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Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
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  • Below each image is mentioned by the title used by Randall and they are listed alphabetically
  • The headlines are links to the actual picture as can be found here on explain xkcd.
  • Below the explanation of a given picture can be seen which pictures can be found in the white and black pixels of the picture.
  • Please add descriptions in each section.
  • The comic starts with turtles


assembly-1

(Cueball is assembling a rocket containing Randall's What If? book.)

White: assembly-2

Black: assembly-planet-3


assembly-2

White: assembly-3

Black: assembly-planet-3


assembly-3

White: assembly-4

Black: assembly-planet-1, assembly-planet-3


assembly-4

White: assembly-5

Black: assembly-planet


assembly-5

White: assembly-6

Black: assembly-planet


assembly-6

White: assembly-7

Black: assembly-planet-1


assembly-7

White: assembly-7, upgoer

Black: moon, saturn, sun


assembly-planet

White: assembly-6

Black: assembly-planet


assembly-planet-1

White: assembly-6, assembly-7

Black: assembly-planet


assembly-planet-3

White: assembly-3, assembly-4

Black: assembly-planet-3, chess-b


atom

White: string

Black: stars-1, stars-2


blank-figure

White: book-launch, cantor, chess-w

Black: moon, saturn, sun


book-launch

White: assembly-1, book-launch, particles, turtles, whatif-trade

Black: atom, launch-planet, moon, saturn


cantor

White: du, evolution, server-1, time-turner

Black: moon, stars-1, stars-2


chess-b

White: chess-w

Black: chess-b

chess-w

White: chess-w, du, evolution, server-1, time-turner

Black: chess-b

clouds-1

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, du, evolution, mario-entry, mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3, particles, server-1, time-turner

Black: sky, sky-4


clouds-2

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, du, evolution, fire-hydrant, mario-entry, mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3, particles, server-1

Black: sky-3, sky-4


clouds-3

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, du, evolution, fire-hydrant, mario-entry, mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3, particles, server-1, time-turner

Black: sky-4


clouds-4

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, evolution, mario-entry, mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3, particles, server-1

Black: sky, sky-4


clouds-5

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, evolution, fire-hydrant, mario-entry, mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3, particles, quiet-turtle

Black: sky-3


du

~$ du -s video/
4170882256
~$ du -hs video/
A lot.
~$

White: blank-figure, chess-w, clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, du, e1, evolution, server-1, time-turner, what-if-trade

Black: sky-4

e1

White: e2, e3, e4

Black: eb


e2

White: e2, e3, e4, e5

Black: eb


e3

White: e2, e3, e4, e5

Black: eb


e4

White: e2, e3, e4, e5

Black: eb


e5

White: e5, e6

Black: eb


e6

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5

Black: sky-4


eb

White: e5

Black: eb


evolution

White: blank-figure, chess-w, clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, du, e1, evolution, server-1, time-turner, what-if-trade

Black: sky-4


fire-hydrant

Black hat: "To be fair, what else would you expect to come out of a fire hydrant?"

White: blank-figure

Black: moon, saturn, sun

holism

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, mu

Black: moon, saturn, sun


holism-b

White: reductionism

Black: reductionism-b


i-am-a-turtle

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, particles, quiet-turtle

Black: atom, moon, stars-1, stars-2


launch-planet

White: assembly-1

Black: launch-planet, stars-1, stars-2


mario-entry

White: mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3

Black: sky-4


mario-n1

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5

Black: mario-n2


mario-n2

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5

Black: mario-n3


mario-n3

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5

Black: stars-1, stars-2


mario-sitting-1

White: mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3

Black: mario-n1, mario-sitting-b


mario-sitting-2

White: mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3

Black: mario-n1, mario-sitting-b


mario-sitting-3

White: mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3

Black: mario-n1, mario-sitting-b


mario-sitting-b

White: mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3

Black: mario-n1


moon

White: holism, reductionism

Black: launch-planet, moon, mu-b, saturn, stars-1, stars-2, sun


mu

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, holism

Black: holism-b


mu-b

White: holism

Black: moon, saturn, sun


particles

White: mu, particles

Black: atom


quiet-turtle

White: i-am-a-turtle, quiet-turtle

Black: atom, saturn, stars-1, stars-2


reductionism

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, mu, stockholm

Black: holism-b


reductionism-b

White: holism

Black: moon, saturn, stars-1, stars-2


rope

White: cantor

Black: stars-1, stars-2


saturn

White: holism, reductionism

Black: launch-planet, moon, saturn, stars-1, stars-2, sun


server-1

White: blank-figure, chess-w, clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, du, e1, evolution, server-1, time-turner, what-if-trade

Black: sky-4


sky

White: clouds-1, mario-entry

Black: sky, sky-2, sky-3


sky-2

White: clouds-1, mario-entry

Black: sky, sky-2, sky-3


sky-3

White: clouds-4, mario-entry, quiet-turtle

Black: sky, sky-2, sky-3


sky-4

White: clouds-1, clouds-4, mario-entry

Black: sky, sky-2, sky-3


stars-1

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, quiet-turtle

Black: atom, launch-planet, moon, saturn, stars-1, stars-2


stars-2

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, quiet-turtle

Black: atom, launch-planet, saturn, stars-1, stars-2, sun


stockholm

White: e1, mu

Black: moon, mu-b, saturn, sun


string

White: clouds-2, clouds-3, particles

Black: rope


sun

White: holism, mario-entry, reductionism

Black: launch-planet, moon, saturn, stars-1, stars-2, sun


time-turner

(Megan and Cueball are walking together.)

Megan: "But if time-turners worked after book 3, Rowling would have used one to go back and remove the time turner from book 3."

White: blank-figure, chess-w, clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, du, e1, evolution, server-1, time-turner, what-if-trade, whatif-king

Black: sky-4


turtles

White: book-launch, whatif-trade

Black: launch-planet, stars-1, stars-2


[Cueball is stacking turtles, and is about to put the fourth turtle on his pile. At the bottom right there is a small panel. Inside this is written:]

Scroll to zoom

upgoer

White: upgoer-2

Black: upgoer-planet


upgoer-2

White: upgoer-3, upgoer-4

Black: upgoer-planet


upgoer-3

White: upgoer-4, upgoer-5

Black: upgoer-planet


upgoer-4

White: upgoer-4, upgoer-5

Black: upgoer-planet, upgoer-planet-2


upgoer-5

White: upgoer-5, upgoer-6

Black: upgoer-planet-4


upgoer-6

White: walking

Black: mu-b, stars-1, stars-2


upgoer-planet

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5

Black: upgoer-planet-2


upgoer-planet-2

White: upgoer-5

Black: upgoer-planet-3


upgoer-planet-3

White: upgoer-5

Black: upgoer-planet-4


upgoer-planet-4

White: upgoer-6

Black: upgoer-space


upgoer-space

White: upgoer-6

Black: moon, saturn, sun


walking

White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, stockholm, walking

Black: walking-b


walking-b

White: walking

Black: walking-b


whatif-king

White: book-launch, clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, holism, reductionism

Black: chess-b, launch-planet


whatif-trade

White: book-launch, clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, turtles, whatif-king, whatif-trade

Black: chess-b, launch-planet