Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
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| | | titletext = At first I didn't get why they were warning me about all those birds sitting on the wire, but then I understood. | | | titletext = At first I didn't get why they were warning me about all those birds sitting on the wire, but then I understood. |
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| − | ==Explanation==
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| − | {{incomplete|Created by a CLICKING COUNTER- Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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| − | {{w|Geiger counter}}s emit a clicking noise when they detect radiation. Cueball was asked to bring a Geiger counter with apparently no further explanation. Rather than try to inquire further, he simply complied, and soon heard it start clicking. "It clicked" is also slang for a sudden understanding, such as when one "gets" a joke.
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| − | In the title text, Cueball was similarly confused when warned about the large number of birds on a wire. Birds are well-known to rest on suspended power lines or telegraph wires (both colloquially called "wires") particularly in cold weather[https://birdwatchingbuzz.com/why-do-birds-sit-on-power-lines]. "Understood" here is taken in its etymological meaning: to stand under it. Cueball presumably had bird poop fall on him, and then he understood the warning.
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| − | ==Transcript==
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| − | :[Cueball and Ponytail are standing in a wasteland, with large rocks in the background. Cueball is holding a geiger counter, and ponytail is holding a clipboard. Both are wearing hard hats.]
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| − | :Cueball: At first I was confused about why they wanted me to carry a Geiger Counter here, but then it clicked.
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Revision as of 19:30, 15 April 2022
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Title text: At first I didn't get why they were warning me about all those birds sitting on the wire, but then I understood. |
