2903: Earth/Venus Venn Diagram - Revision history

82.132.237.207: Undo revision 408928 by 47.141.37.161 (talk) Imagine a future editor: "They've inexplicably not mention that. What if someone does not know about it? I must add it in!" Rinse, repeat.

2026-03-27T09:54:03Z

Undo revision 408928 by 47.141.37.161 (talk) Imagine a future editor: "They've inexplicably not mention that. What if someone does *not* know about it? I must add it in!" Rinse, repeat.

47.141.37.161: /* Explanation */ We know what shockwaves are

2026-03-27T06:44:48Z

‎Explanation: We know what shockwaves are

CalibansCreations: /* Explanation */

2025-02-13T12:03:34Z

‎Explanation

Jkshapiro: /* Explanation */ Removing material that doesn't actually explain this comic

2025-01-16T03:54:48Z

‎Explanation: Removing material that doesn't actually explain this comic

Laser813: A bit less duplicative detail

2024-03-15T17:08:33Z

A bit less duplicative detail

Transgalactic: edited Venn diagram explanation: less physics & more abstraction; "ejecta" is plural

2024-03-13T14:54:25Z

edited Venn diagram explanation: less physics & more abstraction; "ejecta" is plural

TheHYPO: /* Explanation */ If the middle area was "Neither Earth nor Venus", it would not be a proper Venn diagram. Properly, as a Venn diagram, the middle section consists of BOTH Earth and Venus.

2024-03-12T21:25:40Z

‎Explanation: If the middle area was "Neither Earth nor Venus", it would not be a proper Venn diagram. Properly, as a Venn diagram, the middle section consists of BOTH Earth and Venus.

Laser813: /* Explanation */

2024-03-12T13:22:21Z

‎Explanation

172.70.85.27: /* Explanation */

2024-03-11T09:23:08Z

‎Explanation

172.70.90.136: /* Explanation */

2024-03-11T09:21:18Z

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 * As a '''proximity illustration''', it depicts Earth and Venus smashing into each other, resulting in "shockwaves and production of impact ejecta" occurring where they collide. The relative circle sizes are accurate; the circumference of Venus is 5% smaller than Earth's.
 * As a '''Venn diagram''', it shows a collision moment in which the commonality between Earth and Venus is "shockwaves and production of impact ejecta" at the spot of intermingled Earth-Venus overlap.
 '''Impact ejecta''' are the materials expelled from the impact site, consisting of molten rock, vaporized material, and solid debris, flung out at high velocities due to the energy released by the collision. The production of impact ejecta would indeed occur in the overlapping impact area.

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 * As a '''proximity illustration''', it depicts Earth and Venus smashing into each other, resulting in "shockwaves and production of impact ejecta" occurring where they collide. The relative circle sizes are accurate; the circumference of Venus is 5% smaller than Earth's.
 * As a '''Venn diagram''', it shows a collision moment in which the commonality between Earth and Venus is "shockwaves and production of impact ejecta" at the spot of intermingled Earth-Venus overlap.
 '''Impact ejecta''' are the materials expelled from the impact site, consisting of molten rock, vaporized material, and solid debris, flung out at high velocities due to the energy released by the collision. The production of impact ejecta would indeed occur in the overlapping impact area.

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 '''Impact ejecta''' are the materials expelled from the impact site, consisting of molten rock, vaporized material, and solid debris, flung out at high velocities due to the energy released by the collision. The production of impact ejecta would indeed occur in the overlapping impact area.
-The title text is [[2721: Euler Diagrams|another xkcd joke]] about the difference between a [[:Category:Venn diagrams|Venn]] diagram and an [[:Category:Euler diagrams|Euler]] diagram, which is similar to a Venn diagram except that it's acceptable to have circles (or other shapes) that do not intersect if there are no common elements between those sets. The observation that {{w|Mars}} is still orbiting by itself makes Mars an additional set (out of the frame of the diagram), in addition to - but not intersecting with - Earth and Venus, making this technically an {{w|Euler diagram}}. Therefore if the Earth-Venus collision is a "Venn apocalypse," the inclusion of Mars as a non-intersecting entity makes this technically an "Euler apocalypse."
+The title text is [[2721: Euler Diagrams|another xkcd joke]] about the difference between a [[:Category:Venn diagrams|Venn]] diagram and an [[:Category:Euler diagrams|Euler]] diagram, which is similar to a Venn diagram except that it's acceptable to have circles (or other shapes) that do not intersect if there are no common elements between those sets. The observation that {{w|Mars}} is still orbiting by itself makes Mars an additional set (out of the frame of the diagram), in addition to - but not intersecting with - Earth and Venus, making this [[technically]] an {{w|Euler diagram}}. Therefore if the Earth-Venus collision is a "Venn apocalypse," the inclusion of Mars as a non-intersecting entity makes this technically an "Euler apocalypse."
 ==Transcript==

