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Kicking myself for not having AI balloons in the SMBC store right this second.
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09/17/21 PHD comic: 'The COVID-19 Virus Explained'
Piled Higher
& Deeper by Jorge
Cham
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...
over a year ago
Piled Higher
& Deeper by Jorge
Cham
www.phdcomics.com
title:
"The COVID-19 Virus Explained" - originally published
9/17/2021
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I wonder if any supervillains read Nudge?
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I wonder if any supervillains read Nudge?
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JokeBomb - Series One
This is a series of animated shorts about tortillas, butts, and a hit TV show called Gene's Jeans...
10 months ago
This is a series of animated shorts about tortillas, butts, and a hit TV show called Gene's Jeans starring a handsome man named Gene.
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Eff y'all, excel is a perfectly acceptable transitive verb. Spread the word.
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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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My daughter saw me drawing and asked if it was kid appropriate, and I don't know.
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What's really irritating is the way some of them live lives of quiet desperation which is a thing our people have been doing for generations.
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Thanks everyone. Some day I will stop being surprised by how willing my...
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It is NEW book launch day, so please stay tuned for more updates and check the blog for more info!
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Speaking of vices, he's available to hang this morning.
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Constructing the 30,000-tone language for Anne was more challenging.
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The whole is worse than the sum of its parts sometimes.
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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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I learned today that the etymological roots of the word anatomy mean cutting up.
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The weird thing is he was originally just printing teeth for the pure delight before he discovered the opportunity for savings.
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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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10/22/21 PHD comic: 'Current Status'
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Cham
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...
over a year ago
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& Deeper by Jorge
Cham
www.phdcomics.com
title:
"Current Status" - originally published
10/22/2021
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In The Matrix, people need a fake paradise, but most humans would do it for about 1 percent of that.
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There was a discussion on patreon about whether pix or pics is appropriate and I stand by my choice.
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Really you start to wonder about all those pale...
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Really you start to wonder about all those pale blonde princesses in storybooks.
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Anyone caught brandishing an ultrasound will be escorted off the premises.
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On the one hand there's data and on the other there's the tiny angry man in my brain who is VERY persuasive.
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Another lovely review for A City on Mars.
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Borgin hard or hardly borgin?
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Borgin hard or hardly borgin?
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If demand is high enough, SMBC will reorient all business around the production of nugs.
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The really weird part is he's been talking about it non-stop for 50 years.
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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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The weirdest thing is when the conscious minds start inventing reasons for all of this.
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Psst - I'm told Bea Wolf will be highly discounted on Amazon tomorrow and the next day. Stay tuned.
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No, this is not my best comic, this is THE best...
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No, this is not my best comic, this is THE best comic.
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Thanks geeks of Austin for coming to see me!
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This is also why he keeps letting Robin get...
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According to patreon I already did this? Sparrows in moonlight.
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In running out of the room, he falls down some stairs and never stops falling.
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Later bean guy makes a fortune selling cans of...
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Later bean guy makes a fortune selling cans of beans with his label on them. People who hate him are 60% of his audience. He goes on to a university position in media studies.
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Somehow this became inspired by nature week.
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This has been episode 429 of Zach Personally...
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This has been episode 429 of Zach Personally Antagonizes His Paying Customers
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There exist solutions that would work if only you could take them seriously.
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Merci!
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Anyone taking this comic out of context will be...
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I feel like every ethical system works better if you just have people ask themselves 'is this a bit much?' once in a while.
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Just a few more and I can do a book of teleporter...
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Just a few more and I can do a book of teleporter humor.
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You would just watch your friends jump off a cliff and do NOTHING?
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4 Internet Points to Dave Luebke for making the...
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4 Internet Points to Dave Luebke for making the techno-babble more accurate.
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Look if we could define it there wouldn't be any fun in fighting over it.
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Please make sure to buy all smbc products before deciding to tune out of consumer culture.
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Quick thankyou to patreon subscriber/friend Dave...
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Quick thankyou to patreon subscriber/friend Dave Luebke for making this joke more legible.
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Everyday examples of morphisms with one-sided inverses
Like almost everyone except Alexander Grothendieck, I understand
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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If anyone does this, please pour out a glass of...
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If anyone does this, please pour out a glass of eggnog antecedent beverage for me.
