#xkcd No. 2880
Date: 2024-1-12
Title: Sheet Bend
Alt text: A left-handed sheet bend creates a much weaker connection, especially under moderate loads.
https://xkcd.com/2880/
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#xkcd No. 3128
Date: 2025-8-13
Title: Thread Meeting
Alt text: Hey, so did you ever finish your video series about Cassie and the caterpillar morph? I loved the first three, but never ... no, sorry, I get it, this isn't the place. Sorry! Sorry.
https://xkcd.com/3128/
![Description: A single panel comic showing a social media thread conversation between two users, "AntaresMike" and "NorthLakeKayak," with a caption beneath the thread.
Transcript:
[A social media conversation]
AntaresMike: YOU COULD ALSO CHECK OUT THIS KAYAK MODEL. I ATTACHED A MOTOR TO MINE, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A KLUDGE BUT IT WORKS GREAT.
NorthLakeKayak: OH, HEY, ANTARESMIKE! I KNOW YOU! HONESTLY I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU EXISTED OUTSIDE OF THE ANIMORPHS FANDOM. I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN FOREVER! UH. SO. HOW ARE YOU DOING? KAYAKING, I GUESS. ANYWAY YEAH THAT MODEL IS GREAT.
RUNNING INTO SOMEONE ON A THREAD WHO YOU KNOW FROM A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PART OF THE INTERNET FEELS WEIRDLY LIKE RUNNING INTO YOUR TEACHER IN A STORE.](/proxy/post_attachment/800488/930633de93.png "Description: A single panel comic showing a social media thread conversation between two users, \"AntaresMike\" and \"NorthLakeKayak,\" with a caption beneath the thread.
Transcript:
[A social media conversation]
AntaresMike: YOU COULD ALSO CHECK OUT THIS KAYAK MODEL. I ATTACHED A MOTOR TO MINE, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A KLUDGE BUT IT WORKS GREAT.
NorthLakeKayak: OH, HEY, ANTARESMIKE! I KNOW YOU! HONESTLY I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU EXISTED OUTSIDE OF THE ANIMORPHS FANDOM. I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN FOREVER! UH. SO. HOW ARE YOU DOING? KAYAKING, I GUESS. ANYWAY YEAH THAT MODEL IS GREAT.
RUNNING INTO SOMEONE ON A THREAD WHO YOU KNOW FROM A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PART OF THE INTERNET FEELS WEIRDLY LIKE RUNNING INTO YOUR TEACHER IN A STORE.")
#xkcd No. 2881
Date: 2024-1-15
Title: Bug Thread
Alt text: After some account issues, we've added 6 new people from the beach house rental website support forum.
https://xkcd.com/2881/
#xkcd No. 2882
Date: 2024-1-17
Title: Net Rotations
Alt text: For decades I've been working off the accumulated rotation from one long afternoon on a merry-go-round when I was eight.
https://xkcd.com/2882/
#xkcd No. 3129
Date: 2025-8-15
Title: Archaeology Research
Alt text: The academic archaeology establishment is suppressing my breakthroughs because of the disruption it would bring to their prepared-core flake-based toolmaking industry.
https://xkcd.com/3129/
![Description: A two-panel xkcd comic. The top panel shows a stick figure pointing to a projector screen displaying two spear point shapes. The bottom panel contains text.
Transcript:
IN THE PROCESS OF ANALYZING PALEOLITHIC STONE TOOLMAKING, I'VE STUMBLED ON AN IMPROVED TECHNIQUE FOR PRODUCING POINTS AND BLADES.
INSTEAD OF STONE, MY METHOD IS BASED ON THE HEATING AND SHAPING OF COPPER ORE...
[A stick figure points to a projector screen. The screen shows two images of arrowheads/blades. The left one is labeled "STONE (TRADITIONAL)" and the right one is labeled "COPPER (MY METHOD)".]
TOO LATE, I REALIZED THAT MY ENTIRE ARCHAEOLOGY DISSERTATION HAD BEEN BASED ON A COLOSSAL MISUNDERSTANDING.](/proxy/post_attachment/804224/f498af3412.png "Description: A two-panel xkcd comic. The top panel shows a stick figure pointing to a projector screen displaying two spear point shapes. The bottom panel contains text.
Transcript:
IN THE PROCESS OF ANALYZING PALEOLITHIC STONE TOOLMAKING, I'VE STUMBLED ON AN IMPROVED TECHNIQUE FOR PRODUCING POINTS AND BLADES.
INSTEAD OF STONE, MY METHOD IS BASED ON THE HEATING AND SHAPING OF COPPER ORE...
[A stick figure points to a projector screen. The screen shows two images of arrowheads/blades. The left one is labeled \"STONE (TRADITIONAL)\" and the right one is labeled \"COPPER (MY METHOD)\".]