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	The title text is [[2721: Euler Diagrams\|another xkcd joke]] about the difference between a [[:Category:Venn diagrams\|Venn]] diagram and an [[:Category:Euler diagrams\|Euler]] diagram, which is similar to a Venn diagram except that it's acceptable to have circles (or other shapes) that do not intersect if there are no common elements between those sets. The observation that {{w\|Mars}} is still orbiting by itself makes Mars an additional set (out of the frame of the diagram), in addition to - but not intersecting with - Earth and Venus, making this technically an {{w\|Euler diagram}}. Therefore if the Earth-Venus collision is a "Venn apocalypse," the inclusion of Mars as a non-intersecting entity makes this technically an "Euler apocalypse."		The title text is [[2721: Euler Diagrams\|another xkcd joke]] about the difference between a [[:Category:Venn diagrams\|Venn]] diagram and an [[:Category:Euler diagrams\|Euler]] diagram, which is similar to a Venn diagram except that it's acceptable to have circles (or other shapes) that do not intersect if there are no common elements between those sets. The observation that {{w\|Mars}} is still orbiting by itself makes Mars an additional set (out of the frame of the diagram), in addition to - but not intersecting with - Earth and Venus, making this technically an {{w\|Euler diagram}}. Therefore if the Earth-Venus collision is a "Venn apocalypse," the inclusion of Mars as a non-intersecting entity makes this technically an "Euler apocalypse."
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−	As a thought experiment, if you expand the diagram infinitely, a "{{w\|Big Crunch\|Venn apocalypse}}" would consist of every body in the universe being in the process of colliding, simultaneously. This would be very dangerous.{{Citation needed}}
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−	~~===Similar jokes===~~
−	This joke is similar to the 'Pie chart' meme, showing 'pie I have eaten' and 'pie I have not yet eaten' as a mathematically conventional pie chart formed by a photograph of the actual subject of the chart: a real-world partially-eaten pie.

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 ==Explanation==
-A {{w|Venn diagram}} illustrates the relationships and differences among sets by showing common and distinct elements, using overlapping circles or variously shaped closed lines. This comic is both a '''Venn diagram''' and a '''proximity illustration''' of {{w|Earth}} and {{w|Venus}} colliding, physically 'overlapping' each other.
+A {{w|Venn diagram}} illustrates the relationships and differences among sets by showing common and distinct elements, using overlapping circles (or other shapes). This comic is both a '''Venn diagram''' and a '''proximity illustration''' of {{w|Earth}} and {{w|Venus}} colliding, physically 'overlapping' each other.
 * As a '''proximity illustration''', it depicts Earth and Venus smashing into each other, resulting in "shockwaves and production of impact ejecta" occurring where they collide. The relative circle sizes are accurate; the circumference of Venus is 5% smaller than Earth's.
-* As a '''Venn diagram''', it shows that there is an entity that is Earth, an entity that is Venus, and that their most relevant commonalities are "shockwaves and production of impact ejecta," strongly suggesting that Earth and Venus are colliding with each other.
+* As a '''Venn diagram''', it shows a collision moment in which the commonality between Earth and Venus is "shockwaves and production of impact ejecta" at the spot of intermingled Earth-Venus overlap.
 '''Shockwaves''' are intense, high-pressure waves caused by the immense force of the impact, that propagate through the materials of both planets faster than the speed of sound.

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 A {{w|Venn diagram}} illustrates the relationships and differences among sets by showing common and distinct elements, using overlapping circles. This comic is both a '''Venn diagram''' and a '''proximity illustration''' of {{w|Earth}} and {{w|Venus}} colliding, physically 'overlapping' each other.
 * As a '''proximity illustration''', it depicts Earth and Venus smashing into each other, resulting in "shockwaves and production of impact ejecta" occurring where they collide. The relative circle sizes are accurate; the circumference of Venus is 5% smaller than Earth's.
-* As a '''Venn diagram''', it shows that there is a region of one sphere that is still recognizably Earth, a region of the other that is still recognizably Venus, and a region common to both that consists of "shockwaves and production of impact ejecta," and that this area of overlap is now neither Earth nor Venus, but an intermingled combination of the two.
+* As a '''Venn diagram''', it shows that there is a region of one sphere that is still recognizably Earth, a region of the other that is still recognizably Venus, and a region common to both that consists of "shockwaves and production of impact ejecta," and that this area of overlap also consists of an intermingled combination of the two planets.
 '''Shockwaves''' are intense, high-pressure waves caused by the immense force of the impact, that propagate through the materials of both planets faster than the speed of sound.

