It’s a typical instruction delivery speech structure:
- Okay, let me tell you how to ____ 2-n. <steps to do the thing> n. And that’s how you ____ (Optional) n+1. Any questions?
Hence the text in panel 4 completes the pattern.
Comment on xkcd #3114: Building a Fire
eksb@programming.dev 8 months agoThe cabin is already on fire in panel 4. It is clear what happened. Then the words explain the joke.
thejml@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
AngryishHumanoid@lemmynsfw.com 8 months ago
The point isn’t it is on fire. The point is the roundabout way of getting it to be on fire.