# ­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:** 271
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5403 "2026-01-14T00:05:23Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’m not sure precisely where he goes off the rails on that one, Ketch rigged gaff is the first nonsense one. > [@DSeid](#): > > And surprised rotating cylinder and fixed sails aren’t there as interesting forms. A flettner rig is a rotating cylinder. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5404 "2026-01-14T00:06:56Z")
Ah. I thought that was some quivering square making a joke reference I didn’t get! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5405 "2026-01-15T02:19:23Z")
> **[16-Part Epoxy](https://xkcd.com/3194/)** [![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/16_part_epoxy.png) ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/16_part_epoxy.png) “Some surfaces may seem difficult to glue. But if you research the materials, find tables of what adhesives work on them, and prepare your surfaces carefully, you can fail to glue them in a fun NEW way that fills your house with dangerous vapors.” ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5406 "2026-01-15T02:28:54Z")
I see that Randall recently tried to repair something. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5407 "2026-01-15T02:30:28Z")
This was a bad day to give up sniffing glue … ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5408 "2026-01-15T10:06:34Z")
How nice! In color! Made me wander around looking for other colored ones and I landed on this one before I found one: **[Meteorologist](https://xkcd.com/1985/)**. Made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5409 "2026-01-15T11:56:37Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Made me wander around looking for other colored one Given [Randall’s ground-breaking research on people’s inability to spell fuchsia](https://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/), it’s a little surprising he doesn’t employ color more often ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5410 "2026-01-15T12:05:44Z")
Beautiful! I love that for the same green hue ~~women~~ girls mentioned Clover, Fern, and Moss where guys consistently said Green, which they also applied to five other shades of, well, green (Honeydew, Lime, Spring, Flora, and Seafoam for the girls). ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5411 "2026-01-15T13:11:30Z")
My thoughts exactly. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5412 "2026-01-15T14:02:49Z")
That wasn’t his result, that was from another comic strip. His result was that men and women mostly call colors by the same names. Oh, and that no one can spell fuchsia. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5413 "2026-01-15T14:18:23Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Made me wander around looking for other colored ones > **[Category:Comics with color - explain xkcd](https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Comics_with_color)** ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5414 "2026-01-15T14:28:14Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > His result was that men and women mostly call colors by the same names. But when they don’t, the stereotypically male and stereotypically female answers are… shall we say… stereotypical. “I weep for my gender” indeed. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5415 "2026-01-15T14:36:32Z")
Indeed: > Here are the color names most disproportionately popular among women: > > 1. Dusty Teal > 2. Blush Pink > 3. Dusty Lavender > 4. Butter Yellow > 5. Dusky Rose > > … > > Here are the color names most disproportionately popular among men: > > 1. Penis > 2. Gay > 3. WTF > 4. Dunno > 5. Baige The last because apparently, a lot of men can’t spell beige. And that’s after he threw out a lot of spam. It’s a really funny article. If you are following this thread at all you should follow the link and read it. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5416 "2026-01-16T05:28:52Z")
“Stuff that bonds permanently to skin and nothing else” ---
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5417 "2026-01-17T02:50:51Z")
So what you need is 16-part-epoxy designed for bonding to skin. That way, between ingredients 6 and 16, it’d be a truly universal adhesive. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5418 "2026-01-17T02:52:06Z")
Oh, and > **[International Station](https://xkcd.com/3195/)** [![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/international_station.png) ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/international_station.png) Welcome to the International Space Station Exclamation Point! ---
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5419 "2026-01-17T13:03:03Z")
Huh?  ---
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5420 "2026-01-17T13:15:03Z")
It’s “International Station”, not “Internationalstation”. And someone said the distinction out loud, and it got misinterpreted. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5421 "2026-01-17T13:18:10Z")
I still don’t get it. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/5422 "2026-01-17T13:23:30Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Huh? The way I understand it they agreed: It is named the International Space Station! Someone transcribed: It is named International Space Station exclamation point! because there was an exclamation mark at the end. Lucky they did not name it Italics Bold International Space Station exclamation point \Italics \Bold > [@Chronos](#): > > it got misinterpreted. This time it was not the interpreter’s fault! It was the typesetter! I swear! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=270) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=272)