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 '''Impact ejecta''' is the material expelled from the impact site, consisting of molten rock, vaporized material, and solid debris, flung out at high velocities due to the energy released by the collision. The production of impact ejecta would indeed occur in the overlapping impact area.
 The title text is [[2721: Euler Diagrams|another xkcd joke]] about the difference between a [[:Category:Venn diagrams|Venn]] diagram and an [[:Category:Euler diagrams|Euler]] diagram, which is similar to a Venn diagram except that it's acceptable to have circles (or other shapes) that do not intersect if there are no common elements between those sets. The observation that {{w|Mars}} is still orbiting by itself makes Mars an additional set (out of the frame of the diagram), in addition to - but not intersecting with - Earth and Venus, making this technically an {{w|Euler diagram}}. Therefore if the Earth-Venus collision is a "Venn apocalypse," the inclusion of Mars as a non-intersecting entity makes this technically an "Euler apocalypse."
 As a thought experiment, if you expand the diagram infinitely, a "{{w|Big Crunch|Venn apocalypse}}" would consist of every body in the universe being in the process of colliding, simultaneously. This would be very dangerous.{{Citation needed}}
 ==Transcript==

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	'''Impact ejecta''' is the material expelled from the impact site, consisting of molten rock, vaporized material, and solid debris, flung out at high velocities due to the energy released by the collision. The production of impact ejecta would indeed occur in the overlapping impact area.		'''Impact ejecta''' is the material expelled from the impact site, consisting of molten rock, vaporized material, and solid debris, flung out at high velocities due to the energy released by the collision. The production of impact ejecta would indeed occur in the overlapping impact area.
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		+	This joke is similar to the 'Pie chart' meme, showing 'pie I have eaten' and 'pie I have not yet eaten' as a pie chart formed by a photograph of the actual subject of the chart: a real partially-eaten pie.

	The title text is [[2721: Euler Diagrams\|another xkcd joke]] about the difference between a [[:Category:Venn diagrams\|Venn]] diagram and an [[:Category:Euler diagrams\|Euler]] diagram, which is similar to a Venn diagram except that it's acceptable to have circles (or other shapes) that do not intersect if there are no common elements between those sets. The observation that {{w\|Mars}} is still orbiting by itself makes Mars an additional set (out of the frame of the diagram), in addition to - but not intersecting with - Earth and Venus, making this technically an {{w\|Euler diagram}}. Therefore if the Earth-Venus collision is a "Venn apocalypse," the inclusion of Mars as a non-intersecting entity makes this technically an "Euler apocalypse."		The title text is [[2721: Euler Diagrams\|another xkcd joke]] about the difference between a [[:Category:Venn diagrams\|Venn]] diagram and an [[:Category:Euler diagrams\|Euler]] diagram, which is similar to a Venn diagram except that it's acceptable to have circles (or other shapes) that do not intersect if there are no common elements between those sets. The observation that {{w\|Mars}} is still orbiting by itself makes Mars an additional set (out of the frame of the diagram), in addition to - but not intersecting with - Earth and Venus, making this technically an {{w\|Euler diagram}}. Therefore if the Earth-Venus collision is a "Venn apocalypse," the inclusion of Mars as a non-intersecting entity makes this technically an "Euler apocalypse."

2903: Earth/Venus Venn Diagram - Revision history

82.132.237.207: Undo revision 408928 by 47.141.37.161 (talk) Imagine a future editor: "They've inexplicably not mention that. What if someone does *not* know about it? I must add it in!" Rinse, repeat.

47.141.37.161: /* Explanation */ We know what shockwaves are

CalibansCreations: /* Explanation */

Jkshapiro: /* Explanation */ Removing material that doesn't actually explain this comic

Laser813: A bit less duplicative detail

Transgalactic: edited Venn diagram explanation: less physics & more abstraction; "ejecta" is plural

TheHYPO: /* Explanation */ If the middle area was "Neither Earth nor Venus", it would not be a proper Venn diagram. Properly, as a Venn diagram, the middle section consists of BOTH Earth and Venus.

Laser813: /* Explanation */

172.70.85.27: /* Explanation */

172.70.90.136: /* Explanation */

82.132.237.207: Undo revision 408928 by 47.141.37.161 (talk) Imagine a future editor: "They've inexplicably not mention that. What if someone does not know about it? I must add it in!" Rinse, repeat.