https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Leafy+Greens&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T23:23:13ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1008:_Suckville&diff=79322Talk:1008: Suckville2014-11-17T01:05:59Z<p>Leafy Greens: </p>
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<div>Wait, how did Megan's smack talk not work, as the explanation states? This is not accurate. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.172|108.162.238.172]] 20:34, 1 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
: Cueball changed the statement from an insult to a statement of fact, implying that in the year 2000, he was literally the only resident of a real town called Suckville, but that the population has grown since then. [[User:Leafy Greens|Leafy Greens]] ([[User talk:Leafy Greens|talk]]) 01:05, 17 November 2014 (UTC)</div>Leafy Greenshttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1001:_AAAAAA&diff=79321Talk:1001: AAAAAA2014-11-17T00:47:10Z<p>Leafy Greens: </p>
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<div>The usefulness of rotation in romance has been mentioned before in [[162: Angular Momentum]]. Perhaps the problem is that they are spinning the bed clockwise instead of counter-clockwise? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 19:18, 28 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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I think the difference lies in the commonly understood meaning of rotation as opposed to say spinning. Rotating can mean slow or fast, but spinning is usually faster. Is there a word that implies a gentleness to the rotation. They probably want a pivoting or turning bed. [[User:DruidDriver|DruidDriver]] ([[User talk:DruidDriver|talk]]) 01:00, 16 January 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Maybe Megan and Cueball would have been more turned on if they instead made a Turing bed.[[Special:Contributions/66.88.136.254|66.88.136.254]] 21:24, 20 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
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The explanation needs to be fixed. The phrase "The rotating bed is supposed to be a sexy device" implies that the device ''itself'' is sexy. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.45|108.162.216.45]] 20:57, 12 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:It's not? Then why am I turned on so much? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.63.180|173.245.63.180]] 23:26, 12 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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::Because of your spinning bed fetish. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.45|108.162.216.45]] 00:42, 13 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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How would a Turning bed help at all with sex? [[User:Benjaminikuta|Benjaminikuta]] ([[User talk:Benjaminikuta|talk]]) 18:10, 7 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Before reading the explanation, I always thought that this was something about frictionless environments. [[User:Leafy Greens|Leafy Greens]] ([[User talk:Leafy Greens|talk]]) 00:47, 17 November 2014 (UTC)</div>Leafy Greenshttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:967:_Prairie&diff=79320Talk:967: Prairie2014-11-16T23:26:07Z<p>Leafy Greens: </p>
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<div>Except it's not a perfect analogy because each grain is a separate entity, and it's an external force, the wind, that produces the wave motion. '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|purple|David}}<font color=green size=3px>y</font></u><font color=indigo size=4px>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 08:24, 9 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
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: It actually works out better than you think, because a laser requires an external energy source to {{w|Laser pumping|pump}} it. Colorado is also shaped like a {{w|Optical cavity|laser cavity}}. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.48.125|173.245.48.125]] 06:36, 1 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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;Purple Mountains Majesties<br />
The song America the Beautiful was written by Katharine Lee Bates, originally in the form of a poem entitled "Pikes Peak", which is a 14,000+ foot peak in Colorado Springs. I changed the phrasing of the article from "which '''may''' in fact allude to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado" to "which '''does''' in fact allude to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado." There is no question of whether the song refers to the Colorado Rocky Mountains.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.55|108.162.215.55]] 20:36, 29 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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"There is a long running joke in the Rocky Mountain West of completely obliterating nearby states, and in particular Nebraska."<br />
Can someone explain this? Maybe it's just because I'm from the east coast, but I have never heard anything about this. Where does the joke come from? How does it go? [[User:Leafy Greens|Leafy Greens]] ([[User talk:Leafy Greens|talk]]) 23:26, 16 November 2014 (UTC)</div>Leafy Greenshttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:877:_Beauty&diff=79318Talk:877: Beauty2014-11-16T21:31:49Z<p>Leafy Greens: </p>
