# Today's xkcd **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150 "2012-09-19T08:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/41 "2012-09-19T18:04:13Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Am I the only one who is less than impressed by this? I love xkcd, and this is OK, but I just don’t get why people are so gaga over it. It’s a big picture. Whatever. You gotta have geek blood to appreciate it. Donated any blood lately? ---
**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:** [September 19, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/42 "2012-09-19T18:04:40Z")
People have mentioned the following that I’ve not found: lemonade stand Lemmings level Waldo ---
**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:** [September 19, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/43 "2012-09-19T18:09:01Z")
Nevermind - I saw the lemonade stand before. That’s a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/44 "2012-09-19T18:22:24Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > You gotta have geek blood to appreciate it. Donated any blood lately? If I don’t have geek blood, nobody does. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/45 "2012-09-19T18:36:59Z")
Maybe you think this comic is just a drag. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/46 "2012-09-19T18:40:40Z")
And if it doesn’t click for you, it doesn’t click. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/47 "2012-09-19T19:26:55Z")
Somewhere in this picture, there must be people f–king, and I’m determined to find them! Well, I found a big jellyfish. And possibly a small sarlacc. A graveyard. Saturn V. Jesus. Balloon animals? Still no lemmings. One problem I have is that I don’t know what I don’t know. There may be more stuff tucked in the bottom corners or the sky, but once the screen is all black or all white, I don’t know whether I’m still scrolling or if I’ve reached the edge. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/48 "2012-09-19T19:29:19Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > If I don’t have geek blood, nobody does. I think I must be geekier than thee. Stand back! ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/49 "2012-09-19T19:34:20Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Am I the only one who is less than impressed by this? I love xkcd, and this is OK, but I just don’t get why people are so gaga over it. It’s a big picture. Whatever. It contains dozens (or more) of jokes, some impressive silhouette artwork and must have taken him weeks if not months to do. Just on that level it’s impressive to me. Plus is has a space Jellyfish 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/50 "2012-09-19T20:16:32Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > It contains dozens (or more) of jokes, some impressive silhouette artwork and must have taken him weeks if not months to do. Just on that level it’s impressive to me. Plus is has a space Jellyfish 🙂 It’s not just good silhouette work, the composition is pretty amazing. It’s pretty clear he spent some time thinking about likely “paths” his readers would take through the drawing, and worked up some nice gags and reveals based around gradually exploring the map. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/51 "2012-09-19T20:36:39Z")
Aw man, I still can’t find the X-wings! (HUGE x-wing fan) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/52 "2012-09-19T20:49:39Z")
I found a jellyfish using a computer. And an x-wing. And what appears to be a Saarlac Pit. And a Super Mario Brothers level. And Icarus. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/53 "2012-09-19T21:16:10Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Am I the only one who is less than impressed by this? I love xkcd, and this is OK, but I just don’t get why people are so gaga over it. It’s a big picture. Whatever. OK. Maka a bigger, better picture. Than we talk. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/54 "2012-09-19T21:18:53Z")
☹ The dragging doesn’t work on my work computer. It won’t let go. I can’t even get the first tree out of frame. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/55 "2012-09-19T21:46:08Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > OK. Maka a bigger, better picture. Than we talk. I think that’s sort of my point - big complex pictures don’t do much for me. Sure, it’s kinda cool, I’ll give you that, but there’s a lot of other xckds that I think are more clever/funnier/just better in general. But I appear to be in the minority. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/56 "2012-09-19T22:14:33Z")
I just scrolled up the enormous radio mast to see the following: “Dubai may have taken the record for ‘Tallest Manmade Structure’ but North Dakota still has ‘Largest Buffalo Monument’ ‘Biggest Hamburger’ and ‘Tallest Pyramid made of Oilcans’. So there!” Which I found incredibly cool, as I’m going to Dubai next week and going to go up the Burj Khalifa just cause I can! ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/57 "2012-09-19T22:38:06Z")
Is that Gary Seven on the side of the Saturn V? ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/58 "2012-09-19T22:40:16Z")
I liked Elizabeth Warren in the rigging of the sailing ship. “Why are you in the rigging?” “You call this rigging? The whole system is rigged!” or something like that. Heh, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/59 "2012-09-19T23:25:21Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Here’s a google map-like image of it: > > [http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/](http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/) That’s probably the best way to view it. Very cool comic. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/60 "2012-09-19T23:39:06Z")
Hm, I should go to bed- hey! A thread about the new XKCD comic- huh, two pages of comments, must be interesting. I’ll just look at the comic, then I’ll turn off the computer… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150.md?page=4)