Talk:559: No Pun Intended - Revision history

172.71.178.76: Wasn't signed. No obvious reason not to properly be put at the end.

2024-03-09T01:19:51Z

Wasn't signed. No obvious reason not to properly be put at the end.

172.70.251.159: Volume 0 clues not mentioned

2024-03-08T16:43:58Z

Volume 0 clues not mentioned

172.70.85.22 at 12:02, 4 October 2023

2023-10-04T12:02:53Z

172.70.91.205 at 11:59, 4 October 2023

2023-10-04T11:59:41Z

KingPenguin at 01:28, 20 February 2022

2022-02-20T01:28:31Z

108.162.238.158 at 01:25, 20 February 2022

2022-02-20T01:25:43Z

172.70.162.77 at 11:02, 21 December 2021

2021-12-21T11:02:53Z

162.158.62.63: Updated my comment

2021-02-09T03:25:05Z

Updated my comment

162.158.62.63 at 03:23, 9 February 2021

2021-02-09T03:23:53Z

SilverMagpie at 23:09, 29 March 2017

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 To be fair, internalising anything from a girlfriend... or a girlfriend internalising anything from a boyfriend.... could have some implications. Which wasn't intended here I'm sure. [[Special:Contributions/122.148.216.22|122.148.216.22]] 08:21, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 :Perhaps, but that's not a pun. That's a double entendre in the strictest sense. Anonymous 05:29, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 This needs an incomplete flag. --[[User:Mynotoar|Mynotoar]] ([[User talk:Mynotoar|talk]]) 22:31, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
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 ;@Danger Kitty (who doesn't have a handy User Talk page, yet)
 Re: [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=559:_No_Pun_Intended&diff=prev&oldid=324812 your question], it's {{template|Citation needed}} that you'd use (literally: <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed}}</nowiki></code>). There is also {{Template|Actual citation needed}}, if you ''mean'' it. I personally don't think it's actually worth it/useful to add either of those where you wanted to, but I'm happy to let you know. (In short: []s brace external links, [[]]s brace (predominantly) internal wikilinks and {{}}s brace templates... which also includes wikilink templates like {{Template|w}}. Look at page sources to check the usual formatting details for each.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.22|172.70.85.22]] 12:02, 4 October 2023 (UTC)<!-- Whoops, forgot to sign! -->

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 To be fair, internalising anything from a girlfriend... or a girlfriend internalising anything from a boyfriend.... could have some implications. Which wasn't intended here I'm sure. [[Special:Contributions/122.148.216.22|122.148.216.22]] 08:21, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 :Perhaps, but that's not a pun. That's a double entendre in the strictest sense. Anonymous 05:29, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 This needs an incomplete flag. --[[User:Mynotoar|Mynotoar]] ([[User talk:Mynotoar|talk]]) 22:31, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

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	;@Danger Kitty (who doesn't have a handy User Talk page, yet)		;@Danger Kitty (who doesn't have a handy User Talk page, yet)
−	Re: [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=559:_No_Pun_Intended&diff=prev&oldid=324812 your question], it's {{template\|Citation needed}} that you'd use (literally: <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed}}</nowiki></code>). There is also {{Template\|Actual citation needed}}, if you ''mean'' it. I personally don't think it's actually worth it/useful to add either of those where you wanted to, but I'm happy to let you know. (In short: []s brace external links, [[]]s brace (predominantly) internal wikilinks and {{}}s brace templates... which also includes wikilink templates like {{Template\|w}}. Look at page sources to check the usual formatting details for each.)	+	Re: [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=559:_No_Pun_Intended&diff=prev&oldid=324812 your question], it's {{template\|Citation needed}} that you'd use (literally: <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed}}</nowiki></code>). There is also {{Template\|Actual citation needed}}, if you ''mean'' it. I personally don't think it's actually worth it/useful to add either of those where you wanted to, but I'm happy to let you know. (In short: []s brace external links, [[]]s brace (predominantly) internal wikilinks and {{}}s brace templates... which also includes wikilink templates like {{Template\|w}}. Look at page sources to check the usual formatting details for each.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.22\|172.70.85.22]] 12:02, 4 October 2023 (UTC)<!-- Whoops, forgot to sign! -->

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	I'm familiar with the "pardon the pun" misuse thing from David Walliams' and Matt Lucas' short-lived BBC comedy series "Come Fly With Me", but this comic predates that by about a year. Perhaps XKCD is an apparently (to me anyway) seldom-recognised influence on Messrs Walliams and/or Lucas? Or maybe it's just coincidence. (P.S. I think it's probably just coincidence.)		I'm familiar with the "pardon the pun" misuse thing from David Walliams' and Matt Lucas' short-lived BBC comedy series "Come Fly With Me", but this comic predates that by about a year. Perhaps XKCD is an apparently (to me anyway) seldom-recognised influence on Messrs Walliams and/or Lucas? Or maybe it's just coincidence. (P.S. I think it's probably just coincidence.)
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		+	;@Danger Kitty (who doesn't have a handy User Talk page, yet)
		+	Re: [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=559:_No_Pun_Intended&diff=prev&oldid=324812 your question], it's {{template\|Citation needed}} that you'd use (literally: <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed}}</nowiki></code>). There is also {{Template\|Actual citation needed}}, if you ''mean'' it. I personally don't think it's actually worth it/useful to add either of those where you wanted to, but I'm happy to let you know. (In short: []s brace external links, [[]]s brace (predominantly) internal wikilinks and {{}}s brace templates... which also includes wikilink templates like {{Template\|w}}. Look at page sources to check the usual formatting details for each.)

