:1392: Dominant Players2014-07-10T07:03:15Z<p>173.245.52.157: </p>
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<div>I haven't seen any mention of this interpretation, so it might be just me, but I immediately read the juxtaposition of basketball to chess as a contrast of how skill at the top level of basketball is essentially stagnant, whereas the best chess players have been outstripping their predecessors for decades.<br />
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This may be related to the recent MOBA segregation controversy: http://www.pcgamer.com/uk/2014/07/02/hearthstone-tournament/ {{unsigned ip|108.162.229.25}}<br />
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What is the significance of the line colors? {{unsigned ip|108.162.215.78}}<br />
:I think the red lines are those players that were undisputed #1 for a significant period. [[Special:Contributions/103.22.201.239|103.22.201.239]] 08:02, 9 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
: But Petrosian has no colored line, although he was world champion. Maybe he did not have the highest ELO rating despite being WC?[[User:Jkrstrt|Jkrstrt]] ([[User talk:Jkrstrt|talk]]) 09:23, 9 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Ya, this line colouring thing is bugging me. :P [[User:Jarod997|Jarod997]] ([[User talk:Jarod997|talk]]) 14:22, 9 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Dashed lines are apparently for the period before ELO ratings existed, taking 1965 as a start point (midway between the point in time when ELO rating was adopted by USCF and FIDE, respectively. There seems to be an exception for Alekhine -or is that a very long dash? [[User:Jkrstrt|Jkrstrt]] ([[User talk:Jkrstrt|talk]]) 09:23, 9 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Naughty Randall, always label your axes! [[User:Kaa-ching|Kaa-ching]] ([[User talk:Kaa-ching|talk]]) 08:00, 9 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The comment in the women's rankings about Kira Zvorykina is a little odd. One would hope she continued playing in tournaments into the 20th century, given that the first 81 years of her life were in the 20th century. {{unsigned ip|108.162.250.220}}<br />
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While at the time, the V-1 was called a "Flying Bomb", wikipedia indeed calls it an early pulse-jet ancestor of the modern cruise missile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb . I built a model of one in an 8th grade rocketry club, replacing the pulse jet with an Estes D-6-0. Mine took off, but sure enough, yes, the stubby wings stalled easily, the flight path was a weird s curve as the wings stalled out twice while under thrust.[[User:Seebert|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert|talk]]) 09:03, 9 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Link to the game against Deep Blue, anybody? Also, shouldn't the title text be at least mentioned? [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.71|199.27.128.71]] 09:13, 9 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Kasparov-Deep Blue Games: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1014770 {{unsigned ip|141.101.64.131}}<br />
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The explanation says in the first sentence that for chess there's an overall rating and a woman's rating in the comic. All I see is a men's rating and a woman's rating, no overall rating, however. {{unsigned ip|108.162.254.24}}<br />
: As Judith Polgar is present in the first chart, it appears to be an overall, not specifically a men's chart.[[User:Jkrstrt|Jkrstrt]] ([[User talk:Jkrstrt|talk]]) 11:37, 9 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Anyone knows why Viswanathan Anand is not included (or am I blind?) Marty / [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.43|141.101.104.43]]<br />
I had the exact same question. It appears that this is a West and Russian centric view of the world [[User:Indianrediff|Indianrediff]] ([[User talk:Indianrediff|talk]]) 13:23, 9 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
:No. Koneru Humpy is mentioned. He's a big Carlson fan and I think he doesn't like Anand. One of his old comics suggested that. Probably never realised Anand met and beat Carlson back in 2008. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.222.78|108.162.222.78]] 16:37, 9 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Out of pure curiosity, could anyone please upload an image/link of how Anand's curve might look, if it was added to the graph? I'm not a huge chess fan, but I am interested in seeing the extent of Randall's possible bias in this regard. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.62.62|173.245.62.62]] 05:21, 10 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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For me it feels weirder to see Stefanova there, but not Topalov. Then again, for some reason Bulgarian media keep a low profile of her. {{unsigned ip|141.101.104.107}}<br />
It's Julius Erving not Irving. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.151|173.245.54.151]] 13:27, 9 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The choice of basketball and chess is something to think about. This mostly is about chess, and basketball represents the physical sports. It immediately stands out that chess players have much longer careers than basketball players. [[User:Jim E|Jim E]] ([[User talk:Jim E|talk]]) 15:55, 9 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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:Something else I think someone needs to look at is the line of best fit. For basketball it's basically horizontal, but for chess it tends to curve upwards. I'd add it myself, but I feel like there's more than just that and I'm missing something. [[User:Athang|Athang]] ([[User talk:Athang|talk]]) 16:53, 9 July 2014 (UTC)</div>173.245.52.157