[1940] The Food Size Cycle

Title Text:There’s data suggesting that this model may apply to deep-dish/thin-crust pizza. I’ve designed a thorough multi-year study to investigate this personally, but funding organizations keep denying my grant requests.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1940/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1940:_The_Food_Size_Cycle 食物大小之循环 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/yKBZRq7vI… Read more

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[1939] 2016 Election Map

Title Text:I like the idea of cartograms (distorted population maps), but I feel like in practice they often end up being the worst of both worlds鈥攏ot great for showing geography OR counting people. And on top of that, they have…

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[1936] Desert Golfing

Title Text:I just want to stay up long enough to watch the ball drop into the hole number 2018.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1936/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1936:_Desert_Golfing 守夜与高尔夫 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/evmws9TejRGzoogB7PxbMA 围绕新年转折的一个常见笑话是在新年前夕或新年当天“去年”对“明年”发表评论。虽然在技术上是正确的,但有些人可能会从观察多年来的事实中得到一种讽刺的幽默,当时现实已经过了几天甚至更长时间,就像在这部漫画中一样,只有几个小时。 在这个,连续两个新年漫… Read more

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[1935] 2018

Title Text:We should really start calculating it earlier, but until the end of December we’re always too busy trying to figure out which day Christmas will fall on.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1935/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1935:_2018 2018 我們應該早點開始算的,但是一直到十二月底我們都還在算耶誕節會落在哪一天。 https://xkcd.tw/1935 在这个,连续两个新年漫画中的第一个,梅根想知道2018年是否会是闰年。 Cueball认为2018年不会是闰年,梅根回答她“… Read more

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[1934] Phone Security

Title Text:…wait until they type in payment information, then use it to order yourself a replacement phone.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1934/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1934:_Phone_Security 手機安全 …等待他們輸入付款資訊,然後用來訂購替代的新手機。 https://xkcd.tw/1934 这部漫画嘲笑各种电话安全措施。首先,它涵盖了一些真正的措施,然后继续采取明显有些过分热情或幽默的措施。值得注意的是,所有选项都在显示的屏幕中打开,所以显然主人必须非常害怕他们的手机会被盗,或者只是想看看会… Read more

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[1933] Santa Facts

Title Text:We’ve gotten him up to 20% milk and cookies through an aggressive public campaign, but that seems to be his dietary limit. Anything above that and he starts developing nutritional deficiencies.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1933/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1933:_Santa_Facts 圣诞老人:属性 “涉嫌危害航空安全罪” https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/WLBey32OYAmxtdvE4iugOg 这是连续第二个圣诞节漫… Read more

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[1931] Virtual Assistant

Title Text:If you ask it to please turn off that feature, it apologizes a whole bunch and promises to try to be quieter, then switches to a slightly lower-volume version of the clip with “sorry!” after the louder sounds.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1931/…

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[1928] Seven Years

Title Text:[hair in face] “SEVVVENNN YEEEARRRSSS”< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1928/ [批頭散髮] 七~~~年~~~ https://xkcd.tw/1928 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1928:_Seven_Years 兰德尔当时的女友,现在的妻子,在2010年底被诊断出患有癌症,这是他之前多次在漫画中讨论过的事情。在这里,由美国2017年和2024年日食之间的七年时间推动,我们看到它们回忆起第一次日食前七年,对未来七年带来的问题留下了一个悬而未决的问题。 这部漫画是1141年的延续:两年,显示为前八个面板,略显灰色。 它是作为对另一种癌症诊断的回应而… Read more

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[1927] Tinder

Title Text:People keep telling me to use the radio but I really hate making voice calls.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1927/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1927:_Tinder Tinder 大家都叫我用無線電,但是我很討厭開語音。 https://xkcd.tw/1927 Tinder是一款社交媒体/约会应用。 Tinder的主界面显示了人物的照片。用户向右滑动以查找他们喜欢的匹配项,否则将其保留。该应用程序的目的是获取约会,意图是浪漫的关系或性交。然而,在漫画中,Cueball试图用它来请求飞机代替。如果请求是真实的,这是一个糟糕的情况,因为它表明Cue… Read more

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[1921] The Moon and the Great Wall

Title Text:And arguably sunspots, on rare occasions. But even if they count, it takes ideal conditions and you might hurt your eyes.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1921/ 太陽黑子可能勉強算,某些情況下。但就算要算進來,也需要各種情況配合才看得到,而且眼睛可能會受傷。 https://xkcd.tw/1921 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1921:_The_Moon_and_the_Great_Wall 这是一个神话,即中国长城是唯一可以用肉眼从月球(或从太空)看到的人造物体。可悲的是,它不能。事实上,从卫星的低轨道几乎看不到… Read more

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