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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{w|Randall Munroe|Randall}} likes {{w|electric skateboard|electric skateboards}} and this comic is just showing a simple move where [[Cueball]] drives one from A to B. It's not very artistic but the "chicks" are cheering. The humor of the comic is an understated joke that if you use an electric skateboard just to get around, by the time you get to where you are going, there will be a group of chicks cheering and following you are because electric skateboards are just that awesome. ("Pickup artists"[http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Pickup_Artists] would be disappointed to learn that this is not actually accurate, as it would save them the bother of "sleazy" social manipulation of the desired "chicks", assuming they can afford to acquire an electric skateboard instead.) | |
− | + | In the title text Randall tells us that both of his two electric skateboards were cheap and have been worn down by heavy use. If he ever moves to a (the) city he will buy a really nice skateboard. If it is to be able to get around over the shorter distances of the city or if it is just because there are many more "chicks" to impress is left up to the readers imagination. | |
− | + | Electric skateboards have been the subject of several other comics like [[409: Electric Skateboard (Double Comic)]], a panel in [[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]] and the entire [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:The_Race The Race] five part comic series. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:How electric skateboards work: | :How electric skateboards work: | ||
− | :[Cueball is standing on a skateboard, just to the right of a sign. | + | :[Cueball is standing on a skateboard, just to the right of a sign. he pushes a button on the remote he has in his hand. The remote is connected to his skateboard through a wire.] |
:Sign: Point A | :Sign: Point A | ||
:''Click'' | :''Click'' | ||
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:''Whirrrr'' | :''Whirrrr'' | ||
− | :[He stops just in front of another sign. To his left | + | :[He stops just in front of another sign saying. To his left is three girls; Megan, Ponytail and another Megan-like girl with even longer hair than the first. Below them are three arrows pointing to each of them and a label connected to all three arrow.] |
:Sign: Point B | :Sign: Point B | ||
:Label: Chicks | :Label: Chicks |