# I'm such a sap! (XKCD comic reacton) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036 "2010-01-30T17:59:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/21 "2010-01-31T05:22:53Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Is this based on anything real? Or is it just a random comic? [Seriously?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_rover) Have you been living under _Olympic Mons_? ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/22 "2010-01-31T05:39:20Z")
> [@Oni no Maggie](#): > > IHe wouldn’t be looking to go home - he would be thinking of himself as THE FIRST EARTHLING SETTLER ON MARS!!! Vikings 1 and 2 are on the line. They’d like to talk to Spirit about this ‘first’ business. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/23 "2010-01-31T05:39:39Z")
Where did you say the support group for sappy, over-anthropormorphizers meets? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/24 "2010-01-31T06:25:07Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > Hopefully one day within my lifetime we’ll be good enough at this we can bring them home. My God, didn’t you people learn anything from **[V’ger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V'ger)**? ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/25 "2010-01-31T07:27:44Z")
I’m the sappiest sap who ever sapped. The cartoon got me too. And I want to punch the guy at the end of the IKEA commercial in the face. And then take Lampy home. ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/26 "2010-01-31T11:48:07Z")
I read that one a few days ago and spent probably more than an appropriate amount of time feeling quite sad. I just wanted to give him a hug! (and some Windex) ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/27 "2010-01-31T12:02:58Z")
Man, I hope for your all’s sake he never makes an XKCD about Laika. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/28 "2010-01-31T12:44:43Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Awww. Poor Spirit. He just needs a [girlfriend.](http://datastore.rediff.com/images/briefcase/6C6C686A645D6B3038/6vt3oci51a15ky98.D.0.walle_eve.png) It ain’t Spirit that needs a girlfriend… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![SmartAlecCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SmartAlecCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAlecCat)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/29 "2010-01-31T15:45:00Z")
You shouldn’t anthropomorphize machines… They hate that. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/30 "2010-01-31T15:53:29Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > [Seriously?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_rover) Have you been living under _Olympic Mons_? Um, seriously, yeah. I don’t really follow space news. It doesn’t seem all that important, and now that I know what it is, my only reaction is it’s kind of ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/31 "2010-01-31T16:08:13Z")
> [@statsman1982](#): > > I’m the sappiest sap who ever sapped. The cartoon got me too. > > And I want to punch the guy at the end of the IKEA commercial in the face. And then take Lampy home. Me too. Poor little guys… ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/32 "2010-01-31T16:17:28Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Um, seriously, yeah. I don’t really follow space news. It doesn’t seem all that important, and now that I know what it is, **my only reaction is it’s kind of ugly.** Heartless. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/33 "2010-01-31T16:22:25Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Heartless. 😛 I gave my heart long ago to Johnny Five! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/34 "2010-01-31T16:33:58Z")
> [@lee](#): > > Spirit needs a fan or wiper or a bit of wind. $820 million but they didn’t spring for triple-A? ---
**Author:** ![\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/eada6e/32.png) [@\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Undecided_Adrian)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/35 "2010-01-31T17:09:01Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Man, I hope for your all’s sake he never makes an XKCD about Laika. It’s not xkcd, but do you know [this](http://www.qwantz.com/apologies/000091.html)? ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/36 "2010-01-31T17:25:15Z")
> [@'\[Undecided](#): > > Adrian;12059503’] > > > [@bup](#): > > > > Man, I hope for your all’s sake he never makes an XKCD about Laika. > > It’s not xkcd, but do you know [this](http://www.qwantz.com/apologies/000091.html)? Or [this](http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/Space%20Doggity)? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/37 "2010-01-31T17:32:11Z")
I think there’s only one thing we can do. And it’s not about bringing Spirit and Opportunity home. Let’s go out there, and build a museum for both of them. One that gets plenty of visitors. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/38 "2010-01-31T17:37:32Z")
I’m sad about Spirit, but I’ve been assuaging my grief by following Opportunity’s journey quite closely. This site is great, with regular updates about what Opportunity is doing, on its way to the huge crater Endeavour. It’s just reached another crater, a small but relatively recent one (perhaps only a few thousand years old). Check it out! [The Road to Endeavour](http://roadtoendeavour.wordpress.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/39 "2010-01-31T17:41:48Z")
And now this. [Sorry, Spirit](http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spirit-mars-rover-future-100126.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+(SPACE.com+Headline+Feed)&utm_content=My+Yahoo). ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/40 "2010-02-01T03:10:42Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > It ain’t Spirit that needs a girlfriend… :dubious: 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036.md?page=3)