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| titletext = Especially you mouseover text readers. You're the best. <3
| titletext = Especially you mouseover text readers. You're the best <3
 
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
The {{w|Sierpinski Triangle}} is a fractal pattern made of triangles, covering a space. The <3 in the title text is an {{w|emoticon}} for a heart.
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A {{w|Valentine's Day}} card from [[Randall]] to the xkcd readers. It is written inside a parody of the {{w|Sierpinski Triangle}}, a Sierpinski Valentine.
Another relevant comic is [[95:The Sierpinski Penis Game]]
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[[File:SierpinskiTriangle.jpg|frame|A Sierpinski triangle.]]
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The {{w|Sierpinski Triangle}} is a fractal pattern made of triangles, covering a space. The way it works is to draw a triangle and draw another (upside down) one in the middle. Choose the upper, left and right triangle and repeat the process. Another valentine in the shape of a heart is [[63: Valentine - Heart]].
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The <3 in the title text is an {{w|emoticon}} for a heart and goes out to those of his readers that read the [[Title text|title text]]. Those who read the title text are usually more devoted to know that such a thing exists.
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Another relevant comic to the Sierpinski Triangle is [[95: The Sierpinski Penis Game]].
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[shows an adaptation of the sierpinski triangle fractal, using hearts instead of triangles]
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:[Shows an adaptation of the Sierpinski triangle fractal, using hearts instead of triangles.]
:center: Happy valentine's day
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:Happy valentine's day.
:Bottom right: -xkcd
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::-xkcd
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{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
[[Category:Valentines]]
 
[[Category:Valentines]]
 
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[[Category:Comics with color]]

Revision as of 04:58, 5 January 2016

Sierpinski Valentine
Especially you mouseover text readers. You're the best. <3
Title text: Especially you mouseover text readers. You're the best. <3

Explanation

A Valentine's Day card from Randall to the xkcd readers. It is written inside a parody of the Sierpinski Triangle, a Sierpinski Valentine.

A Sierpinski triangle.

The Sierpinski Triangle is a fractal pattern made of triangles, covering a space. The way it works is to draw a triangle and draw another (upside down) one in the middle. Choose the upper, left and right triangle and repeat the process. Another valentine in the shape of a heart is 63: Valentine - Heart.

The <3 in the title text is an emoticon for a heart and goes out to those of his readers that read the title text. Those who read the title text are usually more devoted to know that such a thing exists.

Another relevant comic to the Sierpinski Triangle is 95: The Sierpinski Penis Game.

Transcript

[Shows an adaptation of the Sierpinski triangle fractal, using hearts instead of triangles.]
Happy valentine's day.
-xkcd


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