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1094: Interview

2013-11-21T21:33:31Z

DelendaEst: /* Added reference to comic 1088: Five Years */

{{comic
| number = 1094
| date = August 13, 2012
| title = Interview
| image = interview.png
| titletext = Hey, before you go, can you explain to me what job I now have?
}}

==Explanation==
This comic is based on a common annoyance when job hunting, being told that they'll "keep you in mind", but don't offer you a job. A job interviewer tells [[Black Hat]] that the job he was applying for was already filled.

Black Hat offers a briefcase to his interviewer. From the vague phrasing "this" and the context, one would expect the briefcase to contain money to bribe the interviewer into hiring Black Hat. Instead, it contains a portal or gateway into an impossibly deep chasm.

After falling through the chasm, the interviewer lands in the interviewee's seat, and Black Hat is now sitting in the interviewer's seat, effectively switching their roles.

The former interviewer tries to pull the same trick on Black Hat, creating a momentary illusion of an {{w|infinite loop}} through {{w|recursion}}, a common theme in xkcd comics.

When Black Hat opens the briefcase, however, he reveals another common annoyance when job hunting, being told that the opening has already been filled. Black Hat's statement works on two levels, one meaning that "the job opening has been filled", and the second meaning "the opening to the briefcase's chasm has been filled".

The title text is said by Black Hat. It refers to the fact that, even though Black Hat now has the interviewer's job, he has no idea what his function is.

Another job interview was portrayed in [[1088: Five Years]] and [[1293: Job Interview]].

==Transcript==
:[Black Hat is interviewed by another person.]
:Person: ...but thank you for applying. We'll keep your résumé on file.

:[Black Hat pushes a suitcase over the table.]
:Black Hat: Perhaps ''this'' could change your mind?

:[The Person opens suitcase.]
:''Click''

:[Suitcase opens up to reveal a hole with horizontal lines along the walls.]

:[Camera pans over the suitcase to reveal a deep hole.]

:[Camera zooms into the hole.]

:[The Person is falling into the hole.]
:Person: AAAAAA

:[The Person falls into a chair with the suitcase falling on his lap.]
:''THUMP''

:[The Person is dazed.]
:Black Hat: ...but thank you for applying. We'll keep your résumé on file.

:[The Person looks bemused at the the suitcase.]

:[The Person lifts suitcase.]

:[The Person pushes the suitcase over the table.]
:Person: Perhaps ''this'' could change your mind?

:[Black Hat opens suitcase.]
:''Click''

:[Black Hat looks inside.]

:[Black Hat turns suitcase around.]
:Black Hat: I'm sorry—

:[Suitcase now has some paper and an envelope in it.]
:Black Hat: —that opening has been filled.

{{Comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]
[[Category:Recursion]]

1293: Job Interview

2013-11-21T21:31:44Z

DelendaEst: /* Added reference to comic 1088: Five Years */

{{comic
| number = 1293
| date = November 20, 2013
| title = Job Interview
| image = job_interview.png
| titletext = When you talk about the job experience you'll give me, why do you pronounce 'job' with a long 'o'?
}}

==Explanation==
Following on from [[1032: Networking|his attempts at networking]], [[Beret Guy]], the oddball of the xkcd characters, conducts an interview for a programmer position (someone to "write on our computers") at his mysteriously successful company.

Because Beret Guy has at best a loose grasp on reality, his job interview becomes increasingly bizarre, starting with his assertion that the company headquarters is a "real building [he] found." He says his company makes phone accessories, but then clarifies "like apps and stickers," two wildly different products in terms of both production and profitability. Instead of naming a salary, he offers "a bunch of paychecks." Then he mentions ghosts, which is either a powerful disincentive from joining the company, yet another sign that Beret Guy is mentally unsound, or both.

The strip finishes with Beret Guy plugging a cord into an outlet labeled "Soup," then pouring soup out of it. This is clearly not a normal business.

The title text makes reference to the story of [[wikipedia:Job (biblical figure)|Job]] ("Job" pronounced with a long O to rhyme with globe), who was put through some horrendous ordeals by Satan who had to get permission from God, and which God allowed to test (or prove) Job's faith. This suggests that taking the job will make the interviewee feel like Job (i.e. the job will be a horrendous ordeal).

Another job interview was portrayed in [[1094: Interview]] and [[1088: Five Years]]

==Transcript==
:[Beret Guy ushers a prospective employee into a room.]
:Beret Guy: Welcome to our company! We're headquartered right here, in this real building I found.

:[They sit down at a table carrying dishes. There is a wall outlet with a lopsided sign held up by tape, reading SOUP.]
:Interviewee: What do you...''do''?
:Beret Guy: We make stuff for phones!
:Beret Guy: Like apps and stickers.

:Beret Guy: We want to hire you to write stuff on our computers.
:Beret Guy: We can offer you a bunch of paychecks!
:Beret Guy: There are ghosts here.

:Interviewee: Are you sure this is a company?
:Beret Guy: I hope so!

:[Beret Guy plugs a cable into the wall outlet, a liquid pours into a soup bowl.]

