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This is why the middle class Kodi. I can't complain about the cinema near me . It's £5. That's $6.52 in Trumpdolla. (3 years ago that woulda been $8.52, but, y'know, Brexit ). It's independent, so shows great indie films (but no Mindhorn , annoyingly) as well as blockbusters. The crowd are, uh, fair...

Each one I've told "I'll trade Bad Rats with you!" instantly appears offline, and I never hear from them again.

All this talk of technical whoozits and gifting thingumies with cards and automatrons has just made me realise: I'm now the parent being explained how to work the VCR.

So there's been a flurry of Steam traders adding me and then asking to trade games. All generally Czech/Bosnia & Herzegovinan/Russian, each with a large list of comments on their pages, the English ones saying things "+rep good trade" "+rep thx 4 trustworthy trade m8" etc. An...

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It means the same as a cloyed barnet, a tufted mindy, a brittle whicker, or a shilly peeper.

Does anyone outside of the UK use 'Hoover', as in these guys: http://i.imgur.com/xtBoOFR.png?1 as a generic/household brand name? It's been verbed as well: I tend to hoover my house (with a Dyson , nonetheless), as do most people I know, and no-one ever transitively verbs it as 'vacuum' in conversat...

I've been chasing Mrs. Felstaff around the house, slowly stirring a cup of tea.

I like my otamatone.

No-one expects the pan-Algonquin tradition.

Romanes eunt domus.

I'm just starting out Thimbleweed Park . I felt I owed it to Ron Gilbert to pay full price for one of his games. Even if I bought the Mega Monkey Windows '95 Monkey Island megapack ( Secret , LeChuck's Revenge + Curse all in one giant box). And the Special Edition of the first two Monkey Islands on ...

Usually we wouldn't allow this, as you kinda signed up solely to advertise your new website, but ...you know... might be interesting to the community 'round these here parts.

↶ I remember the big shock I had when I saw the size of Doom 3 (~2 GB?). Yeah, Doom 3 and Max Payne 2 ate large chunks of my drive. They're one of the few games I've bought on the day of release. Queued up outside the store and everything! Doom 3's DRM was a nightmare. I remember it refused to inst...

My first gaming PC's hard drive was 60gb. This was 2003. I could fit my entire games library (about 70 CD-ROMS) on it, and still have room for an MP3 library of about 6,000, the entire series of Samurai Jack and The Tick , plus a whole bunch o' films. My largest game was Return to Castle Wolfenstein...

Oxford comma* settles dispute.

*or lack of one.

I've always argued the Oxford comma can reduce confusion for anyone who communicates, including your parents, Ronald Reagan and Koko the Gorilla.

Unlocking this thread, you gosh-darned cunts. ( reference ). ⋅ Now, Thesh, that was rather mean of you to call whoever a piece of human garbage, and uncalled for. ⋅ Everyone else; keep it civil, be exemplary , and don't let other people's bullshit go unchallenged. ⋅ New...

↶ Geez, do the mods really accept posts like "you are a greedy, callous, piece of human garbage." now? I remember years ago when XKCD was pretty sane and civil. This barely rates youtube comment quality. You should be ashamed of yourselves. If you have a problem with a post, you can repor...

The most conservative estimate of gold is 171,300 tonnes , which can build a 20m 3 cube (8,000m 3 ). The White Tower keep within the Tower of London is 36m x 32m x 27m , or 31,104m 3 . Obviously, the Tower is hollow, so if we make the walls, say, average out to 2m thick, with a 1m-thick roof, we tak...

TIL what jizz means.

I don't think I've ever had one clip shared so much on my timeline as this clip.

Randall wrote:↶
Tomorrow's what if xkcd: how many forum posts can be accumulated by posting a well encrypted and suspenseful comic

We're still waiting for this What If?, Randall! At the moment, it's 102,656.

(cross-posting from FaiD)

Anyone know if the melody to Girls in Airports - Grass by the Roses has been used elsewhere? I recognise the tune, but am fairly sure I've heard it sung before. So much so that this song feels like an instrumental cover of a song made several decades ago.

Moved your post to The "What-If?" Book thread.

Electrofishing for Whales https://what-if.xkcd.com/imgs/a/156/pond.png Seems there's a new What If? out, and as nobody's staked their claim, I'll have a shot at creating the thread myself, seeing as I spent a good chunk of the day cleaning up this subfora. Now, let's see if I don't fall afoul of my...

Your post is one of many hundreds that come through a day. Don't post a link in your first post, and it won't get rejected: it's right there in the rules at the top of every page. It's even in the discussion at the top of this page . Unless it's an easily-identifiable URL like Wikipedia or YouTube, ...

You may be seeking this thread.

I was thinking of getting it. Completed Assassin's Creed Brotherhood . All I need to do to get my 100% completion rate is to collect ~8 or so Borgia flags from the Romulus levels, achieve 100% sync with about ~15 missions, and do all the things that the thieves' guild/courtesans require me to do. Wh...

↶ I work in the community with the poorest, sickest, craziest, more marginalized people in society, drunks, drug addicts, schizophrenics, the bipolar, sex workers, abuse victims, the homeless, fighting for their health and safety every single day http://i.imgur.com/hsRIaml.png Call it brilliant int...

Here's the video. I presume. I'm at work so I can't watch the whole thing but it looks legit.

Liri wrote:↶
sessile

I can confirm that, after much scrutiny and deliberation, this is indeed a word after all.

Wonder if they'll be able to enhance the third edition of The Daily Felstaff so I can get that naked picture of me back.

(NSFW)

Spoiler:

eSOANEM wrote:↶
Felstaff wrote:Sometimes I find writing
Yllaer nac yllacinodehportsuob
Alter the meaning of
Hsirebbig gnitirw pu dne uoy os sgniht

Ftfy

You read words one letter at a time? B-e-a-yootiful.

I generally take the end two and make up the middle part.

I've mentioned elephant gun three times on this forum, but I've never--in text form--considered the many possibilities to what the noun 'elephant gun' could be. Elephant gun (n.) ⋅ A gun used specifically to fire ammunition at elephants ⋅ A gun that is in the shape of an elephant...

Brilliant, thanks. I suppose then it could be Hanoi (1983). But although familiar, I recall the puzzle as being part of a larger BBC Micro adventure, and there being 3D-ish (or at least isometric) objects to move.

⋅ Background : This is an educational/puzzle-solving game for the BBC Micro (Acorn computer). At first I thought it was Through the Dragon's Eye , but having played through that just now I can confirm it's not. I played it at school, around 1990-1991. It's most likely a 'Look and Read' e...

↶ Citing no new evidence, Trump continues to say there were millions of illegal votes I don't know, is there some procedure to impeach a president because of mental illness? That sounds like the kind of thing Trump tweeted before he became president. http://i.imgur.com/BqkRj01.png?1

gd1 wrote:↶
You know what Germany said to France in WW2 when they conquered it? Allemagne.

The locals were Avignon of it.

I'm on the last leg of Brotherhood . Ezio is tricked out and Rome is entirely out of the Borgia's control. Now I'm maxed out, it should be a cakewalk, but I only seem to play it in fits and bursts. Which explains why I'm only as far as the third game in a 99+ game series. I'm annoyed that they stopp...

Cute.

He hasn't been around the forums for a few years now, but try randall@xkcd.com (random guess), or see http://xkcd.com/about/ for other avenues of contact!

Let us know his reaction if and when you get through.

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