# ­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:** 93
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1843 "2022-12-01T22:47:50Z")
> [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](#): > > I use the handheld sprayer in my shower to rinse cleaner off when Im scrubbing the bathroom. I could use it at full blast and the world wouldn’t end but since I can adjust the pressure and temperature easily with my separate hot and cold controls, I don’t need to. How do you adjust two separate controls at the same time while holding a handheld sprayer? Or do you turn one, then the other? Because if so, I can’t see how that could be any faster and more responsive than a single faucet control. I have a single faucet, and it never takes me longer than a few seconds to achieve the temperature and pressure I want. I can’t imagine anything being more efficient. ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1844 "2022-12-01T22:54:22Z")
I adjust one then the other. It’s better and faster than a unitary control because the unitary controls are unpredictable and nearly useless. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1845 "2022-12-01T22:59:56Z")
It’s a quote from Wikipedia. Just go to the Wikipedia page on 4D Football (“Spacetime Soccer” redirects here). ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1846 "2022-12-01T23:16:07Z")
> [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](#): > > It’s better and faster than a unitary control because the unitary controls are unpredictable and nearly useless. OK; let’s just agree that you and I have had very different experiences. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1847 "2022-12-02T02:10:34Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1848 "2022-12-02T03:53:27Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > How do you adjust two separate controls at the same time while holding a handheld sprayer? Or do you turn one, then the other? Because if so, I can’t see how that could be any faster and more responsive than a single faucet control It isn’t faster. But it’s more predictable. And usually I can use both hands; though I may want to use one to test the water. It’s possible that the ones @Alessan’s used to work better. I’ve never seen one in that style before, let alone tried to use it. It looks like it might have more distinct vertical versus horizonal positions than the ones I have tried to use. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1849 "2022-12-02T14:25:27Z")
Maybe we can employ an aging archeologist to settle the matter. > [@Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny/975884/36): > > After watching Everything Everywhere All At Once I can say that the return of Ke Huy Quan would elevate an IJ film far more than the return of Shia LeBoeuf. It really is a terrible title. And I agree that the fact that they’ve gone with such a terrible title does not bode well for the film itself. I still miss The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - still the same OTT action interspersed with world events and famous people (like Forrest Gump with more punching) but with better writing and fewer… I think it is where he finally locates an artifact that intuitively and accurately controls the water pressure and temperature of his shower. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1850 "2022-12-03T05:49:35Z")
> **[Bendy](https://xkcd.com/2706/)** > > Squaring the circle is really easy with some good clamps. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1851 "2022-12-03T15:03:16Z")
Am I the only one tempted to vectorize that second diagram and measure the length of the squiggly lines? ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1852 "2022-12-05T06:08:21Z")
At first I misinterpreted it as a circuit diagram and Randall had added resistors. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1853 "2022-12-05T23:27:42Z")
[Not a resistor; the wire just does that](https://xkcd.com/730/). Oh, and > **[Astronomy Numbers](https://xkcd.com/2707/)** > > I adopted a cat that weighs 12 solar masses. Laser pointers love chasing it. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1854 "2022-12-05T23:35:31Z")
Alternatively: “Fine. Your cat weighs 3.3x1027 Da”. It’s neat how “normal” masses are about halfway (on the log scale) between the atomic and stellar levels. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1855 "2022-12-06T02:54:02Z")
I assume the popup text refers to this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lm4Gn9iQ6sE/maxresdefault.jpg "Simplicity In Complexity | Randall Munroe") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm4Gn9iQ6sE) ---
**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:** [December 6, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1856 "2022-12-06T02:56:57Z")
Huh. Not quite how I pictured him, but not far off. And the voice is perfect (though, I admit, I had heard it once before quite recently. But it fit then, too.) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1857 "2022-12-08T03:07:01Z")
> **[Mystery Asterisk Destination](https://xkcd.com/2708/)** > > If you ever see the † dagger symbol with no unmatched footnote, it means the writer is saying the phrase while threatening you with a dagger. Yeah, but what about the double dagger? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1858 "2022-12-08T03:10:27Z")
The double negative confuses me. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1859 "2022-12-08T03:32:37Z")
That’s the kind of editing mistake I would make posting here, where I tried unmatched first and then decided to switch it to no matched and forgot to take out the “un.” ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1860 "2022-12-08T04:50:42Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Yeah, but what about the double dagger? That accompanies a double-dog dare. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1861 "2022-12-08T14:08:36Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Yeah, but what about the double dagger? The author took the dual wielding feat. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1862 "2022-12-09T12:19:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I feel like I’ve seen volcano seeds, or something like them, in XKCD before… Maybe you’re thinking of the bonsai mountains in Terry Prachett’s [Thief of Time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief_of_Time). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=92) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=94)