# ­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:** 45
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/882 "2021-07-06T15:15:51Z")
And even the word “alphabet” itself has become a dirty word because of its connection to “alpha” and “beta”, and gets replaced with the less-offensive “charset”. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/883 "2021-07-08T03:35:10Z")
> **[Board Game Party Schedule](https://xkcd.com/2486/)** > > Several of the guests are secretly playing Meta Board Game Party. Every minute of parallel debate in the breakaway faction earns double victory points! ---
**Author:** ![Chelonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/884 "2021-07-08T06:54:14Z")
Pretty sure it has become a dirty word because “Alphabet Inc.” is the (spun off) parent company of Google, Waymo etc. And given their behavior now, think of how many more problems they may cause in the future: > **[Statue of Limitations | The Nib](https://thenib.com/statue-of-limitations/)** > > Time is a flat circle. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/885 "2021-07-10T06:14:31Z")
> **[Danger Mnemonic](https://xkcd.com/2487/)** > > It's definitely not the time to try drinking beer before liquor. ---
**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 10, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/886 "2021-07-10T13:29:54Z")
The real mnemonic for coral snakes is “If it’s a snake, just leave it alone, because it’s just minding its own business and eating rats and mice”. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/887 "2021-07-10T18:40:03Z")
Off/topic snake story. I was at Bagram airbase in 2002. A couple of GIs had a baby Cobra upset. A baby as in pencil thin and maybe 10 inches long. It had risen up to its full height of five inches with the hood flared out. I casually mentioned that Cobras give live birth and mom was probably close by and still protective (I don’t know if Cobra moms are protective??? but it was a good story). The guys backed up and the young snake continued on its way. Back to xkcd. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/888 "2021-07-13T04:58:42Z")
> **[Board Game Argument: Legacy](https://xkcd.com/2488/)** > > Listen, you need to get over your reluctance to permanently alter a game. Now roll 2d6 to determine how many ounces of soda to spill into the box. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/889 "2021-07-15T22:24:44Z")
> **[Bad Map Projection: The Greenland Special](https://xkcd.com/2489/)** > > The projection for those who think the Mercator projection gives people a distorted idea of how big Greenland is, but a very accurate idea of how big it SHOULD be. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/890 "2021-07-17T00:34:25Z")
> **[Pre-Pandemic Ketchup](https://xkcd.com/2490/)** > > I wonder what year I'll discard the last weird food item that I bought online in early 2020. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/891 "2021-07-17T01:30:35Z")
If he’s not going to eat them Randall should send the weird food items to @Mangetout to make a video about them. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/892 "2021-07-17T05:02:51Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > I casually mentioned that Cobras give live birth and mom was probably close by and still protective (I don’t know if Cobra moms are protective??? but it was a good story). The guys backed up and the young snake continued on its way. Back to xkcd. Kinda the reverse of the old [“rattlesnake egg” gag](https://www.amazon.com/Set-of-12-Rattlesnake-Eggs-Gag-gift/dp/B002RBT9V6). You hand someone a paper bag saying it is full of rattlesnake eggs you just collected and within are rubber bands wrapped tightly around something light like paperclips. When you hand it to them they then unspool loudly. The gag of course being worthless if you know that rattlesnakes don’t lay eggs 😃. Cobras on the other hand, do lay eggs 😉. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/893 "2021-07-20T04:25:03Z")
> **[Immune Factory](https://xkcd.com/2491/)** > > In the final vote, the doubters were won over by the strength of the name IMMUNION. ---
**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 20, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/894 "2021-07-20T13:16:11Z")
Am I the only one a little worried by this latest comic? His wife appears to have recently-post-chemo hair. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/895 "2021-07-20T16:51:50Z")
[ExplainXKCD](https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2491:_Immune_Factory) believes that’s the character they call “[Hairy](https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Hairy)” and that’s who I read that to be too before you made me doubt my guess. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/896 "2021-07-22T02:14:43Z")
> **[Commonly Mispronounced Equations](https://xkcd.com/2492/)** > > "Epsihootamoo doopsiquorps" --the Schrödinger equation for the hydrogen atom ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/897 "2021-07-22T02:44:59Z")
I’m laughing at that way more than I should be. Hasplogpee! ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/898 "2021-07-22T02:50:24Z")
I always pronounced it PIV-nurt, not PAV-nurt. I’ve never attempted the others… ---
**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 22, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/899 "2021-07-22T14:20:27Z")
For me, the joke in this one ran for too long. It got tiresome long before I got to “zaBOba fakTOHah” (which I can’t decide whether it’s just random absurdism or actually something). ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/900 "2021-07-22T14:42:20Z")
`sohcahtoa` should have been in there somewhere ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/901 "2021-07-22T15:32:56Z")
I always thought E=mc2 was pronounced “Emk”. Yet another falsehood from Yahoo Serious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=46)