#3232: Countdown Standard

XKCD comic, described below.
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[The comic shows three different ways of counting down]

One ... Two ... Three! [red X, followed by red text] Deprecated

One ... Two ... Three ... Go! [red X, followed by red text] Deprecated

[These first two both followed by a red curly bracket followed by red text:] Too easy to mix up

Three ... Two ... One ... Go! [green tickmark, followed by green text] ISO Standard

[Caption below the comic:]

If I were in charge of ISO, the first thing I'd do would be to standardize the way people count out loud before doing something in sync.


(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:Anyone who is caught counting 'three ... two ... one ... zero ... GO!' will be punished with a lifetime of eating only ISO standard food samples.


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