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]]

Talk:1128: Fifty Shades

2012-10-31T09:52:54Z

DelendaEst:

Didn't Wishbone get discontinued in 1998? There can't be a Fifty Shades of Grey episode. [[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]][[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>(talk)</tt>]] 06:29, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

:Maybe it got moved to "Adult Swim"? :) --[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 07:47, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

:According to Wikipedia, you are correct and Wishbone ended in 1998, but if xkcd had to adhere to such a rigorous use of real life elements such as the proper time period in which a TV show used to air, then today's comic would have been impossible. You must be at least a little flexible. Also, I'm certain there isn't such an episode, that would be impossible, as you pointed out. The main thing here is that Randall combined both the nature of Wishbone with the nature of Fifty Shades of Grey to produce a hilarious concept which concludes in a magnificent explosion of laughter. I for one can look the other way in regards to the fact that Wishbone ended in 1998. I'm curious. Were you trying to troll the comments section? (no offence) --[[User:DelendaEst|DelendaEst]] ([[User talk:DelendaEst|talk]]) 09:52, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

1119: Undoing

2012-10-10T23:37:01Z

DelendaEst: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1119
| date = October 10, 2012
| title = Undoing
| image = undoing.png
| imagesize =
| titletext = I've been sneaking out at night and installing lamps on the underside of every photovoltaic panel I can find. Sure, there are upwards of 80% losses, but I prefer to think of them as nearly 20% gains.
}}

==Explanation==
The comic is a play on regenerative energies and the way they transform the natural resources (wind, sun, water) into electricity. Instead of using the electricity from the windmill as a renewable resource for homes and cities, Cueball has rigged it so that it powers another fan in the other direction, therefore wasting energy. It may also be a continuation of Randall's mistrust of modern electric windmills (see [[556: Alternative Energy Revolution]]).

The alt text is a reference to the very bad efficiency of solar panels (roughly 20-25%) and light bulbs (20-30%). Thus instead of only 80% loss of energy, which is either not converted to electricity or converted into heat) it's actually far more.

Thus the undoing done by the character is quite less effective than the common "Undo" function known from computers.

A windmill is powered by blowing wind, and it "absorbs" some of the strength of the gusts. Someone standing on the "front" side of a windmill will feel a stronger gust of wind than someone who stands on the "back" side. Cueball has severed the connection from the windmill to the electrical grid (thus decreasing the amount of energy on the grid) and used it to power a giant fan blowing the other way, thus restoring the amount of wind that was blowing before it came across the windmill, effectively "undoing" what the windmill accomplishes.

A slightly different interpretation could be that the fan powered by the windmill is blowing air in the opposite direction of the rotation of the windmill blades (this would explain the short curled lines in between the windmill and fan, otherwise the lines would be long and well defined as the ones in front of the windmill and fan). Also, the windmill generated electricity is no longer going into the grid, and is now only powering a device which counteracts it (or is undoing it). The humour here is about how ridiculous this would be in real life. Also, the wind can only provide the windmill with so much energy and then the windmill can only absorb so much, then that energy is converted to electricity, so a lot of energy is being lost in the process from natural wind to artificial wind, therefore the air blowing from the fan must be much weaker than the natural wind and could only undo it to a certain extent and no more.
I'm not sure about this, but the fan given its "opposite set-up" might slow down the windmill and therefore negatively affect its own energy source. (Could a physicist please correct me if I'm wrong?)

==Transcript==
:My Hobby:
:[A large wind turbine is spinning but the electric cord has been severed and rewired to a large fan]
:Undoing

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:My Hobby]]

1119: Undoing

2012-10-10T20:45:38Z

DelendaEst: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1119
| date = October 10, 2012
| title = Undoing
| image = undoing.png
| imagesize =
| titletext = I've been sneaking out at night and installing lamps on the underside of every photovoltaic panel I can find. Sure, there are upwards of 80% losses, but I prefer to think of them as nearly 20% gains.
}}

==Explanation==
The comic is a play on regenerative energies and the way they transform the natural resources (wind, sun, water) into electricity. Instead of using the electricity from the windmill as a renewable resource for homes and cities, Cueball has rigged it so that it powers another fan in the other direction, therefore wasting energy. It may also be a continuation of Randall's mistrust of modern electric windmills (see [[556|comic #556: Alternative Energy Revolution]]).

The alt text is a reference to the very bad efficiency of solar panels (roughly 20-25%) and light bulbs (20-30%). Thus instead of only 80% loss of energy, which is either not converted to electricity or converted into heat) it's actually far more.

Thus the undoing done by the character is quite less effective than the common "Undo" function known from computers.

A windmill is powered by blowing wind, and it "absorbs" some of the strength of the gusts. Someone standing on the "front" side of a windmill will feel a stronger gust of wind than someone who stands on the "back" side. Cueball has severed the connection from the windmill to the electrical grid (thus decreasing the amount of energy on the grid) and used it to power a giant fan blowing the other way, thus restoring the amount of wind that was blowing before it came across the windmill, effectively "undoing" what the windmill accomplishes.

A slightly different interpretation could be that the fan powered by the windmill is blowing air in the opposite direction of the rotation of the windmill blades (this would explain the short curled lines in between the windmill and fan, otherwise the lines would be long and well defined as the ones in front of the windmill or fan). Also, the windmill generated electricity is no longer going into the grid, and is now only powering a device which counteracts it (or is undoing it). The humour here is about how ridiculous this would be in real life. Also, the wind can only provide the windmill with so much energy and then the windmill can only absorb so much, then that energy is converted to electricity, so a lot of energy is being lost in the process from natural wind to artificial wind, therefore the air blowing from the fan must be much weaker than the natural wind and could only undo it to a certain extent and no more.
I'm not sure about this, but the fan given its "opposite set-up" might slow down the windmill and therefore negatively affect its own energy source. (Could a physicist please correct me if I'm wrong?)

