# ­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:** 228
**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:** [June 27, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4543 "2025-06-27T08:05:50Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > but on the other hand if there’s any microorganism that emits hydrogen I’ve not heard of it, No, but there are fish that can generate electrical charges, which means that they can, potentially, separate water into oxygen and hydrogen. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4544 "2025-06-27T11:52:55Z")
And soon more cute little horrors on the way. That infamous poster would be driven right out of his house to run screaming into the night, never to return. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4545 "2025-06-28T03:32:54Z")
> **[Laser Danger](https://xkcd.com/3108/)** [![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/laser_danger.png) ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/laser_danger.png) “To combat the threat, many airlines are installing wing-mounted spray bottles.” Yet another reason not to play with the cat with a laser pointer. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4546 "2025-06-28T22:00:50Z")
Airliners’ engines are tested to survive birdstrikes, not catstrikes. Lssering could cause the purrfect accident. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4547 "2025-06-28T23:37:36Z")
With catastrophic results. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4548 "2025-06-29T01:07:35Z")
I’m amazed I missed that one. Must’ve been catatonic. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4549 "2025-06-29T01:50:24Z")
No claws for self-recrimination. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4550 "2025-06-29T02:01:41Z")
For all those launch airs we’re gonna need more lawn chairs. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4551 "2025-06-29T12:36:50Z")
I suppose the person might be charged with several felinies for doing this. Not least animal cruelty. I’m sure the cat will land on its feet. I’m not so sure it’ll survive the impact falling from that far up. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4552 "2025-06-29T15:06:33Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Not least animal cruelty. I’m sure the cat will land on its feet. I’m not so sure it’ll survive the impact falling from that far up. As [the Master has addressed](https://www.straightdope.com/21342281/do-cats-always-land-unharmed-on-their-feet-no-matter-how-far-they-fall), as long as the plane is more than seven stories aloft, the cat will probably be OK ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4553 "2025-06-30T21:21:23Z")
> **[Dehumidifier](https://xkcd.com/3109/)** [![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/dehumidifier.png) ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/dehumidifier.png) “It’s important for devices to have internet connectivity so the manufacturer can patch remote exploits.” ---
**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:** [July 1, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4554 "2025-07-01T00:39:16Z")
Hell, yes. I have a vacuum cleaner and an air conditioner that want to be connected to my wifi … not happening! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4555 "2025-07-01T01:41:06Z")
“You suck!” “Yeah? Well, you blow!” ---
**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 1, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4556 "2025-07-01T02:03:09Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Hell, yes. I have a vacuum cleaner and an air conditioner that want to be connected to my wifi … not happening I tried, but failed, to keep my printer from connecting. I know some people have good reasons to have a printer connected by wifi. I am not one of them. I have good reasons to have a printer connected by USB cable instead. This one is supposed to be, but often refuses to recognize that fact and refuses to print because it claims not to be connected; but it appears also incapable of consistently finding the wifi connection. Even when that connection is actually working. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4557 "2025-07-01T02:10:33Z")
I actually like my printer being on the home Wi-Fi network. It lets me print from my phone. My washing machine wants to connect to the Wi-Fi network. I didn’t let it. I don’t need (or want) a phone alert when it’s time to cycle the laundry. ---
**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 1, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4558 "2025-07-01T02:29:18Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I actually like my printer being on the home Wi-Fi network. It lets me print from my phone I know some people want to be able to print from multiple devices, or from multiple locations. I just want the printer to work with the desktop, and to work consistently – and my modem doesn’t, or rather the system it connects to doesn’t. And even when the internet connection is working half the time the printer seems unable to find either the Wifi or the USB connection. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4559 "2025-07-01T11:26:59Z")
Let me guess: HP? ---
**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 1, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4560 "2025-07-01T13:31:30Z")
Yeah, a printer definitely has reason to connect to WiFi (even if some specific users don’t need or don’t want that connection). An air conditioner, maybe: You could use that to adjust the temperature without walking over to it. A washing machine, maybe, in that it could give you an alert when it’s done, though that could also be accomplished with just a loud DING. But what in the world does a vacuum cleaner or a dehumidifier do with WiFi? ---
**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 1, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4561 "2025-07-01T14:45:20Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Let me guess: HP Yup. 9018. ---
**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 1, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/4562 "2025-07-01T17:06:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > But what in the world does a vacuum cleaner or a dehumidifier do with WiFi? Join a botnet. What else? 😉 As outlined here: > [@AI image generation is getting crazy good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1016): > > [[image] ](https://i.gyazo.com/a8216ecf625a350059b61266c6e4b484.png) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=227) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=229)