# ­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:** 183
**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:** [November 12, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3643 "2024-11-12T03:24:01Z")
As the acorn from Mississippi said when it grew up: “Gee, ah’m a tree!” ---
**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:** [November 12, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3644 "2024-11-12T03:25:04Z")
They’re definitely closer to circles than, say, octagons. Circles have no corners, triangles have three, and octagons have 8. So a triangle is very nearly a circle in that respect. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3645 "2024-11-12T03:27:40Z")
Or do circles have an infinite number of corners? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3646 "2024-11-12T03:30:21Z")
Stop trying to integrate corners into circles. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3647 "2024-11-12T04:08:57Z")
I thought we were trying to differentiate triangles from circles. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3648 "2024-11-12T12:40:13Z")
Seems to me we’re just triangulating here. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3649 "2024-11-12T13:48:14Z")
You people are triggering me. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3650 "2024-11-12T14:04:41Z")
If things get exponentially sillier will we reach some sort of limit? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3651 "2024-11-12T23:58:42Z")
Everyone here who hasn’t read _Flatland_ by Edwin Abbott should do so at once, ---
**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:** [November 13, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3652 "2024-11-13T00:36:02Z")
No need to take sides here. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3653 "2024-11-13T00:52:29Z")
Ooh. Needlessly pointed comment. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3654 "2024-11-13T00:59:28Z")
When I read this thread, I only get about 10% of the jokes. On a good day. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3655 "2024-11-13T19:09:27Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Everyone here who hasn’t read _Flatland_ by Edwin Abbott should do so at once, I also recommend the much more elaborate and carefully thought out novel _[The Planiverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Planiverse)_, which goes into elaborate detail about how physics, biology and technology could work in a 2-dimensional world. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3656 "2024-11-13T19:30:38Z")
> **[Europa Clipper](https://xkcd.com/3011/)** > > They had BETTER make this a sample return mission. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3657 "2024-11-13T19:37:27Z")
I never noticed before that “crème brûlée” uses all three accents. And in a visually symmetrical way. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3658 "2024-11-13T19:45:48Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > “crème brûlée” uses all three accents There are five accents in French: the acute/aigu, grave, and circumflex/circonflexe found in crème brûlée, plus the trema/tréma (“ë”) and cedilla/cédille (“ç”). 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 13, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3659 "2024-11-13T19:46:49Z")
Oops. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3660 "2024-11-13T20:20:33Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > crème brûlée” uses all three accents > > There are five accents in French: Easily fixed. “çrèmë brûlée” But I’m not going to vouch for how it’s now pronounced. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3661 "2024-11-13T20:20:56Z")
A _tréma_ or a _cédille_ is unquestionably a diacritical mark, but how is it an accent? ---
**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:** [November 13, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3662 "2024-11-13T20:58:19Z")
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