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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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But you should see what happened to the...
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But you should see what happened to the first-born.
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I'm unreasonably amused by the phrase 'I'm winning ethics!'
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Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
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Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
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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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Hope this isn't confusing to the Swedish people who...
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Hope this isn't confusing to the Swedish people who can already translate that bubble.
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Really this caption can work for any comic.
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Really this caption can work for any comic.
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Beer goggles were also cheaper.
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Beer goggles were also cheaper.
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One of the most reassuring thoughts I've ever had is that the day I die, there will be some young person in my family comparing it to the loss of a hamster.
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Writing a book to convince a child they're special is like writing a book to convince a fish it can swim.
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I'm thinking of a word. Try to guess what it is.
I coded a daily word-guessing game.
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I coded a daily word-guessing game.
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definitively' autocorrect rule to their keyboard." alt="A really mean prank you can play on someone...
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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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Cetaceans evolved because they wanted to do it in the water, secretly.
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With profound hope that the authors of the original paper do not read this.
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How my pets see me
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I created a little animation about how I see my pets versus how they see me.
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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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Fortunately they didn't have quantitative finance yet, so he was just a serial killer.
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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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We're in this really awkward stage where sapient...
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We're in this really awkward stage where sapient life is possible, but it'll pass.
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Sitting in detention for having done nothing wrong is, however, excellent training for service sector work.
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Lovely review for Bea Wolf.
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I'll have a comic update in a minute but I thought you might enjoy this paper I was involved with. Click to read - it's available online for free.
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Or click here to see.
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I can detect sky with my eyes closed.
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I can detect sky with my eyes closed.
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You ever think about how many STDs would go down with us if there were an AI apocalypse?
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I believe if we get a fog machine and some cleverly placed sheets we can have some sort of sex.
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Unfortunately there's no plumber-bot to fix that...
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Unfortunately there's no plumber-bot to fix that leak.
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Yes, ten legs.
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Yes, ten legs.
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Also the nice books give you fifty problems to...
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Also the nice books give you fifty problems to establish understanding while the scary books give you two trick questions.
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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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This joke conceived while reading Tarski's biography, a fact which will cause four of you to laugh politely.
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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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This is actually the answer to most Zen...
2 months ago
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This is actually the answer to most Zen koans.
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Look if we could define it there wouldn't be any...
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Look if we could define it there wouldn't be any fun in fighting over it.
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I heard the Internet likes comics about...
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I heard the Internet likes comics about cats?
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Big thing coming MONDAY!
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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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Also I'm pretty sure 'et cetera' means 'I'm out of...
a year ago
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Also I'm pretty sure 'et cetera' means 'I'm out of examples but there are probably more.'
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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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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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Toot toot! Go the trumpets!
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Hey! If...
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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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I worry that with humanities departments being...
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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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5 months ago
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Kicking myself for not having AI balloons in the SMBC store right this second.
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There should be an ipad news app that just shouts...
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There should be an ipad news app that just shouts the news in handwritten letters.
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Bam, another apocalypse thwarted by...
a year ago
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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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That's the official International Sign system...
5 months ago
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That's the official International Sign system imagine for in-the-butt.
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The total effacement of selfhood is bad but the...
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The total effacement of selfhood is bad but the corn is *very* sweet.
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Every time you pray to God, one finger of the...
a year ago
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Every time you pray to God, one finger of the infinite monkey's paw curls inward.
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I feel like all these people trying to measure...
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I feel like all these people trying to measure attention span degradation should just look at what percent of the population is cognitively capable of reading Sense and Sensibility.
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It is NEW book launch day, so please stay tuned for...
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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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BOOOOOOOOOOOK
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This has been episode 429 of Zach Personally...
a year ago
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This has been episode 429 of Zach Personally Antagonizes His Paying Customers
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She sells printer ink cheaper than anyone, but you...
11 months ago
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She sells printer ink cheaper than anyone, but you DO NOT ASK HOW.
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This is a complete theory of law, no exceptions,...
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This is a complete theory of law, no exceptions, don't email me.
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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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Spiderina Ravendark and I are in LOVE
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Spiderina Ravendark and I are in LOVE
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Last chance!
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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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Later the nutritionist is forced to quote from...
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Later the nutritionist is forced to quote from revelations about what is to come.
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This is why I don't let my wife purchase ricin....
11 months ago
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This is why I don't let my wife purchase ricin.
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That stick figure diagram is the most joy I've had...