TOO LATE, I REALIZED THAT MY ENTIRE ARCHAEOLOGY DISSERTATION HAD BEEN BASED ON A COLOSSAL MISUNDERSTANDING.")
#xkcd No. 2883
Date: 2024-1-19
Title: Astronaut Guests
Alt text: They didn't bring us a gift, but considering the kinetic energy of a bottle of wine at orbital speed, that's probably for the best.
https://xkcd.com/2883/
#xkcd No. 2885
Date: 2024-1-24
Title: Spelling
Alt text: Any time I misspell a word it's just because I have too much integrity to copy answers from the dictionary.
https://xkcd.com/2885/
#xkcd No. 3130
Date: 2025-8-18
Title: Predicament
Alt text: I dropped my phone while trying to search, and I tried to unlock it from up here, so can you also search for screen repair places?
https://xkcd.com/3130/
![Description: A four-panel xkcd comic. Each panel shows a tall stick figure on stilts next to a regular stick figure. In the first two panels, the stilts are tapping the ground. In the last two, the regular figure holds a phone, talking to the stilted figure.
Transcript:
Panel 1:
[A stick figure on stilts is shown leaning. The stilts are tapping the ground, indicated by "TAP" and small lines rising from the ground.]
[A regular stick figure stands beside the stilted figure.]
Panel 2:
[The stick figure on stilts stands straighter, but the stilts are still tapping the ground, indicated by "TAP" and small lines rising from the ground.]
[A regular stick figure stands beside the stilted figure.]
Panel 3:
Tall figure: DO YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE?
Regular figure: YEAH.
[The stick figure on stilts is standing upright, with the stilts touching the ground. There are radiating lines above the taller figure's head, indicating speech.]
[The regular stick figure stands beside them, also with radiating lines indicating speech.]
Panel 4:
Tall figure: CAN YOU GOOGLE—
—HOW TO GET DOWN FROM STILTS?
Regular figure: YES PLEASE.
[The stick figure on stilts is standing upright, with the stilts touching the ground. Radiating lines above the taller figure's head indicate speech.]
[The regular stick figure is holding a small rectangular object, possibly a phone, and has radiating lines above their head indicating speech.]](/proxy/post_attachment/811168/3292ff02c0.png "Description: A four-panel xkcd comic. Each panel shows a tall stick figure on stilts next to a regular stick figure. In the first two panels, the stilts are tapping the ground. In the last two, the regular figure holds a phone, talking to the stilted figure.
Transcript:
Panel 1:
[A stick figure on stilts is shown leaning. The stilts are tapping the ground, indicated by \"TAP\" and small lines rising from the ground.]
[A regular stick figure stands beside the stilted figure.]
Panel 2:
[The stick figure on stilts stands straighter, but the stilts are still tapping the ground, indicated by \"TAP\" and small lines rising from the ground.]
[A regular stick figure stands beside the stilted figure.]
Panel 3:
Tall figure: DO YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE?
Regular figure: YEAH.
[The stick figure on stilts is standing upright, with the stilts touching the ground. There are radiating lines above the taller figure's head, indicating speech.]
[The regular stick figure stands beside them, also with radiating lines indicating speech.]
Panel 4:
Tall figure: CAN YOU GOOGLE—
—HOW TO GET DOWN FROM STILTS?
Regular figure: YES PLEASE.
[The stick figure on stilts is standing upright, with the stilts touching the ground. Radiating lines above the taller figure's head indicate speech.]
[The regular stick figure is holding a small rectangular object, possibly a phone, and has radiating lines above their head indicating speech.]")
#xkcd No. 2887
Date: 2024-1-29
Title: Minnesota
Alt text: In addition to 'squishy', after reviewing my submitted intraplate ground motion data, the National Geodetic Survey has politely asked me to stop using the word 'supple' so often when describing Midwestern states.
https://xkcd.com/2887/
#xkcd No. 3131
Date: 2025-8-20
Title: Cesium
Alt text: Someday I hope to find a way to mess up a recipe so badly that it draws the attention of the International Air Transport Association, the International Mathematical Olympiad, or the NSA.
https://xkcd.com/3131/
#xkcd No. 2890
Date: 2024-2-5
Title: Relationship Advice
Alt text: Good to be a little wary of advice that sounds too much like a self pep talk.
https://xkcd.com/2890/
#xkcd No. 2892
Date: 2024-2-9
Title: Banana Prices
Alt text: It's a linear extrapolation, Michael. How big could the error be? 10%?
https://xkcd.com/2892/
#xkcd No. 3132
Date: 2025-8-22
Title: Coastline Similarity
Alt text: Hey! A bunch of the early Cretaceous fossils on each coast seem to have been plagiarized, too!
https://xkcd.com/3132/
![Description: A three-panel xkcd comic. In the first panel, a stick figure points to a world map highlighting the coastlines of South America and Africa. In the second panel, a stick figure lectures two students, gesturing towards an image of two coastlines. In the third panel, the lecturer looks at the students, who react with surprise.