==Transcript==


{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:My Hobby]]

Talk:1112: Think Logically

2012-09-28T12:27:48Z

DelendaEst:

Cueball is clearly a chess novice as demonstrated by the comic (at the very least he knows what the goal of the game is and how the pieces move), however he lacks higher knowledge of the game (which is gained through education) and is very inexperienced (experience is obviously gained by playing the game regularly). Given his non-expert position he attempts to deliver well-meaning advice as best he can (in this case through "thinking logically"), however the player receiving the advise (a clearly more knowledgeable and experienced player) immediately realises how utterly useless that advise is.
Cueball approached the situation by "thinking logically", but his logic was flawed, possibly due to his lack of knowledge. Just because the goal of chess is to deliver checkmate does not necessarily mean that every move must be pushing a piece closer to the opponent's king. The best thing to do would be to first research and study the abundance of chess knowledge out there, practice it and then one can come up with tactics and strategies for every possible position (even if those aren't perfect). Chess is so complex that even if we wished to arrive at the absolute logical move for every position, this would be beyond us most of the time, it is just too complex. Not even computers know the perfect move for every position, although they do come up with great moves through the use of complex algorithms.
Note: I thought the explanation given in the "Explanation" section above had some merit (it also explains some things I didn't include), and that is why I did not modify it and instead chose to provide mine here. Let me know what you thought, together we can explain everything.--[[User:DelendaEst|DelendaEst]] ([[User talk:DelendaEst|talk]]) 13:01, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

:Feel free to add your explanation to the actual page if you think it's lacking in information. Wikis are meritocracies, and anyone is welcome to voice their opinions. [[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]] ([[User talk:Davidy22|talk]]) 13:21, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

:A good explanation. My takeaway was more about Dunning Kruger, and chess just happened too be a convenient backdrop. The expert proceeds to {{w|pwn}} the {{w|know-it-all}}... and even having been pwned, the braggart can't find the lesson in the defeat. But as with Randall's work, YMMV. (Or to paraphrase {{w|Euell Gibbons}}: "ever analyze an xkcd? Many interpretations are possible.") -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:52, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

::I think your explanation is the best one, you managed to find the essence of the situation. I can very easily see what you explained happening in the comic.--[[User:DelendaEst|DelendaEst]] ([[User talk:DelendaEst|talk]]) 00:18, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Just a quick point on the explanation. Chess is not a perfectly balanced game due to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-move_advantage_in_chess first move advantage] enjoyed by white. This advantage is very small, however, and the pieces themselves are well balanced. [[User:Heyart|Heyart]] ([[User talk:Heyart|talk]]) 13:53, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

::I found Cueball's demeanor in this comic to be very remeniscent of {{w|Sheldon Cooper}} of ''The Big Bang Theory'' in that he thinks he knows better than everyone even though chess has been around forever. Also, there was a specific episode of ''TBBT'' in which Cooper invents three-player chess including several new pieces. Cooper does not, however, do so considering the traditional rules of chess to be flawed (other than not allowed a third player). The characters do consider chess to be too easy, however, and often play ''Star Trek'''s three-dimensional chess. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 16:27, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

I see this comic, as so many comics before it, to be a description of nerd-dominance. The author seeks to entice the reader into inquiring about his own ill-thought out rules for chess. Do not inquire.

Is the first character really wearing a "hat"? To me, it looks like a headband, similar to the one worn by {{w|Spock}} in the movie {{w|Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home}}. This would give another meaning to "Think logically"... --[[Special:Contributions/85.159.196.16|85.159.196.16]] 11:27, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Nope, not a headband -- there's hair below the brim but not above it. What you are seeing is a subtle clue that the chess expert is a Canadian, in that he is wearing what we call a toque, known in America as a stocking cap. https://www.google.ca/search?q=toque&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=JNV&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=MaFhUKmkEObRyAH9xoCACg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=960&bih=544 [[User:Noni Mausa|Noni Mausa]] ([[User talk:Noni Mausa|talk]]) 12:19, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

:Your point about the hair is interesting; however, a Vulcan is much better at explaining logic than any earthling... Canadians included!
:--[[Special:Contributions/85.159.196.16|85.159.196.16]] 13:52, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Another point I want to bring up is that it's generally not really a good idea to share your own strategy with your opponents (or potential opponents). I once participated in a Chess tournament, and before it began I encountered this guy who was bragging about his strategy, how he likes to move only his pawns at the beginning and form a sort of wall into which his opponents will invariably run their pieces and, in his words, "kill themselves." Of course, it just so happened that the first game I played in was against this same guy. And so I knew what he was trying to do, and I ended up destroying him. Granted, Cueball's "strategy" in this comic has very little to do with actual established Chess practices, but it's a similar idea. [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 18:53, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

:As an avid chess player, I'd have to agree that we should keep our strategy to ourselves (unless we are planning to use deception). Also, I'd like to point out that your opponent's strategy to only move pawns in the opening is a very poor choice (unless the opening in question is a variation by Alekhine, which is considered to be sound). In the opening we are advised to mainly move pieces and only a few pawns and there are very good reasons for this, which I cannot go into here. Moreover, he plans to build a pawn wall for your pieces to destroy themselves? Typical novice threats, doesn't he realise you have an equally matched army and that you wouldn't purposefully endanger your pieces with his pawn wall? (Your pawns can neutralise his). His reasoning is laughable. If you'd like to learn lots about chess in a fun and painless way, I recommend the Chessmaster game. Anyway, good on you for beating that opponent!--[[User:DelendaEst|DelendaEst]] ([[User talk:DelendaEst|talk]]) 12:27, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

User talk:Bpothier

2012-09-28T11:46:42Z

DelendaEst: /* Thanks */

==Creating Ponytail==
:Whoa! You are awesome. I was about to use it as a learning experience, but that would probably have meant that there would have been a few new posts to admin requests. Thanks! [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 12:57, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
:Thank you for making the list. I only found your admin page comment *after* already creating & tagging your lsit of posts, so if someone doesn't like the name, they can always change it. I was poking through the archives afterwards and saw several other instances, but they haven't been posted yet. No luck in finding an "official" un-official name for Ponytail.. --[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:30, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

:Just a note to say thanks for creating [[:Category:Comics with color]]! I think that's a great idea. [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 21:04, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
:I had been meaning to do it for a while, and finally gave in to the voices in my head :) --[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 23:12, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for working on [[Milk]]! [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 23:49, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for including that "hidden" image for comic 1000.--[[User:DelendaEst|DelendaEst]] ([[User talk:DelendaEst|talk]]) 11:46, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

== These have color? ==

I'm mostly color-blind, so I'm not an expert in this area. But, my color-blind assistant application, doesn't think these have color, but just shades of grey.
*[[986: Drinking Fountains]]
*[[983: Privacy]]
*[[997: Wait Wait]]

Can you explain your decision for these?

