# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/41 "2010-02-01T03:21:32Z")
When I read the Title my immediate thought was “Oh, thank GOD!” I really thought I was just completely crazy. That comic has been in the back of my mind all day. Of htose of us who did get upset by it, how many have seen Wall-E? (sp?) ---
**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, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/42 "2010-02-01T03:22:19Z")
See post #7. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Barrett\_Bonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/43 "2010-02-01T15:19:16Z")
Got this via a friend at NASA. It made me feel a little better. [Spirit, the Real Story](http://www.imageurlhost.com/images/61hsgl76q4fmhi3nxpo5.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/44 "2010-02-01T15:24:39Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > $820 million but they didn’t spring for triple-A? Even if they did, I’m sure they’d be told the tow truck would be coming by in “only” a decade, and you know how unrealistic those time quotes are… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/45 "2010-02-01T15:48:15Z")
> [@Barrett\_Bonden](#): > > Got this via a friend at NASA. It made me feel a little better. > > [Spirit, the Real Story](http://www.imageurlhost.com/images/61hsgl76q4fmhi3nxpo5.jpg). Well-played, rocket scientists. Well-played. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/46 "2010-02-01T16:22:51Z")
Such are the dangers of assigning feelings to things that don’t have them. the Laika cartoon got me more, as a huge animal lover. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/47 "2010-02-01T16:47:54Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > But did Spirit volunteer or was Spirit drafted? Hmmm… He saw the Opportunity and went after it. ---
**Author:** ![Morgis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Morgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgis)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/48 "2010-02-01T17:31:24Z")
I think I have something in my eye. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/49 "2010-02-01T22:49:03Z")
> [@Barrett\_Bonden](#): > > Got this via a friend at NASA. It made me feel a little better. > > [Spirit, the Real Story](http://www.imageurlhost.com/images/61hsgl76q4fmhi3nxpo5.jpg). But it’s still all aloooone! I haven’t felt this sad since I had to put all my dolls away. Stuff like this really isn’t helping the hoarders, you know. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/50 "2010-02-02T00:12:31Z")
Let’s talk about that one Futurama episode! Yes, _that_ one. [quivering lower lip] ---
**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:** [February 2, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/51 "2010-02-02T00:32:57Z")
> [@capybara](#): > > Let’s talk about that one Futurama episode! Yes, _that_ one. [quivering lower lip] You bastard. {slightly weepy smiley face} ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/52 "2010-02-02T00:56:50Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Man, I hope for your all’s sake he never makes an XKCD about Laika. > [@'\[Undecided](#): > > Adrian;12059503’]It’s not xkcd, but do you know [this](http://www.qwantz.com/apologies/000091.html)? > [@LeeshaJoy](#): > > Or [this](http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/Space%20Doggity)? Now with [video footage](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsV-qozMz9A). (warning, this made me get all teary-eyed) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/53 "2010-02-02T01:02:07Z")
I posted it on my FB account. I felt melocholy all day. What a sap. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/54 "2010-02-02T01:07:32Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > 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). That was on the mouseover. You do know about the mouseovers? Oops- double post. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/55 "2010-02-03T04:32:54Z")
> [@capybara](#): > > Let’s talk about that one Futurama episode! Yes, _that_ one. [quivering lower lip] Does that one movie make up for it, or make you feel your sorrow was wasted? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036/56 "2010-02-03T13:47:42Z")
People keep suggesting we move this to Cafe Society, since it’s about a cartoon. It seems to me that the thread is actually about the issues raised by the cartoon, and not about the cartoon _per se_, so I’ve been leaving it here. Just so you know. twickster, MPSIMS moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-such-a-sap-xkcd-comic-reacton/527036.md?page=2)