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<p>Tomari7: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1490<br /> | date = February 23, 2015<br /> | title = Atoms<br /> | image = atoms.png<br /> | titletext = When I was little I had trouble telling my dad apart form the dog. I always recognized my mom because she had a bunch of extra plutoniums in her middle. I never did ask her why ...<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> In this cartoon, [[Megan]] appears to be preparing some substance for chemical analysis. [[Beret Guy]] seems to be able to tell what elements the substance is composed of just by eyeballing it. Megan finds this bizarre and asks him what is wrong with him. Beret Guy responds, a little arrogant, wondering if Megan had too much zinc (like she has a bad day for questioning him). He states that he suspects he contains too much zinc becuase people think he is weird, but he finds Megan is more strange asking questions what is normal for him; missing Megan’s point: what is weird is not Beret guy’s zinc content, but his tendency to apparently see everyone as clouds of atoms.<br /> <br /> The cartoon continues the theme of Beret Guy’s naïve misunderstandings of scientific terminology turning to be literally true: in another [[1486: Vacuum|recent cartoon]] his ill-informed misinterpretation of the notion of energy in the vacuum resulted in him gaining significant superpowers.<br /> <br /> In the title text, the concept is taken even further: Beret Guy found his dad indistinguishable from a dog; and apparently could recognize his mother only because she contained plutonium ― a very unusual occurrence that cannot possibly occur in nature ― either she had a pacemaker, or she was the victim of unethical medical experimentation. Thus the reason for his abnormality.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :Beret guy: What’re you doing?<br /> :<br /> :Megan: Testing a sample for beryllium.<br /> :Beret guy: That? Yeah, there’s a bunch of berylliums.<br /> :Megan: How do you know?<br /> :<br /> :Beret guy: Look at it! See? Tons of oxygens and silicons, a few irons but definitely some berylliums too! Can’t you see them?<br /> :<br /> :Megan: No, I can’t see a list of the atoms in a thing by looking.<br /> :Beret guy: How do you tell what things are?<br /> :<br /> :Megan: This is ridiculous. Look at me. What do you see?<br /> :Beret guy: You have tons of metal in your face. Lots of fillings, I guess?<br /> :<br /> :Megan: What’s wrong with you?<br /> :Beret guy: Too many zincs? I’ve always worried I had too much zincs and everyone thought I was weird.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]</div>

Tomari7 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1472:_Geography&diff=82525 2015-01-12T11:10:11Z

<p>Tomari7: </p> <hr /> <div>Anybody notice that he drew an isthmus but didn't label it? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.94|108.162.221.94]] 05:49, 12 January 2015 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Does Randall play Dwarf Fortress? Because the perfect map to build your fort on looks about like this. Volcano near the sea is especially neat luxury. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.80.121|141.101.80.121]] 06:57, 12 January 2015 (UTC)<br /> <br /> :[[1223: Dwarf Fortress]] suggests he does. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 09:00, 12 January 2015 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Would be nice if there could be an example of the sort of map that Randall is referring to from a textbook for people who've never seen them or don't remember. {{unsigned ip|199.27.128.91}}<br /> <br /> I'd be interested to hear where in the world people claim matches this best. Boston...? I ain't buying that one. {{unsigned ip|108.162.225.44}}<br /> <br /> Examples like Randall was talking about that I found on Google images.<br /> [http://www.aparisgarcia.net/advwebdesign/LandandWaterFeaturesmap.jpg 1]<br /> [https://ts-cdn-teachstarterptyl.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/TeachingResources_GeographicFeatures_Poster_US.jpg 2]<br /> These appear to be two pages of the same picture: [http://secageography.weebly.com/uploads/2/4/8/8/24881589/2206129_orig.jpg 3] [http://secageography.weebly.com/uploads/2/4/8/8/24881589/9094980_orig.jpg 4]<br /> I'm not sure if they're good enough quality to add to the main article, but if someone thinks they are, feel free. For someone who's never seen them before, they're fairly common in elementary school social studies or geography textbooks; I remember seeing them multiple times in mine. [[User:Tomari7|Tomari7]] ([[User talk:Tomari7|talk]]) 11:10, 12 January 2015 (UTC)</div>

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