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<div>In his book ''The Pleasure of Finding Things Out'', Richard Feynman takes exception to the common characterization of scientists as unable to see beauty. He also mentioned this in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbFM3rn4ldo 1981 interview].--[[User:Prooffreader|Prooffreader]] ([[User talk:Prooffreader|talk]]) 01:29, 23 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
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08:24, 25 November 2012 (UTC)overanalyze probably is the point where there is no need which could mean while scientist miss the beauty and wonder while others wonder at the Beauty. Though they see beauty in things which are not conventional<br />
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I can't believe nobody's mentioned NetHack. [http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Slime_mold My! That was a yummy slime mold!] [[User:Leafy Greens|Leafy Greens]] ([[User talk:Leafy Greens|talk]]) 21:31, 16 November 2014 (UTC)</div>Leafy Greenshttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=820:_Five-Minute_Comics:_Part_2&diff=79315820: Five-Minute Comics: Part 22014-11-16T20:03:01Z<p>Leafy Greens: /* Explanation */ Fixed spelling of "discotheque" (was previously "disco techs", which, while phonetically accurate, would refer to IT workers from the 80s)</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 820<br />
| date = November 17, 2010<br />
| title = Five-Minute Comics: Part 2<br />
| image = five_minute_comics_part_2.png<br />
| titletext = Dear Wiccan readers: I understand modern Wiccans are not usually all about the curses and hexes. But Darth Vader was recently converted from Episcopalianism and he's still figuring it all out.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This is the second of three "five-minute comics" posts Randall made during November 2010. The introduction to the comic explains everything you need to know about the circumstances behind it.<br />
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*The first comic pokes fun at improbable conspiracy theories. {{w|Dealey Plaza#Grassy knoll|The grassy knoll}} is a location famous among conspiracy theorists who believe it to be the location of an unknown accomplice in the {{w|assassination of John F. Kennedy}}.<br />
:It turns out that, somehow, this will all lead up to a theory that perfectly explains the {{w|September 11 attacks}}.<br />
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*When a woman described as having a "glow" about them, it's usually just a vague sentiment of attractiveness, specifically during pregnancy, which very suddenly reaches its conclusion as a baby is unceremoniously plopped into the world.<br />
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*"{{w|Cogito ergo sum}}" is philosophical statement in Latin, formulated by {{w|René Descartes}}, translated as "I think, therefore I am". Descartes wanted to build a philosophy from scratch, starting with something he could be absolutely certain of. "Cogito ergo cogito", is Latin for "I think, therefore I think." This can even beat "cogito ergo sum" in uncontroversiality, it is a {{w|tautology}}, which is why Cueball describes it as "playing it safe."<br />
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*Besides the cute kids in sheets, the comic on the far right could just be a joke on horror movie tropes and the phrase "buckets of blood." And/or Megan has some ability to fill the kids buckets with blood just by staring at it.<br />
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*To bail out of a plane means to escape the plane, usually via the cockpit's eject mechanism. To bail out a boat means to manually drain water coming onto the ship with buckets. The pilots here have confused the two, although if a plane was somehow taking on a large amount of water, bailing out that water would be a reasonable course of action.<br />
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*Sometimes, TV shows will tell true stories while playing up the drama angle for ratings purposes. In these cases, they will often air a notice similar to "The following program is a dramatization of real events" before the show, to indicate that the story they're about to tell is true, albeit not as a literally accurate retelling of events. But how do your dramatize the utterly mundane - say, making a sandwich? The answer is screaming. Senseless, inexplicable screaming.<br />
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*{{w|Black light}}s are a kind of lamp that filters out sub-purple light. This means that the only light it gives off is a small amount of purple light, plus plenty of ultraviolet light. Ultraviolet light is invisible to humans, but it is noticeable in a few ways; it hurts the eyes, which is why it's hard to focus on things under a black light; it causes sunburns, although the amount given off by a black light is far too insignificant to do this in a realistic time; and it causes a fluorescence reaction in some some food stains and dust making them appear to glow, which is why the robes look dirty. As such, a "{{w|Lightsaber|blacklightsaber}}" would, indeed, be a bad idea.<br />
