# XKCD made me happy today! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2009, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-made-me-happy-today/515164 "2009-10-26T11:34:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-made-me-happy-today/515164/41 "2009-10-27T04:16:49Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The girl on the phone and the roommate of the guy on the phone are playing a vs. shooter over the internet. The girl on the phone is convincing the guy on the phone to make nachos in the microwave. The microwave temporarily knocks out the roommate’s wi-fi connection, disconnecting the roommate and allowing the girl on the phone to kill her avatar. Ah, didn’t even realize they were roommates. Thank you, **jayjay**. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-made-me-happy-today/515164/42 "2009-10-27T04:22:11Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Ah, didn’t even realize they were roommates. Thank you, **jayjay**. The clue is that in the first panel, the guy on the phone says, “Looking for Megan? She’s gaming”, and the girl on the phone says, “I know”. It took me about three reads to catch that myself. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-made-me-happy-today/515164/43 "2009-10-27T04:24:21Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I don’t get the nachos joke, though. [SPOILER] The woman talking about nachos was playing a game against his girlfriend. She made that dude hungry so he’d go nuke some nachos, thus trashing his girlfriend’s wifi signal and rendering her vulnerable to a headshot. Cut-throat stuff.[/SPOILER] ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-made-me-happy-today/515164/44 "2009-10-27T05:29:41Z")
I must be missing something. Where’s this homage to Geocites? All I’m seeing is the Nachos strip. Is there some meta joke here that’s over my head? ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-made-me-happy-today/515164/45 "2009-10-27T05:40:53Z")
It’s gone. He took it down. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-made-me-happy-today/515164/46 "2009-10-27T06:12:41Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > I must be missing something. Where’s this homage to Geocites? All I’m seeing is the Nachos strip. Is there some meta joke here that’s over my head? Before it had scrolling text and really tacky background with stars and colors. The way a horrible Geocities site would look. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-made-me-happy-today/515164/47 "2009-10-27T10:10:02Z")
Someone on the forums there was kind enough to [mirror](http://sean.raptorswithhats.com/geoxkcd.html)the site, anticipating the change back, so everybody can still get their retro-XKCD goodness! ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-made-me-happy-today/515164/48 "2009-10-27T20:55:47Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Someone on the forums there was kind enough to [mirror](http://sean.raptorswithhats.com/geoxkcd.html)the site, anticipating the change back, so everybody can still get their retro-XKCD goodness! Oh, I thought it was all going over my head! It makes a lot more sense now. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-made-me-happy-today/515164/49 "2009-10-27T21:15:12Z")
> [@anu-la1979](#): > > Good but needs more midi. Midi without the controls enabled. Then you can’t shut off the player. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-made-me-happy-today/515164/50 "2009-10-28T00:28:02Z")
Heh. I saw this first thing Monday morning, pre-coffee, and all I thought was, “What the hell? XKCD has a new site design. Sucks. Okay, here’s the comic.” I completely skipped over all the text, and I missed the joke. Thanks for this thread! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-made-me-happy-today/515164.md?page=2)