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| date      = November 30, 2005
 
| date      = November 30, 2005
 
| title    = Apple Jacks
 
| title    = Apple Jacks
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| before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Wednesday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Apple%20Jacks Original title</span>]: '''Wednesday's Drawing - Apple Jacks'''</big></big>
 
 
| image    = apple_jacks.jpg
 
| image    = apple_jacks.jpg
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| titletext = There used to be these ads, see...<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Wednesday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Apple%20Jacks Original caption</span>]: Who else remembers those commercials?
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| titletext = There used to be these ads, see...
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This was the thirty-nineth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[42: Geico]], and the next one was [[43: Red Spiders 2]].
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{{w|Apple Jacks}} is a breakfast cereal produced by {{w|Kellogg's}}. As the image text begins to explain, there was an ad campaign for the cereal in the 1990s which focused on someone (usually someone in authority like a parent) pointing out that Apple Jacks don't taste like apples, and one or more kids pointing out that it doesn't matter and that "we eat what we like."  However, instead of the campaign's response with the son laughing off his dad's comment and correcting him, this son responds by simply saying "fuck off, dad."
  
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{{w|Apple Jacks}} is a breakfast cereal produced by {{w|Kellogg's}}. As the title text begins to explain, there was an ad campaign for the cereal in the 1990s that focused on someone (usually someone in authority like a parent) pointing out that Apple Jacks doesn't taste like apples, and one or more kids pointing out that it doesn't matter and that "we eat what we like". However, instead of laughing off his dad's comment and correcting him, as in the campaign, this son responds by simply saying "Fuck off, Dad.".
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This could be a commentary on today's youth being far less respectful, as the son is playing video games, and seems annoyed at being interrupted. Also, it could be not the first time the father has used the line.
  
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This could be a commentary on today's youth being far less respectful, as the son is playing video games and seems annoyed at being interrupted, though this does not align with Randall’s public views. It may not be the first time the father has used the line, and the son is irritated by the repetition. It could also be saying that the response in the ads is unrealistic, and this is a much more realistic response. The same ad campaign was referenced previously in [[27: Meat Cereals]] on a parody cereal labelled Scrapple Jacks. Cereal advertising would be referenced again in [[1470: Kix]].
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The transcript on the xkcd site, identifies the bowl as containing Scrapple Jacks, not Apple Jacks. Of course they wouldn't taste like apples.
  
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As with many of the earlier comics, the title text and the original caption help explain the joke rather than adding to it.
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The same ad campaign was referenced previously in [[27: Meat Cereals]] on a parody cereal box.
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Cereal advertising was later referenced in [[1470: Kix]].
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The title text could be a reference to the fact that this comic requires explanation for those who haven't known of the ad (the reason this webpage exists). Another of the early comics where [[Randall]] felt the need to explain the joke in the title text.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:Son: Fuck off, Dad.
 
:Son: Fuck off, Dad.
  
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{{comic discussion}}
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==Trivia==
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*This was the 39th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]].
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**The previous was [[42: Geico]].
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**The next was [[43: Red Spiders 2]].
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*Original title: "Wednesday's Drawing - Apple Jacks"
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*Original [[Randall]] quote: "Who else remembers those commercials?"
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*This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
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**It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
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**The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
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{{Comic discussion}}
  
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
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