Transcript:
Panel 1:
People had long noticed that South America and Africa had similarly-shaped coastlines.
[A stick figure points at a map where South America and Africa's coastlines are highlighted in red.]
Panel 2:
In the 20th century, geologists finally found the explanation:
[A stick figure lecturing two students and pointing to an image of two red coastlines on the wall.]
Panel 3:
Plagiaris––
Continental drift.
Oh.
[The lecturing stick figure looks at one of the students, who is looking surprised. The other student is also looking surprised.]](/proxy/post_attachment/834487/83bd4251d9.png "Description: A three-panel xkcd comic. In the first panel, a stick figure points to a world map highlighting the coastlines of South America and Africa. In the second panel, a stick figure lectures two students, gesturing towards an image of two coastlines. In the third panel, the lecturer looks at the students, who react with surprise.
Transcript:
Panel 1:
People had long noticed that South America and Africa had similarly-shaped coastlines.
[A stick figure points at a map where South America and Africa's coastlines are highlighted in red.]
Panel 2:
In the 20th century, geologists finally found the explanation:
[A stick figure lecturing two students and pointing to an image of two red coastlines on the wall.]
Panel 3:
Plagiaris––
Continental drift.
Oh.
[The lecturing stick figure looks at one of the students, who is looking surprised. The other student is also looking surprised.]")
#xkcd No. 3133
Date: 2025-8-25
Title: Dual Roomba
Alt text: I tried uploading it to a household appliance porn site I found, but apparently their content is limited to only fans.
https://xkcd.com/3133/
#xkcd No. 2894
Date: 2024-2-14
Title: Research Account
Alt text: Focus of your research: EXTREME PETTINESS AND UNWILLINGNESS TO LET ANYTHING GO
https://xkcd.com/2894/
#xkcd No. 2893
Date: 2024-2-12
Title: Sphere Tastiness
Alt text: Baseballs do present a challenge to this theory, but I'm convinced we just haven't found the right seasoning.
https://xkcd.com/2893/
#xkcd No. 2895
Date: 2024-2-16
Title: Treasure Chests
Alt text: [earlier] "Your vintage-style handmade chest business is struggling. But I have a plan."
https://xkcd.com/2895/
#xkcd No. 3134
Date: 2025-8-27
Title: Wavefunction Collapse
Alt text: Wavefunction collapse is only one interpretation. Under some interpretations, graduate students also have souls.
https://xkcd.com/3134/
![Description:
A person at a desk asks another a question. The comic then shows three different answers from the standing person in panels labeled "Bad," "Good," and "Chaotic."
Transcript:
Panel 1:
Person at desk: IF THE WAVEFUNCTION ONLY COLLAPSES WHEN I OBSERVE IT, DOES THAT MEAN MY CONSCIOUSNESS AFFECTS THE UNIVERSE?
Panel 2:
[Header: BAD:]
Standing person: YES. QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT PROVES THAT WE ALL HAVE SOULS.
Panel 3:
[Header: GOOD:]
Standing person: NO. CONSCIOUSNESS PLAYS NO ROLE HERE. IT'S JUST PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT.
Panel 4:
[Header: CHAOTIC:]
Standing person: NO. THE WAVEFUNCTION COLLAPSES WHEN I LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I'M A FULL PROFESSOR. IT WON'T COLLAPSE FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE.](/proxy/post_attachment/839171/22b318f836.png "Description:
A person at a desk asks another a question. The comic then shows three different answers from the standing person in panels labeled \"Bad,\" \"Good,\" and \"Chaotic.\"
Transcript:
Panel 1:
Person at desk: IF THE WAVEFUNCTION ONLY COLLAPSES WHEN I OBSERVE IT, DOES THAT MEAN MY CONSCIOUSNESS AFFECTS THE UNIVERSE?
Panel 2:
[Header: BAD:]
Standing person: YES. QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT PROVES THAT WE ALL HAVE SOULS.
Panel 3:
[Header: GOOD:]
Standing person: NO. CONSCIOUSNESS PLAYS NO ROLE HERE. IT'S JUST PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT.
Panel 4:
[Header: CHAOTIC:]
Standing person: NO. THE WAVEFUNCTION COLLAPSES WHEN I LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I'M A FULL PROFESSOR. IT WON'T COLLAPSE FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE.")
