# ­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:** 171
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3403 "2024-09-13T10:59:06Z")
I have read that book. Starts out good, gets increasingly stupid later. But a “lite” version of that scenario is about how I imagine it playing out. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3404 "2024-09-13T14:07:21Z")
> [@abcdefghij](#): > > Say goodbye to the moon dinosaurs No, not the Moon dinosaurs. I love Moon dinosaurs. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3405 "2024-09-13T19:56:41Z")
> **[Craters](https://xkcd.com/2985/)** > > It's annoying that the Nastapoka Arc isn't a meteor impact crater, but I truly believe that--with enough time, effort, and determination--we could make it one. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3406 "2024-09-13T20:04:25Z")
Add Marsal Lake in Quebec’s Côte-Nord region: > **[Man Finds Unusual Spherical Structure While Browsing Google Maps. It Could Be...](https://www.iflscience.com/man-finds-unusual-spherical-structure-while-browsing-google-maps-it-could-be-a-huge-discovery-75869)** > > While planning a camping trip in Quebec, Joël Lapointe found a rare and unusual structure. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3407 "2024-09-13T20:07:10Z")
Mount Taranaki is quite circular: [![](https://i.redd.it/vaj3ulo1rcd21.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/vaj3ulo1rcd21.jpg) ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3408 "2024-09-13T20:07:56Z")
Under repair. I’ll be back. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3409 "2024-09-13T20:14:00Z")
If you use Windows: - Bring up the picture you want to post - Press shift-Windows-S to bring up the snipper tool - Drag a box around the thing you want to post - Bring up [imgur.com](http://imgur.com) - ctrl-V directly into the browser - Wait a bit and then “copy link” - Paste the link into the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3410 "2024-09-13T20:20:00Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > quite circular But that’s a legal construct, not a geological one. > **[Egmont National Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egmont_National_Park)** > > Egmont National Park (Māori: Te Papakura o Taranaki) is located south of New Plymouth, close to the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The park covers three volcanic cones: Mount Taranaki and its slopes, Pouakai and Kaitake. The park was first created in 1881 as a forest reserve and went on to become New Zealand’s second national park, preceded by Tongariro National Park, in 1900. > The forest reserve was created within a 6-mile (9.6-kilometre) radius around the cone of the dormant ... > The forest reserve was created within a 6-mile (9.6-kilometre) radius around the cone of the dormant Mount Taranaki volcano. Areas encompassing the older volcanic remnants of Pouakai and Kaitake were later added to the reserve at the northwest side. The forest is surrounded on all sides by pasture, giving it a distinctly circular shape. Government marks out a perfectly circular area as a forest reserve, and local farmers and ranchers creating pasture right up to the border guarantee it will be a sharply delineated circle. That would put the park into the right-hand circle in Randall’s Venn diagram. (But you probably already knew that. I didn’t, so thanks for pointing it out.) ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3411 "2024-09-13T20:24:02Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > But that’s a legal construct, not a geological one. From the xkcd comic: > Delaware’s northern border ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3412 "2024-09-13T20:26:06Z")
Yup. That’s why I grouped it with that. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3413 "2024-09-13T20:31:22Z")
Well, the main reason for being on the right side is that it’s not a meteor impact, but is definitely a weird circle on the map. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3414 "2024-09-13T20:48:22Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > If you use Windows: Chromebook - most times, no problem - but perhaps I wasn’t quick enough on the Reply button. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3415 "2024-09-17T13:50:18Z")
> **[Every Scientific Field](https://xkcd.com/2986/)** > > Conveniently for everyone, it turns out that dark energy is produced by subterranean parasitoid wasps. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3416 "2024-09-17T14:07:51Z")
Speaking of weird circles, I love that Randall draws even his geometric shapes by hand. I’m sure that his “Oh, Just Give Me a Sliver of Pie” Chart would’ve been quicker with a compass or template and a straight edge… but no, he takes the time to give us a well-drawn but analog circle! ---
**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:** [September 17, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3417 "2024-09-17T14:44:31Z")
Both subsurface microbes and parasitoid wasps seem pretty normal to me. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3418 "2024-09-17T15:10:27Z")
Heck, I’ve seen them in concert a couple of years ago; awesome! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3419 "2024-09-19T14:01:25Z")
> **[Tectonic Surfing](https://xkcd.com/2987/)** > > The worst is when you wipe out in the barrel and you're trapped for several million years until erosion frees you. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3420 "2024-09-19T15:07:26Z")
Aren’t we all doing that, all the time? ---
**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:** [September 19, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3421 "2024-09-19T15:10:45Z")
But you have to have your legs apart, knees bent with your arms out. Otherwise you’re just a tectonic hodad. (I remember seeing the Tectonic Hodads play at the Fillmore way back when.) ---
**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:** [September 19, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3422 "2024-09-19T15:13:23Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > hodad Thanks for the new word! (Well, new to me, anyway.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=170) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=172)