2672: What If? 2 Flowchart

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What If? 2 Flowchart
Don't worry, the dogs are all fine. That's actually kind of the problem.
Title text: Don't worry, the dogs are all fine. That's actually kind of the problem.

Explanation

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Congratulations, you have acquired a copy of What if? 2! (out today, [xkcd.com/whatif2]) What do you want to do today?
What do you want to do today? I don't know: Reflect on your life
Go to neighborhood party: Do you like your neighbor?
Brunch: Where do you go?
Do you like your neighbor? Yes: Page 78
No: What do you want to bring?
What do you want to bring? Jupiter: Page 70
Iron vapor: Page 18
Weird Opinions: Do you think bugs should get paid?
My fake identity: Have you committed any crimes?
Do you think bugs should get paid? Yes: Page 96
No: Reflect on your life
Where do you go? The sun: Are you wearing sunscreen?
A diner: How do you get there?
Are you wearing sunscreen? Yes: Page 319
No: How do you want to visit?
How do you want to visit? Briefly, via teleporter: Page 314
I want to land a probe on the surface: Page 323
How do you get there? Helicopter: Where do you sit in the helicopter?
Plane: Page 83, Are you flying near any strong magnets?
Car: How do you want to drive?
Where do you sit in the helicopter? On the rotor: Page 6
Inside: Are you flying near any strong magnets?
Are you flying near any strong magnets? Yes: Page 171
No: Okay, there's the diner!
Okay, there's the diner! Keep driving forever: Page 128
Stop: What food do you order?
What food do you order? The sun: Page 303
Breadsticks: Page 299
Ammonia: Page 284
A cloud: Page 195
Soup: How much soup?
How much soup? 1 bowl: Page 197
1040 bowls: Page 1
How do you want to drive? Fast: Page 180
With a bird: Page 171
Normal: Does this road lead to Rome?
Does this road lead to Rome? Yes: Pick a different road
No, but it should: Page 154
No: Okay, there's the diner!
Pick a different road Does this road lead to Rome?
Okay, there's the diner! Keep driving forever: Page 128
What do you really want to do? I want to shoot a laser at a sorceress: Page 43
I want to tell people things about eggs: What kinds of things about eggs?
I want a dog: Get a dog
What kinds of things about eggs? True things: Page 300
False things: Page 258
Get a dog Are you satisfied?
Are you satisfied? Yes: Fulfillment!
No, I think we need more dogs: Get more dogs
Get more dogs Enough? (1)
Enough? (1) Yes: Fulfillment!
No. You can never have too many dogs: More dogs
More dogs Enough? (2)
Enough? (2) Yes: Fulfillment!
No. You can literally never have too many dogs. We should not stop until all that exists in the cosmos has been consumed by a happy, barking mass: Page 308
Have you committed any crimes? Not sure: Page 255
Yes: Travel back in time to undo your crimes
No: Do you want to?
Do you want to? No: Page 255
Yes: Page 258
Travel back in time to undo your crimes Page 277

Announcing that his What If? 2 book is finally out, Randall gives us a flowchart we can follow to find the page numbers of explanations of various different scenarios you run into when following the flowchart.


Transcript

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A big flowchart

Box 0: Congratulations, you have acquired a copy of What if? 2! (out today, xkcd.com/whatif2)
[Arrow to Box 1.]
Box 1: What do you want to do today?
[Arrow to Box 2.] Brunch
[Arrow to Box 3.] Go to neighborhood party
[Arrow to Box 4.] Reflect on your life
Box 2: Where do you go?


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Discussion

Given: you just bought what if 2 -- why isn't "sit in your room reading 'What if 2' as if you have no obligations in the world" an option on the first what do you do? The answer is even a page number. - 108.162.216.227 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

I think the concept is how to use the book in your everyday life. i.e. Match your real-life quandaries to the book's good advice. -boB (talk)
Maybe you just want to read a good book every day? Barmar (talk) 16:05, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

I added a table for the flowchart; does anyone have any better headers for it? PoolloverNathan[stalk the blue seas]UTSc 16:50, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Is any of those order links for What If 2 offering PDF version? -- Hkmaly (talk) 20:34, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

You could buy the Google Play Books version and download as .acsm with this. From that, you could open it with the Adobe Digital Editions app which is... less than ideal to say the least. But from there you will get a DRM protected .epub file. There are ways to remove the DRM, but that's as much as I can say. Long story short, just buy the ebook and don't get in trouble. TheMegax (talk) 13:20, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
Judging by the phrasing of the question I think they were asking about a legal, paid copy but as a pdf- perhaps for convenience or if the books don't ship to a certain country Char Latte (talk) 04:22, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

I've spotted a small logic bug committed by Randall: What if...the diner is in Rome? 141.101.76.117 17:48, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

There aren't any good diners, but there are plenty of denarii. I think that's what you're being confused with... :-p 172.69.34.84 20:31, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

zach weinersmith paid tribute: on this day SMBC's comic was two faceless stickmen against a white background (stickmen are drawn rarely in smbc, and normally they have faces) and the votey was "there's a new xkcd book! go buy it!". also the joke was a math joke (referencing the smallest uninteresting number paradox). --172.69.68.29 02:50, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

AWESOME! Perhaps we should host the explainsmbc wiki here until they get their own? 172.71.158.119 04:28, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

bruh randall out here spoiling what if 2 i can't even162.158.129.163 10:13, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Randall was on Weekend Edition today promoting the book.

Ooh, very nice! I feel like I should’ve known this as I scroll through NPR as my primary source of news multiple times a day obsessively. 42.book.addict (talk) 03:13, 3 February 2024 (UTC)