#xkcd No. 2896
Date: 2024-2-19
Title: Crossword Constructors
Alt text: Also, we would really appreciate it if you could prominently refer to it as an 'eHit'.
https://xkcd.com/2896/
#xkcd No. 2899
Date: 2024-2-26
Title: Goodhart's Law
Alt text: [later] I'm pleased to report we're now identifying and replacing hundreds of outdated metrics per hour.
https://xkcd.com/2899/
#xkcd No. 2897
Date: 2024-2-21
Title: Light Leap Years
Alt text: When Pope Gregory XIII briefly shortened the light-year in 1582, it led to navigational chaos and the loss of several Papal starships.
https://xkcd.com/2897/
#xkcd No. 3135
Date: 2025-8-29
Title: Sea Level
Alt text: They're up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.
https://xkcd.com/3135/
![Description:
Cueball and Megan stand on a shore, looking out at a large body of water that stretches to the horizon.
Transcript:
[A conversation between two stick figures, Cueball and Megan, standing on a beach.]
Cueball: HEY, WHERE'S THAT BIG ISLAND WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS MORNING?
Megan: OH, IT'S UNDERWATER. THE OCEAN'S DEPTH HERE GOES UP AND DOWN BY LIKE TEN FEET EVERY DAY.
Cueball: WHAT?
Megan: IT'S BECAUSE THE PLANET HAS A BIG MOON ORBITING NEAR THE SURFACE. IT CAUSES WEIRD GRAVITY EFFECTS.
Cueball: WHAT???
[Caption below the panel]
PEOPLE HERE ARE USED TO THEM, BUT TIDES ARE ONE OF THE WEIRDEST AND MOST SCI-FI ELEMENTS OF LIFE ON EARTH.](/proxy/post_attachment/840792/1b12a0632e.png "Description:
Cueball and Megan stand on a shore, looking out at a large body of water that stretches to the horizon.
Transcript:
[A conversation between two stick figures, Cueball and Megan, standing on a beach.]
Cueball: HEY, WHERE'S THAT BIG ISLAND WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS MORNING?
Megan: OH, IT'S UNDERWATER. THE OCEAN'S DEPTH HERE GOES UP AND DOWN BY LIKE TEN FEET EVERY DAY.
Cueball: WHAT?
Megan: IT'S BECAUSE THE PLANET HAS A BIG MOON ORBITING NEAR THE SURFACE. IT CAUSES WEIRD GRAVITY EFFECTS.
Cueball: WHAT???
[Caption below the panel]
PEOPLE HERE ARE USED TO THEM, BUT TIDES ARE ONE OF THE WEIRDEST AND MOST SCI-FI ELEMENTS OF LIFE ON EARTH.")
#xkcd No. 2901
Date: 2024-3-1
Title: Geographic Qualifiers
Alt text: 'Thank you for the loveliest evening I've ever had...' [normal] '...east of the Mississippi.' [instant intrigue!]
https://xkcd.com/2901/
#xkcd No. 3136
Date: 2025-9-1
Title: Pull
Alt text: Be careful fighting gravity. If you win, it's a long way down.
https://xkcd.com/3136/
![Description:
Two small, round creatures with eyes are stuck to the grassy, curved surface of a large orb, having a conversation across three panels.
Transcript:
Panel 1:
[A small, round creature speaks.]
Creature: I DON'T LIKE BEING STUCK TO THIS ORB, BUT I GUESS FALLING OFF WOULD BE WORSE.
Panel 2:
[The same creature continues speaking.]
Creature: I WOULDN'T MIND IF IT PULLED A LITTLE LESS HARD, THOUGH. I HAVE PLACES TO BE. I SHOULDN'T JUST LIE AROUND IN THE GRASS.
Panel 3:
[A second creature, next to the first one, replies.]
Second Creature: MAYBE THE PULL WILL WEAKEN IF YOU WAIT A LITTLE LONGER.
First Creature: GOOD IDEA. I'LL GIVE IT ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES.](/proxy/post_attachment/843302/e20ac7952b.png "Description:
Two small, round creatures with eyes are stuck to the grassy, curved surface of a large orb, having a conversation across three panels.
Transcript:
Panel 1:
[A small, round creature speaks.]
Creature: I DON'T LIKE BEING STUCK TO THIS ORB, BUT I GUESS FALLING OFF WOULD BE WORSE.
Panel 2:
[The same creature continues speaking.]
Creature: I WOULDN'T MIND IF IT PULLED A LITTLE LESS HARD, THOUGH. I HAVE PLACES TO BE. I SHOULDN'T JUST LIE AROUND IN THE GRASS.
Panel 3:
[A second creature, next to the first one, replies.]
Second Creature: MAYBE THE PULL WILL WEAKEN IF YOU WAIT A LITTLE LONGER.
First Creature: GOOD IDEA. I'LL GIVE IT ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES.")
#xkcd No. 2903
Date: 2024-3-6
Title: Earth/Venus Venn Diagram
Alt text: Actually, the fact that Mars is still orbiting safely over here means that it was technically an *Euler* apocalypse, not a Venn one.
https://xkcd.com/2903/
