Randall Munroe

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Where Babies Come From

Comic. Various Experts Answer the Question “Where do babies come from?” Geneticist: Recent admixture event, roughly 0.001 kya. Astronomer: Low-impulse ejection from a parent body. Software engineer: Off-by-one error in the population calculations. Geologist: The area was originally a uniform plane, but the non-baby parts eroded at higher rates. Meteorologist: Moist ground-level turbulent mixing.

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5 days ago

Thread Meeting

Comic. [formatted like forum post thread] POST BY AnteresMike: You could also check out THIS kayak model. I attached a motor to mine, and it’s a little bit of a kludge but it works great. REPLY BY NorthLakeKayak: Oh, hey, AntaresMike! I know you! Honestly I didn’t realize you existed outside of the Animorphs fandom. I haven’t seen you in forever! Uh. So. How are you doing? Kayaking, I guess. Anyway yeah that model is great. [caption] Running into someone on a thread who you know from a totally different part of the internet feels weirdly like running into your teacher into a store.

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Archaeology Research

Comic. [Person giving a presentation. On roll-down projector screen are images of two arrowheads made of “stone (traditional)” and “copper (my method)”.] PERSON: In the process of analyzing Paleolithic stone toolmaking, I’ve stumbled on an improved technique for producing points and blades. Instead of stone, my method is based on the heating and shaping of copper ore… [caption] Too late, I realized my entire archaeology dissertation had been based on a colossal misunderstanding.

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