There is a graph. On the X axis is sex, on the Y is computer.Tumblr (3.0; @xkcdexplained)http://xkcdexplained.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l839lbh0FJ1qao43ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The Author has chosen to again describe the <a href="http://xkcdexplained.com/post/675256890/book-burning">First Principle of Nerd Dominance: </a> Knowledge (however useless) is social credit. But we also catch a glimpse of the Fourth Principle of Nerd Dominance: “There is no such thing as a subject not worth arguing over.” </p> <p>The Author demonstrates this by first showing an argument that has existed for thousands of years and shapes entire world politics. He then contrasts it with the outburst of “Frank,” who recalls an obscure and largely forgotten territorial dispute with no bearing on anyone’s life as a way to be <i>technically correct</i> at the expense of another nerd. For any socially adjusted person, this action would be beyond tedious and ultimately futile. But Frank, being a nerd who is seeking to rise in the Nerd Dominance Hierarchy, knows that even such tiny quibbles can elevate his status in the eyes of other nerds.</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/1049851634http://xkcdexplained.com/post/1049851634Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:10:23 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7z9cm2aRY1qao43ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/>The Author is not in college, but wishes he still was because that was the last time he felt purpose and direction in his life. To deal with these feelings, he makes up little stories like this Work to vicariously live out his idealized version of college dorm life. <p> The reality of dorm life is far less glamorous, and it’d be far more likely that instead of a scientifically enthusiastic Frenchman waking a you up, it would be a wave of vomit-stench and bubbling noises as a roommate throws up on everyone’s shoes <i>again.</i> </p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/1037843947http://xkcdexplained.com/post/1037843947Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:14:00 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7tn56OhRW1qao43ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Aphasia is a difficulty with language, the guy in the hat is being overtly literal, quine is a program that produces its own source code and orcs are a reference to The Lord of The Ring. </p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/1020589512http://xkcdexplained.com/post/1020589512Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:27:05 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7oycsVWrF1qao43ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The Author hates women.</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/1007196543http://xkcdexplained.com/post/1007196543Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:41:16 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7m9kdDkoi1qao43ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Younger, more technologically knowledgeable people do things differently from those that are older and know less about technology.</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/998934104http://xkcdexplained.com/post/998934104Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:50:37 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7fploW7CT1qao43ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The Author has taken a cliché (Indian burial ground) and combined it with a twist (two levels of desecration). </p> <p>In other news, Garfield likes lasagna.</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/980846359http://xkcdexplained.com/post/980846359Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:53:48 -0400clichétwist<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7c5514w1k1qao43ho1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>The Author has made a comic about an extremely common observation. It is his hope that the prevalence of this often-noticed oddity will send shockwaves of “agreement chuckles” through our nation.</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/970866424http://xkcdexplained.com/post/970866424Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:39:01 -0400observation<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l794n2Zah21qao43ho1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Because the driver would hear the honking noise and think it was actually happening in real life. This would make him very confused.</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/963067440http://xkcdexplained.com/post/963067440Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:35:26 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l73ln01arr1qao43ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The man in the hat wishes to sell Viagra to the other males in line for a full-body x-ray (in order to make their penises look bigger).</p> <p>Obscure technology reference is combined with male insecurity about penis size. </p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/947779774http://xkcdexplained.com/post/947779774Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:57:00 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6z3ktmK321qao43ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>A series of pornographic film clichés meet in a room through a well-thought-out series of wacky occurrences. Rather than all fucking each other (what was expected) they instead play a geek board game (unexpected therefore humorous).</p> <p>The Reader is drawn in by the concept of sex, and is then delighted to see a reference to geek subculture.</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/935690398http://xkcdexplained.com/post/935690398Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:36:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6vdq6TszE1qao43ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>A man, the Author, attempts to use a pore-cleansing strip to alleviate his facial acne. In a humorous twist the cosmetic strip is too sticky and therefor rips his skull from his head. This is funny because it could not actually happen. </p> <p>The Author is using the stereotype that geeks, his audience, typically have acne on their faces. The acne is not a reaction to the geekiness, but a cause for it. When one has an unattractive or different outward appearance, it can be more difficult to gain acceptance into traditional social circles. It is for this reason that counter-cultures exist - to give the fat, ugly and stupid a place to feel welcome.