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Thread: xkcd
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2019-09-28, 09:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-29, 05:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: xkcd
This math comic is giving me flashbacks to when my sister was trying to help me get motivated in math when my grades were slipping in that class. She was a senior in high school at the time and sat there for like 30 minutes gushing over the really cool things you could do with Advanced Calculus. I stared at her like she was speaking in tongues.
I consider people who see the beauty in math to be the same breed as biologists who coo over the beauty of a 2-foot long venomous jumping spider that likes to build nests in your underwear. It's an important subject to study, but better you than me buddy.
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2019-09-29, 08:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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The Hindsight Awards, results: See the best movies of 1999!
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2019-09-29, 09:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-08, 09:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: xkcd
Cell Phone Functions
Mouse over text: ... tazer ... fire extinguisher ... bird feeder ... toilet paper ...
... toilet paper? He's doesn't know how to use the three seashells?Last edited by gooddragon1; 2019-10-08 at 09:39 PM.
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2019-11-13, 03:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-11-14, 03:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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https://xkcd.com/2228/
To prove you're human, click on any individuals named Sarah Connor.The Hindsight Awards, results: See the best movies of 1999!
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2019-11-14, 10:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
The concern is not realism in speculative fiction, but rather the sense that a setting or story could be real, fostered by internal consistency and coherence.
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2019-11-18, 02:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: xkcd
Versus Bracket
I filled in my bracket, prediction is Scott Pilgrim over Godzilla in the finals.-Christian
"You're thinking of the 'peace and love' monks across the valley. We're the 'law and order' monks."
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2019-11-18, 03:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-11-18, 03:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'd put my money on the world for champion, given that all other contenders are subsets of the world.
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2019-11-18, 03:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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The Hindsight Awards, results: See the best movies of 1999!
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2019-11-18, 03:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Do Batman and Superman each other before or after fighting the Teen Titans?
I am torn between being glad a non-european referenced Astérix and being sad it was Astérix contre César that got referenced.
I like that you don't think Batman beating Superman isn't even worth a mention.Forum Wisdom
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2019-11-18, 04:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yes, I am slightly egomaniac. Why didn't you ask?
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2019-11-18, 04:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ah. I had Superman beating Batman, then falling to Pilgrim, since Cera beat up Brandon Routh in the movie. Seemed logical.
(That was also the logic for him getting by Marvel in the semi-finals; I assumed Marvel would be represented by Captain America, and Cera also whipped Chris Evans. QED)-Christian
"You're thinking of the 'peace and love' monks across the valley. We're the 'law and order' monks."
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2019-11-19, 01:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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I don't see Scott Pilgrim beating anyone except the world. And even the world is a tall order; he just beat a few people, really.
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2019-11-19, 06:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-11-22, 10:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hi guys! I just got around to reading the NY Times from Sunday, and saw that Randall Munoe was the feature interview for By The Book.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/b...interview.html"We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2019-12-13, 05:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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I love xkcd and when I saw this I was like great then I realized only a few comics connect to each other like the ones about the man in a hat and his girlfriend and the white beret dudes business. but it is still quite funny when you can understand the jokes
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2019-12-13, 08:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah, it's mostly just gag-a-day. But there are sometimes references - heck, in today's comic, Correct Horse Battery Staple makes a triumphant return! In the mouseover text.
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2019-12-18, 02:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
The concern is not realism in speculative fiction, but rather the sense that a setting or story could be real, fostered by internal consistency and coherence.
The Worldbuilding Forum -- where realities are born.
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2020-01-22, 06:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: xkcd
Today's page has a nice take on the reboot of The Solar System media franchise.
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2020-01-22, 07:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-01-26, 09:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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I sent you an email about this. I'd have PM'ed it but... well, you know.
EDIT: I tried to send an email, at least.
I'll just ask here, but in a way that's hopefully allowed: how is Jaturn "gender-confused?" You can reply via email if it gets into Forbidden Topics, but I hope it doesn't.Last edited by enderlord99; 2020-01-26 at 09:49 PM.
I use braces (also known as "curly brackets") to indicate sarcasm. If there are none present, I probably believe what I am saying; should it turn out to be inaccurate trivia, please tell me rather than trying to play along with an apparent joke I don't know I'm making.
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2020-02-22, 02:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: xkcd
I'd also be curious to hear this, honestly.
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2020-02-22, 04:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: xkcd
In any event, during the forum downtime this excellent comic dropped.
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2020-02-22, 07:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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I was adding (what I thought was) witty banter about how the revamped Solar System was worse. I practically just pulled "how to change a character" ideas out of a hat. I think I chose "gender confused" because taking the lines from two minor characters and just giving them all to an amalgam character is a sure-fire way to get personality confusion and "gender confused" was the only snappy way I could think of to express personality confusion.
I guess if we want to take it even further, the original solar system show involved Jupiter and Saturn being somewhat minor characters who had a ship teased a little before the original version was canceled unexpectedly in the middle of the third season. Like the last episode was filmed but never edited into an episode level of canceled. Anyway, when the new Solar System came out there were plenty of hints that both Jupiter and Saturn would be returning, so people brought the old ship back out.
So, no, not (as far as I am aware) forbidden topics, just me being silly. Would you like me to continue taking this joke way, way too far?
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2020-02-24, 09:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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As a follow-up, we get this one, where Randall himself gets to make the claim.
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