User contributions
- 14:24, 20 April 2024 (diff | hist) . . (-141) . . 2922: Pub Trivia (→Explanation: The British Isles are *NOT* equivalent to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. They're a geographic feature which includes, among other things, southern Ireland.)
- 18:41, 10 April 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . m 1439: Rack Unit (→Explanation: We don't know whether Black Hate bothered with that. Rotating server racks seems like a "stage 2" sort of innovation, implemented after people complain about stage 1's honey dripping on their servers.) (current)
- 02:04, 4 April 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+208) . . 2915: Eclipse Clouds (→Explanation: Hopefully people are familiar with the laws of Murphy and Finagle.)
- 15:33, 5 March 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+165) . . 1256: Questions (→Illustrated Panels: Decided to clean up and expand one section. Decided NOT to go into a tangent about how the cultural fixation on sex impacts asexuals.)
- 15:23, 5 March 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+253) . . Talk:2897: Light Leap Years (current)
- 00:08, 5 March 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . 2902: Ice Core (→Explanation: for the shaker.)
- 15:43, 19 February 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+320) . . 2867: DateTime (Calendars, man.) (current)
- 17:33, 13 February 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+226) . . 1779: 2017 (→Explanation: I was wondering this, so I did a little research and added my findings here.)
- 17:07, 13 February 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+423) . . m Talk:2892: Banana Prices (What it says.)
- 19:43, 11 January 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+566) . . 2879: Like This One (→Explanation: Added some random stuff.)
- 00:59, 28 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+206) . . Talk:2873: Supersymmetry (I know she's not a canon character; I just thought it would be a funny thing to say.)
- 04:47, 25 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+113) . . 1788: Barge (→Explanation) (current)
- 22:07, 20 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+282) . . Talk:161: Accident (Music advice: Go look up Vikas Music's Deja Vu eurobeat remix, aka "Deja Vu but Its Deja Vu but Its Deja Vu but its Deja Vu but its Deja Vu but its Deja Vu but its Deja Vu") (current)
- 00:52, 19 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+546) . . Talk:2869: Puzzles (Response! Analysis! Why? Dunno!)
- 18:28, 24 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+399) . . Talk:2383: Electoral Precedent 2020 (I was planning to just add the "prediction" comment, then I saw a silly comment and responded to it in a silly manner.) (current)
- 16:06, 18 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m 2765: Escape Speed (→Celestial Bodies and Collectable Items: Minor edit for precision. The exclamation point is also upside-down, after all!)
- 17:13, 16 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+151) . . 2854: Date Line (→Explanation: Any wiki whose editors don't try to edit other additions into cohesive paragraphs will end up looking like one lecturer having an argument with themself.)
- 20:43, 23 October 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . 2844: Black Holes vs Regular Holes (→Explanation: Unless the two of them made a bet that Mr. Munroe and I are unaware of, that sentence should be placed one paragraph earlier than it was.)
- 19:48, 9 October 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+72) . . 1937: IATA Airport Abbreviations (→Explanation: Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe not. Probably is though.)
- 05:06, 3 October 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+148) . . Talk:2049: Unfulfilling Toys
- 22:47, 27 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+199) . . Talk:2833: Lying
- 04:59, 26 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+25) . . 2833: Lying (→Explanation: I'm pretty sure kids these days will be more familiar with the game under the Werewolf name.)
- 14:28, 16 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+332) . . Talk:2829: Iceberg Efficiency (Engineering suggestion)
- 23:19, 23 August 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+242) . . Talk:2819: Pronunciation (Suggestion/Request)
- 02:38, 17 August 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+78) . . 2816: Types of Solar Eclipse (→Explanation)
- 20:41, 16 August 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+153) . . 2815: Car Wash (→Explanation: A little restructuring, a little joking.)
- 19:53, 14 August 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+26) . . 2813: What To Do (→Explanation: I'm surprised nobody added something like this in the other joke edits.)
- 20:02, 9 August 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+143) . . 2813: What To Do (→Explanation)
- 03:04, 25 June 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+17) . . m 2793: Garden Path Sentence (→Explanation: Added a dumb little joke. There's no rule saying a golden retriever can't go on strike; they just lack the class consciousness to do so.)
