Title Text:[shouted, from the field] ‘Aunt Beast hit a pop fly to second! Dive for it, Mrs Whatsit!'< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1221/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1221:_Nomenclature 事物命名法 https://sites.google.com/site/bbraintranslator/home/xkcd/1221 命名法可以定义为设计或选择事物的名称。兰德尔在这里连接了三个流行文化参考文献，每个文献都包含一个或多个基于代词的模糊命名实例：“谁在第一个？” skit，“神秘博士”电视连续剧，以及标题文本中的Madel… Read more
Title Text:You may point out that this very retreat into ironic detachment while still clearly participating in the thing in question is the very definition of contemporary hipsterdom. But on the other hand, wait, you’re in an empty room. Who…
Title Text:If that fails, just multiply every number by a thousand. ‘The 2nd St speed limit should be set at 25,000 mph, which would likely have prevented 1,000 of the intersection’s 3,000 serious accidents last month.'< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1219/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1219:_Reports 報告 https://sites.google.com/site/bbraintranslator/home/xkcd/1219…
Title Text:If we get the doors open and plug up the dam on the Sirannon so the water rises a little, the pool will start draining into Moria. How do you think the Watcher would fare against a drenched Balrog?<…
Title Text:Now, if it selectively kills cancer cells in a petri dish, you can be sure it’s at least a great breakthrough for everyone suffering from petri dish cancer.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1217/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1217:_Cells 細胞 如果他說在培養皿裡面會選擇性地殺死癌細胞，這對所有培養皿癌的患者來說會是重大的突破。 https://xkcd.tw/1217 由于高死亡率，兰德尔在过去的漫画中访问过一个话题，癌症是最令人恐惧的疾病之一。 每当一项研究发现一种治愈方法的… Read more
Title Text:Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I deserved it.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1216/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1216:_Sticks_and_Stones 棍棒和石頭 https://sites.google.com/site/bbraintranslator/home/xkcd/1216 棍棒和石头，如下： 棍棒和石头可能会打破我的骨头 但言语永远不会伤害我。 是一种童谣，通常由父母和一些变异，说服一个人，通常是一个孩子，忽略任何名字或称为他人说的试图伤害个人感情的嘲讽。 当孩子回应时，漫画挑战了这种情绪，虽然言… Read more
Title Text:The great thing is, the sentence is really just a reminder to the listener to worry about whatever aspects of the technology they're already feeling alarmist about, which in their mind gives you credit for addressing their biggest anxieties.
Title Text:I’m not sure if you can get Epcot, but my friend just got LegoLand. He guessed California but it was the one in Denmark. Meanwhile, I’m rapidly becoming a connoisseur of unmarked dirt roads over flat, barren landscapes.
Title Text:If you see two numbers but they’re both the same and you have to squint to read them, you have synesthesia, colorblindness, diplopia, and myopia.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1213/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1213:_Combination_Vision_Test 混合的视觉测试 https://www.douban.com/photos/photo/1979182520/ 联觉是一种情境，其中一种感觉或认知途径中的感知导致第二感觉或认知途径中的自动，非自愿体验。常见的例子是在阅读… Read more
Title Text:The strongest incentive we have to develop faster-than-light travel is that it would let us apologize in advance.
