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- Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:46 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 2071: "Indirect Detection"
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6023
Re: 2071: "Indirect Detection"
I assume that "THOSE ANIMALS SHOULD ALL BE HUNTED FOR SPORT INSTEAD" refers to the "LOSERS" who adopt pets from shelters. Awful, indeed.
- Fri Nov 02, 2018 9:10 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 2067: "Challengers"
- Replies: 66
- Views: 9907
Re: 2067: "Challengers"
Maybe I'm just hungry, but I kept expecting to see a "Burger King" appear when I zoomed in. (I don't think the King's up for any office, though I really wouldn't be that surprised if he was.)
- Fri Oct 26, 2018 7:59 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 2064: "I'm a Car"
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3871
Re: 2064: "I'm a Car"
I knew the 1993 Motor Voter law would have unintended consequences.
I assume you have to register your car with the DMV and your county voter registrar.
I assume you have to register your car with the DMV and your county voter registrar.
- Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:26 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 2045: "Social Media Announcement"
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4993
Re: 2045: "Social Media Announcement"
He's probably going to compose the entire manifesto with emojis.
- Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:41 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 2044: "Sandboxing Cycle"
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4587
Re: 2044: "Sandboxing Cycle"
Building sandcastles is fun, but so is flooding them.
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 5:03 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 2036: "Edgelord"
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6289
Re: 2036: "Edgelord"
I'm vertex-perplexed.
- Mon Aug 20, 2018 6:50 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 2035: "Dark Matter Candidates"
- Replies: 55
- Views: 8282
Re: 2035: "Dark Matter Candidates"
My theory is along the lines of space cows, except they're weakly interacting "moo-ons."
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:42 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 2034: "Equations"
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6294
Re: 2034: "Equations"
I'm not sure all the equations would fit on a T-shirt, but they would definitely fit as a full-body tattoo.
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 10:05 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 2029: "Disaster Movie"
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3885
Re: 2029: "Disaster Movie"
Hollywood would still demand that the scientists update their data sets while shooting at lava monsters.
- Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:36 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 2023: "Y-Axis"
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5497
Re: 2023: "Y-Axis"
I assume the graph is charting popular support for misleading graph making.
- Mon Jun 11, 2018 8:32 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 2005: "Attention Span"
- Replies: 78
- Views: 10290
Re: Attention Span
So the number "1" painted on Thomas the Tank Engine's side stood for ONE world government. It all makes sense now...
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 10:02 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 2004: "Sun and Earth"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3000
Re: 2004: "Sun and Earth"
Current solar science provides slightly better understanding than "wrath of Apollo," but only slightly.
- Wed Jun 06, 2018 9:48 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 2003: "Presidential Succession"
- Replies: 72
- Views: 13575
Re: 2003: "Presidential Succession"
Surely, the Presidential Pet should be at least in the top ten. (Possibly top five with the current administration.)
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:46 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 2002: "LeBron James and Stephen Curry"
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7187
Re: 2002: "LeBron James and Stephen Curry"
Making a shot from the locker room should be worth at LEAST a double-letter score in HORSE.
- Mon May 28, 2018 6:46 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1999: "Selection Effect"
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4039
Re: 1999: "Selection Effect"
"And by lab, I mean torture chamber. For science."
- Fri May 25, 2018 8:23 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1998: "GDPR"
- Replies: 61
- Views: 10489
Re: 1998: "GDPR"
My mind spent half an hour just trying to guess what "GDPR" stood for. And failed.
- Wed May 23, 2018 6:12 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1997: "Business Update"
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4976
Re: 1997: Business Update
But Samara's solution for everything is to kill it. "If all you have is a hammer," you know...
- Wed May 16, 2018 8:52 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1994: "Repairs"
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7574
Re: 1994: "Repairs"
I certainly hope he never becomes a surgeon. 

- Wed Apr 11, 2018 6:06 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1979: "History"
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10870
Re: 1979: "History"
May we always remember the present moment of future antiquarians.
- Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:04 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1975: "Right Click"
- Replies: 42
- Views: 16964
Re: 1975: "Right Click"
Ha, I felt like Theseus hunting the Menu-taur!