**It also causes a fluorescent reaction in several types of cloth - which is why it has been used in discotheques, because of the way people in white t-shirts will light up.<br />
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*Most judicial systems have a {{w|jury}}, a panel of impartial laymen that, primarily, determines the guilt or innocence of a suspected criminal. "Ladies and gentlemen" is a formal way of addressing a crowd, and so Cueball addresses the jury as "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury."<br />
:However, it turns out the jury consists only of women, so the "gentlemen" part is not needed. This poses a problem to Cueball's defense, which apparently relied on somewhat sexist tactics. This, sadly, is not too uncommon in real life.<br />
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*The commander's first line is a line from ''{{w|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope}}''. In the original film, the commander was cut off by {{w|Darth Vader}} using {{w|Force_(Star_Wars)|the Force}} to strangle him, delivering the rebuttal "I find your lack of faith disturbing."<br />
:Instead of belief in the Force as in the movie, the "ancient religion" referred to here is actually {{w|Wicca}}, a modern pagan religion with two deities that is most notable for practicing magic. So, naturally, Darth Vader puts a hex on the commander's family.<br />
:The title text notes that modern Wiccans don't really practice the whole "putting hexes on people" thing, which is true. Episcopalianism probably refers to the {{w|Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church of the United States}}, which was founded during the American Revolution to replace the Church of England in the colonies.<br />
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:Because of a family illness, instead of regular comics, this week I'll be sharing some strips that I drew as part of a game I played with friends. Each comic had to be written and drawn in five minutes.<br />
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:--Randall<br />
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====Comic #1====<br />
:[A ninja is hiding under a diving board as a man runs along it.]<br />
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:[The man jumps on the end of the board and hits the ninja in the head, knocking him into the pool.]<br />
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:[The ninja floats in the water. A bullet passes through the man's head.]<br />
:''thwipp''<br />
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:[The man is lying bleeding on the diving board, the ninja is still unconscious on the pool.]<br />
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:[A sniper is at the top of a hill. The sign in front of the hill says "Grassy Knoll".]<br />
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:[Someone is pointing at the diagram of the previous panel.]<br />
:Off-panel voice: Wait, so ''what'' does this have to do with 9/11, again?<br />
:Cueball: I ''said'' I'm getting there!<br />
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====Comic #2====<br />
:[Cueball is studying Megan.]<br />
:Cueball: You look different.<br />
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:Cueball: You have this... <u>glow</u> about you.<br />
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:[They stare in silence.]<br />
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:[A baby falls out of Megan.]<br />
:''plop''<br />
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====Comic #3====<br />
:Megan: Cogito ergo cogito.<br />
:Off-panel voice: Playing it safe, huh?<br />
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====Comic #4====<br />
:[Two children dressed up as ghosts are standing in front of Megan at a door, each carrying a bag.]<br />
:Children: Trick or treat!<br />
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:[Megan doesn't move.]<br />
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:Child: Um hi. Why are you just standing there?<br />
:Other Child: Candy?<br />
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:[Another silent panel as the children stare up at Megan.]<br />
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:[The second child looks in their bag.]<br />
:Other Child: Oh God, my bag of candy.<br />
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:Other Child: It's filling with blood.<br />
:Child: We should go.<br />
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====Comic #5====<br />
:[A jet is flying across the panel.]<br />
:Pilot: Bail out! Bail out! Bail out!<br />
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:[The pilot and copilot have buckets, and are bailing water out of the cockpit.]<br />
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====Comic #6====<br />
:The following is a dramatization of real events.<br />
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:[Cueball is at a counter, with several jars.]<br />
:Cueball: AAAAAAAAAAAAA I'm making a sandwich! AAAAAAAAAA!<br />
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====Comic #7====<br />
:[Two people are carrying lightsabers and wearing robes.]<br />
