https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=172.69.90.34&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T15:36:43ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2161:_An_Apple_a_Day&diff=1754752161: An Apple a Day2019-06-19T15:29:19Z<p>172.69.90.34: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2161<br />
| date = June 10, 2019<br />
| title = An Apple a Day<br />
| image = an_apple_a_day.png<br />
| titletext = Even the powerful, tart Granny Smith cultivar is proving ineffective against new Gran-negative doctors.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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"{{w|An apple a day keeps the doctor away}}" is a common English {{w|proverb}} and {{w|rhyme}}. The suggestion is that eating one apple daily will keep you healthy, and therefore reduce your necessity to go to the doctor or, more literally, to {{w|house_call|have the doctor come to you}} as was likely the case when this proverb was first used.<br />
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[[Megan]] is giving a talk, starting with the common proverb, before continuing with "At least, it used to." In a normal scenario, this might have been to imply that eating apples is no longer enough to stay healthy. However, in this comic, this expression is reinterpreted to mean that an apple used to repel a doctor. It also suggests that keeping doctors away is of great importance, presumably because doctors in this scenario are undesirable. The method of action of apples is not specified; they could act as repellents, analogous to {{w|insect repellent}}, or possibly as lethal agents, as {{w|antibiotics}} are to {{w|bacteria}}, or {{w|fungicide|fungicides}} are to {{w|fungus|fungi}}. <br />
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Megan continues with her reinterpretation, mentioning that doctors have become resistant to apples so two or even three may be needed. As control agents become more widely used, organisms which are less sensitive to the control may become more common, as is happening with mosquitoes becoming insensitive to repellents[https://www.nature.com/news/2010/100503/full/news.2010.216.html], or {{w|antimicrobial resistance}}, and {{w|pesticide resistance}}. Such resistant organisms may require higher doses, or use of multiple control agents. <br />
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In the worst cases, doctors have become completely immune to apples (i.e., {{w|superbugs}}). A poster behind Megan shows [[:Category:Doctor Ponytail|Doctor Ponytail]] with three apples above her. Megan advocates using the 'finest' apples only in these cases (a reference to {{w|Multiple drug resistance|multidrug-resistant}} {{w|pathogens}}, where some antibiotics are only used as a last-resort to reduce the development of resistance to them).<br />
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This comic is a clear reference to the {{w|Antibiotic misuse|overuse of antibiotics}} in modern society, leading to an increase in {{w|antimicrobial resistance}} ("Superbugs"), which has seen increasing awareness in the last few years. The {{w|World Health Organization}} had the first [https://antibioticawareness.ca Antibiotic Awareness Week] in 2015, where a talk similar to the one in the comic would seem appropriate. Similar problems occur in growing plants, where various pests (whether insect, fungi, microbes, or plants) adapt to control measures, making control less effective.<br />
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In the title text, this is taken further: "Gran-negative" is a pun on {{w|Gram-negative}}, a category of bacteria. A well-known technique called {{w|Gram staining}} distinguishes two classes of bacteria (Gram positive versus Gram negative) on the basis of properties of their cell walls. In this case, Granny Smith apples are supposedly effective against Gran-positive doctors (since the name begins with "Gran"), making them ineffective against new Gran-negative doctors.<br />
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{{w|Honeycrisp}} and {{w|Granny Smith}} are two different cultivars of apples. Granny Smith apples are a refreshingly tart green apple, which have mixed reviews among apple eaters. Conversely, Honeycrisp are a very sweet apple, considered by some to be "an ideal apple for eating raw", and is the state fruit of Minnesota.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Megan is facing straight out of a slim panel as she stands behind a lectern addressing the reader.]<br />
:Megan: An apple a day keeps the doctor away.<br />
:Megan: Or at least, it used to.<br />
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:[The comic zooms out revealing that Megan and the lectern are standing on a podium. Megan is pointing behind her, with a stick, to at a poster prominently featuring Doctor Ponytail with three apples over her head.]<br />
:Megan: Over time, some doctors have developed a resistance to apples. Keeping them away takes two or three apples instead of one.<br />
:Megan: And there are worrying signs that a few doctors may have become completely immune.<br />
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:[The comic zooms in again on Megan behind the lectern.]<br />
:Megan: So we must stockpile our finest apples in reserve, using them to fend off only the very worst doctors.<br />
:Megan: Honeycrisps still work on most of them, but we don't know for how long.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] <!-- poster --><br />
[[Category:Doctor Ponytail]]<br />
[[Category:Biology]]<br />
[[Category:Food]]</div>172.69.90.34https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2165:_Millennials&diff=175474Talk:2165: Millennials2019-06-19T15:25:28Z<p>172.69.90.34: comments</p>
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I never understand the american obsession with naming generations, and it deeply confuses me. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 14:22, 19 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
:You're calling it an American obsession, but I've never been obsessed with it myself. Instead, I suspect it's an American media obsession, and I'd prefer not to be associated with them. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 14:46, 19 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
::Indeed, the idea of naming generations is primarily a media phenomenon, and none of the generation names more recent than the Baby Boomers have taken hold as strongly as "Baby Boomers" did. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.90.34|172.69.90.34]] 15:25, 19 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