- 06:44, 24 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+107) . . 96: Mail (→Explanation: It's 1 AM and I think this is funny.) (current)
- 18:59, 3 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+88) . . 2243: Star Wars Spoiler Generator (→Table: Irrelevant to the topic at hand, but very silly.)
- 18:25, 3 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+116) . . 2243: Star Wars Spoiler Generator (Added a citation, as requested.)
- 19:08, 19 April 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+73) . . 1710: Walking Into Things (→Explanation: It's not really ironic. Reading something on your phone while walking around isn't a social activity.) (current)
- 04:19, 4 April 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+210) . . 2270: Picking Bad Stocks (The prior editors were presuming the success of a venture which seems custom-built to be unsuccessful.)
- 00:23, 2 April 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+234) . . 1822: Existential Bug Reports (Starlifting!) (current)
- 16:25, 15 March 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+190) . . 1375: Astronaut Vandalism (→Explanation: When I have more time, I should look for the [citation needed] template.)
- 19:49, 12 March 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-85) . . 2396: Wonder Woman 1984 (→Explanation: It's her tickets. She explicitly says she noticed "the date on my ticket" changing.) (current)
- 00:37, 29 December 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+20) . . 2717: L6 Lagrange Point (→Explanation: Sometimes, explaining the joke is also a joke.)
- 17:21, 16 December 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+15) . . 2711: Optimal Bowling (→Explanation: Do you ever wonder if Randall Munroe reads this website to see what silly stuff we say about his comics?)
- 20:15, 9 December 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . m 2708: Mystery Asterisk Destination (→Explanation: This is closer to the title text, and still grammatically valid.)
- 17:40, 7 December 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+116) . . 2375: Worst Ladder (→Explanation: GIS'd "worst ladder," two of the first three results were this comic on xkcd.com and this comic on explainxkcd.com.)
- 06:18, 24 November 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+27) . . 2702: What If 2 Gift Guide (→Explanation: I couldn't get an internal link to work right, so...I didn't.)
- 06:14, 24 November 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+359) . . Talk:2702: What If 2 Gift Guide (Instead of explanation, web page contained confusion. Would not click again.)
- 20:39, 18 November 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+111) . . 2272: Ringtone Timeline (→Explanation: This is why my dad set his phone to vibrate 24/7 back in the novelty ringtone era.)
- 05:07, 17 November 2022 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m 2699: Feature Comparison (→Explanation: This order seems more sensible. Explain what the Cybiko is before explaining its features.)
- 00:04, 3 November 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+182) . . 2536: Wirecutter (→Explanation: 30% joke, 70% chance to point out cool relevant historical phenomenon.)
- 20:22, 19 October 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+59) . . 1394: Superm*n (→Explanation: * is a flexible thing.) (current)
- 05:38, 13 October 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+968) . . 2684: Road Space Comparison (→Explanation: Random additions)
- 05:30, 13 October 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+233) . . Talk:2684: Road Space Comparison (BRB, sketching schematics for a two-person hamster ball.)
- 20:53, 12 October 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+190) . . Talk:2684: Road Space Comparison (Hm. How many goats can the humans protect at once, and how many things can the boat hold at once?)
- 17:26, 28 September 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+101) . . 2675: Pilot Priority List (→Table of extended priority items)
- 04:30, 22 September 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . 2675: Pilot Priority List (→Table of extended priority items: In tables like this, we normally distinguish between stuff what shows up in the body of the comic and stuff what shows up in the title text. That's what I did.)
- 01:51, 7 September 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+185) . . Talk:857: Archimedes
- 06:54, 30 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+143) . . 2665: America Songs (→Explanation: Someone mentioned it in the comments, thought it deserved to be mentioned here.)
- 06:52, 30 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+237) . . Talk:2665: America Songs
- 19:28, 29 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+622) . . 2665: America Songs (→Explanation: Round 2)
- 19:22, 29 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+611) . . 2665: America Songs (→Explanation: Basic start.)
