Talk:1053: Ten Thousand - Revision history

92.23.2.228 at 18:48, 14 July 2025

2025-07-14T18:48:24Z

161.65.83.198 at 02:56, 14 July 2025

2025-07-14T02:56:57Z

172.70.251.181 at 13:29, 28 December 2022

2022-12-28T13:29:21Z

172.71.94.151: I think this was how the dignature was intended

2022-12-28T13:22:49Z

I *think* this was how the dignature was intended

172.71.94.151 at 13:21, 28 December 2022

2022-12-28T13:21:33Z

162.158.167.20 at 09:17, 6 September 2020

2020-09-06T09:17:42Z

108.162.242.19 at 18:53, 20 September 2019

2019-09-20T18:53:51Z

172.69.135.142: format this guy's nonsense so it's at least readable, even though he's still objectively wrong

2019-08-17T13:44:25Z

format this guy's nonsense so it's at least readable, even though he's still objectively wrong

Dgbrt: Please sign your comments. And keep your layout simple.

2018-10-20T19:14:12Z

Please sign your comments. And keep your layout simple.

172.69.42.82 at 22:08, 19 October 2018

2018-10-19T22:08:36Z

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	Can we add diet coke and methos or some other tag to quickly search this comic? It's pretty useful life advice.		Can we add diet coke and methos or some other tag to quickly search this comic? It's pretty useful life advice.

−	It has been many years since this comic came out, and yet this website still displays "Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb." on every page. That tagline is not only antithetical to this comic, but also to the rules of this site, since rule #1 is "Don't be a jerk!"	+	It has been many years since this comic came out, and yet this website still displays "Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb." on every page. That tagline is not only antithetical to this comic, but also to the rules of this site, since rule #1 is "Don't be a jerk!" {{unsigned\|161.65.83.198\|02:56, 14 July 2025}}
		+	:There are plenty of things that this site might ''appear'' to say that might puzzle, annoy or possibly even antagonise a brand new reader,{{Citation needed}} yet become no more and no less than site flavour and quirks. No actual maliciousness intended, nor any reason to take notice of such things. Let alone umbrage.
		+	:YMMV, but I think (on balance) it's more "nice to have" than in any way "jerkworthy". And saves fights about what tag-line ''could'' replace it... [[Special:Contributions/92.23.2.228\|92.23.2.228]] 18:48, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

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	Can we add diet coke and methos or some other tag to quickly search this comic? It's pretty useful life advice.		Can we add diet coke and methos or some other tag to quickly search this comic? It's pretty useful life advice.
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		+	It has been many years since this comic came out, and yet this website still displays "Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb." on every page. That tagline is not only antithetical to this comic, but also to the rules of this site, since rule #1 is "Don't be a jerk!"

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 There's no precedent for the daily average. Depending on the fact, there's no reason it would be gradually learned rather than learned immediately in huge numbers upon something important bringing it to light. For rather important facts (like where your country is on a map), not knowing them would be a sign of complete obliviousness. This comic seems to only cover irrelevant facts though that would make sense to be gradually learned. There's also no precedent for spreading the learning event over a single year. Chances are some individuals wouldn't learn a fact that may be common knowledge for others of their age until much later on than the majority of people (years after others), also denoting obliviousness. For irrelevant facts, berating someone for not knowing them isn't constructive since hearing about them would be more coincidental. However, berating someone for not knowing extremely important facts only berates how oblivious they must be to not absorb such a fundamental fact. This is constructive in that the person would learn being so oblivious is not a good thing.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.167.20|162.158.167.20]] 09:17, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
-:Do you have any example of such fundamental fact, and when and how did you learn said fact? And do you think it's better to stay quiet about not knowing it or do you think it's better to eventually learn it, albeit a bit late? --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.94.151|172.71.94.151]] 13:21, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
+:Do you have any example of such fundamental fact, and when and how did you learn said fact? And do you think it's better to stay quiet about not knowing it and never learn the fundamental fact or do you think it's better to eventually learn it, albeit a bit late? --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.94.151|172.71.94.151]] 13:21, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
 Can we add diet coke and methos or some other tag to quickly search this comic? It's pretty useful life advice.

