# What am I missing in this SMBC webcomic?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-missing-in-this-smbc-webcomic/1004844>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** comic-strips\
**Created:** [July 27, 2024, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-missing-in-this-smbc-webcomic/1004844 "2024-07-27T05:42:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-missing-in-this-smbc-webcomic/1004844/1 "2024-07-27T05:42:28Z")

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The topic of this [SMBC webcomic](https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/inappropriate) is inappropriate slang in work texts. There are two texts that are complained of as inappropriate. The one at the end of the comic is spelled out plainly. The one at the beginning is just referred to obliquely, and I haven’t been able to figure out what’s being implied.

How could “orbital bodies crossing the plane of the ecliptic” be shortened so that when one texts “Send X pix”, it sounds rude.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-missing-in-this-smbc-webcomic/1004844/2 "2024-07-27T05:46:26Z")

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From Britannica:

> Node, in astronomy, the intersection of the orbit plane of some celestial body, such as the Moon, a planet, or comet, with the plane of the ecliptic (the apparent path of the Sun among the stars) as projected on the celestial sphere.

She’s texting “Send nodes” which sounds like “Send nudes”. And asking for “Dock pix” (space station capture mechanisms)

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-missing-in-this-smbc-webcomic/1004844/3 "2024-07-27T15:54:01Z")

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Thank you.

I hate not picking up on the innuendo.

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-missing-in-this-smbc-webcomic/1004844/4 "2024-07-27T17:45:36Z")

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Note that SMBC now has comments down below the ad. You have to click on a link, but they often discuss the strip in excessive detail and answer these kinds of questions.