# ­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:** 150
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2983 "2024-05-04T22:34:33Z")
Stolen from the interwebz: > [@](#): > > A QA engineer walks into a bar. Orders a beer. Orders 0 beers. Orders 99999999999 beers. Orders a lizard. Orders -1 beers. Orders a ueicbksjdhd. > > First real customer walks in and asks where the bathroom is. The bar bursts into flames, killing everyone. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2984 "2024-05-07T14:06:55Z")
> **[Good and Bad Ideas](https://xkcd.com/2929/)** > > While it seemed like a fun prank at the time, I realize my prank fire extinguishers full of leaded gasoline were a mistake. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2985 "2024-05-07T14:28:27Z")
I love that soup is the calibration point. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2986 "2024-05-07T15:37:03Z")
I think that’s an unfair categorization of Project Orion. It was certainly an _audacious_ concept, but not inherently a bad idea depending on what you considered acceptable tradeoffs. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2987 "2024-05-07T15:54:49Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > not inherently a bad idea depending on what you considered acceptable tradeoffs Can’t that be said of all the bad ideas? And good ones as well? I mean, just because _you_ value life and property more than pyrotechnic laughter, doesn’t mean others will make the same value judgements. /joker ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2988 "2024-05-07T18:06:53Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > not inherently a bad idea I’m pretty sure that rating is based on a doctrinaire “nuclear explosions are bad mkay?” basis. You may question Monroe’s lack of vision, but at least this judgement has an understandable (if not entirely rational) basis. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2989 "2024-05-07T18:37:22Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > I like to get a OneBox display of the strip, rather than a link. Sorry for the belated response but this gives me an opportunity to raise an issue; is it okay for us to be posting this strips on this board? Are there copyright issues involved in reposting them here? ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2990 "2024-05-07T18:41:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > [@dtilque](#): > > > > I like to get a OneBox display of the strip, rather than a link. > > Sorry for the belated response but this gives me an opportunity to raise an issue; is it okay for us to be posting this strips on this board? Are there copyright issues involved in reposting them here? I don’t believe we are actually posting (or reposting) them here. We are only posting a link to the xkcd website. In Discourse if you parse the link correctly it will show a preview of the link. _That_ is what you are looking at. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2991 "2024-05-07T18:42:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > [@dtilque](#): > > > > I like to get a OneBox display of the strip, rather than a link. > > Sorry for the belated response but this gives me an opportunity to raise an issue; is it okay for us to be posting this strips on this board? We’re not posting his comics, we’re linking directly to them. He provides a direct link you can copy and paste. And his site has the correct metadata to support the “one box”. I think what we’re doing is encouraged. For example, this is directly under the comic linked to above: > Permanent link to this comic: [https://xkcd.com/2929/](https://xkcd.com/2929) > Image URL (for hotlinking/embedding): [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/good\_and\_bad\_ideas.png](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/good_and_bad_ideas.png) ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2992 "2024-05-07T18:45:03Z")
My reading of Creative Commons licence says what we are doing is OK. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2993 "2024-05-07T18:52:35Z")
> [@robby](#): > > I don’t believe we are actually posting (or reposting) them here. We are only posting a link to the xkcd website. In Discourse if you parse the link correctly it will show a preview of the link. _That_ is what you are looking at. > [@Pleonast](#): > > We’re not posting his comics, we’re linking directly to them. He provides a direct link you can copy and paste. And his site has the correct metadata to support the “one box”. I think what we’re doing is encouraged. So viewing them on this site essentially counts as a hit for his site (with whatever revenue arrangement he has for that)? ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2994 "2024-05-07T19:01:16Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So viewing them on this site essentially counts as a hit for his site (with whatever revenue arrangement he has for that)?   I believe so. I don’t know his revenue model, but we’re accessing his site, so it’s increasing his traffic count. It’s why I strongly dislike linking to websites I dislike. Scrolling past a post here gives traffic to that other site. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2995 "2024-05-07T19:02:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So viewing them on this site essentially counts as a hit for his site (with whatever revenue arrangement he has for that)? That is my understanding. Also note that since we are only posting links, if his website goes down, all of the xkcd images that you see here on the SDMB go away as well. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2996 "2024-05-07T20:20:57Z")
Note that he has it as a less bad idea thsn it sounds (possibly a pun on “sound” - a Project Orion ship would sound very bad (loud) - see also leaded gas, which sounds like a good idea, possibly because it sounds quiet) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2997 "2024-05-07T20:23:32Z")
Yes, and it seems clear that we are using his content in a way that he encourages and supports. My xkcd viewer died (probably was written for an older version of Android) and this thread has become my xkcd viewer. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2998 "2024-05-07T20:31:49Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > …My xkcd viewer died (probably was written for an older version of Android) and this thread has become my xkcd viewer. Me too! This way I get reminders when a new comic is posted along with witty and erudite commentary. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2999 "2024-05-07T20:45:45Z")
I saw a kid on wheelies in a store just the other day. The first time in a loooong time I’ve seen them. And I must disagree with diverging diamond interchanges. They are the work of the devil and my own experiences at a seriously congested spot they converted is quite negative. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3000 "2024-05-07T20:46:15Z")
What is the supposed benefit (other than aesthetics) to cutting sandwiches diagonally? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3001 "2024-05-07T21:17:07Z")
And putting mold on infections should be in the Actually a Bad Idea half-plane. One very specific variety of one species of mold produces a very useful antibiotic, but most other mold species are neutral at best or actively harmful. If you don’t know what kind of mold you’re dealing with, putting mold on an infection is more likely to make things worse rather than better, and even if it is the right variety of mold and you know it, you’d be much better off refining and purifying the penicillin and putting just that on the infection, rather than the raw mold. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3002 "2024-05-07T22:29:28Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > What is the supposed benefit (other than aesthetics) to cutting sandwiches diagonally? Different crust to interior ratio when taking out bite sized chunks? This article says to cut a peace sign. > **[The Viral Sandwich Cutting Hack That Gives You A Perfect Bite With Each Slice...](https://www.tastingtable.com/1577619/viral-sandwich-cutting-hack/)** > > For years we thought there were two ways to cut a sandwich, then this viral hack popped up and set the entire sandwich world on its head. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=149) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=151)