# ­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:** 81
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1602 "2022-08-20T03:15:59Z")
> **[Age Milestone Privileges](https://xkcd.com/2661/)** > > If you reach 122, you get complete unrevertible editorial control over Jeanne Calment's Wikipedia article. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1603 "2022-08-22T13:29:16Z")
I see an off-by-one error: “18 VOTE … 118 VOTE 100 TIMES”. Should be 117. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1604 "2022-08-22T14:39:43Z")
I didn’t take that to mean “You have voted 100 times in your life,” but rather “You get to vote 100 times in each election” as a perk of turning 118. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1605 "2022-08-22T22:35:22Z")
Yeah, “you have voted 100 times in your life” would assume 1 vote per year. Depending on jurisdiction, it could be significantly more or less than that. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1606 "2022-08-23T00:05:58Z")
If you live in the US, you get, at minimum, one election every two years. Virtually all those will have a primary election beforehand, so that makes 100 in 100 years. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1607 "2022-08-23T00:06:50Z")
> **[Physics Safety Tip](https://xkcd.com/2662/)** > > In general, avoid exposure to any temperatures, pressures, particle energies, or states of matter that physicists think are neat. I think this applies to chemists too. And even zoologists. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1608 "2022-08-23T00:18:24Z")
Astronomers, cosmologists… ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1609 "2022-08-23T00:19:48Z")
Geologists, psychologists… ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1610 "2022-08-23T00:30:59Z")
I think we’re safe with botanists. Probably. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1611 "2022-08-23T00:32:58Z")
Do mycologists consider themselves botantists? ---
**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:** [August 23, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1612 "2022-08-23T00:46:57Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > I think this applies to chemists too Always good for a reference to Derek Lowe on [science.org](http://science.org) and his series on, to paraphrase, Things I won’t mess with due to explosions, loss of skin/flesh/bones, stench, wild reactions, etc… Also a premier source for understand pharmaceutical claims and facts. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1613 "2022-08-23T03:03:09Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Do mycologists consider themselves botantists? As a rule, no. However as a practical matter they are they are usually placed in the botany departments in universities. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1614 "2022-08-23T03:06:38Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Do mycologists consider themselves botantists? No, just fun guys. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1615 "2022-08-23T14:20:18Z")
TWEET! Alright, you. Out of the pool. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1616 "2022-08-23T21:35:54Z")
Of COURSE you should stand next to this thing! If you don’t, how will you ever find out [what happens if you stand next to this thing](https://xkcd.com/242/)? ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1617 "2022-08-23T22:54:27Z")
Well, sometimes you have to compromise. [“Let’s look at it from farther away.”](https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20220520) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1618 "2022-08-25T05:06:44Z")
> **[Tetherball Configurations](https://xkcd.com/2663/)** > > Ground-pole-ball-pole can be fun if you shake the first pole to get the second one whipping around dangerously, but the ball at the joint gets torn apart pretty fast. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1619 "2022-08-25T13:26:35Z")
I feel like he missed an interesting variant: pole vs rope-ball, with a picture of the players in a melee combat using a staff and a flail. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1620 "2022-08-25T13:52:33Z")
Is tetherball a thing anymore? The last time I saw one in a schoolyard was probably 30 years ago. I’m guessing too many injuries. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1621 "2022-08-25T16:13:33Z")
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