Talk:Syndication - Revision history

81.179.199.253 at 22:34, 17 February 2026

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Elizium23: thank you

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thank you

B for brain at 15:54, 17 February 2026

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141.101.98.179 at 19:24, 22 April 2025

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FaviFake at 17:01, 22 April 2025

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Commercialegg: Hi

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42.book.addict at 22:12, 22 January 2025

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Gir at 16:05, 12 May 2020

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Gir at 16:05, 12 May 2020

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162.158.186.186 at 19:19, 10 May 2020

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	There are probably others that other people don't understand, but this is the main list for me. Can someone please fix this? [[User:B_for_brain\|B for brain]] ([[User_talk:B_for_brain\|talk]]) ([https://www.youtube.com/@bforbrain youtube channel] [https://bforbrain.weebly.com/ wobsite (supposed to be a blag)]) 15:54, 17 February 2026 (UTC)		There are probably others that other people don't understand, but this is the main list for me. Can someone please fix this? [[User:B_for_brain\|B for brain]] ([[User_talk:B_for_brain\|talk]]) ([https://www.youtube.com/@bforbrain youtube channel] [https://bforbrain.weebly.com/ wobsite (supposed to be a blag)]) 15:54, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
	:It seems that you are telling us that we've included cultural references which may be lost on the average Explainxkcd reader. Thank you for directing your complaints to the Explainxkcd editorial staff. [[User:Elizium23\|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23\|talk]]) 20:39, 17 February 2026 (UTC)		:It seems that you are telling us that we've included cultural references which may be lost on the average Explainxkcd reader. Thank you for directing your complaints to the Explainxkcd editorial staff. [[User:Elizium23\|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23\|talk]]) 20:39, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
		+	:You may be too young to know {{tvtropes\|PopCulturalOsmosisFailure\|some of these things}}, but I'm surprised about others.
		+	:*It's generally accepted that people ''tend'' to get more conservatively inclined as they age (not universally, but you're probably more malleable to new things when young, which you get used to... then ''new'' new things happen when you're older, to which you end up counter-reactionary and seemingly more traditionalist). There's all sorts of famous (mis-)quotes about it, along the lines of "If you're not liberal when you're young, you have no heart; if you're not conservative when you're old then you have no brain...". And it's also fairly true that newspaper readership is probably depressed in the young (less likely to shell out for them, daily, and have The Internet! for all their 'news', anyway), etc.
		+	:*I'm not sure that I can help you out, here, except by pointing you at a {{wiktionary\|cyber#Verb\|dictionary definition}}. I'm surprised that this fairly new terminology (I'm an old fogie... these are ''new-fangled'' words to me) is now too ancient for someone like you. ;)
		+	:*It really ''is'' a rather old cliché... They even did [https://genius.com/Was-not-was-white-people-cant-dance-lyrics songs about it]... ;)
		+	:*I'm not American, but probably the one thing you tend to learn about Taft (if you learn anything about him) is that he got stuck in a bath. (Though [https://archivesfoundation.org/newsletter/myth-busted/ it's also untrue.] Anyway, Taft is probably also useful to know about for {{w\|Pointless\|certain quiz shows out there}}!
		+	:*...it's a file full of jargon, of course. Though I'm thinking that ''The'' {{w\|Jargon File}} might be a bit before your time.
		+	:Any of that help? The comic is almost 19 uears old (the Explanation about seven years ago), so maybe it's not ''totally'' current insofar as pop-references. But I wouldnt actually know how to rewrite it to be "down wid da yout"... [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 22:34, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

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	* "he's most well known for maintaining [...] the legendary Jargon File". What is the "Jargon File"?		* "he's most well known for maintaining [...] the legendary Jargon File". What is the "Jargon File"?
	There are probably others that other people don't understand, but this is the main list for me. Can someone please fix this? [[User:B_for_brain\|B for brain]] ([[User_talk:B_for_brain\|talk]]) ([https://www.youtube.com/@bforbrain youtube channel] [https://bforbrain.weebly.com/ wobsite (supposed to be a blag)]) 15:54, 17 February 2026 (UTC)		There are probably others that other people don't understand, but this is the main list for me. Can someone please fix this? [[User:B_for_brain\|B for brain]] ([[User_talk:B_for_brain\|talk]]) ([https://www.youtube.com/@bforbrain youtube channel] [https://bforbrain.weebly.com/ wobsite (supposed to be a blag)]) 15:54, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
		+	:It seems that you are telling us that we've included cultural references which may be lost on the average Explainxkcd reader. Thank you for directing your complaints to the Explainxkcd editorial staff. [[User:Elizium23\|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23\|talk]]) 20:39, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