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 :It is. You got 10,959. The comic is meant to be approximate. The result is approximately 10,000. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.135.142|172.69.135.142]] 13:44, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
-There's no precedent for the daily average. Depending on the fact, there's no reason it would be gradually learned rather than learned immediately in huge numbers upon something important bringing it to light. For rather important facts (like where your country is on a map), not knowing them would be a sign of complete obliviousness. This comic seems to only cover irrelevant facts though that would make sense to be gradually learned. There's also no precedent for spreading the learning event over a single year. Chances are some individuals wouldn't learn a fact that may be common knowledge for others of their age until much later on than the majority of people (years after others), also denoting obliviousness. For irrelevant facts, berating someone for not knowing them isn't constructive since hearing about them would be more coincidental. However, berating someone for not knowing extremely important facts only berates how oblivious they must be to not absorb such a fundamental fact. This is constructive in that the person would learn being so oblivious is not a good thing.
+There's no precedent for the daily average. Depending on the fact, there's no reason it would be gradually learned rather than learned immediately in huge numbers upon something important bringing it to light. For rather important facts (like where your country is on a map), not knowing them would be a sign of complete obliviousness. This comic seems to only cover irrelevant facts though that would make sense to be gradually learned. There's also no precedent for spreading the learning event over a single year. Chances are some individuals wouldn't learn a fact that may be common knowledge for others of their age until much later on than the majority of people (years after others), also denoting obliviousness. For irrelevant facts, berating someone for not knowing them isn't constructive since hearing about them would be more coincidental. However, berating someone for not knowing extremely important facts only berates how oblivious they must be to not absorb such a fundamental fact. This is constructive in that the person would learn being so oblivious is not a good thing.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.167.20|162.158.167.20]] 09:17, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 :Do you have any example of such fundamental fact, and when and how did you learn said fact? And do you think it's better to stay quiet about not knowing it or do you think it's better to eventually learn it, albeit a bit late? --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.94.151|172.71.94.151]] 13:21, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
---[[Special:Contributions/162.158.167.20|162.158.167.20]] 09:17, 6 September 2020 (UTC)Can we add diet coke and methos or some other tag to quickly search this comic? It's pretty useful life advice.
+Can we add diet coke and methos or some other tag to quickly search this comic? It's pretty useful life advice.

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	There's no precedent for the daily average. Depending on the fact, there's no reason it would be gradually learned rather than learned immediately in huge numbers upon something important bringing it to light. For rather important facts (like where your country is on a map), not knowing them would be a sign of complete obliviousness. This comic seems to only cover irrelevant facts though that would make sense to be gradually learned. There's also no precedent for spreading the learning event over a single year. Chances are some individuals wouldn't learn a fact that may be common knowledge for others of their age until much later on than the majority of people (years after others), also denoting obliviousness. For irrelevant facts, berating someone for not knowing them isn't constructive since hearing about them would be more coincidental. However, berating someone for not knowing extremely important facts only berates how oblivious they must be to not absorb such a fundamental fact. This is constructive in that the person would learn being so oblivious is not a good thing.		There's no precedent for the daily average. Depending on the fact, there's no reason it would be gradually learned rather than learned immediately in huge numbers upon something important bringing it to light. For rather important facts (like where your country is on a map), not knowing them would be a sign of complete obliviousness. This comic seems to only cover irrelevant facts though that would make sense to be gradually learned. There's also no precedent for spreading the learning event over a single year. Chances are some individuals wouldn't learn a fact that may be common knowledge for others of their age until much later on than the majority of people (years after others), also denoting obliviousness. For irrelevant facts, berating someone for not knowing them isn't constructive since hearing about them would be more coincidental. However, berating someone for not knowing extremely important facts only berates how oblivious they must be to not absorb such a fundamental fact. This is constructive in that the person would learn being so oblivious is not a good thing.

