# ­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:** 164
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3263 "2024-07-12T21:42:16Z")
> **[Hatchery](https://xkcd.com/2958/)** > > Anadromous fish are more vulnerable in rivers, since the lack of salt means you can quickly crack passwords using rainbow trout tables. Boo, hiss. These puns are reaching a new depth, even for this comic. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3264 "2024-07-12T22:21:38Z")
He’s really floundering at this point. I won’t take the bait, nor will I let him off the hook. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3265 "2024-07-12T22:24:34Z")
FYI [Salt and passwords](https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/salt#:~:text=With%20password%20salting%2C%20a%20random,when%20the%20users%20enter%20them.). [Rainbow tables.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_table) (There is a Trout co. involved in cybersecurity but I don’t think this is a reference.) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3266 "2024-07-12T22:56:09Z")
I liked that joke better when they used it in _Wayne’s World_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8aXqgoiVb8E/maxresdefault.jpg "Wayne's World 2 (9/10) Movie CLIP - Handsome Dan (1993) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aXqgoiVb8E) ---
**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:** [July 13, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3267 "2024-07-13T23:53:51Z")
That’s some serious bottom-fishing for a laugh. It seems Randal has jumped the shark. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3268 "2024-07-16T04:25:23Z")
> **[Beam of Light](https://xkcd.com/2959/)** > > Einstein's theories solved a longstanding mystery about Mercury: Why it gets so hot. "It's because," he pointed out, "the sun is right there." ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3269 "2024-07-18T17:35:10Z")
> **[Organ Meanings](https://xkcd.com/2960/)** > > IMO the thymus is one of the coolest organs and we should really use it in metaphors more. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3270 "2024-07-18T21:13:26Z")
…and then, penis ensued. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3271 "2024-07-19T20:02:24Z")
> **[CrowdStrike](https://xkcd.com/2961/)** > > We were going to try swordfighting, but all my compiling is on hold. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3272 "2024-07-19T20:07:32Z")
Hm, combining a today-current event, with a reference to [2658 comics ago](https://xkcd.com/303/). That’s got to be a record for… something. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3273 "2024-07-19T20:24:49Z")
Considering I’ve been at my office staring at the wall for six hours now, this one hits close to home! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3274 "2024-07-19T21:32:32Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > [xkcd: CrowdStrike](https://xkcd.com/2961) Went to get my car inspected today. Local garage. Usually filled with, well, NYC stereotypes. I was not disappointed. Tommy ( owner ) to customer at the counter: " Yeah, I can’t order your tires today. There’s this computer thing happening. Not just me. All over the world." ( Because, there’s nothing between Tommy and the planet. ) Customer: Oh. I work in Banking. Fuckin’ trust me, I know. The office is CLOSED today !! Other guy behind counter. He’s about 25, with blonde tips in his well-lubricated hair: " Was it a hack job? " Customer/Banker guy: " They don’t want you to KNOW what it was. " 🤣 🤣 🤣 That’s right. They don’t want you to know. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3275 "2024-07-23T05:08:15Z")
> **[President Venn Diagram](https://xkcd.com/2962/)** > > Hard to imagine political rhetoric more microtargeted at me than 'I love Venn diagrams. I really do, I love Venn diagrams. It's just something about those three circles.' ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3276 "2024-07-23T05:51:38Z")
As presidential endorsements go, that’s certainly one of the more idiosyncratic. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3277 "2024-07-23T13:03:47Z")
And given that he has unpopulated segments of the diagram, that definitely is, in fact, a Venn diagram rather than a Euler diagram. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3278 "2024-07-23T13:42:32Z")
That’s hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3279 "2024-07-23T14:09:09Z")
There’s yet another endorsement – ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3280 "2024-07-25T03:46:39Z")
> **[House Inputs and Outputs](https://xkcd.com/2963/)** > > People think power over ethernet is so great, and yet when I try to do water over ethernet everyone yells at me. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3281 "2024-07-25T14:17:31Z")
Hey, water over ethernet can’t be any tougher than [soup over power lines](https://xkcd.com/1293/) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3282 "2024-07-27T17:34:50Z")
> **[Olympic Sports](https://xkcd.com/2964/)** > > Thankfully for everyone involved, the Winter Olympics officials spotted me and managed to stop me before I got to the ski jump. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=165)