Talk:1288: Substitutions - Revision history

216.12.50.119: use the photoshop patch tool on the talkpage

2026-05-14T18:27:37Z

use the photoshop patch tool on the talkpage

FaviFake: spam

2025-06-12T13:06:48Z

spam

ExplainEuge.ca at 06:45, 12 June 2025

2025-06-12T06:45:06Z

162.158.78.70 at 20:26, 11 April 2024

2024-04-11T20:26:15Z

Zaratha at 19:27, 10 April 2020

2020-04-10T19:27:42Z

141.101.69.105 at 09:27, 21 March 2019

2019-03-21T09:27:57Z

SilverMagpie at 21:52, 18 January 2017

2017-01-18T21:52:25Z

KangaroOS: s/clone/clown/g

2016-06-15T04:31:52Z

s/clone/clown/g

141.101.92.45 at 17:06, 5 March 2015

2015-03-05T17:06:13Z

108.162.215.84 at 09:11, 28 April 2014

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 ::For those who don't want to install anything in their browsers, here is a bookmarklet. To use it, create a new bookmark and insert the following code as location
-  javascript:(function(){var%20map={:"These%20dudes%20I%20know","":"Kinda%20probably","new%20study":"Tumbl%20post",:"Avenge",:"Spaaace","google%20glass":"Virtual%20Boy",:"Pokedex",:"Atomic",:"Elf-lord",:"Cat",:"Eating%20contest","congressional%20leaders":"River%20spirits","homeland%20security":"Homestart%20Runner","could%20not%20be%20reached%20for%20comment":"Is%20guilty%20and%20everyone%20knows%20it"};var%20b=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];b.innerHTML=b.innerHTML.replace(/new%20study|google%20glass|congressional%20leaders|homeland%20security|could%20not%20be%20reached%20for%20comment|\w+/gi,function($0){return map[$0.toLowerCase()]||$0});})()<br>
+  javascript:(function(){var%20map={witnesses:"These%20dudes%20I%20know","allegedly":"Kinda%20probably","new%20study":"Tumblr%20post",rebuild:"Avenge",space:"Spaaace","google%20glass":"Virtual%20Boy",smartphone:"Pokédex",electric:"Atomic",senator:"Elf-lord",car:"Cat",election:"Eating%20contest","congressional%20leaders":"River%20spirits","homeland%20security":"Homestar%20Runner","could%20not%20be%20reached%20for%20comment":"Is%20guilty%20and%20everyone%20knows%20it"};var%20b=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];b.innerHTML=b.innerHTML.replace(/new%20study|google%20glass|congressional%20leaders|homeland%20security|could%20not%20be%20reached%20for%20comment|\w+/gi,function($0){return map[$0.toLowerCase()]||$0});})()<br>
 ::--[[Special:Contributions/173.245.53.128|173.245.53.128]] 20:44, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 :::: You've made the wrong script.  This is the correct one:
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 (function(){
 	var map={
-		:"These dudes I know",
+		witnesses:"These dudes I know",
-		:"Kinda probably",
+		allegedly:"Kinda probably",
-		"":"Tumbl post",
+		"new study":"Tumblr post",
-		:"Avenge",
+		rebuild:"Avenge",
-		:"Spaaace",
+		space:"Spaaace",
-		"":"Virtual Boy",
+		"google glass":"Virtual Boy",
-		:"Pokedex",
+		smartphone:"Pokedex",
-		:"Atomic",
+		electric:"Atomic",
-		:"Elf-lord",
+		senator:"Elf-lord",
-		:"Cat",
+		car:"Cat",
-		:"Eating contest",
+		election:"Eating contest",
-		"s":"River spirits",
+		"congressional leaders":"River spirits",
-		"":"Homestart Runner",
+		"homeland security":"Homestar Runner",
-		"":"Is guilty and everyone knows it"};
+		"could not be reached for comment":"Is guilty and everyone knows it"};
 var b=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
 b.innerHTML=b.innerHTML.replace(
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 </pre>
 [[Special:Contributions/173.245.51.221|173.245.51.221]] 08:45, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
-:::: I don't get how that was supposed to work, here's mine: javascript:(function(o){var t = o.innerHTML; var subs = [["","dudes I know"],["","kinda probably"],["","tumblr post"],["","avenge"],["","spaaace"],["","virtual boy"],["","pok\u00e9dex"],["","atomic"],["","elf-lord"],["","cat"],["","eating contest"],["s","river spirits"],["","homestar runner"],["","is guilty and everyone knows it"]]; for(var x = 0; x < subs.length; x++) { t = t.replace(new RegExp(subs[x][0],"gi"),subs[x][1]); } o.innerHTML=t;})(document.body);
+:::: I don't get how that was supposed to work, here's mine: javascript:(function(o){var t = o.innerHTML; var subs = [["witnesses","dudes I know"],["allegedly","kinda probably"],["new study","tumblr post"],["rebuild","avenge"],["space","spaaace"],["google glass","virtual boy"],["smartphone","pok\u00e9dex"],["electric","atomic"],["senator","elf-lord"],["car","cat"],["election","eating contest"],["congressional leaders","river spirits"],["homeland security","homestar runner"],["could not be reached for comment","is guilty and everyone knows it"]]; for(var x = 0; x < subs.length; x++) { t = t.replace(new RegExp(subs[x][0],"gi"),subs[x][1]); } o.innerHTML=t;})(document.body);
 [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.183|199.27.128.183]] 02:15, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
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 Pigs In Spaaaaace! {{unsigned ip|108.162.219.33}}
-That "" switched for "SPAAAACE" is so much fun when reading about nameSpaaaces in C++, for example. I was reading the Go tutorial today... Try it. [[User:GBGamer117|GBGamer117 &#62; /dev/null]] ([[User talk:GBGamer117|talk]]) 23:57, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
+That "space" switched for "SPAAAACE" is so much fun when reading about nameSpaaaces in C++, for example. I was reading the Go tutorial today... Try it. [[User:GBGamer117|GBGamer117 &#62; /dev/null]] ([[User talk:GBGamer117|talk]]) 23:57, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
 The Opera plugin is now available here: https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/xkcd-substitutions/ [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.120|108.162.238.120]] 06:50, 15 November 2013 (UT
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 It appears that the extension was removed from the Mozilla add-ons site and can no longer be installed on Firefox. It’s still available on the Chrome Web Store though! [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.70|162.158.78.70]] 20:26, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

