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FaviFake: added Category:Comics edited after their publication using HotCat

2025-03-02T16:30:14Z

added Category:Comics edited after their publication using HotCat

FaviFake: /* Trivia */

2025-03-02T16:30:05Z

‎Trivia

The-Ergster at 12:52, 12 November 2024

2024-11-12T12:52:03Z

172.71.98.144: /* Explanation */ Added more detail to explanation

2024-11-12T10:53:15Z

‎Explanation: Added more detail to explanation

172.71.167.187: /* Explanation */

2024-11-07T11:39:13Z

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172.71.154.104: /* Explanation */

2024-11-06T23:28:49Z

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172.71.178.65: /* Explanation */ Scoot scoot, Zooty! Scoot scoot!

2022-10-07T10:27:46Z

‎Explanation: Scoot scoot, Zooty! Scoot scoot!

172.71.178.187: /* Explanation */ punc (if you must!)

2022-10-07T10:22:52Z

‎Explanation: punc (if you must!)

172.70.214.183: /* Explanation */

2022-10-06T23:02:55Z

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Reverted vandalism with User:CRLF/OneClickUndo.js

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 ==Trivia==
-*In the first panel, the word "friends" was originally misspelled as "frends".
+In the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/b/b7/20151214165657%21those_not_present.png original version of the comic], in the first panel, the word "fr'''i'''ends" was originally misspelled as "frends". This was later fixed.
 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]

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 ==Explanation==

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 ==Explanation==
-[[Cueball]] (likely representing [[Randall]]), has decided to leave conversations deemed toxic, by scooting a little bit away any time somebody badmouths someone not present. In each panel, he scoots progressively further away until he reaches an area with [[Megan]], [[Hairy]], and [[Beret Guy]], discussing {{w|giant squids}}. He decides to join them, as this conversation is far more interesting to him than one criticizing people behind their backs.
+[[Cueball]] (likely representing [[Randall]]), is sitting listening to a conversation with three other people. As the talk progresses, each member contributes gossip about a different group absent from the table, and talking mostly negatively about their qualities and goals. As Cueball notices this, he has decided to leave conversations deemed toxic, by scooting his chair a little bit more farther from the table any time somebody badmouths someone not present. In each panel, he scoots progressively further away, with the previous conversation diminishing as he moves, until he reaches another conversation with [[Megan]], [[Hairy]], and [[Beret Guy]], discussing a blurry video about {{w|giant squids}}. He asks to join them, as this conversation seems far more interesting to him than one criticizing people behind their backs.
-The title text jokes that the second group, is, in fact, dissing the giant squid rather than discussing how cool it is. As the squid is not present, Cueball scoots either back to where he came from (as having now at least a lesser toxicity) or even further onwards (to seek out a new and more palatable conversation).
+The title text jokes that the second group, is, unfortunately, also criticising the giant squid. As the squid is not present, Cueball starts to scoot his chair even more, to hopefully find a non-toxic conversation somewhere else. It is unclear if he is moving to back to where he came from (as possibly the first group seem to be less toxic than the second), or even further onwards (to seek out a new and more palatable conversation).
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 [[Cueball]] (likely representing [[Randall]]), has decided to leave conversations deemed toxic, by scooting a little bit away any time somebody badmouths someone not present. In each panel, he scoots progressively further away until he reaches an area with [[Megan]], [[Hairy]], and [[Beret Guy]], discussing {{w|giant squids}}. He decides to join them, as this conversation is far more interesting to him than one criticizing people behind their backs.
-The title text jokes that the second group, is, in fact, dissing the giant squid rather than discussing how cool it is. As the squid is not present,{{Citation needed}} Cueball scoots either back to where he came from (as having now at least a lesser toxicity) or even further onwards (to seek out a new and more palatable conversation).
+The title text jokes that the second group, is, in fact, dissing the giant squid rather than discussing how cool it is. As the squid is not present, Cueball scoots either back to where he came from (as having now at least a lesser toxicity) or even further onwards (to seek out a new and more palatable conversation).
 ==Transcript==

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 | titletext = 'Yeah, that squid's a total asshole.' [scoot scoot]
 }}
 ==Explanation==