[[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 01:59, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Looked like shades of "blue-grey"... Could go either way I guess... --[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 02:24, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Talk:1114: Metallurgy

2012-09-28T11:20:52Z

DelendaEst:

"extraterrestrial metal was often more refined and plentiful than man-made metal ingots." -I'd love to read about this. Citation needed! --[[User:Buggz|Buggz]] ([[User talk:Buggz|talk]]) 08:59, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
:Sure. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_meteorite. It was mostly cultures with little industry picking up meteorites and finding that the stuff lying on the ground was miles better than the awful fragile metal that they were making from rocks. [[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]] ([[User talk:Davidy22|talk]]) 09:06, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

In fantasy stories, the world is usually much more complicated place. Meteorite, which may have easily traveled billions kilometres going through places with environment greatly different from anything available on the planet, can easily develop interresting properties. Still, for every super-cool super-effective sword, there must be many other meteorites whose properties make them LESS usefull for weapons.
Even in our universe, meteorites may went through temperatures and magnetical fields much greater that available for preindustrial civilization. -- [[Special:Contributions/89.177.52.2|89.177.52.2]] 10:42, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

That salesman was likely to sell a flashlight as a lightsabre.--[[User:DelendaEst|DelendaEst]] ([[User talk:DelendaEst|talk]]) 11:20, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

1114: Metallurgy

2012-09-28T11:11:41Z

DelendaEst: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1114
| date = September 28, 2012
| title = Metallurgy
| image = metallurgy.png
| titletext = This exotic blade was wrought from a different fallen star. The meteorite was a carbonaceous chondrite, so it's basically a lump of gravel glued into the shape of a sword. A SPACE sword!
| imagesize =
}}

==Explanation==
The comic explains how weapons would really behave if they were made out of unusual materials. In fantasy stories, using unusual materials for weapons traditionally makes the weapons more powerful and cooler despite limited explanation for exactly why materials of extraterrestrial origin are so superior to their earthen counterparts.

On the other hand, iron from meteorites was often mixed with "terrestial" iron in the early stages of human development to create relatively high quality steel for swords. Undeveloped metalworking techniques at the time meant that extraterrestrial metal was often more refined and plentiful than man-made metal ingots.

The second panel is a reference to stories set in Middle Earth and the sword is Sting, which glows blue when Orcs are near. Sting used to belong to Bilbo Baggins, when he grew old he gave it to Frodo Baggins as a gift.

The third panel mentions "Eldritch", which could also be a reference to "Eldritch Wizardry".

The fourth panel mentions that the weapon gives a +2 to a player's attribute. This is a reference to "Massively multiplayer online role-playing games" (MMORPG) in which it is common to find items that are able to improve one's character by increasing desirable attributes.

==Transcript==
:[Cueball and Megan are in a weapon store talking to a bearded salesman wearing a hat.]

:[Salesman holds up a sword]
:Salesman: This sword was forged from a fallen star. Antimony impurities make the blade surpassingly ''brittle'' and ''weak''.

:[Salesman holds up a dagger]
:Salesman: And this dagger is made of metal from a far-off kingdom. It glows blue.
:Off-panel: When orcs are near?

:Salesman: No, always. Radiation from the Actinium content.
:Megan: ...Does it have eldritch powers?

:Salesman: It gives the wearer +2 to cancer risk.
:Cueball: I think we should find another shop.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category: Comics featuring Megan]]
[[Category: Comics featuring Cueball]]

Talk:1112: Think Logically

2012-09-25T00:18:50Z

DelendaEst:

Talk:1112: Think Logically

2012-09-24T13:01:15Z

DelendaEst: Created page with "Cueball is clearly a chess novice as demonstrated by the comic (at the very least he knows what the goal of the game is and how the pieces move), however he lacks higher knowl..."

Talk:1000: 1000 Comics

2012-09-22T08:48:11Z

DelendaEst:

Cueball does not think in multiples of 2, he thinks in base 2 (or powers of 2). I fixed it. (by unknown).

In the original Blog format of this website, someone named Phillip had shared the following: "Spoiler ( http://rot13.com/index.php ): Pbaarpg gur ovanel ahzoref ba gur fznyy fvtaf va cnvag-ol-ahzoref znaare.". Hint: copy/paste the weird looking text into the text field provided in the above mentioned website. Even after decryption, I couldn't follow what he meant, but I was hoping someone out there can do so and then explain it differently, thanks. It's a real mystery. [[User:DelendaEst|DelendaEst]] ([[User talk:DelendaEst|talk]]) 08:47, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Talk:1000: 1000 Comics

2012-09-22T08:47:02Z

DelendaEst:

Cueball does not think in multiples of 2, he thinks in base 2 (or powers of 2). I fixed it. (by unknown)

In the original Blog format of this website, someone named Phillip had shared the following: "Spoiler ( http://rot13.com/index.php ): Pbaarpg gur ovanel ahzoref ba gur fznyy fvtaf va cnvag-ol-ahzoref znaare.". Hint: copy/paste the weird looking text into the text field provided in the above mentioned website. Even after decryption, I couldn't follow what he meant, but I was hoping someone out there can do so and then explain it differently, thanks. It's a real mystery. [[User:DelendaEst|DelendaEst]] ([[User talk:DelendaEst|talk]]) 08:47, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

