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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 271 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 3 points 12 hours ago

The comic accurately portrays him as nude

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 77 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago

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

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 20 points 2 days ago

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

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

Man, this one is a good one.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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 5 points 2 days 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.