</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/925652208http://xkcdexplained.com/post/925652208Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:25:18 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qngk5vg91qao43ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The Author saw the film <em>Inception</em> and it confused him. He decided to make a comic strip about himself and a squirrel as most visual learners tend to do when frustrated.</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/913148682http://xkcdexplained.com/post/913148682Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:07:32 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6m36bBHNr1qao43ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Because the word “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia">Savannah</a>” sounds like “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savanna">savanna</a>” a female student incorrectly assumes that her professor is mocking her gender (those that descended from the savanna regions of Africa). Actually, he was simply stating that her parents, who reside in Savannah, Georgia raised her poorly. </p> <p>The point of this comic, other than to introduce the world to another hilarious pun, is to let all women know that they should stop running their mouths off all of the time and think long-and-hard before attempting to form any opinions.</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/901456912http://xkcdexplained.com/post/901456912Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:58:00 -0400pun<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6ifbyVIMN1qao43ho1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>In order to feel superior to religious people, atheists reject their God and spirituality. </p> <p>In order to feel superior to atheists, the man in today’s comic equates them to those they feel superior to. </p> <p>In order to feel superior to the man, the female in the comic makes a sarcastic remark about his opinion.</p> <p>In order to feel superior to both the male and the female, the Author created a comic to mock them both. </p> <p>But who gets to feel superior to even the Author?</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/891816713http://xkcdexplained.com/post/891816713Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:31:10 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6cxbaNe9i1qao43ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The content of a University’s homepage is different from what people want it to be, except for the full name of the school.</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/878560381http://xkcdexplained.com/post/878560381Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:13:57 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l695kkGzHX1qao43ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><em>What if the game Frogger were real?</em></p> <p>A game from geek nostalgia is taken literally in order to create an improbable situation, possibly for use as humor.<em><br/></em></p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/869376821http://xkcdexplained.com/post/869376821Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:21:00 -0400geeknostalgiagametaken literally<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l669meKN311qao43ho1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Much as we find humor in the dialect of people from past centuries, so will humor be found in our words in the coming centuries.</p> <p>An observational joke involving self-deprecating humor, this is what white people like.</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/861763485http://xkcdexplained.com/post/861763485Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:56:38 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5zwk2BLKH1qao43ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The Author is not able to commit to loving one female, as he always feels there is someone better and more attractive for him elsewhere. This condition was caused by a childhood of watching internet pornography, where men can seemingly have their fill of women, and a recently enhanced ego caused by the success of his internet web-comic.</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/848315449http://xkcdexplained.com/post/848315449Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:28:50 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5w8az9rU11qao43ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>In a twist on the old cliché, a soldier writes a letter to his female lover. Except, in this version, the female is a member of the opposing army. In a dramatic twist, the male and female are actually engaged in a battle as the the letter is being written. The comic concludes with the man discovering his love’s location and murdering her with a grenade.</p> <p>The moral of the story is that women are nearly as good as men at strategic combat.</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/839571476http://xkcdexplained.com/post/839571476Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:52:00 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5tb10Dqvs1qao43ho1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This is an inside joke meant for math and science students. The joke is that while most technology has become dramatically more complex and yet cheaper, Texas Instruments graphing calculators haven’t improved and have risen in price.</p> <p>This comic is also meant to cause nostalgic feelings in the Reader, hopefully adding a hint of joy and a smile to what will otherwise be another painful, lonely day.</p>http://xkcdexplained.com/post/832405122http://xkcdexplained.com/post/832405122Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:58:00 -0400