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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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A little treat from Randall to XKCD readers, offering closure to a situation where none is ordinarily found (along the vein of [[391: Anti-Mindvirus]]). Perhaps to make up for the [[859|unmatched parenthesis he willingly set loose onto the world eleven years ago]].
  
This comic pertains to the use of asterisks and other symbols for [[1208|footnotes]] or endnotes.* It jokes that when an asterisk appears after a word without a corresponding footnote, it refers to this comic. Missing footnotes can be frustrating, so this comic may provide closure for some readers; similar in spirit to [[391: Anti-Mindvirus]] and opposite to the tension created by the unmatched parenthesis in [[859: (]].
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Any good feelings about this closure are short-lived, however, as the title text then reveals that unmatched instances of † (a dagger; a symbol for a secondary footnote) are in fact threats being made with an actual dagger.
  
The title text jokes that unmatched instances of † (the dagger symbol, also used for footnotes) are threats being made by the author to the reader with a physical dagger. As of this writing, it states "If you ever see the † dagger symbol with no '''''un'''''matched footnote...", forming a double negative. This is likely a typo intended as "...no matching footnote."
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The title text, as of writing, says "If you ever see the † dagger symbol with no '''''un'''''matched footnote[...]", forming a double negative. This may be a typo.
 
 
† In some contexts, an unpaired asterisk or dagger may not refer to a footnote, and thus not constitute a mystery. Examples include programming languages and mathematical expressions using asterisks such as for the multiplication operator, and dates of birth and death which are sometimes indicated with an asterisk or dagger respectively.
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[A blank panel with text at the bottom.]
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:[A blank panel with some text at the bottom.]
 
:'''*'''Whenever you see a mystery asterisk that doesn't have a matching footnote, it points here.
 
:'''*'''Whenever you see a mystery asterisk that doesn't have a matching footnote, it points here.
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
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