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Sesame Street is to blame.
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SMBC is a comic about mathematics, philosophy, literature, and science.
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This is like a time machine to SMBC circa 2005.
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Greatest votey panel of my life.
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Greatest votey panel of my life.
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And the brain can be made into a fancy candlewax!
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If you used 52 it'd be obvious what the point was.
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I think if we just convince AI that it committed an...
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I think if we just convince AI that it committed an original sin, we can get it to feel guilty.
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We are assuming for the sake of argument that all bits of human are equivalent, which is basically correct.
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At some point I realized it'd be more accurate for me to say I understand 98% of social cues, but the 2% is where all the important ones are.
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Weirdly, his revealed preference was for a painful and protracted demise.
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For real though, I find this genuinely mysterious. I wonder if it's incorrect to think of attention span as a single parameter. Maybe we have attention spans for particular sense modalities or even particular activities.
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So you'll eat a chicken that does this but you won't marry a HUMAN BEING who does? That's called hypocrisy.
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The funniest thing is that all the humans are dead and all the talking things at the end are confused robots!
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At the very least, I feel this would be a good dual use of photovoltaics.
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Speaking of vices, he's available to hang this morning.
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Interestingly they're both reading AI image generation subreddits and pretending it's not to see the pinups.
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Cetaceans evolved because they wanted to do it in the water, secretly.
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On the other hand, lately I have a real fondness for conspiracy theories that don't involve politics.
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Everyday examples of morphisms with one-sided inverses
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things better with examples. For...
3 months ago
Like almost everyone except Alexander Grothendieck, I understand
things better with examples. For instance, how do you explain that
$$(f\circ g)^{-1} = g^{-1} \circ f^{-1}?$$
Oh, that's easy. Let be putting on your shoes
and be taking off your shoes.
And let be
putting...
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The weird thing is every last one of them is named Bruce.
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Having enough support that you can insist on four years to research a topic before presenting a book is of course down to all of you over all these years. It is daily appreciated.
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You're in pillar of salt territory here,...
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You're in pillar of salt territory here, bro.
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Wishing I had just taken this job instead of joking about it.
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The really upsetting part is that he doesn't even work here.
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Really if you can use the automation to increase productivity, you can just afford better city defenses.
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Hoping I can get a duchy after the robot revolution.
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I am prepared for your call Hollywood. It's time.
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Six dimensions is OK, but 7+ is for freaks.
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Six dimensions is OK, but 7+ is for freaks.
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It's not you, it's me. Statistically. Like 40% you,...
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It's not you, it's me. Statistically. Like 40% you, 60% me.
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Another review for A City on Mars, this one in Scientific American!
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Fortunately, by the time this all happened, everything was a form of branding, and there was nothing left to lament.
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Looking at license plates the other day I noticed that if you have a
four-digit number with digits , and , then
will always be a multiple of . For example, and .
Mathematically this is uninteresting. The proof is completely
trivial. (Such a number is simply , and
.)
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Thank you everyone! I would love to keep bringing more of these, and your support makes that happen :)
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It's true though.
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It's true though.
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Wings would also be acceptable, as would a thousand...
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Wings would also be acceptable, as would a thousand gibbering eyes.
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I'm just saying, going by the usual arguments, cockroaches are way better explorers.
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Kids, you can literally find ways to annihilate all humans, but you have to start with algebra!
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The arts of course existed before Aristotle was...
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The arts of course existed before Aristotle was wrong about them.
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Is this the one that finally gets all the hatemail?...
a year ago
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Is this the one that finally gets all the hatemail? Is it time?
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Final 4 days!
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Fortunately he was able to invest those socks and return a dividend later.
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Monday!
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I have this fear that one day an all-powerful AI...
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I have this fear that one day an all-powerful AI will be able to examine a statement you made and determine precisely where you got the information and it will be the most shame-filled moment of your life.
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I'm just saying it's a valid concern.
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I'm just saying it's a valid concern.
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No idea why but A City on Mars is deeply discounted today on Amazon.
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It appears to be a primitive fertility fetish.
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Just a month till my new book drops. Please consider preordering!
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Ten points if you try this. Fifteen if it ruins...
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Ten points if you try this. Fifteen if it ruins your relationship. Sixteen if it ruins your life.
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The really freaky part is when you hear about this going on in medical research.
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Later she experiences true oneness when she's asked to change it by one boss, then to put it back the other way by another boss.
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The guy opens a coat to reveal respectable employment with opportunity for promotion.
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This caption works for most comics, and makes them a lot nicer.
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I'll be at CulpeperCon today, if you're in central Virginia and want to say hi.
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After about 3 slayings they just sit in a chair, look out the window, and shake their heads from time to time.
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Honestly, soup matters a lot more to my life than...
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Honestly, soup matters a lot more to my life than love or bravery.