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When I think of altruism, I think of guys selling apocalypse gold on youtube.
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Dangle-balls is copyright SMBC Industries, All...
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Dangle-balls is copyright SMBC Industries, All Rights Reserved
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Thanks to everyone who came to Scrawl Books for Bea Wolf!
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Praise from Neil Gaiman was nice and all, but have you tried kid-turned-down-youtube-for-your-book?
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Look at what they tried to take from us
When I was a kid, the Beatles’ seminal 1966 album Revolver was 20%
shorter. The original release...
3 months ago
When I was a kid, the Beatles’ seminal 1966 album Revolver was 20%
shorter. The original release was not a long album: 14 tracks,
totaling 34:45. But the version I grew up with had 11 tracks,
totaling only 27:31.
Three tracks, all by Lennon, were omitted by Capitol
from the...
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The problem is the ghost doesn't want to answer those emails either.
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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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I'm unreasonably amused by the phrase 'I'm winning ethics!'
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Engish is easy. No conjugation - you just have to...
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Engish is easy. No conjugation - you just have to memorize 50,000 words and you're good.
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Dave Luebke informs me that the upper bound should...
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Dave Luebke informs me that the upper bound should just be infinity.
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Hot damn an embarrassingly flattering review in Science.
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The maximum size of brain a human can comprehend consists of 3 neurons.
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Definitely
definitively' autocorrect rule to their keyboard." alt="A really mean prank you can play on someone...
a year ago
definitively' autocorrect rule to their keyboard." alt="A really mean prank you can play on someone who's picky about words is to add a 'definitely->definitively' autocorrect rule to their keyboard." />
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Happy family life, productive work life, and...
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Happy family life, productive work life, and worldwide hegemony.
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Nice review of our space book in WSJ.
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All of these are of course just subsets of the sole...
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All of these are of course just subsets of the sole story category, which is Ape Struggled And Was Thereby Changed.
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Any resemblance to any sitting official is a trick of the eye - this is in fact a 2D cartoon drawing.
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And that man's name was Job.
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And that man's name was Job.
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That's where he pushes the robot into the sea.
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He starts to get nervous when the gold bat comes...
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He starts to get nervous when the gold bat comes out.
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I feel like more comics need to use the word...
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I feel like more comics need to use the word salience.
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This comic based directly on my gross biologist wife.
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WELP, looks like a bunch more bonus strips go up today thanks to buyers of A City on Mars. More soon and thank you all for your preorders!
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Based on a conversation with Phil Plait, whom I...
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Based on a conversation with Phil Plait, whom I wish to associate with the above subject.
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Really, you should just think of every moment of...
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Really, you should just think of every moment of your life as a series of escape rooms. It's healthy.
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The only awkward part is how it happens every 30...
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The only awkward part is how it happens every 30 minutes.
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Trying to write more realistic dialog these...
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Trying to write more realistic dialog these days.
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It's the baaaaasexuals you have to look out...
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It's the baaaaasexuals you have to look out for.
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This is why Starfish have so much sex.
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This is why Starfish have so much sex.
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I do check to see what became of the PLiF guys...
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I do check to see what became of the PLiF guys every six months or so.
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The keynote is gonna be reeeediculous.
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The keynote is gonna be reeeediculous.
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Or click here for info! Tickets are more than half sold and we're still two weeks out, so buy soon to lock yours in!
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No other creature gives itself Latin names. We are...
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No other creature gives itself Latin names. We are unique!
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This is just a big thank you to Bea Wolf buyers....
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This is just a big thank you to Bea Wolf buyers. We're already in our 3rd printing and it doesn't come out for a month. If you want a hardcover, lock it in soon - they're gorgeous :D
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Thanks y'all, I mean it. Here's...
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You'll be tempted to hit the printer, but then it might leak blood on your tablets.
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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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Oh you thought you saw something in panel 4? You got a dirty mind.
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For reasons related to current research projects,...
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For reasons related to current research projects, SMBC will be slowly switching over to obscure literary references for the foreseeable future. It's been nice knowing you.
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Hope you're getting a good laugh, cybo-people of 2073!
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Patreon subscribers were pretty quick to suggest a...
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Patreon subscribers were pretty quick to suggest a tree that poisons the area around it. Really, I've attracted a beautiful audience here.
