https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Jacoder23&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T17:30:55ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1675:_Message_in_a_Bottle&diff=1191511675: Message in a Bottle2016-05-02T14:21:22Z<p>Jacoder23: Fixed grammatical error/s-Jacoder23</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1675<br />
| date = May 2, 2016<br />
| title = Message in a Bottle<br />
| image = message_in_a_bottle.png<br />
| titletext = I tried to send a message back, but I accidentally hit 'reply all' and now the ocean is clogged with message bottles.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Second Draft}}<br />
This comic approaches a message in a bottle as a message in an internet mailing list. The message in the bottle reads "Unsubscribe", as it is done in email newsletters.<br />
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The title text suggests that when he replied all, it sent a message in a bottle to everyone on the company's mailing list. This relates to the phenomenon when someone attempts to send a private email (usually about something very secret like being in an intimate relationship) and ending up sending it to many people (almost always leading to the embarrassment of the sender).<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball walks along a beach with six seagulls flying behind him over the sea. There is a small surf and in the far distance two mountains.]<br />
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:[Cueball stops and looks down at a bottle lying in the sand just outside the surf. A letter can be seen inside and there seems to be a stopper at the top.]<br />
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:[A frame less panel shows Cueball (beach and sea not drawn) as he puls out the letter from the bottle that he has now picked-up.]<br />
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:[Cueball holds the bottle behind him in one hand and the letter up in front him with the other hand. The text on the letter is written above him in curvy letters, looking like those often used to depict the writing of a dying or seriously injured man:]<br />
:''Unsubscribe''<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Animals]]</div>Jacoder23https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1675:_Message_in_a_Bottle&diff=119148Talk:1675: Message in a Bottle2016-05-02T14:07:08Z<p>Jacoder23: </p>
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The title text reminds me of the song {{w|Message in a Bottle (song)|Message in a Bottle}} by Police. ;-) Maybe enough that it should be part of the explanation? [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:30, 2 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
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: Why not? Seems to fit the description. [[User:Jacoder23|Jacoder23]] ([[User talk:Jacoder23|talk]]) 14:07, 2 May 2016 (UTC)</div>Jacoder23https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1675:_Message_in_a_Bottle&diff=119147Talk:1675: Message in a Bottle2016-05-02T14:06:46Z<p>Jacoder23: </p>
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The title text reminds me of the song {{w|Message in a Bottle (song)|Message in a Bottle}} by Police. ;-) Maybe enough that it should be part of the explanation? [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:30, 2 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
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: Why not? Seems to fit the description. [[User:Jacoder23|Jacoder23]] ([[User talk:Jacoder23|talk]]) 14:04, 2 May 2016 (UTC)</div>Jacoder23https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1675:_Message_in_a_Bottle&diff=119146Talk:1675: Message in a Bottle2016-05-02T14:05:51Z<p>Jacoder23: </p>
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The title text reminds me of the song {{w|Message in a Bottle (song)|Message in a Bottle}} by Police. ;-) Maybe enough that it should be part of the explanation? [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:30, 2 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Why not? Seems to fit the description. [[User:Jacoder23|Jacoder23]] ([[User talk:Jacoder23|talk]]) 14:04, 2 May 2016 (UTC)</div>Jacoder23https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1675:_Message_in_a_Bottle&diff=119145Talk:1675: Message in a Bottle2016-05-02T14:04:00Z<p>Jacoder23: </p>
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The title text reminds me of the song {{w|Message in a Bottle (song)|Message in a Bottle}} by Police. ;-) Maybe enough that it should be part of the explanation? [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:30, 2 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
Why not? Seems to fit the description. [[User:Jacoder23|Jacoder23]] ([[User talk:Jacoder23|talk]]) 14:04, 2 May 2016 (UTC)</div>Jacoder23https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1675:_Message_in_a_Bottle&diff=1191441675: Message in a Bottle2016-05-02T13:55:57Z<p>Jacoder23: Another minor edit-Jacoder23</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1675<br />
| date = May 2, 2016<br />
| title = Message in a Bottle<br />
| image = message_in_a_bottle.png<br />
| titletext = I tried to send a message back, but I accidentally hit 'reply all' and now the ocean is clogged with message bottles.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Second Draft}}<br />
This comic approaches a message in a bottle as a message in an internet mailing list. The message in the bottle reads "Unsubscribe", as it is done in email newsletters.<br />
<br />
The title text suggests that when he replied all, it sent a message in a bottle to everyone on the company's mailing list. This relates to the phenomenon when someone attempts to send a private email (usually about something very secret like being in an intimate relationship) and ending up sending it to many people (nearly always leading to embarrassment to the sender).<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball walks along a beach with six seagulls flying behind him over the sea. There is a small surf and in the far distance two mountains.]<br />
<br />
:[Cueball stops and looks down at a bottle lying in the sand just outside the surf. A letter can be seen inside and there seems to be a stopper at the top.]<br />
<br />
:[A frame less panel shows Cueball (beach and sea not drawn) as he puls out the letter from the bottle that he has now picked-up.]<br />
<br />
:[Cueball holds the bottle behind him in one hand and the letter up in front him with the other hand. The text on the letter is written above him in curvy letters, looking like those often used to depict the writing of a dying or seriously injured man:]<br />
:''Unsubscribe''<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Animals]]</div>Jacoder23