1905: Cast Iron Pan - Revision history

ClassicalGames at 08:10, 14 April 2023

2023-04-14T08:10:17Z

No Idea If There's A Character Limit LMAO: /* Explanation */ - Who decided to put 'citation needed' in there?

2023-02-22T23:38:00Z

‎Explanation: - Who decided to put 'citation needed' in there?

Jacky720: rv

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Ex Kay Cee Dee at 19:22, 4 May 2022

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Davidy22: Reverted edits by X. K. C. D. (talk) to last revision by 256 256.256.256

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Reverted edits by X. K. C. D. (talk) to last revision by 256 256.256.256

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X. K. C. D. at 22:52, 3 May 2022

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256 256.256.256: Undo revision 222857 by 172.70.131.18 (talk) It's not a fact that's obvious to everyone, so the joke doesn't work here

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Undo revision 222857 by 172.70.131.18 (talk) It's not a fact that's obvious to everyone, so the joke doesn't work here

172.70.131.18: /* Explanation */

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‎4th Panel: edited "work" to "worth" in the last line

Tromag at 14:08, 23 September 2019

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 :Cueball: Wow, okay.
-:[In a frame-less panel White Hat has taken the pan back to the first hand holding on the the edge while he holds his other hand close to the frying surface.]
+:[In a frame-less panel White Hat has taken the pan back to the first hand holding on the edge while he holds his other hand close to the frying surface.]
 :White Hat: Apply moisturizer to the pan daily to keep it fresh.
 :Cueball: ...Moisturizer?

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 White Hat continues to give dubious advice to the point of absurdity, and Cueball becomes more and more wary of it.
-His next word of advice is to apply {{w|moisturizer}} to the pan daily to keep it fresh. Cueball asks why and is told that it is to avoid the pan getting {{w|Wrinkle|wrinkles}}. This implies that the pan would age like a human and get wrinkles. This is, of course, nonsense{{Citation needed}}, but Cueball is not yet ready to dismiss White Hat's advice.
+His next word of advice is to apply {{w|moisturizer}} to the pan daily to keep it fresh. Cueball asks why and is told that it is to avoid the pan getting {{w|Wrinkle|wrinkles}}. This implies that the pan would age like a human and get wrinkles. This is, of course, nonsense, but Cueball is not yet ready to dismiss White Hat's advice.
 ===4th Panel===
 The final piece of advice is that twice a year Cueball should fill the pan with {{w|iron filings}} and leave it in direct sunlight for 24 hours. Both details are intended to be absurd. For one, {{tvtropes|NoodleImplements|neither the iron filings nor the sunlight appear to serve any actual purpose}}. Second, 24 continuous hours of direct sunlight is impossible to achieve in most places. North of the {{w|Arctic Circle}} (often shortened to simply "the {{w|Arctic}}") there will be at least one day a year where the sun does not set. While one might assume that a combined total of 24 hours over couple of days would be sufficient, White Hat implies that it's necessary to travel to very remote locations in very specific parts of the year to meet an extreme requirement. He further casts an unwillingness to meet this unreasonable standard as rendering a person unworthy of cast iron.

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 ==Explanation==
-White Hat is discussing tips for maintaining {{w|Cast-iron cookware}}. Cast-iron cookware is well-loved and often promoted by cooking aficionados, but requires more effort and care to maintain than many other modern forms of cookware{{Citation needed}}. This strip satirizes both the amount of effort involved, and the attitude of connoisseurs who look down on people who are unwilling to put in such effort. In typical xkcd fashion, the comic starts off somewhat realistic and escalates to absurdity.
+White Hat is discussing tips for maintaining {{w|Cast-iron cookware}}. Cast-iron cookware is well-loved and often promoted by cooking aficionados, but requires more effort and care to maintain than many other modern forms of cookware. This strip satirizes both the amount of effort involved, and the attitude of connoisseurs who look down on people who are unwilling to put in such effort. In typical xkcd fashion, the comic starts off somewhat realistic and escalates to absurdity.
 ===1st Panel===

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 ==Explanation==
-White Hat is discussing tips for maintaining {{w|Cast-iron cookware}}. Cast-iron cookware is well-loved and often promoted by cooking aficionados, but requires more effort and care to maintain than many other modern forms of cookware. This strip satirizes both the amount of effort involved, and the attitude of connoisseurs who look down on people who are unwilling to put in such effort. In typical xkcd fashion, the comic starts off somewhat realistic and escalates to absurdity.
+White Hat is discussing tips for maintaining {{w|Cast-iron cookware}}. Cast-iron cookware is well-loved and often promoted by cooking aficionados, but requires more effort and care to maintain than many other modern forms of cookware{{Citation needed}}. This strip satirizes both the amount of effort involved, and the attitude of connoisseurs who look down on people who are unwilling to put in such effort. In typical xkcd fashion, the comic starts off somewhat realistic and escalates to absurdity.
 ===1st Panel===

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 The final piece of advice is that twice a year Cueball should fill the pan with {{w|iron filings}} and leave it in direct sunlight for 24 hours. Both details are intended to be absurd. For one, {{tvtropes|NoodleImplements|neither the iron filings nor the sunlight appear to serve any actual purpose}}. Second, 24 continuous hours of direct sunlight is impossible to achieve in most places. North of the {{w|Arctic Circle}} (often shortened to simply "the {{w|Arctic}}") there will be at least one day a year where the sun does not set. While one might assume that a combined total of 24 hours over couple of days would be sufficient, White Hat implies that it's necessary to travel to very remote locations in very specific parts of the year to meet an extreme requirement. He further casts an unwillingness to meet this unreasonable standard as rendering a person unworthy of cast iron.
-White Hat's strict tone "If you're not willing to travel to the Arctic, you don't ''deserve'' cast iron" might also suggest that cast iron is a special almost-legendary metal similar to {{w|Damascus steel}} or its fictional counterpart Valyrian steel and requires distant travel to obtain/maintain. This is likely a parody of the level of reverence cast iron cookware tends to receive in certain circles.  Despite there being alternatives that are much easier to maintain, a significant number of cooks insist that cast iron has qualities that make it work the amount of effort involved.
+White Hat's strict tone "If you're not willing to travel to the Arctic, you don't ''deserve'' cast iron" might also suggest that cast iron is a special almost-legendary metal similar to {{w|Damascus steel}} or its fictional counterpart Valyrian steel and requires distant travel to obtain/maintain. This is likely a parody of the level of reverence cast iron cookware tends to receive in certain circles.  Despite there being alternatives that are much easier to maintain, a significant number of cooks insist that cast iron has qualities that make it worth the amount of effort involved.
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