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That stick figure diagram is the most joy I've had making an illustration in years.
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Just in time for Easter.
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Just in time for Easter.
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It would've been so easy to set up The Matrix so...
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It would've been so easy to set up The Matrix so that nobody would leave.
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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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Just because a few people on Patreon asked - this...
11 months ago
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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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We'll also be doing a bunch of author signings if...
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We'll also be doing a bunch of author signings if you can make it before the show.
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We are assuming for the sake of argument that all...
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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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So you'll eat a chicken that does this but you...
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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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I like to imagine an old woman among the...
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I like to imagine an old woman among the groundlings, hearing the twist in Macbeth and immediately hurling rotten tomatoes and having to be dragged out of the Globe.
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By 2026, it's just all teleporter comics.
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By 2026, it's just all teleporter comics.
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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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I really do yay like that, though.
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I really do yay like that, though.
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Hopefully time travel isn't possible because boy...
a year ago
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Hopefully time travel isn't possible because boy the future is gonna be piiiiiiiisssssed.
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Does Santa exist? No, I have killed him.
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Does Santa exist? No, I have killed him.
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Hey, wanna see me talking space settlements with the Planetary Society?
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Insert the p-value joke over your choice.
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Insert the p-value joke over your choice.
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Hey geeks! A few of you have requested signed copies of the new book, Bea Wolf, and they are available here.
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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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XKCD game theory question
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This post is about the bottom center panel, “Game Theory final...
3 months ago
(Source: XKCD “Exam numbers”.)
This post is about the bottom center panel, “Game Theory final exam”.
I don't know much about game theory and I haven't seen any other
discussion of this question. But I have a strategy I think is
plausible and I'm somewhat pleased with.
(I assume...
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This is the humiliation fetish planet.
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This is the humiliation fetish planet.
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This theory actually makes sense of all holiday...
3 months ago
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This theory actually makes sense of all holiday creatures that manage to visit every house.
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Also demanding that the Reptilians take more power...
6 months ago
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Also demanding that the Reptilians take more power because in the modern world you need an executive branch that can act rapidly.
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Better than sociologists who propose by questioning...
6 months ago
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Better than sociologists who propose by questioning the role of the engagement ring in nuptial rituals.
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Interestingly, it seems like whoever has the best...
a year ago
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Interestingly, it seems like whoever has the best weapon systems is destined by fate for victory.
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Breaking: Slamming 'Slam' SLAMMED
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Breaking: Slamming 'Slam' SLAMMED
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Just 10 days till the big new thing!
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After 10 minutes of DuoLingo, my daughter and I...
9 months ago
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After 10 minutes of DuoLingo, my daughter and I were able to have entire conversations in Greek just by inflecting the word karoto.
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People who say microeconomics isn't useful in real...
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People who say microeconomics isn't useful in real life are simply not being creative enough.
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Oh you thought you saw something in panel 4? You...
a week ago
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Oh you thought you saw something in panel 4? You got a dirty mind.
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Every time I see this it takes me a minute to...
4 months ago
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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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things better with examples. For...
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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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'How dare you politicize this tragedy' works in literally any context. In fact, if anyone sends hatemail, it's going to be my response.
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The key to life is indulgence in maladaptive behaviors.
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Honestly geometry's pretty dicey, as are numbers larger than 1.
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Thanks for a great launch day, all. I'll be in conversation with Randall Munroe tonight in NYC if you wanna say hi!
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This whole time we could have been united.
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This whole time we could have been united.
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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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Bam, alignment solved. Earth should join my patreon...
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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
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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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Disappointed with myself that I haven't don't a creationism joke in years. Six years is like 0.1 percent of the past.
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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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Later Steve discovers Stable Diffusion and never leaves his room again.
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C'monnnnnn hatemail.
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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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Finally an uplifting SMBC.
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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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Written in a state of harnger.
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The weird shit is a new tiny book explaining something.
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You won't experience the ice cream in the powerful, meaningful way that I would, but you'll have a great big smile and it'll be so dear.
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Abstruse Goose
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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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I wonder if Satan ever gets tired of winning.
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For people who've asked: if on the kickstarter we don't have a package you like, you can do any custom add-on arrangement you like. So, for example, if you want 8,000...
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He did a similar thing with dinosaurs but it got way out of hand.
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BAHFest! London! Saturday! With the Ig Nobels! Nerdiest night of the year, I promise. Tickets already 2/3 gone, so buy soon!
