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		<title>SomebodyElse: /* Explanation */ just linking characters' names</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;‎&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Explanation: &lt;/span&gt; just linking characters&amp;#039; names&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 12:36, 13 May 2026&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l10&quot; &gt;Line 10:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This comic compares selected pros and cons of 3 video &amp;quot;orientations&amp;quot; (also known as angling), one of which is entirely made-up. This comic could have been inspired by articles published by [https://mashable.com/2017/12/28/vertical-video-mainstream-year/ Mashable], and [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/video-looks-most-natural-horizontally-but-we-hold-our-phones-vertically/ Scientific American], which comment on how videos are now filmed vertically through smartphones.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This comic compares selected pros and cons of 3 video &amp;quot;orientations&amp;quot; (also known as angling), one of which is entirely made-up. This comic could have been inspired by articles published by [https://mashable.com/2017/12/28/vertical-video-mainstream-year/ Mashable], and [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/video-looks-most-natural-horizontally-but-we-hold-our-phones-vertically/ Scientific American], which comment on how videos are now filmed vertically through smartphones.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Randall's observations on horizontal vs vertical indicate that he has resigned himself to the acceptance of vertical videos. However, he does love a good [[690|compromise]], so he suggests &amp;quot;Diagonal Orientation&amp;quot; as a third option to equally dissatisfy both types of user. The issue with this is that diagonal angling fails to fully capture the benefits of either horizontal or vertical angling.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Randall&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;'s observations on horizontal vs vertical indicate that he has resigned himself to the acceptance of vertical videos. However, he does love a good [[690|compromise]], so he suggests &amp;quot;Diagonal Orientation&amp;quot; as a third option to equally dissatisfy both types of user. The issue with this is that diagonal angling fails to fully capture the benefits of either horizontal or vertical angling.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is another comic claiming that an obviously bad idea keeps being done by accident &amp;quot;so we might as well just accept it&amp;quot;, following on from [[2116: .NORM Normal File Format]] a week prior.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is another comic claiming that an obviously bad idea keeps being done by accident &amp;quot;so we might as well just accept it&amp;quot;, following on from [[2116: .NORM Normal File Format]] a week prior.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Jacky720: Reverted edits by Xray Kilo Charlie Delta (talk) to last revision by Davidy22</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Reverted edits by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php/Special:Contributions/Xray_Kilo_Charlie_Delta&quot; title=&quot;Special:Contributions/Xray Kilo Charlie Delta&quot;&gt;Xray Kilo Charlie Delta&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Xray_Kilo_Charlie_Delta&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;User talk:Xray Kilo Charlie Delta (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;talk&lt;/a&gt;) to last revision by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php/User:Davidy22&quot; title=&quot;User:Davidy22&quot;&gt;Davidy22&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Xray Kilo Charlie Delta: haha your js cant stop my js</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;haha your js cant stop my js&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Explain xkcd server admin at 23:54, 20 May 2022</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Undo revision 270672 by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php/Special:Contributions/Explain_xkcd_server_admin&quot; title=&quot;Special:Contributions/Explain xkcd server admin&quot;&gt;Explain xkcd server admin&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Explain_xkcd_server_admin&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;User talk:Explain xkcd server admin (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;talk&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Theusaf: Reverted edits by 👖🔥 (talk) to last revision by Jacky720</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Reverted edits by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php/Special:Contributions/%F0%9F%91%96%F0%9F%94%A5&quot; title=&quot;Special:Contributions/👖🔥&quot;&gt;👖🔥&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:%F0%9F%91%96%F0%9F%94%A5&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;User talk:👖🔥 (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;talk&lt;/a&gt;) to last revision by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php/User:Jacky720&quot; title=&quot;User:Jacky720&quot;&gt;Jacky720&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>👖🔥 at 17:30, 11 May 2022</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;rv&lt;/p&gt;
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