1110: Click and Drag

2012-09-19T11:46:33Z

DelendaEst:

{{comic
| number = 1110
| date = September 19, 2012
| title = Click and Drag
| image = click_and_drag.png
| imagesize =
| titletext = Click and drag.
}}

==Explanation==
{{Incomplete}}

*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/13n1e.png 13 North, 1 East]: 2 whales is possibly a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the planet [http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Magrathea Magrathea], where (improbably) 2 incoming missiles are turned into a whale and a bowl of petunias.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/11n11w.png 11 North, 11 West]: apparently empty cell
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/11n11e.png 11 North, 11 East]: apparently empty cell
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/3n2e.png 3 North, 2 East]: A falling {{w|Icarus}} screams "I hope the story of how ''Building Wax Wings Enabled Me To Fly'' teaches everyone a lesson about hubris." Referring to the Greek myth of Icarus and his father's escape from Crete by building wings of feathers and wax.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n27w.png 1 North, 27 West]: Velociraptors in the high grass.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n25w.png 1 North, 25 West]: Reference to the movie {{w|Contact_(film)|Contact}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n21w.png 1 North, 21 West]: Jesus is a Transformer joke
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n13w.png 1 North, 13 West]: the statue of liberty head and hand is reference to {{w|Planet of the Apes(film)|Planet of Apes}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n2w.png 1 North, 2 West]: Megan says "I came here to chew bubblegum... And I'm all out of bubblegum" is a reference to the movie {{w|They Live|They Live}} in which the character Nada famously says "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum". That line is also used in the game {{w|Duke Nukem 3D|Duke Nukem 3D}} by Duke himself, when Shrapnel City (Episode 3) starts. Also, Cueball says "That's a shame" a line popularised by Jerry in the sitcom {{w|Seinfeld|Seinfeld}}. Pool line is a reference to "pool on the roof" prank from the movie {{w|Hackers_(film)|Hackers}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n7e.png 1 North, 7 East]: there seem to be a {{w|Mario}} level (level 1, Super Mario Bros 1, NES). This is confirmed by text on [http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/3s7e.png 3 south 7 east].
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/9n2e.png 9 North, 2 East]: {{w|Apollo 13}} messaging 'Houston, we have a problem''
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/6n27e.png 6 North, 27 East]: Tallest man made structure is {{w|Burj Khalifa}} (829.84 m (2,723 ft)) located in Dubai.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/2s9w.png 2 South, 9 West]: Jellyfish playing some sort of console game
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n5w.png 1 North, 5 West]: {{w|I'm on a Boat|"I'm on a Boat"}} is a single from The Lonely Island's debut album Incredibad.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/8s17w.png 8 South, 17 West]: A X-Wing with Wedge Antilles. Reference to Star Wars.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n9w.png 1 North, 9 West]: Possibly a reference to the {{w|Principality of Sealand|Principality of Sealand}} or to the concept of a micronation in general, {{w|List of micronations|List of micronations}}.

==Trivia==
*The click-and-drag portion of this comic is divided up into 2592 sections of 2048x2048 pngs.
*The populated area is 81 frames wide(33 West - 48 East) and 32 frames tall (13 North - 19 South)
*According to [[Randall]] in #xkcd on the night this was released, a full size image of this comic, leaving out the blanks would be 60 gigapixels, a true single rectangular image would be close to a terapixel.
{{comic discussion}}
*At the end of the JavaScript file responsible for the map code, there's a comment "/* 50:72:6f:50:75:6b:65:20:69:73:20:61:77:65:73:6f:6d:65 */". Interpreted as hex codes for ASCII text, this reads "ProPuke is awesome".

1110: Click and Drag

2012-09-19T11:39:13Z

DelendaEst:

{{comic
| number = 1110
| date = September 19, 2012
| title = Click and Drag
| image = click_and_drag.png
| imagesize =
| titletext = Click and drag.
}}

==Explanation==
{{Incomplete}}

*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/13n1e.png 13 North, 1 East]: 2 whales is possibly a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the planet [http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Magrathea Magrathea], where (improbably) 2 incoming missiles are turned into a whale and a bowl of petunias.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/11n11w.png 11 North, 11 West]: apparently empty cell
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/11n11e.png 11 North, 11 East]: apparently empty cell
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/3n2e.png 3 North, 2 East]: A falling {{w|Icarus}} screams "I hope the story of how ''Building Wax Wings Enabled Me To Fly'' teaches everyone a lesson about hubris." Referring to the Greek myth of Icarus and his father's escape from Crete by building wings of feathers and wax.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n27w.png 1 North, 27 West]: Velociraptors in the high grass.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n25w.png 1 North, 25 West]: Reference to the movie {{w|Contact_(film)|Contact}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n21w.png 1 North, 21 West]: Jesus is a Transformer joke
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n13w.png 1 North, 13 West]: the statue of liberty head and hand is reference to {{w|Planet of the Apes(film)|Planet of Apes}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n2w.png 1 North, 2 West]: Megan says "I came here to chew bubblegum... And I'm all out of bubblegum" is a reference to the movie {{w|They Live|They Live}} in which the character Nada famously says "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum". That line is also used in the game {{w|Duke Nukem 3D|Duke Nukem 3D}} by Duke himself, when Shrapnel City (Episode 3) starts. Also, Cueball says "That's a shame" a line popularised by Jerry in the sitcom {{w|Seinfeld|Seinfeld}}. Pool line is a reference to "pool on the roof" prank from the movie {{w|Hackers_(film)|Hackers}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n7e.png 1 North, 7 East]: there seem to be a {{w|Mario}} level (level 1, Super Mario Bros 1, NES). This is confirmed by text on [http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/3s7e.png 3 south 7 east].
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/9n2e.png 9 North, 2 East]: {{w|Apollo 13}} messaging 'Houston, we have a problem''
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/6n27e.png 6 North, 27 East]: Tallest man made structure is {{w|Burj Khalifa}} (829.84 m (2,723 ft)) located in Dubai.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/2s9w.png 2 South, 9 West]: Jellyfish playing some sort of console game
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n5w.png 1 North, 5 West]: {{w|I'm on a Boat|"I'm on a Boat"}} is a single from The Lonely Island's debut album Incredibad.