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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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When I think of altruism, I think of guys selling...
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I read a lot of Perry Bible Fellowship, desperately...
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I read a lot of Perry Bible Fellowship, desperately afraid that somewhere I'd amnesia-stolen this script.
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Let's fight about it.
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Let's fight about it.
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This is the real afterlife.
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This is the real afterlife.
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Other dilemmas take a few billion years, but they...
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Other dilemmas take a few billion years, but they all work out eventually.
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Just 10 more days!
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Wow! How to discover videos on Facebook and Instagram!
Wow! Just wow! Just wait for it ...
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The good news is that it's the default setting for...
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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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Patreon subscribers were pretty quick to suggest a...
a year ago
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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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Try to get the feudal lord before he gets to...
11 months ago
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Try to get the feudal lord before he gets to plaguey.
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Just gently closing the door on ever giving a TED...
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Just gently closing the door on ever giving a TED talk there. Very nice.
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This led to a remarkably nice discussion in patreon...
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This led to a remarkably nice discussion in patreon yesterday.
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6 days!!
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Interestingly they're both reading AI image...
a year ago
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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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Massive eternal regret for deciding evolution had...
4 months ago
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Massive eternal regret for deciding evolution had elaborate speech bubbles.
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Thanks everyone. Social media is finally swallowing...
a year ago
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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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Fortunately the people in the comic are only alive...
a year ago
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Fortunately the people in the comic are only alive for the duration of this conversation.
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Earlier he changed his name to Emperor but nobody...
9 months ago
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Earlier he changed his name to Emperor but nobody was buying it.
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If a man transcends in the woods, and nobody hears...
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If a man transcends in the woods, and nobody hears him, should he make a sound?
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This isn't quite on the level of the time Hemingway...
11 months ago
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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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I posted some new animations
I've posted a couple of new animated cartoons about microwaves, cuddling, and wombats.
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a year ago
I've posted a couple of new animated cartoons about microwaves, cuddling, and wombats.
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No really, read it. This is her number one...
a year ago
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No really, read it. This is her number one move.
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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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Somehow it came the week of jokes about...
a month ago
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Somehow it came the week of jokes about dissociating from reality with VR.
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A triviality about numbers that look like abbc
Looking at license plates the other day I noticed that if you have a
four-digit number with digits...
3 months ago
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
.)
But I...
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Don't you all use the SSMS trick at once or it'll...
6 days ago
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Don't you all use the SSMS trick at once or it'll stop being offputting.
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On the plus side if you assume God does NOT...
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On the plus side if you assume God does NOT understand us you can put an upper bound on His neuron count.
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Happy family life, productive work life, and...
11 months ago
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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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In running out of the room, he falls down some...
5 months ago
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In running out of the room, he falls down some stairs and never stops falling.
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Terrible things are going down
Shit hits the fan
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Shit hits the fan
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Thank you patreons for recognizing that the...
a year ago
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Thank you patreons for recognizing that the original caption was basically unreadable.
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Lasso Man 4
The post Lasso Man 4 appeared first on Last Place Comics.
6 months ago
The post Lasso Man 4 appeared first on Last Place Comics.
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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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You can also be consistent by saying 'Ah, but that...
8 months ago
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You can also be consistent by saying 'Ah, but that was on a Tuesday, which is different.'
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This is the right opportunity to remind you that...
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This is the right opportunity to remind you that every SMBC is available as a high-quality print to adorn your home or office.
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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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Fortunately, by the time this all happened,...
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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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I expect this comic to be amusing until roughly...
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I expect this comic to be amusing until roughly 2029.
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Come on Depths of Wikipedia, where's your...
7 months ago
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Come on Depths of Wikipedia, where's your topological Pair of Pants post?
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Do you need to settle a dispute?
Let's hit each other with fake swords.
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7 months ago
Let's hit each other with fake swords.
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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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Now, realize there is no Self. Only insane monkey...
11 months ago
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Now, realize there is no Self. Only insane monkey who can't reach the breaks.
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This could be the greatest school play of all time...
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This could be the greatest school play of all time if anyone out there had the guts to do it.
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Every time I walk into the woods I like to think...
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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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I will, of course, posthumously occupy half the...
3 months ago
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I will, of course, posthumously occupy half the English Canon with my boner jokes.
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The guy opens a coat to reveal respectable...
7 months ago
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The guy opens a coat to reveal respectable employment with opportunity for promotion.
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