- 19:03, 29 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+212) . . 826: Guest Week: Zach Weiner (SMBC) (There wasn't a Trivia section before, but I noticed something too trivial to put anywhere else.)
- 15:19, 8 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+232) . . 2655: Asking Scientists Questions (→Explanation: Just adding a random note.)
- 22:24, 5 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+1,610) . . 2655: Asking Scientists Questions (A basic, threadbare →Explanation)
- 22:12, 5 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+369) . . m Talk:2655: Asking Scientists Questions (It's a very good, very silly explanation.)
- 23:12, 3 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+540) . . Talk:2653: Omnitaur (Dragons! Also indentation correction!)
- 23:00, 3 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+81) . . 2036: Edgelord (It's basically the same gag with a different pun. Luckily, I love puns.)
- 22:58, 3 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . m 2654: Chemtrails (→Explanation)
- 00:15, 3 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+584) . . Talk:2653: Omnitaur (Random point about Chinese dragons.)
- 00:03, 3 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+79) . . 2653: Omnitaur (→Explanation: Added a couple random notes about fantasy chimeric beings.)
- 18:15, 30 July 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-22,444) . . 2652: Proxy Variable (Just stop.)
- 18:14, 30 July 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+1,160) . . Talk:2652: Proxy Variable (Two thoughts, two conversations.)
- 21:49, 12 July 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-61) . . 2643: Cosmologist Gift (→Explanation: Restructured a paragraph to make it less of a debate.)
- 15:36, 2 July 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+76) . . 2638: Extended NFPA Hazard Diamond (There's always a simple solution.)
- 20:07, 17 June 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-19) . . 2633: Astronomer Hotline (→Explanation: Restructured sentences to make it sound more like one author wrote it.)
- 17:47, 10 June 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+169) . . 2630: Shuttle Skeleton (→Explanation: What do you mean, "don't explain the joke"? That's literally the core purpose of this wiki!)
- 18:24, 31 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+472) . . Talk:2626: d65536
- 14:35, 27 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . 2625: Field Topology (→Explanation: Restructured a sentence to make it actually a sentence.)
- 20:48, 23 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+207) . . Talk:2623: Goofs
- 20:47, 23 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+153) . . 2623: Goofs (→Explanation: Clarified the self-reference section. Or at least added several phrases to it.)
- 17:24, 20 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+173) . . m Talk:2621: Mainly Known For (Jokes are fun)
- 23:09, 16 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-10,268) . . 1238: Enlightenment (Undo revision 269551 by someone who claims to be the author of xkcd but clearly isn't. The fuck do people keep doing this?!?)
- 19:31, 11 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+70) . . m 574: Swine Flu (→Explanation: Silly little edit. (Should this wiki have a "citation definitely needed" tag to distinguish this sort of thing from obvious-but-citation-still-needed stuff?))
- 19:22, 11 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+100) . . 940: Oversight (→Explanation: Just a silly joke.)
- 18:15, 11 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+786) . . 1648: Famous Duos (Undo revision 266699 by 👖🔥 (talk) Why does this keep happening?)
- 18:05, 11 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-20,555) . . 1838: Machine Learning (Undo revision 266281 by 👖🔥 (talk). What the heck is going on here?!?)
- 13:01, 7 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+160) . . 842: Mark (→Explanation: Self-explanatory. It's a thing I thought of.)
- 17:36, 15 April 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+171) . . 2605: Taylor Series (→Explanation: Added a notable note about the term "term".)
- 20:39, 30 March 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+225) . . m Talk:2600: Rejected Question Categories (Random thought, feel free to ignore.)
- 05:29, 10 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+183) . . 2579: Tractor Beam (→Explanation: I feel this is self-explanatory. Space wedgies, negative or positive, are rarely subtle.)
- 21:59, 10 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+305) . . Talk:2566: Decorative Constants (It's true)
- 20:41, 31 December 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+324) . . Talk:2561: Moonfall
- 20:13, 29 December 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+227) . . 2561: Moonfall (→Explanation: I wanted to make this bit more explicit and point out that Emmerich is a Shakespeare truther. (Sorry, "Anti-Stratfordian".) I considered just linking the relevant Brows Held High video, but this seems more "professional".)
