https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=PydraxAlptaexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-05-23T20:12:02ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2146:_Waiting_for_the_But&diff=1736362146: Waiting for the But2019-05-06T11:39:49Z<p>PydraxAlpta: Me being a fool and placed the caption below the comic discussion header, fixed</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2146<br />
| date = May 6, 2019<br />
| title = Waiting for the But<br />
| image = waiting_for_the_but.png<br />
| titletext = Listen, I'm not a fan of the Spanish Inquisition OR predatory multi-level marketing schemes...<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a BUT. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Often arguments are made in the form of "I favor X, but also Y", where Y is almost but not quite contradictory to X. In this comic,[[Randall]] suggests that the longer the first part is, the worse the second part (after the but) will be. This is supported by the part after [[Ponytail]]'s "but" apparently contradicting several commonly-held views with an extraordinarily weird opinion.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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:<nowiki>[</nowiki>Ponytail and Cueball are having a conversation<nowiki>]</nowiki><br />
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:Ponytail: Listen, I'm all in favor of reducing car accidents, I think arson is a serious crime, and I'm a big fan of those "No Animals Were Harmed" disclaimers at the end of movies...<br />
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:Cueball: (thinking) Uh-oh.<br />
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:Caption below comic: The longer you have to wait for the "but",the worse whatever comes after it is going to be.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>PydraxAlptahttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2146:_Waiting_for_the_But&diff=1736352146: Waiting for the But2019-05-06T11:37:42Z<p>PydraxAlpta: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2146<br />
| date = May 6, 2019<br />
| title = Waiting for the But<br />
| image = waiting_for_the_but.png<br />
| titletext = Listen, I'm not a fan of the Spanish Inquisition OR predatory multi-level marketing schemes...<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a BUT. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Often arguments are made in the form of "I favor X, but also Y", where Y is almost but not quite contradictory to X. In this comic,[[Randall]] suggests that the longer the first part is, the worse the second part (after the but) will be. This is supported by the part after [[Ponytail]]'s "but" apparently contradicting several commonly-held views with an extraordinarily weird opinion.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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:<nowiki>[</nowiki>Ponytail and Cueball are having a conversation<nowiki>]</nowiki><br />
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:Ponytail: Listen, I'm all in favor of reducing car accidents, I think arson is a serious crime, and I'm a big fan of those "No Animals Were Harmed" disclaimers at the end of movies...<br />
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:Cueball: (thinking) Uh-oh.<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
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:Caption below comic: The longer you have to wait for the "but",the worse whatever comes after it is going to be.</div>PydraxAlpta