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[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 361 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 111 points 2 months ago

Turns out Benjamin Franklin had it right, and it was this time traveler that caused him to flip it to the wrong direction.

[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 2 months ago

While funny, this doesn't work because the time traveler told him specifically which one is negative.

[-] Jerkface@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

"... Well now I'm not going to do it."

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 24 points 2 months ago

Damn time travelers, ~~always~~ ~~never~~ messing things up!

[-] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

Man, this one is a good one.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 months ago

IMHO Franklin is one of the few who would go straight to "what is it?" without blinking.

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

The comic accurately portrays him as nude

[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago

Always love their comics but since I don't know crap about this stuff it's amusing to see how this one is relevant to a meme. Wish I knew more but only so much I've learned so far. One day perhaps but not today.

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

The contributors on this site do an excellent job explaining the comics. Not really ELI5, but more ELI15.

It's okay to not understand every comic, someone else out there figured it out and explained it to us.

[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Very much appreciated, thank you I'll never understand everything but I'd at least like to have a bit of an idea.of what I can.

[-] VividNight@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

I just want to add you only have to insert the word "explain" into any xkcd URL like this, to get the full explanation from the fan site: https://xkcd.com/567/ https://explainxkcd.com/567/

Just makes it simpler to navigate to an explanation of some random xkcd comic you come across.

[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Learn a other new thing again appreciated, I don't think I've heard of that one....or did years ago and memory failed hard to tell heh. Always nice to realize new things so thank you.

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