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Behold! (slightly NSFW)
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I'm just saying, when the robots take over, if you're an SMBC reader I think you'll get a little leeway.
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Have you noticed this thing where people say AI will never be as good as Shakespeare, but then nobody mentions that none of us are as good as Shakespeare?
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Panel three is my contribution to World Literature.
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Somehow this became inspired by nature week.
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This is actually pretty close to a complaint lodged at Egil Skallagrímsson by a princess.
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The complex derivative guys are given AAA ratings then surprised that they still sink.
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Drawing all those stupid onions was worth it for...
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Drawing all those stupid onions was worth it for the phrase keystone onion.
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7 months ago
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The weird part is that the second panel is a fantasy too.
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The key to life is indulgence in maladaptive behaviors.
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Guys, holy shit.
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You can of course remove the last name, but then...
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You can of course remove the last name, but then you're causing less damage to a larger group. Figuring out how to maximize damage is left as an exercise for the reader.
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Cooperation is when we hurt people together!
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OK OK but I am CORNERING the market on...
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OK OK but I am CORNERING the market on Milton-related humor.
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Kids have precisely three fantasies: nurturing,...
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Kids have precisely three fantasies: nurturing, power, and retribution. Adults are the same, plus sex and immortality.
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I have never once had a popular platonism joke but...
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I have never once had a popular platonism joke but I WILL NOT STOP
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The best one was actually Part 4 Part Two Part...
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The best one was actually Part 4 Part Two Part Six.
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If demand is high enough, SMBC will reorient all business around the production of nugs.
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Every time I see this it takes me a minute to realize it isn't an insult.
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Intrusive thoughts and more.
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This led to a remarkably nice discussion in patreon yesterday.
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I'm not saying you should do this, only that it'd...
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I'm not saying you should do this, only that it'd be awesome.
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Was reading a book that pointed out that everything...
2 weeks ago
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Was reading a book that pointed out that everything kid understands the idea of 'that's mine,' but has to be taught 'that's yours'
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Reading astrobiology ruined the universe for...
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Reading astrobiology ruined the universe for me.
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'It's okay,' God assured him. 'I was automated...
9 months ago
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'It's okay,' God assured him. 'I was automated years ago too.'
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Hey Austin, come see me at UT. 1:30pm April 5 2024 RLP 1.302E. I'll be talking space!
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No, OR is not a typo, but the lack of a bottom...
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No, OR is not a typo, but the lack of a bottom strap in panel 3 will require some retconning.
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If you'd like one of the badges in the bonus panel,...
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If you'd like one of the badges in the bonus panel, please just attend one of the yacht meetings.
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Elsewhere, a species with 20 fingers per hand will...
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Elsewhere, a species with 20 fingers per hand will believe pretty much anything is true.
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To my intense horror, many of you have purchased the new book. And so, the bonus updates continue.
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All I'm saying is according to quantum mechanics...
4 months ago
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All I'm saying is according to quantum mechanics there's SOME chance a duck explodes because you thought about it.
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When humans finally step into the Experience...
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When humans finally step into the Experience Machine, their choice of paradise will be heartbreaking.
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Massive eternal regret for deciding evolution had...
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Massive eternal regret for deciding evolution had elaborate speech bubbles.
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Choco-beefs are of course inferior to...
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Choco-beefs are of course inferior to beef-tensors.
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Genuinely ashamed how much time was wasted on...
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Genuinely ashamed how much time was wasted on this.
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Better than sociologists who propose by questioning...
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Better than sociologists who propose by questioning the role of the engagement ring in nuptial rituals.
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She's lucky I didn't stick a bow on.
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She's lucky I didn't stick a bow on.
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This isn't quite on the level of the time Hemingway said 'Fuck literature' but it *is* more out-of-context.
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Panels 3 and 4 are the last 10 years of Internet summarized.
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For the three of you who read this blog, we're doing a livechat about Bea Wolf in 30 minutes on instagram!
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Thanks everyone. Social media is finally swallowing the whole Internet, so being able to shift to making books my major source of revenue is looking like the best path. Unfortunately, social media doesn't like people linking...
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I DON'T KNOW
If you're an annoying know-it-all like me, I suggest that you try playing the
following game when...
3 months ago
If you're an annoying know-it-all like me, I suggest that you try playing the
following game when you attend a conference or a user group meetup or
even a work meeting. The game is:
If someone asks you a question, and you say
“I don't know”, you score a point.
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The two possible exceptions are Mad Nuclear Physics and Mad Finance, but they're both toward the top of the curve, OK?
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Another corner of Pennsylvania
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I live in southeastern Pennsylvania, so...
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A couple of years back I wrote:
I live in southeastern Pennsylvania, so the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Delaware triple point must be somewhere nearby. I sat up and got my phone so I could look at the map, and felt foolish.
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St. Peter just taps the crudely drawn No Girls Allowed sign made by God.
