Posts by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
(DIR) Post #B1Qdf8bi5rtQBFo1jM by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2025-12-20T04:31:54Z
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My goal in life is to be personally responsible for at least one sports rule change.https://xkcd.com/3183/
(DIR) Post #B1WsUXhVO8QXYAR8nw by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2025-12-23T04:46:20Z
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In 1899, people were walking around shouting '23' at each other and laughing, and confused reporters were writing articles trying to figure out what it meant.https://xkcd.com/3184/
(DIR) Post #B1aikYT25Go3eSVHg8 by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2025-12-25T01:16:02Z
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Vertebrae Georghttps://xkcd.com/3185/
(DIR) Post #B1e5eM3YCC6LqGTcy8 by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2025-12-26T16:16:45Z
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Building Inspectors HATE This One Weird Trickhttps://xkcd.com/3186/
(DIR) Post #B1kxLcN7s3JDPouJFI by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2025-12-29T23:46:43Z
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1,300,000-1,400,000 ft: Ask a crew member to show you how to use the ISS food warmer.https://xkcd.com/3187/
(DIR) Post #B1oyHtCaETxv2abMno by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2025-12-31T22:16:04Z
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Anyone else watching this Youtube video in 1954? If so, my last trip definitely messed with the timeline.https://xkcd.com/3188/
(DIR) Post #B1tOj4ocXKsCJorE6y by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2026-01-03T01:31:10Z
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They're not generally used for crewed spacecraft because astronauts HATE going around the corners.https://xkcd.com/3189/
(DIR) Post #B1zldlK72moEJMmYMa by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2026-01-06T03:16:11Z
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Some people argue that the tension and compression in the human skeleton is technically tensegrity, but it's missing the defining characteristic: making people say 'wtf, how is that thing floating?' when they see it.https://xkcd.com/3190/
(DIR) Post #B23GXE99q77WmhDYRc by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2026-01-07T19:46:30Z
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It's important to teach yourself to feel responsible for random events, because with great responsibility comes great power. That's what my wise Uncle Ben told me right before he died; he might still be alive today if only I'd said rabbit rabbit that year!https://xkcd.com/3191/
(DIR) Post #B28ERXGAdVXmCuSJbU by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2026-01-10T05:16:38Z
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We're going to need to modify the surface to mount it on the test stand. Which ocean basin do you like the least?https://xkcd.com/3192/
(DIR) Post #B2EQchd8mfVLxF3CyG by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2026-01-13T05:01:21Z
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I wanted to make the world's fastest yawl, so I made the aft sail bigger, but apparently that means it's not a yawl anymore! It's a real ketch-22.https://xkcd.com/3193/
(DIR) Post #B2HnSg88O4YkpHcIFM by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2026-01-14T20:01:24Z
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Some surfaces may seem difficult to glue. But if you research the materials, find tables of what adhesives work on them, and prepare your surfaces carefully, you can fail to glue them in a fun NEW way that fills your house with dangerous vapors.https://xkcd.com/3194/
(DIR) Post #B2LUPyvSvanBkpWzku by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2026-01-16T14:46:51Z
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Welcome to the International Space Station Exclamation Point!https://xkcd.com/3195/
(DIR) Post #B2SinyJXKq1m0YOSye by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2026-01-20T02:31:04Z
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I've had countless nights where the line never left the bottom zone of the graph, but the few moments where it's climbed all the way to the top have made up for them all.https://xkcd.com/3196/
(DIR) Post #B2WXlTwexB7SNT8vKK by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2026-01-21T22:46:11Z
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Unfortunately, my scheme to trick NASA has now taken over a decade longer than planned and has run way over budget.https://xkcd.com/3197/
(DIR) Post #B2awrrHUNXjHybrY2K by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2026-01-24T01:46:19Z
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'Oh, and can I borrow 50 sacks of loose flour, a pile of lithium-ion batteries, a bucket of bleach, and a bucket of vinega--' 'NO!!!!!!'https://xkcd.com/3198/
(DIR) Post #B2h2M0DD7V7MOpMNwO by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2026-01-27T00:16:03Z
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'Ugh, I'm never going to be like spiders. My descendants will all just be normal arthropods who mind their own busines and don't do anything weird.' --The ancestor of a bunch of eusocial insectshttps://xkcd.com/3199/
(DIR) Post #B2lFqXLUZRKFswxntY by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2026-01-28T20:02:01Z
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Some of the atoms in the molecule are very weakly bound.https://xkcd.com/3200/
(DIR) Post #B2olgAnnJP5V4zBRgm by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2026-01-30T17:46:54Z
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There's also a proof without content of a conjecture without content, but it's left as an exercise for the reader.https://xkcd.com/3201/
(DIR) Post #B2urAYUPTNAhx2BOlM by xkcd@mastodon.xyz
2026-02-02T16:16:41Z
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Originally, the ceremony used a variety of rodents and mustelids, but over time most people agreed it made sense to standardize on a specific individual ground squirrel in Pennsylvania.https://xkcd.com/3202/