==Trivia==
*The click-and-drag portion of this comic is divided up into 2592 sections of 2048x2048 pngs.
*The populated area is 81 frames wide(33 West - 48 East) and 32 frames tall (13 North - 19 South)
*According to [[Randall]] in #xkcd on the night this was released, a full size image of this comic, leaving out the blanks would be 60 gigapixels, a true single rectangular image would be close to a terapixel.
{{comic discussion}}
*At the end of the JavaScript file responsible for the map code, there's a comment "/* 50:72:6f:50:75:6b:65:20:69:73:20:61:77:65:73:6f:6d:65 */". Interpreted as hex codes for ASCII text, this reads "ProPuke is awesome".

1110: Click and Drag

2012-09-19T11:09:13Z

DelendaEst:

{{comic
| number = 1110
| date = September 19, 2012
| title = Click and Drag
| image = click_and_drag.png
| imagesize =
| titletext = Click and drag.
}}

==Explanation==
{{Incomplete}}

*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/13n1e.png 13 North, 1 East]: 2 whales is possibly a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the planet [http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Magrathea Magrathea], where (improbably) 2 incoming missiles are turned into a whale and a bowl of petunias.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/11n11w.png 11 North, 11 West]: apparently empty cell
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/11n11e.png 11 North, 11 East]: apparently empty cell
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/3n2e.png 3 North, 2 East]: A falling {{w|Icarus}} screams "I hope the story of how ''Building Wax Wings Enabled Me To Fly'' teaches everyone a lesson about hubris." Referring to the Greek myth of Icarus and his father's escape from Crete by building wings of feathers and wax.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n13w.png 1 North, 13 West]: the statue of liberty head and hand is reference to {{w|Planet of the Apes(film)|Planet of Apes}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n2w.png 1 North, 2 West]: Megan says "I came here to chew bubblegum... And I'm all out of bubblegum" is a reference to the movie {{w|They Live|They Live}} in which the character Nada famously says "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum". That line is also used in the game {{w|Duke Nukem 3D|Duke Nukem 3D}} by Duke himself, when Shrapnel City (Episode 3) starts. Also, Cueball says "That's a shame" a line popularised by Jerry in the sitcom {{w|Seinfeld|Seinfeld}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n7e.png 1 North, 7 East]: there seem to be a {{w|Mario}} level (level 1, Super Mario Bros 1, NES). This is confirmed by text on [http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/3s7e.png 3 south 7 east].
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/9n2e.png 9 North, 2 East]: {{w|Apollo 13}} messaging 'Houston, we have a problem''
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n2w.png 1 North, 2 West]: "I came here to chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of bubblegum" is possibly a reference to a scene from the Movie "They Live" or to the Duke Nukem Series. Pool line is a reference to "pool on the roof" prank from the movie Hackers.

==Trivia==
*The click-and-drag portion of this comic is divided up into 2592 sections of 2048x2048 pngs.
*The populated area is 81 frames wide(33 West - 48 East) and 32 frames tall (13 North - 19 South)
*According to [[Randall]] in #xkcd on the night this was released, a full size image of this comic, leaving out the blanks would be 60 gigapixels, a true single rectangular image would be close to a terapixel.
{{comic discussion}}

1110: Click and Drag

2012-09-19T11:08:26Z

DelendaEst:

{{comic
| number = 1110
| date = September 19, 2012
| title = Click and Drag
| image = click_and_drag.png
| imagesize =
| titletext = Click and drag.
}}

==Explanation==
{{Incomplete}}

*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/13n1e.png 13 North, 1 East]: 2 whales is possibly a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the planet [http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Magrathea Magrathea], where (improbably) 2 incoming missiles are turned into a whale and a bowl of petunias.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/11n11w.png 11 North, 11 West]: apparently empty cell
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/11n11e.png 11 North, 11 East]: apparently empty cell
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/3n2e.png 3 North, 2 East]: A falling {{w|Icarus}} screams "I hope the story of how ''Building Wax Wings Enabled Me To Fly'' teaches everyone a lesson about hubris." Referring to the Greek myth of Icarus and his father's escape from Crete by building wings of feathers and wax.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n13w.png 1 North, 13 West]: the statue of liberty head and hand is reference to {{w|Planet of the Apes(film)|Planet of Apes}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n2w.png 1 North, 2 West]: Megan says "I came here to chew bubblegum... And I'm all out of bubblegum" is a reference to the movie {{w|They Live|They Live}} in which the character Nada famously says "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum". That line is also used in the game {{w|Duke Nukem 3D|Duke Nukem 3D}} by Duke himself, when Shrapnel City (Episode 3) starts. Also, Cueball says "That's a shame" a line popularised by Jerry in the sitcom {{w|Seinfeld|Seinfeld}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n2w.png 1 North, 2 West]: Megan says "I came here to chew bubblegum... And I'm all out of bubblegum" is a reference to the movie {{w|They Live|They Live}} in which the character Nada famously says "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum". That line is also used in the game {{w|Duke Nukem 3D|Duke Nukem 3D}} by Duke himself, when Shrapnel City (Episode 3) starts. Also, Cueball says "That's a shame" a line popularised by Jerry in the sitcom {{w|Seinfeld|Seinfeld}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n7e.png 1 North, 7 East]: there seem to be a {{w|Mario}} level (level 1, Super Mario Bros 1, NES). This is confirmed by text on [http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/3s7e.png 3 south 7 east].
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/9n2e.png 9 North, 2 East]: {{w|Apollo 13}} messaging 'Houston, we have a problem''
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n2w.png 1 North, 2 West]: "I came here to chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of bubblegum" is possibly a reference to a scene from the Movie "They Live" or to the Duke Nukem Series.