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Unprompted, they will walk into a cafe and pretend they have important business to do.
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He finds inner peace by creating outer noise.
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Clash of the Tower Swipe Matcher Puzzle has brought down marriages.
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Why does anything good happen to anyone? We're all dicks!
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Every time I walk into the woods I like to think about the millions of creatures currently being killed for food.
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A complex bug with a ⸢simple⸣ fix
Last month I did a fairly complex piece of systems programming that
worked surprisingly well. But...
3 months ago
Last month I did a fairly complex piece of systems programming that
worked surprisingly well. But it had one big bug that took me a day
to track down.
One reason I find the bug interesting is that it exemplifies the sort
of challenges that come up in systems programming. The...
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Spin the Bottle
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4 months ago
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The whole is worse than the sum of its parts sometimes.
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I wasn't gonna do this, but enough weirdos on mastodon liked it that here we are.
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The full trailer for my Netflix series just dropped!
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11 months ago
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My reply to the people who want to designate my neighborhood a "historic district"
Last week I received a widely circulated email that began:
With tall apartment buildings being...
3 months ago
Last week I received a widely circulated email that began:
With tall apartment buildings being erected all around, we feel it
is ever more important to preserve our community.
I sent this reply.
I have been a Spruce Hill homeowner for 16 years. I had to miss the
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Really this caption can work for any comic.
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Bam, another apocalypse thwarted by Weinersmith.
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I promised I'd do more longform once the latest book manuscript was done and HERE WE ARE.
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This is probably the right place to mention we made the thing people kept asking for.
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There are actually several burger universes but He...
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Next "Abridged" book will be on cosmology.
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Thanks y'all, I mean it. Here's...
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Toot toot! Go the trumpets!
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Hey! If you want a signed Bea Wolf or A City on Mars, or Soonish, *or* Phil Plait's new book Under Alien Skies, buy here.
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The silver lining is due to cesium contamination.
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Really, you want an isometric view if you're being honest.
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The worst part is you can't source any pumpkins because there's been no first contact with the Americas.
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The teaser trailer for my Exploding Kittens Netflix series just dropped!
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After four years of work, I am finally sharing one minute of glorious footage!
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The only awkward part is how it happens every 30 minutes.
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Thank you to the three of you who enjoyed this reference.
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I found something lazier than graph jokes!
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I found something lazier than graph jokes!
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We should be measuring happiness of CATS.
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We should be measuring happiness of CATS.
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A little microecon is okay. On weekends.
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A little microecon is okay. On weekends.
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I will, of course, posthumously occupy half the...
4 months ago
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I will, of course, posthumously occupy half the English Canon with my boner jokes.
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This is why artists and mathematicians were ahead of the curve on madness. You are all us now.
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I'm going to start using that first panel for all of my twitter replies.
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No please no emails about how this technically...
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No please no emails about how this technically works in canon.
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According to patreon I already did this? Sparrows in moonlight.
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Just to be clear,...
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Just to be clear, there's no penis-nose in the actual comic strip. This is a lesson for the 99.4% of you who don't read the blog.
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Lasso Man 5
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6 months ago
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If you don't have a drink ticket, you have to get a job.
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I'm even into heterocyclic compounds.
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I'm even into heterocyclic compounds.
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I hereby release this idea to any stupid person in Silicon Valley.
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Actually with this new plugin the robot doesn't need the sympathy but can just directly experience a mixture of awe and joy.
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Just because a few people on Patreon asked - this is the end of this individual comic. SMBC will persist long enough to be taken over by the AI who killed us all.
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Number 3 move is the combination, because each...
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Number 3 move is the combination, because each takes away from the other.
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Meet Algo, the Boss-Guilt Absolver
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Meet Algo, the Boss-Guilt Absolver
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8 months ago
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Or the simulators, insanely, think we'd rather have a life of striving together.
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Later she's forced against her will to take care of her physical and mental wellbeing.
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They'll go outside again later.
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They'll go outside again later.
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This is one of those frustrating comics where the votey, made in 4 seconds, is funnier than the whole comic.
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Bea Wolf is available now!
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This is the real afterlife.
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This is the real afterlife.
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The frustrating thing is when she's trying to get her crack but it's at the bottom of the purse under the boxes of tissues, pocket bible, and coupon books.
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Sorry for the missed updates, but I am at last home! For...
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This will be considered deeply offensive in 2034.
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Taking selfies from various angles
No one out-pizzas the Keith
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No one out-pizzas the Keith
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Constructing the 30,000-tone language for Anne was more challenging.
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Marnanel Thurman reported the following item that they found in an 1875
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How to Entertain a Social Party:
To Make a Loaf of Bread Dance on the Table.
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10/22/21 PHD comic: 'Current Status'
Piled Higher
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Piled Higher
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Cham
www.phdcomics.com
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10/22/2021
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