# ­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:** 266
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5303 "2025-12-23T18:07:59Z")
Let me guess: the two largest? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5304 "2025-12-23T18:08:58Z")
Well, 58008 you have to look down, not up. Though I more often saw it as 5318008. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5305 "2025-12-23T18:14:04Z")
Is seven-segment numerical display even a thing anymore, with full-res graphics cheap and ubiquitous these days? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5306 "2025-12-23T18:25:47Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Is seven-segment numerical display even a thing anymore, You get them on less expensive stuff. They are on my alarm clock and microwave, for example. Even if the full-res graphics are just as cheap, it takes some engineering to redesign something that has 7-segments. So they won’t do that until the 7-segs are no longer made. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5307 "2025-12-23T18:37:19Z")
I believe it was Mel Brooks who said the two funniest numbers were seventeen and thirty-two. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5308 "2025-12-23T19:12:16Z")
Nah I learned long ago. Eyes up! Yup the two bigger ones. (Hangs head in shame.) ---
**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:** [December 23, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5309 "2025-12-23T21:14:12Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > thirty-two Mel Brooks was a writer on the Dick van Dyke Show. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/x-HsXBPWH3Y/maxresdefault.jpg "The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 1, Episode 16 - The Curious Thing About Women - Full Episode") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-HsXBPWH3Y&t=589s) ---
**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:** [December 23, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5310 "2025-12-23T23:58:33Z")
I expect most of us in this thread already know this, but we have a dedicated thread on the “6-7” phenomenon: > [@Social Spread of Slang Term “6-7”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825): > > My nephews of twelve and ten in Southern California fllippantly joke about a statement of an evenly-keeled circumstance as a stated “6-7.” The usage seems to be derived from the Net somehow. Is that common with middle-schoolers where you live? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5311 "2025-12-26T00:36:40Z")
> **[Sauropods](https://xkcd.com/3185/)** [![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sauropods.png) ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sauropods.png) “Vertebrae Georg” ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5312 "2025-12-26T01:11:46Z")
Can anyone explain the alt-text? ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5313 "2025-12-26T03:38:34Z")
According to [here](https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3185:_Sauropods), > The title-text references [Spiders Georg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiders_Georg), an internet meme character who eats over 10,000 spiders a day, skewing the average, creating the factoid that “the average person swallows 3 spiders a year.” ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5314 "2025-12-26T11:28:44Z")
Cf. the old joke about the Vatican having 5.9 popes per square mile. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5315 "2025-12-26T17:45:03Z")
As an aside: today’s **Tom the Dancing Bug** feels unusually xkcd-esque: > **[Read Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling on GoComics](https://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug)** > > Dive into Ruben Bolling's political cartoons. Explore the archive, read extra content, and more! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5316 "2025-12-26T18:06:14Z")
> **[Truly Universal Outlet](https://xkcd.com/3186/)** [![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/truly_universal_outlet.png) ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/truly_universal_outlet.png) “Building Inspectors HATE This One Weird Trick” ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5317 "2025-12-26T18:30:25Z")
For anyone curious: [![](https://www.lightningbugelectric.com/images/istock-1209338943%5B1%5D.2104091242550.jpg) ](https://www.lightningbugelectric.com/images/istock-1209338943%5B1%5D.2104091242550.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5318 "2025-12-26T20:29:20Z")
When I first saw this comic, I misread it as “universal object”. And was trying to figure out how all objects could be fitted into one of those shapes. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5319 "2025-12-26T20:38:23Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > As an aside: today’s **Tom the Dancing Bug** feels unusually xkcd-esque: I’ve definitely seen that before. Can’t remember where, though. Does that strip do repeats? ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5320 "2025-12-26T21:03:38Z")
Wouldn’t surprise me, especially one day after Christmas. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5321 "2025-12-26T21:05:17Z")
Where’s the ungodly Czechoslovakian outlet? [![](https://frinkiac.com/img/S03E10/356111.jpg) ](https://frinkiac.com/img/S03E10/356111.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5322 "2025-12-26T21:11:50Z")
Ya gotta admit it’d be extremely difficult to plug one of those babies in wrong! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=265) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=267)