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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | This was the second [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]], but in principle the first real one to be released on April 1st, which in 2011 fell on a Friday, a normal release day for xkcd. The | + | This was the second [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]], but in principle the first real one to be released on April 1st, which in 2011 fell on a Friday, a normal release day for xkcd. The previous fools comic was literally [[404: Not Found|Not Found]]. After this comic Randall began releasing April Fools comic every year on April 1st disregarding the weekday of that date. The next was [[1037: Umwelt]] released on Sunday April 1st 2012, the first to use another day of the week than Monday, Wednesday or Friday. |
| − | + | Some people suffer from headaches, eyestrain, motion sickness and other problems when watching {{w|3D film|3D movies}}, playing 3D games, watching {{w|3D television}}, playing hand-held {{w|Nintendo 3DS}}, etc. | |
| − | In this comic, Cueball is using the excuse that 3D gives him a headache to get out of going outside into the real world, where ''everything'' is in {{w|Three-dimensional space|3D}}. Instead he stays inside and looks at his 2D computer monitor. In the title text, he says he will only go to flat places (i.e. places where everything he could see would be 2D-like) | + | In this comic, Cueball is using the excuse that 3D gives him a headache to get out of going outside into the real world, where ''everything'' is in {{w|Three-dimensional space|3D}}. Instead he stays inside and looks at his 2D computer monitor. In the title text, he says he will only go to flat places (i.e. places where everything he could see would be 2D-like). |
| − | The | + | This comic was released on {{w|April Fools' Day}}. The April fools joke for 2011 made every comic on the site 3D, thus forcing people like Cueball to endure 3D even at their computer screens. An exception to this is [[848: 3D]], for which the third dimension is not visible. The 3D view is still available at [http://xk3d.xkcd.com/ xk3d.xkcd.com] for all comics prior to this one. |
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| + | In his [https://vimeo.com/78912850 Øredev 2013 talk] [[Randall]] mentions that a few of his friends created this 3D view and told him just 1.5 hours before the scheduled comic for that day would go live. [[Randall]] quickly drew a 3D themed comic to match. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
| − | *When clicking the 'next' or 'latest' buttons on the xk3d site, a blue | + | *When clicking the 'next' or 'latest' buttons on the xk3d site, a blue [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot Utah-teapot] appears, in random locations and sizes, instead of proceeding. Attempting to proceed beyond via manually pointing the URL elsewhere is not supported. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Interactive comics]] | ||
[[Category:April fools' comics]] | [[Category:April fools' comics]] | ||