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 When I read the title text, I at first thought that some people spell "dammit" with one m or something, because of the words "with two m's". Well, I certainly wondered how other people misspelled it. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.63|162.158.62.63]] 03:25, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
-"Damn it"?  Only one 'm' [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.158|108.162.238.158]] 01:25, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 I'm familiar with the "pardon the pun" misuse thing from David Walliams' and Matt Lucas' short-lived BBC comedy series "Come Fly With Me", but this comic predates that by about a year. Perhaps XKCD is an apparently (to me anyway) seldom-recognised influence on Messrs Walliams and/or Lucas? Or maybe it's just coincidence. (P.S. I think it's probably just coincidence.)

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	When I read the title text, I at first thought that some people spell "dammit" with one m or something, because of the words "with two m's". Well, I certainly wondered how other people misspelled it. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.63\|162.158.62.63]] 03:25, 9 February 2021 (UTC)		When I read the title text, I at first thought that some people spell "dammit" with one m or something, because of the words "with two m's". Well, I certainly wondered how other people misspelled it. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.63\|162.158.62.63]] 03:25, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
		+	"Damn it"? Only one 'm' [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.158\|108.162.238.158]] 01:25, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

	I'm familiar with the "pardon the pun" misuse thing from David Walliams' and Matt Lucas' short-lived BBC comedy series "Come Fly With Me", but this comic predates that by about a year. Perhaps XKCD is an apparently (to me anyway) seldom-recognised influence on Messrs Walliams and/or Lucas? Or maybe it's just coincidence. (P.S. I think it's probably just coincidence.)		I'm familiar with the "pardon the pun" misuse thing from David Walliams' and Matt Lucas' short-lived BBC comedy series "Come Fly With Me", but this comic predates that by about a year. Perhaps XKCD is an apparently (to me anyway) seldom-recognised influence on Messrs Walliams and/or Lucas? Or maybe it's just coincidence. (P.S. I think it's probably just coincidence.)

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	When I read the title text, I at first thought that some people spell "dammit" with one m or something, because of the words "with two m's". Well, I certainly wondered how other people misspelled it. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.63\|162.158.62.63]] 03:25, 9 February 2021 (UTC)		When I read the title text, I at first thought that some people spell "dammit" with one m or something, because of the words "with two m's". Well, I certainly wondered how other people misspelled it. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.63\|162.158.62.63]] 03:25, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
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		+	I'm familiar with the "pardon the pun" misuse thing from David Walliams' and Matt Lucas' short-lived BBC comedy series "Come Fly With Me", but this comic predates that by about a year. Perhaps XKCD is an apparently (to me anyway) seldom-recognised influence on Messrs Walliams and/or Lucas? Or maybe it's just coincidence. (P.S. I think it's probably just coincidence.)

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	Poor Beret Guy. [[User:SilverMagpie\|SilverMagpie]] ([[User talk:SilverMagpie\|talk]]) 23:09, 29 March 2017 (UTC)		Poor Beret Guy. [[User:SilverMagpie\|SilverMagpie]] ([[User talk:SilverMagpie\|talk]]) 23:09, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

−	When I read the title text, I at first thought that some people spell "dammit" with one m or something, because of the words "with two m's". [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.63\|162.158.62.63]] 03:23, 9 February 2021 (UTC)	+	When I read the title text, I at first thought that some people spell "dammit" with one m or something, because of the words "with two m's". Well, I certainly wondered how other people misspelled it. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.63\|162.158.62.63]] 03:25, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

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	Poor Beret Guy. [[User:SilverMagpie\|SilverMagpie]] ([[User talk:SilverMagpie\|talk]]) 23:09, 29 March 2017 (UTC)		Poor Beret Guy. [[User:SilverMagpie\|SilverMagpie]] ([[User talk:SilverMagpie\|talk]]) 23:09, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
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		+	When I read the title text, I at first thought that some people spell "dammit" with one m or something, because of the words "with two m's". [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.63\|162.158.62.63]] 03:23, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

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	I think the explanation of the title text (at least the last part) isn't entirely relevant. The point is that literate people are likely to (over)correct "dammit" to "damn it" and respond to the troll, wasting time. Just like highly literate people will spend time worried about the pun they're supposedly missing. People who don't care won't waste time in either case. Making people waste time is the definition of successful trolling, so in these cases the trolling works better on literate people. A relatively uncommon regional contraction in the United States (South?) isn't really part of the issue. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.226.103}}		I think the explanation of the title text (at least the last part) isn't entirely relevant. The point is that literate people are likely to (over)correct "dammit" to "damn it" and respond to the troll, wasting time. Just like highly literate people will spend time worried about the pun they're supposedly missing. People who don't care won't waste time in either case. Making people waste time is the definition of successful trolling, so in these cases the trolling works better on literate people. A relatively uncommon regional contraction in the United States (South?) isn't really part of the issue. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.226.103}}
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		+	Poor Beret Guy. [[User:SilverMagpie\|SilverMagpie]] ([[User talk:SilverMagpie\|talk]]) 23:09, 29 March 2017 (UTC)