- 05:32, 6 November 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+188) . . Talk:2538: Snack (Just a silly little joke.)
- 14:30, 27 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+377) . . Talk:2533: Slope Hypothesis Testing
- 03:09, 26 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+1,377) . . 2533: Slope Hypothesis Testing (→Explanation: Created a basic explanation. Someone should find a precise definition of "slope hypothesis testing".)
- 15:22, 25 September 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+192) . . 2520: Symbols (→Explanation: Obvious caveat added)
- 04:10, 5 August 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+214) . . Talk:2497: Logic Gates (Specifically "One Fish, Two Fish". Obviously.)
- 03:29, 17 July 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+682) . . Talk:Blue Eyes (Ugh, that unsigned guy.)
- 14:16, 13 July 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+60) . . 2338: Faraday Tour (→Explanation: A silly symbolism bypass. (The symbolism described is plausible, but I'm not sure there's enough supporting that theme in the rest of the comic.))
- 14:44, 22 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . m 1890: What to Bring (→Explanation: It's the most important advice on the page by far, it should be emphasized by more than an exclamation point.)
- 21:59, 2 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . Talk:1281: Minifigs (current)
- 04:54, 1 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+280) . . Talk:2470: Next Slide Please
- 21:36, 19 April 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+16) . . m 526: Converting to Metric (→Mass: "Yo mama" jokes have existed for centuries, and have in many communities become a highly derivative art form.)
- 21:05, 19 April 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+474) . . Talk:1930: Calendar Facts (It really is random.)
- 20:39, 19 April 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+241) . . 910: Permanence (→Explanation)
- 12:52, 31 March 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . Talk:2443: Immune Response (Signed my comment.)
- 12:51, 31 March 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+143) . . Talk:2443: Immune Response (Joke about Cells At Work)
- 17:23, 4 March 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+89) . . 2432: Manage Your Preferences (→Explanation: It's true, and seems like a better transition.)
- 02:36, 6 February 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+235) . . Talk:2421: Tower of Babel (It's a good question.)
- 04:25, 29 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+979) . . Talk:1435: Presidential Alert (Three largely unrelated comments)
- 22:29, 23 December 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+913) . . 2402: Into My Veins (→Explanation: Please tell me my awkward wording isn't going to become the foundation for this article.)
- 14:26, 22 December 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+209) . . 2401: Conjunction (→Explanation: I saw an easy [citation needed] joke and made it.)
- 15:16, 25 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+329) . . Talk:2389: Unread ((Don't take it too seriously))
- 20:02, 22 October 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+135) . . Talk:2375: Worst Ladder (What?)
- 16:33, 22 October 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+239) . . Talk:2375: Worst Ladder
- 02:49, 22 October 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+254) . . Talk:2375: Worst Ladder (I took a screenshot.)
- 23:06, 4 September 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . Talk:2355: University COVID Model
- 17:38, 26 August 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+193) . . Category:Google Glass (It's true you know.)
- 16:23, 24 August 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+189) . . m Talk:2348: Boat Puzzle (Well it is.)
- 12:20, 19 August 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+879) . . Talk:2345: Wish on a Shooting Star (A surprisingly serious discussion of the economic impact of meteorites.)
- 21:53, 12 August 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+150) . . Talk:2345: Wish on a Shooting Star (It's kinda like the other guy's joke, but also different. And he didn't sign his, so...)
- 13:39, 23 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+435) . . m Talk:2336: Campfire Habitable Zone (It's true. :()
- 15:10, 14 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+298) . . Category:Strange powers of Beret Guy (This page is also cursed.)
- 15:06, 14 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+242) . . 1922: Interferometry (→Explanation: Trivia and "interferometery".)
- 13:03, 12 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+336) . . Talk:413: New Pet (???)
- 22:06, 15 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+261) . . Talk:2307: Alive Or Not
- 22:05, 15 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,174) . . 2307: Alive Or Not (→Explanation: Alright, here's a rough draft of the primary joke's explanation.)
- 22:02, 7 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+231) . . Talk:2303: Error Types (Crack about Rise of Skywalker.)
