1079: United Shapes

Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
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That eggplant is in something of a flaccid state.

Link to the even larger version. [1]


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That eggplant is in something of a flaccid state.

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Click on the image above to see the large version, which makes every state perfectly clear.  Additionally, Randall provides a closeup of the Colorado article. [2] (It is obviously a fake Wikipedia article.)

In the large version, all of the items inside the States make sense once you get your head oriented the correct direction.  I can't for the life of me figure out what New York's shape is, but a commenter suggests that it looks like an automatic transmission in cross section.  Any other thoughts?  I guess a key was too obvious.

There is also a pun in the image text on the word State.  It is playing off the definition of the word as a noun (which means "The particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time") and the word as a proper noun as in "The State of Florida".