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Stay tuned for an incoming bonus update thanks to buyers of my new book!
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Better make sure the wings of your airplane are shaped like a Bat. Also swing on ropes whenever possible.
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Bad Map Projection: Exterior Kansas
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I was either that or Jai Ganticpenis.
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You'd think working in the fellatio building would be exciting, but it's mostly paperwork and meetings.
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Does Santa exist? No, I have killed him.
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Genuinely ashamed how much time was wasted on this.
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With heartfelt apologies to Gary Larson.
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This is why He stopped answering prayers.
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The cape cost three dollars, but it's an investment.
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I got this idea from a story I can't remember, only that it had the line 'I will show you the power of illusion' and was, possibly, from the Hindu tradition. Anyone know it?
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as surely as the sun rises...
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Pokeymen t-shirt will be on sale just as soon as pokemon enters the public domain.
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Drawing all those stupid onions was worth it for the phrase keystone onion.
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It's the only Indiana jones that actually takes place in Indiana.
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Fortunately, crowds of humans tend to congregate in places where the background is easy to draw.
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+10 internet points to anyone who builds this. -1,000 ethics points, but +10 internet points.
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Later the nutritionist is forced to quote from revelations about what is to come.
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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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Later he awkwardly buys a beer and pours it down his shirt.
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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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Hey Austin, come see me at UT. 1:30pm April 5 2024 RLP 1.302E. I'll be talking space!
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Panel three is my contribution to World Literature.
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Interestingly, SMBC is in fact an erotic fertility behavior.
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The really creepy part is the tower is its cloaca.
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Earlier he changed his name to Emperor but nobody was buying it.
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How did it become ethics month at SMBC?
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How did it become ethics month at SMBC?
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It's one of those unstoppable force immovable object things.
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Just in time for Easter.
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Just in time for Easter.
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Anyone know if there's a case of partial application of law of the sea?
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I've been doing this for 20 years now and it feels...
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I've been doing this for 20 years now and it feels good to come clean.
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I originally had a hamster but that seemed mean.
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There, see? From now on at least 18% of SMBC will not be AI jokes.
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Another corner of Pennsylvania
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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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There is no Steve-in-Itself! There's not even a...
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There is no Steve-in-Itself! There's not even a thing that believes it is Steve, now help me decide what's for dinner!
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I feel there's a lot of money in an app where, when...
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I feel there's a lot of money in an app where, when you skip exercise, it projects your future body slightly degrading.
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Thanks to patreon subscribers' confusing I have color-coded the perverts.
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Really, if you go to a temple with excellent customer service, you should wonder which branch of the afterlife is in charge.
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Slightly regretting that he didn't also take the...
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Slightly regretting that he didn't also take the guy's coat.
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They'll go outside again later.
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They'll go outside again later.
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SMBC is a comic about mathematics, philosophy, literature, and science.
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On the plus side we can harvest them so future Martians can have microbeads in their soap.
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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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Actually maybe this is why prayer works in old books written when there was a smaller population.
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I was in a train station a few years ago and all the women were dressed like it was the eighties. Went back to my farm and emerged a year later to see all the men had developed mustaches as a kind of reflexive mating...
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OK, if patreon is any indication, many of you are confused but four and a half of you are HOWLING.
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Sometimes they just read our declarations of war...
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Sometimes they just read our declarations of war and get giggle-fits.
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I feel the quickest way to spot bias is to find...
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I feel the quickest way to spot bias is to find someone who reacts to something terrible by worrying about the impression a third party will get.
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Bam, alignment solved. Earth should join my patreon...
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Bam, alignment solved. Earth should join my patreon as a thankyou.
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Just 8 more days!
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We can get sad alllll niiiiight lonnnnng
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We can get sad alllll niiiiight lonnnnng
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Painted Tunnel
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3 months ago
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The good news is that it's the default setting for...
11 months ago
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The good news is that it's the default setting for all universes that come after this one.
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This joke conceived while reading Tarski's...
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This joke conceived while reading Tarski's biography, a fact which will cause four of you to laugh politely.
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Hey guys, ask us anything because WE TOOK OVER THE BARNES & NOBLE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT
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This is the real afterlife.
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This is the real afterlife.