:Cueball: Oh God, my eyes won't focus right! And your robe looks... really dirty!<br />
:My blacklightsaber was not a success.<br />
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====Comic #8====<br />
:[Cueball is standing.]<br />
:Cueball: Ladies and gentlemen of the jury...<br />
:Off-screen voice: It seems we happen to be all ladies, actually.<br />
:Cueball: ...in that case, this defense is going to appear <u>extremely</u> ill-advised.<br />
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====Comic #9====<br />
:[Darth Vader is sitting between two people, at a table.]<br />
:Cueball: Your sad devotion to that ancient religion hasn't helped you conjur up the stolen data tapes, or given you—<br />
:Darth Vader: ''HEY.'' Wicca is a legitimate belief system!<br />
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:[Darth Vader is drawing a pentagram on the table.]<br />
:Cueball: What are you—<br />
:Darth Vader: Putting a <u>hex</u> on your family.<br />
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<div>Any specific solution to Megan, the phycisist, and the lucky third,s problem would result in chaotic motion and no apearent repetitions. Which sounds like fun, i don,t see what Megan,s problem was. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.191|173.245.56.191]] 16:05, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I don't think this really explains the comic. The three body problem wasn't explained anywhere near enough. [[User:Leafy Greens|Leafy Greens]] ([[User talk:Leafy Greens|talk]]) 17:21, 16 November 2014 (UTC)</div>Leafy Greenshttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:593:_Voynich_Manuscript&diff=79311Talk:593: Voynich Manuscript2014-11-16T17:05:40Z<p>Leafy Greens: </p>
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<div>I feel that the title text is not well enough explained, but I don't know if it's enough to add an incomplete tag. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.163|108.162.254.163]] 03:37, 2 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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[http://www.santa-coloma.net/voynich_drebbel/voynich.html|It has been proposed] that the VM is a token artifact for Francis Bacon's utopian book ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Atlantis|New Atlantis]''. Under this theory, it would be akin to a prop replica made in relatively recent times. {{unsigned|Ishldgetoutmore}}<br />
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I feel like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus Codex Seraphinianus] should be mentioned, but I'm not sure how it would fit in. [[User:Leafy Greens|Leafy Greens]] ([[User talk:Leafy Greens|talk]]) 17:05, 16 November 2014 (UTC)</div>Leafy Greenshttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:471:_Aversion_Fads&diff=79310Talk:471: Aversion Fads2014-11-16T15:37:35Z<p>Leafy Greens: </p>
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<div>The inclusion of a Fox is notable, within the Furry community foxes are the most populous species [Citation: https://sites.google.com/site/anthropomorphicresearch/home ] and subjected to a degree of derision from other furs.<br />
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[[Special:Contributions/78.40.152.129|78.40.152.129]] 10:45, 12 January 2013 (UTC) Feefers (A Furry)<br />
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:Your mention of fox-morphism reminds me of {{w|Lady into Fox}}, from the 1920s... Probably not relevent, but perhaps interesting as a pre-Internet example that is not itself an ancient fable, legend or allegory. (No Rule 34ing, though, that I recall). [[Special:Contributions/178.107.249.215|178.107.249.215]] 22:22, 11 June 2013 (UTC)<br />
::At that novel a lady suddenly turns into a real fox, this is not true for this comic. It's just the Furry community.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:02, 12 June 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Does anyone know if this is Randall's actual opinion of furries? I've wondered that ever since I first read this comic. [[User:Leafy Greens|Leafy Greens]] ([[User talk:Leafy Greens|talk]]) 15:37, 16 November 2014 (UTC)</div>Leafy Greenshttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:252:_Escalators&diff=79304Talk:252: Escalators2014-11-16T02:40:52Z<p>Leafy Greens: </p>
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<div>I just wanted to point out that I think it's funny how in-depth some of these wiki's are and how others aren't. In this one we have good hearted contributors explaining what an escalator is, while in [[Appropriate Term|the last article I read]] the author uses NSFW as if it's common parlance. My rhetorical question is this: who, reading this article, immediately recognizes the acronym NSFW yet has no previous knowledge of escalators? Although not an Explain XKCD reader, my kindergartener has less knowledge of work ethics (let alone Internet slang regarding work ethics) yet has a basic understanding of escalators in popular culture, including the phenomenon of "running up the down". That is all ;) [[Special:Contributions/71.154.215.156|71.154.215.156]] 17:51, 10 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
