xkcd makes me sad

[Dave]

Amazing! It'd be great if you can get either of their reactions to the movie.

I would if they still talked to us. After my wife's mom died they cut our side of the family out completely.

 

[evilmike]

 

[PatrThom]

I'd heard they officially called off contact just before Christmas weekend. Too much dust, not enough power.

--Patrick

 

[evilmike]

 

[evilmike]

 

[PatrThom]

Everything is an edge case, if you look at it sideways.

—Patrick

 

[Bubble181]

OK, most of those make sense....But I'm not allowed to exit the building to apply pressure to the kitty? That's going to be hard :-(

 

[PatrThom]

I'm not allowed to exit the building to apply pressure to the kitty? That's going to be hard :-(

...did you not read the hover text?

--Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

This makes me irrationally angry

 

[bhamv3]

This reminds me of "ghoti".

 

[evilmike]

His recent take on schematic symbols was fun:

 

[PatrThom]

I feel like he missed an opportunity with that last one because he could have followed the NPN Trolley Problem with the PorNP problem.

—Patrick

 

[evilmike]

I feel like he missed an opportunity with that last one because he could have followed the NPN Trolley Problem with the PorNP problem.

—Patrick

So, you're saying the comic isn't NP-complete?

 

[evilmike]

 

[PatrThom]

“If they're going to make people ride bikes and scooters in traffic, then it should at LEAST be legal to do the Snow Crash thing where you use a hook-shot-style harpoon to catch free rides from cars.”

—Patrick

 

[ThatNickGuy]

Oh hey, xkcd has their own YouTube channel now.

 

[GasBandit]

What, this should be eas.... oh fuck you, Randall.

 

[PatrThom]

The chef looks a lot more suggestive than I remember.

--Patrick

 

[ThatNickGuy]

What, this should be eas.... oh fuck you, Randall.

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I'm glad they included all three Georgias: East, Center, and West Georgia.

 

[grub]

I'm a big fan of Caligon the beaches there are fantastic

 

[PatrThom]

It's also nice to see Ninnessee finally get official representation.

--Patrick

 

[evilmike]

I just wonder if Very North Carolina has a Canadian themed tourist trap called North of the Border.

 

[evilmike]

I'm pretty sure the Range Danger Officer is named Elon.

 

[figmentPez]

I'm pretty sure the Range Danger Officer is named Elon.

Title text, "The Range Mischief Officer has modified the trajectory to add a single random spin somewhere in the flight, but won't tell us where."

 

[PatrThom]

Dateline, September 2014:

Well, it took nine years, buuut...

These smart binoculars can identify birds and animals for you

AI binoculars are cool, but they’re not cheap.

www.theverge.com

--Patrick

 

[PatrThom]

I want to call out just how nerdily hilarious this one is.

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Alt text: "The ten-way tie was judged a ten-way tie, so no one won the grand prize, a rare fishing monopole."
For those who don't know, a "monopole" is a (theoretical) magnet that is entirely N or S, without the usual distinct "ends."

--Patrick

 

[evilmike]

alt text: "This projection distorts both area and direction, but preserves Melbourne."