Title Text:Thank you to Gretchen McCulloch for fielding this question, and sorry that as a result the world’s foremost internet linguist has been devoured by the brown one. She will be missed. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2381/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2381:_The_True_Name_of_the_Bear 熊的真名 感谢格雷琴•麦卡洛克解决了这个问题，但那只棕色的玩意儿吞了这位世界领先的网络语言学家，我们对此深感惋惜，我们会怀念她的。 http://xkcd.in/c… Read more
Title Text:You might think most people you know are reliable voters, or that your nudge won’t convince them, and you will usually be right. But some small but significant percentage of the time, you’ll be wrong, and that’s why this…
Title Text:Call me, MAYBE. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2379/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2379:_Probability_Comparisons 概率比较 Call me, MAYBE. 脚注： • 龙与地下城D6和D20：D6指的是我们日常生活常见的6面正方体的骰子，D20则是有20面的骰子。 • 白色圣诞节：英国‘白色圣诞节’的官方定义是，‘12月25日当天24小时内，只要下了雪，甚至只要出现了雨加雪的尴尬天气，这个圣诞节就算是白色圣诞节。’ • 三门游戏：三门问题亦称为蒙提霍尔问题、蒙特霍问题或蒙提霍尔悖论，大致出自美国的电视游戏节目Let’s Make a Deal。问题名字来自该节目的主持人蒙提… Read more
Title Text:Doing great here in the sixth and hopefully final year of the 2016 election. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2378/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2378:_Fall_Back 秋天了是时候调回去了¹ 在2016届大选的第六年，也或许是最后一年，我害行。 脚注： ［1］秋天了是时候调回去了：双关。1.秋令时要往回调一个小时；2.秋天到了 大选来了 特朗普时代终于（可能）要结束了。 ［2］我整个人都升华了：一种meme。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2378 夏令时在美国的11月第一个星期日的凌晨2点结束，而美国的选举日则是在11… Read more
Title Text:New phone OS features: Infinite customization (home screen icons no longer snap to grid), dark mode (disables screen), screaming mode (self-explanatory), and coherent ultracapacitor-pumped emission (please let us know what this setting does; we’ve been afraid to try it).…
Title Text:The state has had so many contact tracers disappear into that shop that they’ve had to start a contact tracer tracing program. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2376/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2376:_Curbside 无接触配送 国内已有太多接触者追踪人员进了那家店后失踪，没办法他们只好启动接触者追踪人员追踪程序。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2376 贝雷帽·盖伊（Beret Guy）正在与一家销售被诅咒物品的商店联系，直到顾客试图退货时才消失。他先前曾提到1772… Read more
Title Text:[Six months later] “Well, our ‘worst ladder’ subscription series was a surprisingly lucrative success, but was completely canceled out by the losses from the disastrous Home Depot merchandising tie-in.” Origin:https://xkcd.com/2375/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2375:_Worst_Ladder 最糟的梯子 [六个月后]“额，我们的‘最遭的梯子’付费系列取得了惊人的商业成功，然而被灾难性的家得宝¹捆绑… Read more
Title Text:I’m proud to announce that as of this year I’ve become a world-class expert at chewing. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2374/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2374:_10,000_Hours 10000小时定律 我很荣幸地宣布，今年我将成为世界级咀嚼专家。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2374 这部漫画引用了一种普遍的观点，即人们必须做一万小时才能成为专家。 链接的文章指出： 练习很重要，是的。但同时，不可能弥合自然巨星和普通球员之间的差距。 这是固定心态的经典表达; 他们没有付出努力，获得… Read more
Title Text:Chemists actually find it simpler to define a general odor of rotten eggs as a baseline, and the LACK of rotten eggs as a distinct smell. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2373/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2373:_Chemist_Eggs 化学家鸡蛋 化学家实际上发现这样更简单：将烂鸡蛋的整体气味定义为基准气味，而将缺少烂鸡蛋气味的气味定义为特殊的气味。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2373 在这部漫画中，马尾辫向库伯（Cueball）解释说，如果他闻到硫化物的气味，那么他们所… Read more
Title Text:Do you make a distinction between shallots, scallops, and scallions? If you use all three words, do they all have different meanings, all the same, or are two the same and one different? Origin:https://xkcd.com/2372/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2372:_Dialect_Quiz 方言问卷 你能分得清葱(shallots)，扇贝(scallops)和青葱(scallions)吗？你在使用这三个词的时候，它们会代表3个意思，2个意思还是1个意思？ http://xkcd.in… Read…
