# ­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:** 97
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1923 "2023-01-03T15:15:39Z")
I scratched my head over Nydnonen for a moment thinking it was some obscure reference. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1924 "2023-01-04T23:24:34Z")
> **[Biology vs Robotics](https://xkcd.com/2720/)** > > Sorry, I've just always had these random things I don't like--like olives, or robots drilling holes in me without warning. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1925 "2023-01-06T23:15:34Z")
> **[Euler Diagrams](https://xkcd.com/2721/)** > > Things Leonhard Euler created ( most of math ( overlapping circle diagrams ) a cricket bowling machine ) Things John Venn created ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1926 "2023-01-06T23:39:58Z")
Is Euler not pronounced like it starts with a Y? “An Euler” is making my eye twitch. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1927 "2023-01-06T23:42:14Z")
It’s pronounced “Oiler.” ---
**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:** [January 7, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1928 "2023-01-07T01:56:14Z")
Ah, that explains it then. In my defense, Google voice is giving me Euler when I say “YOU-ler.” ---
**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:** [January 7, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1929 "2023-01-07T02:02:51Z")
Wouldn’t surprise me if some English speakers named Euler go with YOU-ler, so it’s probably a bit ambiguous. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1930 "2023-01-07T02:48:54Z")
Does Google Voice sound like Ben Stein? “You-ler, You-ler, You-ler” “I think he’s sick” ---
**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:** [January 7, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1931 "2023-01-07T15:36:31Z")
Hrmph. Typical of Monroe, to completely ignore the seminal work Euler did on automated cricket bowling. Oh, and also Euler angles, two and a half different equations called the “Euler equation”, and Euler-Lagrange Dynamics. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1932 "2023-01-07T23:38:27Z")
As well as founding a football team, the Houston Eulers. Who suffered persistent and widespread misspelling. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1933 "2023-01-07T23:49:08Z")
I remember the Euler’s cheer “e to the power i times pi, we’re going to win and that’s no lie, Negative one is that expression’s result, When we win we will exult!” ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1934 "2023-01-08T01:03:55Z")
Am I the only one that pronounces EULA (End-User License Agreement) as oilah? Damn Euler probably invented that, too. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1935 "2023-01-10T05:23:54Z")
> **[Etymonline](https://xkcd.com/2722/)** > > NOTE TO FUTURE ETYMONLINGUISTS: Our best guess is that 'blimp' is onomatopoeia. The 'B-Limp' thing is a folk etymology. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1936 "2023-01-10T23:17:33Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Am I the only one that pronounces EULA (End-User License Agreement) as oilah? Not any more. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1937 "2023-01-12T00:35:36Z")
> **[Outdated Periodic Table](https://xkcd.com/2723/)** > > Researchers claim to have synthesized six additional elements in the second row, temporarily named 'pentium' through 'unnilium'. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1938 "2023-01-12T00:42:47Z")
Nerdy trivia: There’s exactly one chemical element whose back-formed systematic name’s symbol works out to the same as the actual symbol used. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1939 "2023-01-12T01:00:31Z")
> [@Randall Munroe](#): > > Researchers claim to have synthesized six additional elements in the second row, temporarily named ‘pentium’ through ‘unnilium’. Some have even proposed a “continent of stability”, where many undiscovered elements would be stable, if there were some process to generate them. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1940 "2023-01-12T14:05:27Z")
Stupid question: How would you define “30 minutes after the Big Bang”? If I understand General Relativity correctly, the density of the early universe would be so great that time would hardly pass at all. Or would that be just to an outside observer, and nearer to the (former) singularity, time would appear to pass “normally”? There’s a reason why I chose Math over Physics, but settled on Technical Theater. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1941 "2023-01-12T17:51:31Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Or would that be just to an outside observer The Big Bang happened everywhere, so there’s no such thing as an outside observer to it. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1942 "2023-01-12T18:27:15Z")
I understand that, I was thinking of a black hole and its event horizon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=96) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=98)