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	Hi from 2025{{unsigned\|Commercialegg\|15:57, 22 April 2025}}		Hi from 2025{{unsigned\|Commercialegg\|15:57, 22 April 2025}}
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		+	I find this page to be not that well-done explanation-wise. Here are some of the lines that I really don't understand:
		+	* "Newspapers are more often read by older people, so same-sex relationships are often absent to avoid conservative backlash." Why does age have anything to do with political orientation or how much one respects the sexual/romantic orientations of members of the LGBTQIA+ community? I've seen many old people who were supportive (and even members) of the community, and many young people who weren't.
		+	* "Computer-computer Cybersex – Two chatbots cybering with one another is a plausibly real thing, and an easy target for xkcd." What is cybersex? What is "cybering"?
		+	* "Possibly a reference to the cliché that white people can't dance." What cliché? I've never heard that one before in my life.
		+	* "William Howard Taft (the president that everyone knows as "The one that was so fat he got stuck in the tub”)" As a non-american, I have no clue who he is. Not everyone knows every single US president.
		+	* "he's most well known for maintaining [...] the legendary Jargon File". What is the "Jargon File"?
		+	There are probably others that other people don't understand, but this is the main list for me. Can someone please fix this? [[User:B_for_brain\|B for brain]] ([[User_talk:B_for_brain\|talk]]) ([https://www.youtube.com/@bforbrain youtube channel] [https://bforbrain.weebly.com/ wobsite (supposed to be a blag)]) 15:54, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

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	:::i think the "hats with buckles" refer to belt buckles on hats ([https://www.cappelsinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/66722_pilgrim_top_hat.jpg random internet image]). and its "haha, so random" in the sense that there is no connection to the comic itself. if you can come up with something more concrete, go for it, but i honestly doubt there's more behind it. [[User:Gir\|-- //gir.st/]] ([[User talk:Gir\|talk]]) 16:05, 12 May 2020 (UTC)		:::i think the "hats with buckles" refer to belt buckles on hats ([https://www.cappelsinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/66722_pilgrim_top_hat.jpg random internet image]). and its "haha, so random" in the sense that there is no connection to the comic itself. if you can come up with something more concrete, go for it, but i honestly doubt there's more behind it. [[User:Gir\|-- //gir.st/]] ([[User talk:Gir\|talk]]) 16:05, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

−	Hi from 2025{{unsigned\|Commercialegg}}	+	Hi from 2025{{unsigned\|Commercialegg\|15:57, 22 April 2025}}

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	:::i think the "hats with buckles" refer to belt buckles on hats ([https://www.cappelsinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/66722_pilgrim_top_hat.jpg random internet image]). and its "haha, so random" in the sense that there is no connection to the comic itself. if you can come up with something more concrete, go for it, but i honestly doubt there's more behind it. [[User:Gir\|-- //gir.st/]] ([[User talk:Gir\|talk]]) 16:05, 12 May 2020 (UTC)		:::i think the "hats with buckles" refer to belt buckles on hats ([https://www.cappelsinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/66722_pilgrim_top_hat.jpg random internet image]). and its "haha, so random" in the sense that there is no connection to the comic itself. if you can come up with something more concrete, go for it, but i honestly doubt there's more behind it. [[User:Gir\|-- //gir.st/]] ([[User talk:Gir\|talk]]) 16:05, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

−	Hi from 2025	+	Hi from 2025{{unsigned\|Commercialegg}}

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	::Some of them definitely do. I'd never heard of Tank Girl before I read this comic, and while linking to the Wikipedia article is nice it would be useful to have info relevant to the comic in the explanation. Also, side note - what's so random about hats with buckles? Some baseball caps I've worn had buckles instead of Velcro for adjusting them to fit your head. I assume that they're referring to stereotypical depictions of Puritans and leprechauns with giant buckles on their hats, but what's so weird about that? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.186.186\|162.158.186.186]] 19:19, 10 May 2020 (UTC)		::Some of them definitely do. I'd never heard of Tank Girl before I read this comic, and while linking to the Wikipedia article is nice it would be useful to have info relevant to the comic in the explanation. Also, side note - what's so random about hats with buckles? Some baseball caps I've worn had buckles instead of Velcro for adjusting them to fit your head. I assume that they're referring to stereotypical depictions of Puritans and leprechauns with giant buckles on their hats, but what's so weird about that? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.186.186\|162.158.186.186]] 19:19, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
	:::i think the "hats with buckles" refer to belt buckles on hats ([https://www.cappelsinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/66722_pilgrim_top_hat.jpg random internet image]). and its "haha, so random" in the sense that there is no connection to the comic itself. if you can come up with something more concrete, go for it, but i honestly doubt there's more behind it. [[User:Gir\|-- //gir.st/]] ([[User talk:Gir\|talk]]) 16:05, 12 May 2020 (UTC)		:::i think the "hats with buckles" refer to belt buckles on hats ([https://www.cappelsinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/66722_pilgrim_top_hat.jpg random internet image]). and its "haha, so random" in the sense that there is no connection to the comic itself. if you can come up with something more concrete, go for it, but i honestly doubt there's more behind it. [[User:Gir\|-- //gir.st/]] ([[User talk:Gir\|talk]]) 16:05, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
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 Can we discuss the jokes in this comic, like Belgium jokingly being considered a swear word?[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.196|108.162.216.196]] 20:12, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
-:I think we should. :) You are free to start a list of the items, to explain them, or a discussion here in the discussion page.
+:I think we should. :) You are free to start a list of the items, to explain them, or a discussion here in the discussion page. {{unsigned|Lupo|12:52, 11 December 2019 (UTC)}}
 Alright, nobody has touched this for quite a while now, so I might as well. I kinda expected this page to be finished, but it is amazingly not so. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.47.234|172.68.47.234]] 09:50, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