:Welcome to public wiki's ;-) You get what people are willing to write. Both articles could do with some wikilinks. [[User:Markhurd|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd|talk]]) 18:37, 10 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
:Haha! I suppose someone who spends all his time indoors on the internet would understand NSFW but not an escalator. Maybe that's who I was writing for. And maybe that says too much about my life. ;) --[[User:Druid816|Druid816]] ([[User talk:Druid816|talk]]) 21:54, 16 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
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I've confirmed "tangent graph" is from the official transcript, but it doesn't look like a tangent graph, except perhaps on its side. It looks more like a bell curve to me. [[User:Markhurd|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd|talk]]) 10:18, 26 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
:I have to assume by "tangent graph" he doesn't literally mean a graph of the trigonometric tangent function, but a graph that shows an asymptotic approach to a particular value (in this case, probably zero). [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223|108.162.219.223]] 19:14, 17 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I changed the explanation to make it less about what an escalator is, and more about the intent behind the joke. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223|108.162.219.223]] 19:14, 17 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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It depends on what kind of escalators it is. If you are running up the 70-meter-long down escalator which has a [[Chin-Up Bar]] at the end of it, you should feel like what you was supposed to feel.--[[User:Handbug|Handbug]] ([[User talk:Handbug|talk]]) 04:19, 11 September 2014 (UTC)<br />
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It also depends on whether you have need of doing this, for example if you are rushing to the metro station finding an overcrowded upward escalator and a sparsely crowded downward escalator every day, then you will have much strong urge to put in that chart.--[[User:Handbug|Handbug]] ([[User talk:Handbug|talk]]) 04:23, 11 September 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I've actually run up a down escalator. It was: 1) exciting, and 2) actually pretty hard to do. [[User:Leafy Greens|Leafy Greens]] ([[User talk:Leafy Greens|talk]]) 02:40, 16 November 2014 (UTC)</div>Leafy Greenshttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:244:_Tabletop_Roleplaying&diff=79300Talk:244: Tabletop Roleplaying2014-11-16T02:29:05Z<p>Leafy Greens: </p>
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<div>Maybe could have a link to [[969: Delta-P]] put in at an appropriate juncture in the explanation? [[Special:Contributions/178.98.31.27|178.98.31.27]] 03:42, 21 June 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Check out https://www.google.com/#q=recursion[[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.202|108.162.219.202]] 03:52, 3 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I may be missing something, but why are the teleportation rings given a dimension "each about two feet in diameter" in the explanation? There isn't anything in the comic. If there is a reason, please elaborate.--[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 16:02, 1 September 2014 (UTC)<br />
Perhaps it's in reference to the apparent size of Portal gun holes? I'm not sure, anyone else have any ideas? [[User:Leafy Greens|Leafy Greens]] ([[User talk:Leafy Greens|talk]]) 02:29, 16 November 2014 (UTC)</div>Leafy Greenshttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:237:_Keyboards_are_Disgusting&diff=79299Talk:237: Keyboards are Disgusting2014-11-16T02:21:34Z<p>Leafy Greens: </p>
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<div>This needs to be added to Category:Comics with color but I have no idea how. 17:01, 22 June 2013 (UTC)<br />
:I can't see any color, am I blind?--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:44, 22 June 2013 (UTC)<br />
::Dgbrt, look at the last panel. [[Special:Contributions/131.191.68.103|131.191.68.103]] 08:10, 5 July 2013 (UTC)<br />
:::Uhhh, the dust... so I'm blind ;) --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 10:31, 5 July 2013 (UTC)<br />
::::Yeah, the dust is very slightly coloured (dark blues, greens, and browns). Unfortunately, I don't know how to add it either.[[Special:Contributions/67.188.195.182|67.188.195.182]] 22:58, 5 September 2013 (UTC)<br />
::If anybody else can't see it, try shaking your keyboard upside down over your face. {{unsigned|Jolbucley}}<br />
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I tried this trick with my new Netbook. The effect is actually pretty impressive (especially with the € on-key). [[Special:Contributions/67.188.195.182|67.188.195.182]] 22:58, 5 September 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Tried to see the color with by shaking keyboard upside down over face. Did not work. {{unsigned ip|108.162.245.57}}<br />
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Even though he's not shown, I think it's pretty safe to assume that Black Hat is on the other end of the chat. [[User:Leafy Greens|Leafy Greens]] ([[User talk:Leafy Greens|talk]]) 02:21, 16 November 2014 (UTC)</div>Leafy Greens