# Wow, interesting comic, XKCD

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-interesting-comic-xkcd/643247>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 6, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-interesting-comic-xkcd/643247 "2012-12-06T23:35:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-interesting-comic-xkcd/643247/1 "2012-12-06T23:35:14Z")

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While perusing this thread in Cafe Society on the SDMB:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15770414](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15770414),

I decided to poke randomly around on XKCD, which I do from time to time. I encountered this comic:

[http://xkcd.com/453/](http://xkcd.com/453/).

Read the mouse over text. How prophetic. I don’t know how accurate any prior damage assessments wound up being, but as the author writes, “It’s just a matter of time.”