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 Question: do we really need to explain every. single. one. of those items? the ones that are missing all fall into the "this is funny because it's random" (see also: [[1210]]) category, imo. [[User:Gir|-- //gir.st/]] ([[User talk:Gir|talk]]) 22:19, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 ::Some of them definitely do. I'd never heard of Tank Girl before I read this comic, and while linking to the Wikipedia article is nice it would be useful to have info relevant to the comic in the explanation. Also, side note - what's so random about hats with buckles? Some baseball caps I've worn had buckles instead of Velcro for adjusting them to fit your head. I assume that they're referring to stereotypical depictions of Puritans and leprechauns with giant buckles on their hats, but what's so weird about that? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.186.186|162.158.186.186]] 19:19, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
-:::i think the "hats with buckles" refer to belt buckles on hats ([https://www.cappelsinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/66722_pilgrim_top_hat.jpg random internet image]). and its "haha, so random" in the sense that there is no connection to the comic itself. if you can come up with something more concrete, go for it, but i honestly doubt there's more behind it.
+:::i think the "hats with buckles" refer to belt buckles on hats ([https://www.cappelsinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/66722_pilgrim_top_hat.jpg random internet image]). and its "haha, so random" in the sense that there is no connection to the comic itself. if you can come up with something more concrete, go for it, but i honestly doubt there's more behind it. [[User:Gir|-- //gir.st/]] ([[User talk:Gir|talk]]) 16:05, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

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	Question: do we really need to explain every. single. one. of those items? the ones that are missing all fall into the "this is funny because it's random" (see also: [[1210]]) category, imo. [[User:Gir\|-- //gir.st/]] ([[User talk:Gir\|talk]]) 22:19, 7 May 2020 (UTC)		Question: do we really need to explain every. single. one. of those items? the ones that are missing all fall into the "this is funny because it's random" (see also: [[1210]]) category, imo. [[User:Gir\|-- //gir.st/]] ([[User talk:Gir\|talk]]) 22:19, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
	::Some of them definitely do. I'd never heard of Tank Girl before I read this comic, and while linking to the Wikipedia article is nice it would be useful to have info relevant to the comic in the explanation. Also, side note - what's so random about hats with buckles? Some baseball caps I've worn had buckles instead of Velcro for adjusting them to fit your head. I assume that they're referring to stereotypical depictions of Puritans and leprechauns with giant buckles on their hats, but what's so weird about that? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.186.186\|162.158.186.186]] 19:19, 10 May 2020 (UTC)		::Some of them definitely do. I'd never heard of Tank Girl before I read this comic, and while linking to the Wikipedia article is nice it would be useful to have info relevant to the comic in the explanation. Also, side note - what's so random about hats with buckles? Some baseball caps I've worn had buckles instead of Velcro for adjusting them to fit your head. I assume that they're referring to stereotypical depictions of Puritans and leprechauns with giant buckles on their hats, but what's so weird about that? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.186.186\|162.158.186.186]] 19:19, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
		+	:::i think the "hats with buckles" refer to belt buckles on hats ([https://www.cappelsinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/66722_pilgrim_top_hat.jpg random internet image]). and its "haha, so random" in the sense that there is no connection to the comic itself. if you can come up with something more concrete, go for it, but i honestly doubt there's more behind it.

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	Question: do we really need to explain every. single. one. of those items? the ones that are missing all fall into the "this is funny because it's random" (see also: [[1210]]) category, imo. [[User:Gir\|-- //gir.st/]] ([[User talk:Gir\|talk]]) 22:19, 7 May 2020 (UTC)		Question: do we really need to explain every. single. one. of those items? the ones that are missing all fall into the "this is funny because it's random" (see also: [[1210]]) category, imo. [[User:Gir\|-- //gir.st/]] ([[User talk:Gir\|talk]]) 22:19, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
		+	::Some of them definitely do. I'd never heard of Tank Girl before I read this comic, and while linking to the Wikipedia article is nice it would be useful to have info relevant to the comic in the explanation. Also, side note - what's so random about hats with buckles? Some baseball caps I've worn had buckles instead of Velcro for adjusting them to fit your head. I assume that they're referring to stereotypical depictions of Puritans and leprechauns with giant buckles on their hats, but what's so weird about that? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.186.186\|162.158.186.186]] 19:19, 10 May 2020 (UTC)