https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Woteexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-05-14T18:23:43ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3116:_Echo_Chamber&diff=381440Talk:3116: Echo Chamber2025-07-17T15:05:04Z<p>Wote: </p>
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Sorry no " somehow also causing the events themselves to happen repeatedly" is wrong; the point is that people post videos of their cats doing "things" repeatedly; that's just what happens, not an implied effect of the echo chamber itself. [[Special:Contributions/31.54.45.20|31.54.45.20]] 08:39, 17 July 2025 (UTC)<br />
: Weird things happen in xkcd-land. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33|82.13.184.33]] 09:14, 17 July 2025 (UTC)<br />
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What has {{w|The dress}} got to do with an eco chamber? Seems like a poor example. [[Special:Contributions/192.101.166.237|192.101.166.237]] 09:51, 17 July 2025 (UTC)<br />
: Agree. It was an optical illusion that people even very close together, perceived differently, nothing to do with echoing each other's arguments. --[[User:Jarfil|Jarfil]] ([[User talk:Jarfil|talk]]) 13:40, 17 July 2025 (UTC)<br />
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I think the "purely partisan fishing expedition" might be the other way around: Cueball expected an expedition where actual fishing would happen, but got into a "purely partisan" or metaphorical "fishing expedition". --[[User:Jarfil|Jarfil]] ([[User talk:Jarfil|talk]]) 13:40, 17 July 2025 (UTC)<br />
: I agree on that front. Additionally, I'm not sure where the "fishing poles made from polearms" thing is coming from, since the actual joke here is almost certainly a reference to the practice of {{w|Spearfishing}}, with "purely partisan" implying that it's spearfishing done strictly with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partisan_(weapon) partisans]. [[User:Wote|Wote]] ([[User talk:Wote|talk]]) 15:05, 17 July 2025 (UTC)<br />
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I've been near the center of a very echo-y solid walled spherical dome. Basically the real version of this cartoon but more like 5-7 persons tall. This one was used for the projection surface of a flight training device. The acoustics near the center are just WEIRD. Your voice comes back to you as if you were speaking directly into your own ear but somebody just a few feet away sound as if they're halfway across the room. It's ... unsettling but a neat experience. [[Special:Contributions/130.76.187.35|130.76.187.35]] 15:02, 17 July 2025 (UTC)</div>Wote