It's annoying that the Nastapoka Arc isn't a meteor impact crater, but I truly believe that--with enough time, effort, and determination--we could make it one.

https://explainxkcd.com/2985/

My competitors say the tiny single tiny caster is unsafe, unstable, and offers no advantages over traditional designs, to which I say: wow, why are you guys so mean? I thought we were friends!

https://explainxkcd.com/2983/

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You'd think the most expensive part would be the quark-gluon plasma chamber, but it's actually usually the tube to the top of the atmosphere to carry the cosmic rays down.

https://explainxkcd.com/2982

Original static webpage version: https://what-if.xkcd.com/115/

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In my reboot, Dennis the Menace was just trying to send Mr. Wilson a nice comet, but accidentally wiped out his dinosaur garden.

https://explainxkcd.com/2981/

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Hey, golf balls float on lava, so this should make recovering them from the hazards easier.

https://explainxkcd.com/2980/

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During the day it also activates for neat clouds and pretty sunsets.

https://explainxkcd.com/2979/

PSA: This xkcd was released 6 days ago and nobody posted it. It is in fact allowed for other people to post new xkcd comics to this community too, you don't have to wait for me to do that.

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At least they're not alone down there.

https://explainxkcd.com/2978/

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The secret fourth kind is 'we applied a standard theory to their map of every tree and got some suspicious results.'

https://explainxkcd.com/2977/

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Many a hungry time traveler has Googled 'trilobites shellfish allergy' only to find their carrier had no coverage in the Ordovician.

https://explainxkcd.com/2976/

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Personally I think mercury is more of a 'wet earth' hybrid element.

https://explainxkcd.com/2975/

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We're considering installing a pressurization system to keep the tanks at constant pressure solely to deter them.

https://explainxkcd.com/2974/

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They left the belt drive in place but switched which wheel was powered, so people could choose between a regular ride, a long ride, and a REALLY long ride.

https://explainxkcd.com/2973/

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Our lawyers were worried because it turns out the company inherits its debt from the parent universe, but luckily cosmic inflation reduced it to nearly zero.

https://explainxkcd.com/2972/

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If we can get a brood of 13-year cicadas going, we might have a chance at making this happen before the oceans evaporate under the expanding sun.

https://explainxkcd.com/2971/

Original static webpage version: https://what-if.xkcd.com/54/

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If you hold the meteor too long, it may imprint on you and form a contact binary, making reintroduction to space difficult.

explanation: https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2970:_Meteor_Shower_PSA

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[Political pundit on the ScrabbleTV News channel] "After four years of defying orthographic pressure, Joe ceded the top of the ticket to Kamala, who--after considering Josh, Mark, Andy, Roy, and Pete--picked Tim."

explanation: https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2969:_Vice_President_First_Names

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This only makes it more urgent that we adopt my roadmap for the next 10 years, which should put us solidly in the lead.

expl: https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2968:_University_Age

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He was the first person to land a 900, which is especially impressive because pulling off a half-integer spin requires obeying Fermi-Dirac statistics.

expl: https://explainxkcd.com/2967/

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Calligraphy exam: Write down the number 37, spelled out, nicely.

explananation: https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2966:_Exam_Numbers

This comic is inspired by XKCD and recent events and observations in my life. Disclaimer: I have no artistic ability and blatantly rip off the XKCD style and artwork, however the idea is mine and I feel it fits.

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Thankfully for everyone involved, the Winter Olympics officials spotted me and managed to stop me before I got to the ski jump.

Explanation: https://explainxkcd.com/2964/

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People think power over ethernet is so great, and yet when I try to do water over ethernet everyone yells at me.

https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2963:_House_Inputs_and_Outputs