==Trivia==
*The click-and-drag portion of this comic is divided up into 2592 sections of 2048x2048 pngs.
*The populated area is 81 frames wide(33 West - 48 East) and 32 frames tall (13 North - 19 South)
*According to [[Randall]] in #xkcd on the night this was released, a full size image of this comic, leaving out the blanks would be 60 gigapixels, a true single rectangular image would be close to a terapixel.
{{comic discussion}}

1110: Click and Drag

2012-09-19T11:07:39Z

DelendaEst:

Talk:1109: Refrigerator

2012-09-17T12:27:48Z

DelendaEst:

I would argue that this is also a reference to {{w|The Incredible Machine}} and friends, where many levels revolve around conveyor belts and things on top of them that stir certain actions. [[User:Kaa-ching|Kaa-ching]] ([[User talk:Kaa-ching|talk]]) 10:46, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

The main problem with this design is that the bad food needs to land softly otherwise it could splash\spatter over the good food. [[User:SaintGerbil|SaintGerbil]]([[User talk:User:SaintGerbil|talk]]) 12:17, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

I thought an alternative design for the fridge could be to have the middle conveyor belt attached to the right, leaving a gap on its left and obviously it would move toward the left. This way we could put food on the topmost belt on its left side and the food would travel along that belt then drop onto the middle one, then travel to the bottom belt and finally fall into the BAD bin. Of course we'd have to relabel all belts accordingly. [[User:DelendaEst|DelendaEst]] ([[User talk:DelendaEst|talk]]) 12:27, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

1093: Forget

2012-08-17T09:33:53Z

DelendaEst:

{{comic
| number = 1093
| date = August 10, 2012
| title = Forget
| image = forget.png
| titletext = 'Baby Got Back' turned 20 this year. My favorite nostalgia show is VH1's 'I Love The Inexorable March of Time Toward the Grave That Awaits Us All.'
| imagesize =
}}

==Explanation==
The median age in {{w|USA}} is currently about 37 years. Assuming that you must be at least five years old to remember a cultural event later, this means that anything that happened longer ago than the fifth birthday of someone who is 37 years now is remembered by a minority of people today. This applies to any event prior to 1980, so here in 2012, the majority of Americans are too young to remember the Seventies. However, according to census estimation the median will raise in the future, so instead of a 32 years gap between event and the moment when most people can't remember it, the gap becomes 35 years (implying a median of some 40 years).

'''2013: The Carter presidency''' {{w|Jimmy Carter}} was the {{w|President of the United States}} from 1977-1981. He lost all popularity after he was viewed as mishandling several crises during his presidency, including the {{w|Three Mile Island accident}}, the {{w|Iran Hostage crisis}}, and the "{{w|stagflation}}" of the late 1970's. According to Wikipedia, his decisions to reinstate registration for the draft and his decision to boycott the {{w|1980 Summer Olympics}} in Moscow (over the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) helped contribute to his defeat in the 1980 Presidential campaign.

'''2014: The Reagan shooting''' References the 1981 {{w|Reagan assassination attempt|assassination attempt}} on the then American president, {{w|Ronald Reagan}}.

'''2015: The Falkland Islands War''' This is in reference to the {{w|Falklands War|brief outbreak of hostilities}} between the {{w|UK}} and {{w|Argentina}} over the {{w|Falkland Islands|Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)}} located off the shore of Argentina claimed by both but controlled by the UK. Even to this date, tensions remain high over the ownership of these islands, and while many people alive today weren't alive to witness it, it nevertheless remains present in the collective psyche of both nations.

'''2017: The first Apple Macintosh''' The {{w|Macintosh}} was a line of computers created by {{w|Apple Inc.|Apple}}, first introduced in 1984, with the introduction of the {{w|Macintosh 128K}}.

'''2018: New Coke''' References a public relations blunder that the Coca Cola corporation undertook in attempting to reformulate its cola recipe, the new formula called {{w|New Coke}} popularly. The public backlash so shook the company that they reintroduced the original recipe as {{w|Coca-Cola Classic}} within 3 months. New Coke was eventually rebranded from Coca-Cola to Coke II, and then discontinued. Coca-Cola Classic has quietly been rebranded back to simply Coca-Cola, as it originally was. The "New Coke" introduction is considered one of the biggest PR blunders from a major company ever.

'''2019: Challenger''' The {{w|Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger}} was a {{w|NASA}} space shuttle, which was launched in 1986, but {{w|Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|exploded}} 72 seconds into its flight, killing everyone aboard, including {{w|Christa McAuliffe}}, a teacher selected to be the first teacher in space.

'''2020: Chernobyl''' Refers to the 1986 meltdown of a {{w|Chernobyl|nuclear power plant}} in the {{w|Ukranian SSR}} (then a part of the Soviet Union). The meltdown forced the nearby city of {{w|Pripyat}} to be abandoned, and it remains a ghost town today.

'''2021: Black Monday''' Refers to the 1987 {{w|Black_Monday_(1987)|day}} of the largest one-day {{w|stock market}} drop in history.

'''2022: The Reagan presidency''' {{w|Ronald Reagan}} was an American president from 1981 to 1989, and was a generally well received president known for ending the Cold War, oversaw the {{w|Iran–Contra affair}}, {{w|Invasion of Grenada|invading Grenada}}, and issuing forth a number of new {{w|Reaganomics|economic policies}}.