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	It appears that the extension was removed from the Mozilla add-ons site and can no longer be installed on Firefox. It’s still available on the Chrome Web Store though! [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.70\|162.158.78.70]] 20:26, 11 April 2024 (UTC)		It appears that the extension was removed from the Mozilla add-ons site and can no longer be installed on Firefox. It’s still available on the Chrome Web Store though! [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.70\|162.158.78.70]] 20:26, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
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−	~~Euge.ca comic 21 has a similar substitution, replacing "baby" with "maybe" in lyrics. [[User:ExplainEuge.ca\|ExplainEuge.ca]] ([[User talk:ExplainEuge.ca\|talk]]) 06:45, 12 June 2025 (UTC)~~

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	It appears that the extension was removed from the Mozilla add-ons site and can no longer be installed on Firefox. It’s still available on the Chrome Web Store though! [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.70\|162.158.78.70]] 20:26, 11 April 2024 (UTC)		It appears that the extension was removed from the Mozilla add-ons site and can no longer be installed on Firefox. It’s still available on the Chrome Web Store though! [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.70\|162.158.78.70]] 20:26, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
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		+	Euge.ca comic 21 has a similar substitution, replacing "baby" with "maybe" in lyrics. [[User:ExplainEuge.ca\|ExplainEuge.ca]] ([[User talk:ExplainEuge.ca\|talk]]) 06:45, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

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	This comic is cited in "Scripting" section of the W3C HTML5 recommendation: https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/semantics-scripting.html#example-c1cd20ae		This comic is cited in "Scripting" section of the W3C HTML5 recommendation: https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/semantics-scripting.html#example-c1cd20ae
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		+	It appears that the extension was removed from the Mozilla add-ons site and can no longer be installed on Firefox. It’s still available on the Chrome Web Store though! [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.70\|162.158.78.70]] 20:26, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

