# ­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:** 36
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/702 "2021-04-28T02:56:02Z")
And some get thrown into the quarry … (Hides quickly.) ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/703 "2021-04-28T03:13:37Z")
Mmmm, it’s not the virions that spread… But it is the virions that are being briefed in that comic strip. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/704 "2021-04-28T03:36:20Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Mmmm, it’s not the virions that spread… They’re just big-boned ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/705 "2021-04-29T02:37:28Z")
> **[Types of Scientific Paper](https://xkcd.com/2456/)** > > Others include "We've incrementally improved the estimate of this coefficient," "Maybe all these categories are wrong," and "We found a way to make student volunteers worse at tasks." ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/706 "2021-04-29T03:13:16Z")
How about “I desperately need to get a PhD”? ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/707 "2021-04-29T17:55:42Z")
He missed “We Proved Something That Has Been Patently Obvious For Decades.” ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/708 "2021-04-29T21:32:04Z")
Or it’s ever-popular cousin > We gathered and massaged a bunch of sorta equivocal data that lends further support (n=rather few, p=0.05) to Something That Has Been Patently Obvious For Decades. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/709 "2021-04-30T15:55:56Z")
I see this version a lot: We gathered and massaged a bunch of sorta equivocal data that lends further support (n=rather few, p=0.05) to Something That Will Get Our Names on TV ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/710 "2021-04-30T21:47:23Z")
> **[After the Pandemic](https://xkcd.com/2457/)** > > I'm looking forward to having to worry a lot less about covid, but wouldn't mind if we worried a little more about giving each other colds. Colds are bad! Also would help with the flu. We’ve pretty much kicked the flu’s butt with all the mask wearing, social distancing, and school closures for this last flu season. It’ll probably come back next season, but maybe we can keep it down again with mask wearing. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/711 "2021-05-01T12:58:52Z")
Yeah, it’s true, but he’s made the same point before, and I don’t think it needed its own strip. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/712 "2021-05-05T09:19:25Z")
> **[Bubble Wrap](https://xkcd.com/2458/)** > > I think of myself as the David Attenborough of factory mailing equipment. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/713 "2021-05-07T00:41:51Z")
> **[March 2020](https://xkcd.com/2459/)** > > "I've traveled here from the year 2020 to bring you this vaccine!" ---
**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:** [May 7, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/714 "2021-05-07T03:21:26Z")
I’m surprised he didn’t go with “This has been the longest month since Eternal September”. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/715 "2021-05-07T12:26:43Z")
You mean today isn’t September 10,110, 1993? ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/716 "2021-05-07T13:38:06Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > “Planck yeast”. Heh. 🙂 Although many know of him because of his Nobel winning discovery of energy quanta, virtually no knows about his work in genetic engineering that produced a faster and more reliable strain of yeast. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/717 "2021-05-07T14:11:59Z")
Ah, back in the day where a single person could actually do useful work in several different areas of science. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/718 "2021-05-07T22:39:46Z")
> **[Vaccinated](https://xkcd.com/2460/)** > > I built a model that combines local case rates and vaccination stats to estimate when it's reasonable to attend various types of party, but I forgot to include anything about where to find them. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/719 "2021-05-11T07:00:33Z")
> **[90's Kid Space Program](https://xkcd.com/2461/)** > > NASA may not want to admit it, but at this point they ARE the 90's Kid Space Program. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2021, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/720 "2021-05-11T07:18:47Z")
That one took me a long time to get, despite being a 90s kid (mostly). But the shape of the launcher eventually managed to tickle the right part of my brain and I remembered. Hmm, I wonder if I can still buy those anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/721 "2021-05-11T10:00:40Z")
Maybe you’d better let the rest of us (i.e. the non-90’s kids) know what it’s about. I’m clueless. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=37)