# Could someone explain his xkcd comic to me

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-his-xkcd-comic-to-me/576949>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 2, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-his-xkcd-comic-to-me/576949 "2011-04-02T15:16:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-his-xkcd-comic-to-me/576949/21 "2011-04-04T16:50:01Z")

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Just read today’s comic ([April 4th 2011](http://xkcd.com/881/)). Is it just me, or does it look like Randall just find out someone has a fatal disease?

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-his-xkcd-comic-to-me/576949/22 "2011-04-04T17:00:50Z")

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That’s been a running theme for about a year now. Someone close to him is dying.

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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-his-xkcd-comic-to-me/576949/23 "2011-04-04T20:10:37Z")

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Suppose you \*could \*make a phone call to the future. Would you really use to complain about somebody’s fashion choices?? What are these people _thinking_???

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