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Slightly worried the wallstreetbets people will not...
a year ago
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Slightly worried the wallstreetbets people will not understand this is a joke. Or, rather, will understand that it's a joke and therefore employ it as a financial plan.
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I'm slightly regretting not having this as the...
a year ago
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I'm slightly regretting not having this as the twist ending to a comedic novel. Gimme a few years.
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One week until BEA WOLF DAY!
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Boy’s Club VS Girl’s Club, Part 1
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We are assuming for the sake of argument that all...
a year ago
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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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I mean have you ever TRIED taking up arms against a...
7 months ago
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I mean have you ever TRIED taking up arms against a sea? You just end up looking stupid.
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Max Tegmark is reading this in his office, shaking...
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Max Tegmark is reading this in his office, shaking his fist and shouting 'Weinersmith!'
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Normal people: You economists keep assuming humans...
a year ago
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Normal people: You economists keep assuming humans have perfect pricing information! Microeconomists: we need ever more complex auction mechanisms to suss out the true preferences humans are constantly hiding!
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The two possible exceptions are Mad Nuclear Physics...
a year ago
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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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Bea Wolf is half off one day only!
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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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This is probably why he was so grumpy all the...
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This is probably why he was so grumpy all the time.
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Best you can do with cosmos-3.5 is get a universe...
a year ago
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Best you can do with cosmos-3.5 is get a universe that's classical at low speeds.
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Sawwy!
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Sawwy!
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Actually with this new plugin the robot doesn't...
a year ago
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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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The Queen frowns upon vacation days.
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The Queen frowns upon vacation days.
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Somehow it came the week of jokes about...
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Somehow it came the week of jokes about dissociating from reality with VR.
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a year ago
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It's time. It's time for a resurgence of T Rex arms-related humor.
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Enter to win a free copy of Bea Wolf!
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St. Peter just taps the crudely drawn No Girls...
a year ago
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St. Peter just taps the crudely drawn No Girls Allowed sign made by God.
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Whoever made the A City on Mars wikipedia entry, bless you. Now when people argue against stuff that we didn't actually say, I'm just linking...
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You can't see it but he's wiping his eyes on Georgia O'Keeffe originals.
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Of all the compliments on the new book so far, kind words from Jonathan McDowell mean the most. Or, well, anyway, tied with the nice stuff Mary...
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Unfortunately there's no plumber-bot to fix that leak.
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a year ago
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Free movie idea: guy goes on a road trip to find himself, keeps asexually creating duplicates. Title: Buds
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It later turns out that airborne carcinogens slow...
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It later turns out that airborne carcinogens slow global warming, so everything is fine.
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She'd actually be into it if he didn't always wear...
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She'd actually be into it if he didn't always wear those yellow crocs.
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Godel proved you can't prove anything. Don't think...
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Godel proved you can't prove anything. Don't think about it too hard.
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Happy New Year,
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I worry that with humanities departments being gutted we are no longer creating the necessary levels of narcissism to preserve civil society.
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It's launch day!!!
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Finally an uplifting SMBC.
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a year ago
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Finally an uplifting SMBC.
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Last chance to get signed books and free audiobooks by Phil Plait and Gretchen McCulloch!
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Also rationality developed entirely to rationalize...
11 months ago
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Also rationality developed entirely to rationalize your own behavior. Its use in mathematics is incidental.
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Six dimensions is OK, but 7+ is for freaks.
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3 months ago
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Six dimensions is OK, but 7+ is for freaks.
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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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Wishing I had just taken this job instead of joking...
5 months ago
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Wishing I had just taken this job instead of joking about it.
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I feel there's a culinary horseshoe graph where only the highest and lowest quality restaurants will serve you macerated chicken kidneys or whatever.
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Written after enjoying the delightfully...
a year ago
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Written after enjoying the delightfully controversial book Status and Culture.
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Let's get unresolved ALL NIGHT LONG.
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Let's get unresolved ALL NIGHT LONG.
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For the record, this was shot a while ago and my...
8 months ago
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For the record, this was shot a while ago and my hair is back to being gross.
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We need an arc of History that smashes BOOM right...
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We need an arc of History that smashes BOOM right into Justice.
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Fortunately he was able to invest those socks and...
a year ago
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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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There's a newish Parfit biography out Edmonds that...
7 months ago
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There's a newish Parfit biography out Edmonds that is excellent.
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