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 ::::It already exists for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxreplace/ This addon allows you to create substitution lists that will automatically be applied to web pages. -- [[Special:Contributions/173.245.51.210|173.245.51.210]] 13:39, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 :::: And here's an URL for the abovementioned FoxReplace addon. Just import it, and it will do the substitutions listed in this XKCD comic: https://www.dropbox.com/s/36eq2xgnmv8obpe/XKCD.json {{unsigned ip|173.245.51.210}}
-::I threw this together this morning for Chrome: https://github.com/ChrisMagellan/Make-News-Funny/ Note that you need to enable developer mode in your Extensions settings. {{unsigned ip|108.162.219.29}}
+::I threw this together this morning for Chrome: https://Free code.com/ChrisMagellan/Make-News-Funny/ Note that you need to enable developer mode in your Extensions settings. {{unsigned ip|108.162.219.29}}
 :::: Oh God! Thank you! I'm trying not to laugh too loudly at work. This is hilarious [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/01/us/politics/book-details-consideration-of-replacing-biden-on-2012-ticket.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|"While last ’s grind of an eating contest lacked the drama of the 2008 race ..."] -- [[Special:Contributions/173.245.51.223|173.245.51.223]] 15:01, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 ::::How do I install it? [[User:Whitecat|Whitecat]] ([[User talk:Whitecat|talk]])
-::As a userscript that should work with Scriptish, Greasemonkey or anything else that supports userscripts: https://gist.github.com/mcef/7376276 (click to install: https://gist.github.com/mcef/7376276/raw/e0b7a3ca2a65b8809a48241a92f265ae479c9e99/1288.user.js)
+::As a userscript that should work with Scriptish, Greasemonkey or anything else that supports userscripts: https://gist.Free code.com/mcef/7376276 (click to install: https://gist.Free code.com/mcef/7376276/raw/e0b7a3ca2a65b8809a48241a92f265ae479c9e99/1288.user.js)
 ::Add other news sites on the top or just tell me and I'll add them. [[User:Mcef|mcef]] ([[User talk:Mcef|talk]]) 19:57, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
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 Pigs In Spaaaaace! {{unsigned ip|108.162.219.33}}
-That "" switched for "SPAAAACE" is so much fun when reading about namespaces in C++, for example. I was reading the Go tutorial today... Try it. [[User:GBGamer117|GBGamer117 &#62; /dev/null]] ([[User talk:GBGamer117|talk]]) 23:57, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
+That "" switched for "SPAAAACE" is so much fun when reading about nameSpaaaces in C++, for example. I was reading the Go tutorial today... Try it. [[User:GBGamer117|GBGamer117 &#62; /dev/null]] ([[User talk:GBGamer117|talk]]) 23:57, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
 The Opera plugin is now available here: https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/xkcd-substitutions/ [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.120|108.162.238.120]] 06:50, 15 November 2013 (UT
-I have written yet another Chrome extension inspired by this comic: [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/xkcd-substitutions-plus/oppfdcfjocbkhcakmfhenlgimjmoohid "xkcd Substitutions Plus"] I did this since I couldn't find one that let you to edit the list of substitutions. I plan to upload the code to GitHub too. I would love to hear suggestions on how to improve it :) {{unsigned ip|141.101.98.220}}
+I have written yet another Chrome extension inspired by this comic: [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/xkcd-substitutions-plus/oppfdcfjocbkhcakmfhenlgimjmoohid "xkcd Substitutions Plus"] I did this since I couldn't find one that let you to edit the list of substitutions. I plan to upload the code to Free code too. I would love to hear suggestions on how to improve it :) {{unsigned ip|141.101.98.220}}
 ::You should probably disable your extension for this page (or make it correctly work with the textarea), since you seem to be changing other code posted in the comments with it every time you make an edit. [[User:Mcef|mcef]] ([[User talk:Mcef|talk]]) 15:58, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 :::: It's a good idea, I'll add a list of excluded pages to the extension. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.231.57|108.162.231.57]] 18:59, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

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	Hey, you should check the transcript with the plugins. [[User:SilverMagpie\|SilverMagpie]] ([[User talk:SilverMagpie\|talk]]) 21:52, 18 January 2017 (UTC)		Hey, you should check the transcript with the plugins. [[User:SilverMagpie\|SilverMagpie]] ([[User talk:SilverMagpie\|talk]]) 21:52, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
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		+	This comic is cited in "Scripting" section of the W3C HTML5 recommendation: https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/semantics-scripting.html#example-c1cd20ae

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	Check out the Android App (we are using it for a research project, to collect user interaction data): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.fhooe.mint.app [[Special:Contributions/141.101.92.45\|141.101.92.45]] 17:06, 5 March 2015 (UTC)		Check out the Android App (we are using it for a research project, to collect user interaction data): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.fhooe.mint.app [[Special:Contributions/141.101.92.45\|141.101.92.45]] 17:06, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
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		+	I just logged on to #xkcd on foonetic, and I saw this: <code>Topic for #xkcd is: "Hey, it looks like you're updating your resume!" - MS buys LI \| https://goo.gl/FDyl1f \| '''s/clone/clown/g''' \| #xkcd = take a joke too far \| bearachute has lost his sense of self \| Today is a good day for a donut \| New element names announced: nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson http://goo.gl/v4b437</code> (bold mine). I like it. [[User:KangaroOS\|Kangaro]][[User talk:KangaroOS\|OS]] 04:31, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

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	Weirdest thing I've gotten out of the extension: Jehovah's These dudes I know. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.84\|108.162.215.84]] 09:11, 28 April 2014 (UTC)		Weirdest thing I've gotten out of the extension: Jehovah's These dudes I know. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.84\|108.162.215.84]] 09:11, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
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		+	Check out the Android App (we are using it for a research project, to collect user interaction data): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.fhooe.mint.app [[Special:Contributions/141.101.92.45\|141.101.92.45]] 17:06, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

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	The comic description really confused me... until I realised I had the plug-in turned on. :D [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.217\|141.101.99.217]] 20:07, 24 November 2013 (UTC)		The comic description really confused me... until I realised I had the plug-in turned on. :D [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.217\|141.101.99.217]] 20:07, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
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		+	Weirdest thing I've gotten out of the extension: Jehovah's These dudes I know. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.84\|108.162.215.84]] 09:11, 28 April 2014 (UTC)