'''2023: The Berlin Wall''' Refers to the {{w|Berlin Wall|barrier}} surrounding the western-controlled part of {{w|Berlin}}. It was erected by the {{w|East Germany|East German}} Government in 1961 to stop illegal emigration to West Berlin---the western-controlled enclave after the ending of the second WW. After a friendly revolution in 1989, emigration to West Berlin (and West German in general) was granted suddenly and very surprisingly again on November 9, 1989. The following rush of people to the Wall from East (to cross the border) and from West (to welcome friends and relatives) in that night coined the figurative "Fall of the Wall", preceding the actual reunion of Germany in 1990 and (almost) complete demolition of the Wall.

'''2024: HammerTime''' Refers to a refrain in {{w|MC Hammer|MC Hammer's}} 1990 hit song {{w|U Can't Touch This}}; [[Randall Munroe]] makes reference to this song elsewhere in his comics, too (specifically {{explain|108}} and {{explain|210}}).

'''2025: The Soviet Union''' Refers to the cold-war adversary of the United States, emerging after the end of {{w|World War I}} and only collapsing in 1991.

'''2026: The LA Riots''' Refers to the {{w|1992 Los Angeles riots|massive riots}} occuring at the release of the verdict acquitting the officers accused of the {{w|Rodney King}} beatings in 1992.

'''2027: Lorena Bobbit''' Refers to the {{w|John and Lorena Bobbitt|woman}} who {{w|emasculated}} her husband in 1993.

'''2028: The Forrest Gump release''' {{w|Forrest Gump}} was a 1994 drama starring {{w|Tom Hanks}} as a mentally disabled man, telling his spectacular life story. The movie had a highly successful release, and remains one of the greatest films of all time.

'''2029: The Rwanda Genocide''' Refers to the 1994 {{w|Rwandan genocide}}, where an estimated 800,000 people were killed.

'''2030: OJ Simpson's Trial''' The {{w|O. J. Simpson murder case|O.J. Simpson trial}} was a famous criminal case during which {{w|O.J. Simpson}}, a professional football player, was {{w|acquitted}} of the murder of {{w|Nicole Simpson}} and {{w|Ronald Goldman}}. He was later arrested and jailed for other crimes, including armed robbery and kidnapping.

'''2031: Clinton's reelection''' {{w|Bill Clinton}} was the American president from 1993 to 2001. He won his second term in the {{w|United_States_presidential_election,_1996|1996 presidential election}}. During his second term, he faced controversity during an {{w|impeachment}} trial, for which he was acquitted, and a large number of pardons he made on his last day of office. Clinton was a generally favoured president, which exiting his presidency with a high approval rate.

'''2032: Princess Diana''' {{w|Princess Diana}} was a famous {{w|Commonwealth}} princess who made headlines after her 1997 {{w|Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|death}} in a car crash.

'''2033: Clinton's impeachment''' In 1998, the American {{w|Congress}} voted to {{w|Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton|impeach}} then-president Clinton, based on allegations that he {{w|Lewinsky scandal|lied}} about relations with a {{w|Monica Lewinsky|White House intern}}. He was later acquitted.

'''2034: Columbine''' Refers to the 1999 {{w|Columbine High School massacre}}, where 13 people were killed by a {{w|Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold|pair of shooters}}.

'''2034: Forgot About Dre''' Refers to the {{w|Grammy}} winning 2000 song, {{w|Forgot About Dre}}, by the rapper {{w|Dr. Dre}}.

'''2036: 9/11''' Refers to the {{w|9/11}} event, in 2001, where terrorists crashed two planes into the {{w|World Trade Center}} towers, in {{w|New York}}.

'''2037: VH1's I love the 80s''' {{w|I Love the '80s (U.S. TV series)|I Love the '80s}} was a 2002 nostalgia TV series by {{w|VH1}}.

'''2038: A time before Facebook''' Refers to the online social media site, {{w|Facebook}}, launched in 2004.

'''2039: VH1's I love the 90s''' {{w|I Love the '90s (U.S. TV series)|I Love the '90s}} was a TV series airing in 2004.

'''2040: Hurricane Katrina''' {{w|Hurricane Katrina}} was a devastating 2005 hurricane that hit {{w|New Orleans}}, killing almost 2000 people and causing 81 billion dollars in damage.

'''2041: The planet Pluto''' {{w|Pluto}} is a {{w|dwarf planet}} in our solar system. Up until 2006, Pluto was considered to be a planet.

'''2042: The first iPhone''' {{w|Apple}}'s first iPhone was released in 2007.

'''2043: The Bush presidency''' {{w|George W. Bush}} was the American presidency from 2001 to 2009. He was criticized for the wars on {{w|War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)|Afghanistan}} and {{w|Iraq_War|Iraq}}, poor handling of Hurricane Katrina, and seeing the United States enter a recession. His approval peaked after the 9/11 attacks, but had fallen to historical lows by the end of his second term, making him one of the least liked US presidents.

'''2044: Michael Jackson''' Refers to the {{w|Michael Jackson|pop singer}} who died of drug overdose in 2009.

'''2045: Trying to say Eyjafjallajökull''' Is a reference to a volcano in {{w|Iceland}} that {{w|Eyjafjallajökull#2010 eruptions|erupted}} in 2010. The eruption threw volcanic ash several kilometres up in the atmosphere, which led to air travel disruption in northwest Europe for six days.

'''2046: The Arab Spring''' Refers to the {{w|Arab Spring|wave of revolutions}} that began in late 2010, where many Arabic nations overthrew leaders and started civil wars, with many nations converting to democracies.

'''2047: Anything embarrassing you do today''' Refers to the fact that in 35 years, the majority of Americans will not have been around on this date.

The title text is in reference to the vastly over-saturated programming on VH1 dedicated to the history of the TV universe.

{{Comic discussion}}
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