# ­xkcd thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [May 28, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574 "2020-05-28T00:57:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 135
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2683 "2024-01-18T14:30:38Z")
Too late. Mom turned me over any untold number of times to, um, clean my tush. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2684 "2024-01-19T00:36:00Z")
… thus undoing all the good done here … > **[Angular Momentum](https://xkcd.com/162/)** > > With reasonable assumptions about latitude and body shape, how much time might she gain them? Note: whatever the answer, sunrise always comes too soon. (Also, is it worth it if she throws up?) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2685 "2024-01-19T01:10:52Z")
Great! I can see the anti-daylight savings time people organizing a mass spin–in; until they get so dizzy they fall off the edge. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2686 "2024-01-20T20:46:32Z")
> **[Astronaut Guests](https://xkcd.com/2883/)** > > They didn't bring us a gift, but considering the kinetic energy of a bottle of wine at orbital speed, that's probably for the best. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2687 "2024-01-22T19:47:58Z")
> **[Log Alignment](https://xkcd.com/2884/)** > > A video can have a log scale that's misaligned with both the time AND space axes. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2688 "2024-01-22T19:58:45Z")
I’m getting flashbacks of metric tensors from hell. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2689 "2024-01-22T21:31:14Z")
I’m sorry Randall, but that’s just mean. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2690 "2024-01-24T19:24:15Z")
> **[Spelling](https://xkcd.com/2885/)** > > Any time I misspell a word it's just because I have too much integrity to copy answers from the dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2691 "2024-01-24T21:01:36Z")
It’s a joke, but actually it would be good to cite what spelling standard and what style guide are being used in a work. And to be very transparent, also cite the font and type foundry, the paragraph and line formats, the page size and margin selections. We really shouldn’t be taking implicit credit for the creative choices of others. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2692 "2024-01-24T21:07:30Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > And to be very transparent, also cite the font and type foundry, the paragraph and line formats, the page size and margin selections. > > We really shouldn’t be taking implicit credit for the creative choices of others. As long as you use Word’s built-in templates, you can take it for granted that there were never any creative choices involved in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2693 "2024-01-27T03:52:56Z")
> **[Fast Radio Bursts](https://xkcd.com/2886/)** > > Dr. Petroff has also shown that the Higgs boson signal was actually sparks from someone microwaving grapes, the EHT black hole photo was a frozen bagel someone left in too long, and the LIGO detection was just someone slamming the microwave door too hard. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2694 "2024-01-27T15:39:19Z")
Interesting that that strip is a 2x2 grid. The various “theories” had be be in the order they were in for optimal humour but if 2 and 4 were switched, the table would have a more pleasing layout with a horizontal space/break room axis and a vertical astrophysical object/microwave oven axis. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2695 "2024-01-29T19:00:20Z")
> **[Minnesota](https://xkcd.com/2887/)** > > In addition to 'squishy', after reviewing my submitted intraplate ground motion data, the National Geodetic Survey has politely asked me to stop using the word 'supple' so often when describing Midwestern states. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2696 "2024-01-29T20:19:45Z")
Just another example of Canadian pushiness. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2697 "2024-01-29T23:07:50Z")
I’m confused. If it’s rebounding it should be getting farther from the center of the Earth and therefore growing not shrinking. I wonder what Randall knows that I don’t? At least about this topic; there are way too many other topics where Randall knows and I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2698 "2024-01-29T23:17:28Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’m confused. If it’s rebounding it should be getting farther from the center of the Earth and therefore growing not shrinking. Maybe the rebound is greater north OF Minnesota, pushing its northern boundary southwards. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2699 "2024-01-29T23:22:28Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Maybe the rebound is greater north OF Minnesota, pushing its northern boundary southwards. I believe that is the case. Also, the area south of where the Ice Age glaciers were is rebounding downward. About half of Minnesota was not covered in glaciers, so it’s part of that downward rebound. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2700 "2024-01-31T17:42:05Z")
> **[US Survey Foot](https://xkcd.com/2888/)** > > Subway refuses to answer my questions about whether it's an International Footlong or a US Survey Footlong. A milligram of sandwich is at stake! ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2701 "2024-01-31T18:09:40Z")
Aha! So the actual shrinkage of Minnesota is up in the air. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2702 "2024-01-31T18:28:57Z")
For those wondering about how long that 0.016-mile difference is, it’s 1.28 chains. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=136)