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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | Some people suffer from headaches, eyestrain, motion sickness and other problems when watching {{w|3D film|3D movies}}, playing 3D games, watching {{w|3D television}}, playing hand-held {{w|Nintendo 3DS}}, etc. | |
− | + | In this comic, Cueball is using the excuse that 3D gives him a headache to get out of going outside into the real world, where ''everything'' is in {{w|Three-dimensional space|3D}}. Instead he stays inside and looks at his 2D computer monitor. In the title text, he says he will only go to flat places (i.e. places where everything he could see would be 2D-like). | |
− | + | This comic was released on {{w|April Fools' Day}}. The April fools joke for 2011 made every comic on the site 3D, thus forcing people like Cueball to endure 3D even at their computer screens. The 3D view is still available at [http://xk3d.xkcd.com/ xk3d.xkcd.com] for all comics prior to this one. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | *When clicking the 'next' or 'latest' buttons on the xk3d site, a blue | + | *When clicking the 'next' or 'latest' buttons on the xk3d site, a blue [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot Utah-teapot] appears, in random locations and sizes, instead of proceeding. Attempting to proceed beyond via manually pointing the URL elsewhere is not supported. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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[[Category:April fools' comics]] | [[Category:April fools' comics]] |