Talk:3113: Fix This Sign

I'm not certain, but this feels like Black Hat's doing (who's doing this for the irritation factor, not the money). 2001:1C02:1A9D:9700:9DCE:6FD1:E813:D91B 20:15, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

He could easily be doing it for both. Putting up this sign and then not fixing it when people actually pay sounds like the stunt he would pull. 2601:647:8500:1E09:8424:D57A:75C9:D207 20:38, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

The caption says "my," so it seems this would be Randall.--2600:100F:B13F:CB34:0:1E:BAC1:7001 22:02, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

What happens when everything is bought? Does the sign just stay up? Does it reset after a while? Is it removed? 2601:647:8500:1E09:8424:D57A:75C9:D207 20:40, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

the s and the i in "SIGN" are also too close to each other An user who has no account yet (talk) 22:00, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

This feels like a continuation of My Hobby, or perhaps a sequel series. Also, how do we know that the prices aren't typos? The true value could be WAY more expensive. Redacted II (talk) 00:18, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

This business model is reminiscent of their.™ from SMBC https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/their which would suggest that once the fixes have all been bought the sign is simply replaced with a worse one. 169.150.208.130 04:22, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Where can we donate to fix the explainxkcd server? Also, those are not donations, as you get clear value for it. $1000: Change "Do(a)nate" to "Pay us". --Coconut Galaxy (talk) 05:22, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

My limited experience with the printing industry is that the graphic designers are not the object but the subject of the verb 'extorting' because they will bill you a lot for trivial changes even if it's to fix tgeir own mistakes. 109.37.229.249 11:06, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

"Tgeir"... Can I PayPal you $50? --174.174.4.79 14:06, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Shouldn't fixing the typo be the most expensive? You don't even need to be a graphic designer, lots of ordinary people should be bothered by it. Surely it's more annoying than non-centered text. Barmar (talk) 14:19, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Most to least annoying: Typo/column alignment (equal); text size; use of exclamation point; excessive whitespace; rotation/centring (equal); kerning. I'm also bothered by how far past the posts the sides of the sign extend. 82.13.184.33 15:37, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Honestly, I think Randall missed a trick - the posts are equidistant from their respective sides of the sign. Putting one post closer to its edge than the other would be yet another design annoyance that might prompt pedants such as I to pay up!

I think Randall is also trying to get pedantics upset by using the term "forward slashes" instead of just "slashes" - Just like a mouse doesn't have a "left click" button, only a "click" or "right click"

I definitely use "left click" when talking to the less-informed users. Also, pedantic of me, but you mean "pedants", not "pedantics". SDSpivey (talk) 15:08, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

I'm sure you've also come across situations where you've said "And now you left-click on that...", and the person you're trying to help goes "which one's Left Click?". ;)

PS. "pedant" is the third-person present active indicative plural of the Latin singular "pedō" (to 'give feet'/'prop up'), which I think is interestng. :P 92.23.2.228 20:42, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

I had some time when I have to call slash and backslash by ‘丿-slash’ and ‘乀-slash’ (See Chinese character strokes#Basic strokes). 物灵 (talk) 08:46, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

Pedanticically, it doesn't have a "right click" either - it (usually) has a left button and a right button, which can be assigned to a primary click and a secondary click. If, like me, you have your mouse configured left handed, then the right button is the (primary) "click", and the left button is the secondary. 82.13.184.33 08:18, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

Donate to fix mkdocstrings!!! https://mkdocstrings.github.io/insiders/ (this is just a stupid joke, mkdocstrings is AWESOME!!!) 76.143.181.203 15:04, 28 September 2025 (UTC)