- 00:46, 2 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-1,328) . . 2301: Turtle Sandwich Standard Model (→Explanation: I've explained this in the comments, but...this looks less like a Punnet square than it does one of those political alignment memes. Wish I had more than 255 characters to complain about it in.)
- 00:44, 2 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+476) . . Talk:2301: Turtle Sandwich Standard Model (ugh. wut.)
- 01:43, 3 March 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+271) . . Talk:2275: Coronavirus Name ((I'm talking about Godzilla.))
- 23:46, 23 November 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-67) . . 2231: The Time Before and After Land (→Explanation of time ranges on the chart: Did anyone do even a basic Google search before adding that note, or were they just trying to be smarter than Randall Munroe? I knew ground bees came first even before searching...though I'm a bio major, so...)
- 12:47, 23 October 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+184) . . m Talk:2218: Wardrobe (Joke)
- 06:49, 16 September 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+416) . . 2202: Earth-Like Exoplanet (→Explanation: Figured I'd try to answer the problem as best as I could.)
- 22:32, 5 September 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+290) . . Talk:1817: Incognito Mode (Surprised nobody pointed this out yet.) (current)
- 13:36, 17 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+274) . . Talk:2150: XKeyboarCD (I thought it was obvious.)
- 14:05, 15 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+173) . . Talk:2150: XKeyboarCD (Just a joke.)
- 16:56, 14 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,289) . . Talk:2149: Alternate Histories (I put WAY too much thought into this.)
- 07:30, 8 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+40) . . 1679: Substitutions 3 (→Table of Substitutions: It's a pun, I thought I'd explain it. That's kind of this wiki's job, after all.)
- 05:08, 17 April 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+335) . . N Talk:267: Choices: Part 4 (First! Sorry, I just rarely have the opportunity to say that AND make a meaningful statement at the same time.)
- 05:05, 17 April 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+140) . . 266: Choices: Part 3 (→Explanation: If you're gonna explain the joke, you might as well go all the way.)
- 07:03, 15 April 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+24) . . 1836: Okeanos (→Explanation: Cleaned up the sentence structure from my last edit, and restructured another sentence to open the possibility that the phone guy might have dropped his phone in the local pond or something.)
- 06:59, 15 April 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+29) . . 1836: Okeanos (→Explanation: I'd guess Subnautica before Minecraft. Subnautica was a thing when this comic was released, right?)
- 04:22, 14 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . m Talk:2123: Meta Collecting (Fixed formatting. It's been a while, okay?)
- 04:21, 14 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+236) . . Talk:2123: Meta Collecting (Jokey-joke)
- 20:48, 11 February 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+214) . . m Talk:2110: Error Bars (I like The Sound of Music.)
- 21:57, 11 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+158) . . m 1490: Atoms (→Explanation: Nothing much, just a couple of jokes.)
- 21:42, 11 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+273) . . Talk:1030: Keyed (Has anyone EVER written a love song that doesn't fall apart when you pay attention to the lyrics?)
- 07:32, 7 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+9) . . 2094: Short Selling (→Explanation: Cleaned up the sentence, and also made it a bit messier to add a note that implies the existence of illegal "fighting solutions".)
- 21:27, 7 December 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+215) . . Talk:2082: Mercator Projection
- 07:14, 7 December 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+567) . . Talk:2081: Middle Latitudes (Two comments, one of which probably isn't indented correctly. But I don't know how to do that, so...it would be nice if someone could fix that!)
- 08:20, 7 November 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+541) . . 2069: Wishlist (→Explanation: Quick seed explanation.)
- 19:42, 3 November 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+235) . . Talk:2032: Word Puzzles (I want to reduce the number of incomplete explanations, even if only by pointing out how they're actually complete.)
- 19:39, 3 November 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+152) . . 2067: Challengers (→St Louis: Threw in another interpretation.)
- 00:10, 27 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+220) . . Talk:2064: I'm a Car
- 02:01, 24 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . m 2062: Barnard's Star (→Explanation: Those two sound like independent explanations for calling Barnard's Star an a-hole.)
- 19:01, 19 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+230) . . m Talk:2061: Tectonics Game