# XKCD: Awesomer than you think. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-awesomer-than-you-think/809774 "2018-02-28T20:28:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-awesomer-than-you-think/809774/21 "2018-03-01T16:56:42Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Capitol Hill is about 90% young staffers just out of college on their way to other jobs. I’m sure they are familiar with XKCD just as they are with rap. Maybe. I can tell you that most of my college students aren’t familiar with it. The nerdier ones are, but I’m not sure how many Capitol Hill staffers qualify as nerdy… ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-awesomer-than-you-think/809774/22 "2018-03-01T17:31:03Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I only found out about this anecdotally–it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if the Koch Brothers addresses and those from every oil company on earth are similarly redirected. Does anyone have any contacts they can check with? The Koch Bros. offices are in the same building as my office. I just checked and XKCD takes me to this week’s cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-awesomer-than-you-think/809774/23 "2018-03-01T17:33:29Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Maybe. I can tell you that most of my college students aren’t familiar with it. The nerdier ones are, but I’m not sure how many Capitol Hill staffers qualify as nerdy… To be regionally-correct, they aren’t nerdy, but wonky 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-awesomer-than-you-think/809774/24 "2018-03-01T17:50:34Z")
Tangentially related - while attempting to google this, I found a [semi-hidden file on XKCD](https://xkcd.com/why.txt) that is a list of over 33,000 “why” questions apparently entered in search engines. Maybe it’s a list of search terms that led people to the XKCD site? I find it kind of meditative to read through them. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-awesomer-than-you-think/809774/25 "2018-03-01T18:08:56Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Tangentially related - while attempting to google this, I found a [semi-hidden file on XKCD](https://xkcd.com/why.txt) that is a list of over 33,000 “why” questions apparently entered in search engines. Maybe it’s a list of search terms that led people to the XKCD site? I find it kind of meditative to read through them. [Here you go.](https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1256:_Questions) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-awesomer-than-you-think/809774/26 "2018-03-01T18:41:44Z")
\*\*XKCD: Awesomer than you think. \*\* Hard not to be. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-awesomer-than-you-think/809774/27 "2018-03-02T04:57:12Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > To be regionally-correct, they aren’t nerdy, but wonky 🙂 Hill staff are huge nerds. There’s a reason they call DC Hollywood for ugly people and the Correspondents Dinner “nerd prom.” DC is nerd city. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-awesomer-than-you-think/809774/28 "2018-03-02T07:58:01Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [Thing Explainer](https://xkcd.com/thing-explainer/) is also a great book. My favourite sister got me this for Christmas a couple of years ago. Up your game other sister, up your game… ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-awesomer-than-you-think/809774/29 "2018-03-02T10:33:48Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > You guys should really read Randall’s ‘What If’ book. It features engineering and math answers to reader questions. The one on ‘What would happen if a pitcher threw a baseball at the speed of light?’ does not end well for anyone. > > Plus, hey, the cover has a Tyrannosaur being lowered - by crane - into a Sarlacc Pit. So it’s got that going for it, anyway. I read it and was greatly disappointed because he repeats the same jokes over and over again. A [Citation Needed] is on almost every page and there are plenty of other jokes he constantly repeats. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-awesomer-than-you-think/809774.md?page=1)