- Wed Mar 14, 2018 7:30 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1967: "Violin Plots"
- Replies: 36
- Views: 9776
Re: 1967: "Violin Plots"
Personally, I don't think any of them really resembles a turnip at all.
- Fri Feb 23, 2018 7:49 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1959: "The Simpsons"
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4923
Re: 1959: "The Simpsons"
This comic makes me feel as old as ABE Simpson.
- Mon Feb 19, 2018 11:07 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1957: "2018 CVE List"
- Replies: 36
- Views: 9172
Re: 1957: "2018 CVE List"
Worrying about sexual dysfunction is a major INsecurity vulnerability.
- Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:23 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1956: ‘Unification’
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5288
Re: 1956: ‘Unification’
Trying to unify Red states and Blue states might be like unifying matter and antimatter. (Or vice versa, depending on your political persuasion.)
- Fri Jan 19, 2018 7:08 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1944: "The End of the Rainbow"
- Replies: 48
- Views: 8909
Re: 1944: "The End of the Rainbow"
Leprechauns may have died at the formation of the sun, but at its demise, a white dwarf will be born!
- Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:49 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1942: “Memorable Quotes”
- Replies: 37
- Views: 7520
Re: 1942: “Memorable Quotes”
I'm pretty sure Mark Twain already said all of these.
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:39 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1936: "Desert Golfing"
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6037
Re: 1936: "Desert Golfing"
You've got to watch out for time traps more than sand traps.
- Mon Dec 25, 2017 6:02 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1933: "Santa Facts"
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5086
Re: 1933: "Santa Facts"
Santa would never eat Rudolph. They're binge-drinking buddies.
- Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:40 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1928: "Seven Years"
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15221
Re: 1928: "Seven Years"
If The Ring had been about a girl staring up at a total solar eclipse, it would've been a lot less scary. Unless she was staring pre- or post-totality without proper protection. Just the idea of it TOTALLY terrifies me.
- Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:21 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1921: "The Moon and the Great Wall"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3001
Re: 1921: "The Moon and the Great Wall"
The Great Crater of the Moon was made to keep out invading Martians. Super true.
- Fri Nov 24, 2017 6:40 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1920: "Emoji Sports"
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6421
Re: 1920: "Emoji Sports"
I'm pretty sure at least a quarter of these are already in X Games.
- Wed Nov 22, 2017 8:31 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1919: Interstellar Asteroid
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5601
Re: 1919: Interstellar Asteroid
It might be a giant space poop -- an "assteroid." But from what cosmic creature? We can only guess...
- Fri Nov 17, 2017 5:19 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1917: "How to Make Friends"
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7251
Re: 1917: "How to Make Friends"
"If you don't want to talk, we can just sit silently and stare at each other. I'm friendly like that."
- Wed Nov 15, 2017 5:37 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1916: "Temperature Preferences"
- Replies: 82
- Views: 13820
Re: 1916: "Temperature Preferences"
I hate lukewarm. With a white-hot hate.
- Fri Nov 10, 2017 7:03 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1914: "Twitter Verification"
- Replies: 61
- Views: 11375
Re: 1914: "Twitter Verification"
The guy's beardstache would make as good a status badge as any.
- Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:26 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1912: "Thermostat"
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5910
Re: 1912: "Thermostat"
I've heard that we all might be walking into the sea if something goes wrong with the planet's thermostat.
- Fri Oct 20, 2017 5:04 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1905: "Cast Iron Pan"
- Replies: 108
- Views: 15913
Re: 1905: Cast Iron Pan
And don't make the classic mistake of creating the iron filings for cleaning the pan FROM the pan.
- Fri Sep 15, 2017 6:40 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1890: "What to Bring"
- Replies: 70
- Views: 14125
Re: 1890: "What to Bring"
azule wrote: the lid could act as a shield at a knife fight.
Especially if it's made of vibranium.
- Fri Sep 08, 2017 9:07 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1887: "Two Down, One to Go"
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4556
Re: 1887: "Two Down, One to Go"
I'd probably die if I saw all three at the same time. Though, according to prophecy, the world might, too...
- Fri Aug 25, 2017 10:07 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1881: "Drone Training"
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3557
Re: 1881:"Drone Training"
Litter training practically killed my Roomba. Worst screeching I ever heard.