# ­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:** 260
**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:** [November 23, 2025, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5183 "2025-11-23T09:10:08Z")
I also enjoyed bumping into balrogs and netherrack, but the whole strip made me smile. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5184 "2025-11-23T23:07:50Z")
Randall is making a boldly definitive statement on the balrog wing question. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5185 "2025-11-24T00:42:11Z")
Careers have been ruined for less. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5186 "2025-11-24T03:40:07Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > (leaving aside the Animorphs joke) What’s the Animorphs joke? (I’ve been discussing the series with my kids, and am working my way through the books again, this time as audiobooks. So I’ve got to know!) eta: Ohhh, third time’s a charm. Finally caught the mineral called “Andalite”. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5187 "2025-11-24T04:03:34Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Finally caught the mineral called “Andalite”. Rock, not mineral, but correct - it isn’t a real rock. Closest ones that fit there would be andesite (but that’s extrusive), adamellite, and aplite. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5188 "2025-11-24T23:36:09Z")
> **[Fifteen Years](https://xkcd.com/3172/)** ---
**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:** [November 24, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5189 "2025-11-24T23:46:19Z")
[![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fifteen_years_2x.png) ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fifteen_years_2x.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:** [November 24, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5190 "2025-11-24T23:48:17Z")
I think some dust got in my eyes… Brian ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5191 "2025-11-25T00:02:10Z")
Alt text: > “Want to feel old?” “Yes.” ---
**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:** [November 25, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5192 "2025-11-25T00:03:08Z")
As someone who’s been where he’s been (five years for us)… yeah. Me too. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5193 "2025-11-25T00:12:00Z")
For context: [Two Years](https://xkcd.com/1141/) [Seven Years](https://xkcd.com/1928/) [Ten Years](https://xkcd.com/2386/) ---
**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 25, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5194 "2025-11-25T00:59:30Z")
Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5195 "2025-11-25T02:52:32Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > I think some dust got in my eyes… Yes, very nice and thanks **Chronos.** ---
**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:** [November 25, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5196 "2025-11-25T02:58:41Z")
It’s clear that they’re perfect for each other, and I also suspect that both of them would have had a hard time finding the perfect person. I’m happy for them that they did. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5197 "2025-11-25T03:33:01Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > For context: > [Two Years](https://xkcd.com/1141/) > [Seven Years](https://xkcd.com/1928/) > [Ten Years](https://xkcd.com/2386/) Thank you for those. It’s not often that a webcomic brings me to tears, but Randall seems to do it a lot. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5198 "2025-11-25T05:34:56Z")
Definitely. Having lost **DesertWife** thirty-three years ago I am both happy for them… and a little jealous. Death sucks. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5199 "2025-11-25T06:11:12Z")
I’m a little misty here. ---
**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 25, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5200 "2025-11-25T10:08:30Z")
Yeah. At 10 years we thought my late wife was safe. Then thought that again at 15 after another round in the barrel. We were wrong. Good luck to them. Aging is no picnic, but it’s not as bad as the alternative. ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5201 "2025-11-25T14:23:01Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > I think some dust got in my eyes… > > Brian > [@Alessan](#): > > As someone who’s been where he’s been (five years for us)… yeah. Me too. It’s quite the epidemic, this dust. **Mrs Magill** is at five years for the leukemia and four for the breast cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5202 "2025-11-25T16:09:48Z")
That was a really beautiful tribute and I am happy to take beauty and love wherever it can be found these days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=259) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=261)