# ­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:** 52
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1022 "2021-09-28T12:46:26Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Oh, and I suspect that @dtilque goes the front page of the site If you go to the front page, you will see below the comic: > Permanent link to this comic: [https://xkcd.com/2521/](https://xkcd.com/2521) Either - Right-click on it and choose ‘Copy link address’, or - Click on the link, and then copy and paste the url from the address bar ---
**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:** [September 28, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1023 "2021-09-28T14:53:38Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Click on the link, and then copy and paste the url from the address bar The problem is that Chrome and Edge now “helpfully” change the copied URL to a text hyperlink by default when you paste it. **BigT** is correct, either right-click and choose “paste as plain text” or type ctrl-shift-V. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1024 "2021-09-28T14:59:03Z")
Ok, I use Slimjet, which is Chromium-based but doesn’t do that. It’s things like that that make me dislike Chrome itself. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1025 "2021-09-28T18:31:54Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I believe “Paste as plain text” is now a built-in option in Chrome (for Windows, anyways). Note that PureText works everywhere, like stripping away people’s deranged font choices when copying text between emails. Delinkifying URLs is just one thing it does (and you can set a global ctrl-shift-V shortcut if you want). And of course it works on any browser. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1026 "2021-09-28T20:30:53Z")
Ctrl-shift-V doesn’t work with my browser (Firefox in Ubuntu). Nor does there seem to be an option to “copy as plaintext”. There is an option to “copy link” and it turns out that that does it. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1027 "2021-09-28T21:45:59Z")
Huh? If I copy and paste from Chrome’s URL bar, it pastes the URL, in BBedit, TextEdit, Word, probably everything. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1028 "2021-09-30T05:43:22Z")
> **[Two-Factor Security Key](https://xkcd.com/2522/)** > > The bruises on my fingertips are my proof of work. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1029 "2021-10-02T03:46:10Z")
> **[Endangered](https://xkcd.com/2523/)** > > The list includes polio, Guinea worm, and this one particular enterovirus strain that they've been tracking out of spite after it went around the lab a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1030 "2021-10-05T03:22:35Z")
> **[Comet Visitor](https://xkcd.com/2524/)** > > It's a myth that the Great Wall of China is the only human-made structure visible from space--there are LOTS of structures for us to feel self-conscious about! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1031 "2021-10-07T06:55:22Z")
> **[Air Travel Packing List](https://xkcd.com/2525/)** > > I know the etiquette is controversial, but I think it's rude when the person in front of me reclines their seat into the bell of my trumpet. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1032 "2021-10-07T16:17:23Z")
I understand the need for everything but the birdseed. Is that simply to feed the birds as you fly by them? Lure them close to hitch a ride when all the other plane-repair supplies are insufficient? ---
**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:** [October 7, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1033 "2021-10-07T16:25:45Z")
A sacrificial offering to the god of flight for a safe journey. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1034 "2021-10-07T16:34:00Z")
A misunderstanding of the nature of the plane - if it flies, it’s clearly a bird, and a decent passenger ought bring it some food. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1035 "2021-10-07T17:04:40Z")
Ah, the old “jet fuel is actually just birdseed” conspiracy theory. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1036 "2021-10-07T17:12:14Z")
I assumed it was to use as chaff to avoid another Sully Sullenberger where bird strike took out the engines. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1037 "2021-10-08T08:53:16Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I understand the need for everything but the birdseed. Is that simply to feed the birds as you fly by them? Lure them close to hitch a ride when all the other plane-repair supplies are insufficient? You’ve never went down the airport to feed the big iron birds? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1038 "2021-10-08T10:29:22Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I understand the need for everything but the birdseed. Is that simply to feed the birds as you fly by them? Lure them close to hitch a ride when all the other plane-repair supplies are insufficient? ExplainXKCD [originally](https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2525:_Air_Travel_Packing_List&oldid=218938) had a novel idea: you would use it to attract birds to fly the plane if the engine failed. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1039 "2021-10-08T13:02:56Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > You’ve never went down the airport to feed the big iron birds? Heh. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-qiYEPVR67U/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AKKAgwIABABGFogZSggMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDwfBhsp4p-bxRKPat7aHWrhY4bbQ "The Wrong Door - Airplane Feeding") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qiYEPVR67U) ---
**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:** [October 8, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1040 "2021-10-08T14:31:15Z")
That was quite disturbing. I’m not sure if I’m glad or disappointed that they didn’t poop on anyone. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1041 "2021-10-09T03:55:22Z")
> **[TSP vs TBSP](https://xkcd.com/2526/)** > > It's like one teraspoon / when all you need is a kilonife [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=53)