		+	:Do you have any example of such fundamental fact, and when and how did you learn said fact? And do you think it's better to stay quiet about not knowing it or do you think it's better to eventually learn it, albeit a bit late? --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.94.151\|172.71.94.151]] 13:21, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

	--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.167.20\|162.158.167.20]] 09:17, 6 September 2020 (UTC)Can we add diet coke and methos or some other tag to quickly search this comic? It's pretty useful life advice.		--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.167.20\|162.158.167.20]] 09:17, 6 September 2020 (UTC)Can we add diet coke and methos or some other tag to quickly search this comic? It's pretty useful life advice.

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	There's no precedent for the daily average. Depending on the fact, there's no reason it would be gradually learned rather than learned immediately in huge numbers upon something important bringing it to light. For rather important facts (like where your country is on a map), not knowing them would be a sign of complete obliviousness. This comic seems to only cover irrelevant facts though that would make sense to be gradually learned. There's also no precedent for spreading the learning event over a single year. Chances are some individuals wouldn't learn a fact that may be common knowledge for others of their age until much later on than the majority of people (years after others), also denoting obliviousness. For irrelevant facts, berating someone for not knowing them isn't constructive since hearing about them would be more coincidental. However, berating someone for not knowing extremely important facts only berates how oblivious they must be to not absorb such a fundamental fact. This is constructive in that the person would learn being so oblivious is not a good thing.		There's no precedent for the daily average. Depending on the fact, there's no reason it would be gradually learned rather than learned immediately in huge numbers upon something important bringing it to light. For rather important facts (like where your country is on a map), not knowing them would be a sign of complete obliviousness. This comic seems to only cover irrelevant facts though that would make sense to be gradually learned. There's also no precedent for spreading the learning event over a single year. Chances are some individuals wouldn't learn a fact that may be common knowledge for others of their age until much later on than the majority of people (years after others), also denoting obliviousness. For irrelevant facts, berating someone for not knowing them isn't constructive since hearing about them would be more coincidental. However, berating someone for not knowing extremely important facts only berates how oblivious they must be to not absorb such a fundamental fact. This is constructive in that the person would learn being so oblivious is not a good thing.
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		+	--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.167.20\|162.158.167.20]] 09:17, 6 September 2020 (UTC)Can we add diet coke and methos or some other tag to quickly search this comic? It's pretty useful life advice.

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	NOT 10k? {{unsigned ip\|172.69.42.82}}		NOT 10k? {{unsigned ip\|172.69.42.82}}
	:It is. You got 10,959. The comic is meant to be approximate. The result is approximately 10,000. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.135.142\|172.69.135.142]] 13:44, 17 August 2019 (UTC)		:It is. You got 10,959. The comic is meant to be approximate. The result is approximately 10,000. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.135.142\|172.69.135.142]] 13:44, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
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		+	There's no precedent for the daily average. Depending on the fact, there's no reason it would be gradually learned rather than learned immediately in huge numbers upon something important bringing it to light. For rather important facts (like where your country is on a map), not knowing them would be a sign of complete obliviousness. This comic seems to only cover irrelevant facts though that would make sense to be gradually learned. There's also no precedent for spreading the learning event over a single year. Chances are some individuals wouldn't learn a fact that may be common knowledge for others of their age until much later on than the majority of people (years after others), also denoting obliviousness. For irrelevant facts, berating someone for not knowing them isn't constructive since hearing about them would be more coincidental. However, berating someone for not knowing extremely important facts only berates how oblivious they must be to not absorb such a fundamental fact. This is constructive in that the person would learn being so oblivious is not a good thing.

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 I had the chance to watch Star Wars prequel with someone who did not know who was Darth Vader, the shock was amazing in Revenge of the Sith. I wish everyone can discover that plot twist! Zyramere {{unsigned ip|162.158.134.202}}
-POPULATION
+<pre>POPULATION
 ,000,000	People born yearly
 x	30		Everyone "IT"  knows by what age (yrs)
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 ,959	Segment of population who will learn "IT" today.
 NOT 10k? {{unsigned ip|172.69.42.82}}