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This is very similar to comic https://xkcd.com/973/ in which White Hat criticizes a different generation. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.160.134|172.69.160.134]] 15:03, 19 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
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I was under the impression that 'millenials' were those born in the 90s, in between gen y and gen z. I think there is a 'slight' trend that my generation has trouble 'growing up' even as adults. Many friends, if they haven't had kids they might still be living at home. Some even have kids and are still living with their parents. Myself, I don't see why a family structure couldn't work that way and still be healthy, I think the 'issue' comes from the older generations trying to keep the societal norms steady, and in the 1950s, when a boy turned 18 he became a 'man' and was promptly kicked out of the house, like a bird from a nest, or something like that... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.58.75|162.158.58.75]] 15:05, 19 June 2019 (UTC) Sam<br />
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In fairness to White Hat, one might plausibly assume from the word "millennial" that it was meant to refer to people born around the turn of the millennium, or people born in the current millennium which is still fairly new as millennia go. It's not obvious that a person born 18 or 19 years before the turn of the millennium ''is'' supposed to be a millennial, while a person born 1 year before or 1 year after the turn of the millennium isn't. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.90.34|172.69.90.34]] 15:25, 19 June 2019 (UTC)</div>172.69.90.34https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2165:_Millennials&diff=1754722165: Millennials2019-06-19T15:16:30Z<p>172.69.90.34: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2165<br />
| date = June 19, 2019<br />
| title = Millennials<br />
| image = millennials.png<br />
| titletext = Ironically, I've been having these same arguments for at least a decade now. I thought we would have moved on by now, but somehow the snide complaints about millennials continue.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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According to [[1962: Generations|the definitive chronology of generations]], millenials are born between 1982 and 1999. Those born in 1982 reached adulthood (18 years) in 2000. As of writing of this comic (mid 2019), this is about 20 years ago.<br />
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In this strip, [[White Hat]] expresses a sentiment of prejudice against millennials, claiming they aren’t prepared for “the real world.” This is a sentiment that sometimes can be found among those of older generations.<br />
However, [[Cueball]] refutes this by saying that many millennials have been adults for almost 20 years, and those that had kids early on are taking them to college. This is due to another common misunderstanding, where “millennial” is thrown around to mean “younger people” in general, even though they may in fact be talking about Generation Z.<br />
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[[White Hat]] refuses to accept this, saying millennials ''are'' the college kids, to which [[Cueball]] says that maybe White Hat is the one not growing up and accepting that millennials are, in fact, adults. The title text builds on this, complaining that [[Randall]] has been having these discussions for over a decade.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:White Hat: I'm just saying&ndash;<br />
:White Hat: All these millennials will be in for a shock when they have to grow up and enter the real world.<br />
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:Cueball: Except...<br />
:Cueball: "Millennials" started reaching adulthood about 20 years ago.<br />
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:Cueball: Which means that some millennials can't respond to your criticism because they're busy taking their kids to check out colleges.<br />
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:White Hat: But ...no, millennials '''are''' college kids!<br />
:Cueball: Maybe ''they're'' not the ones falling to grow and change over time here.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]</div>172.69.90.34https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2038:_Hazard_Symbol&diff=1619242038: Hazard Symbol2018-08-27T14:16:04Z<p>172.69.90.34: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2038<br />
| date = August 27, 2018<br />
| title = Hazard Symbol<br />
| image = hazard_symbol.png<br />
| titletext = The warning diamond on the Materials Safety Data Sheet for this stuff just has the "😰" emoji in all four fields.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a LASER EMITTING RADIOACTIVE SLIPPERY BIOHAZARD - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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The comic emphasizes a conglomerate of warning symbols (described below), drawn in black on top of a 'safety-yellow' background. <br />
*The outer symbol is the outer portion of the international sign for bio hazard (not to be confused with the Jolly Rodger for poison).<br />
** The section is much larger than the other symbols as it contains them all.<br />
*At the center of the biohazard's contribution is the international symbol for radiation.<br />
**The symbol and the remaining symbols are approximately the same size. <br />
*Directly above (at 12:00) radiation is a common American symbol for slippery floors.<br />
**It is a line representing the floor, and a person suspended in air and tilted at an angle as though falling backwards.<br />
*At approximately 4:30, is the symbol for high powered lasers<br />
**This is tilted approximately 225degrees and its tail shorted as a result of the conglomeration. <br />
**This symbol is a trail of a laser, and emission of lines at some imagined point of contact.<br />
*At approximately 7:30 is the inter nation symbol for high voltage<br />
**This is tilted approximately 45degrees, and drawn with significant irregularities.<br />
**This symbol is an inverted Z like, lightning bolt with an arrow tip. <br />
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Under that from is a written caption:<br />
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"It's important to know the international warning symbol for radioactive high-voltage laser-emitting biohazards that coat the floor and make it slippery."<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>172.69.90.34