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Title text: "'They really shouldn't let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I'm going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.'"
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3167#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3167#Transcript
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Title text: "'They really shouldn't let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I'm going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.'"
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3167#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3167#Transcript
Title text: "Are you the annoying spoon or the sleepy spoon?"
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3166#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3166#Transcript
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Title text: "Are you the annoying spoon or the sleepy spoon?"
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3166#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3166#Transcript
Title text: "At least people who make religious predictions of the apocalypse have an answer to the question 'Why didn't you predict any of the other ones that happened recently?'"
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3165#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3165#Transcript
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Title text: "At least people who make religious predictions of the apocalypse have an answer to the question 'Why didn't you predict any of the other ones that happened recently?'"
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3165#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3165#Transcript
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Title text: "The statue should be in the likeness of whatever sculptor posted the sculpting tool repair video that was most helpful during the installation of the statue."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3163#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3163#Transcript
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Title text: "The statue should be in the likeness of whatever sculptor posted the sculpting tool repair video that was most helpful during the installation of the statue."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3163#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3163#Transcript
Title text: "Even geology papers about Heart Mountain are like, "Look, we all agree this 'volcanic gas earthquake hovercraft' thing seems like it can't possibly be right, but...""
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3162#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3162#Transcript
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Title text: "Even geology papers about Heart Mountain are like, "Look, we all agree this 'volcanic gas earthquake hovercraft' thing seems like it can't possibly be right, but...""
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3162#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3162#Transcript
Title text: "Carefully maneuvering the balloon down a mineshaft in an effort to break the OTHER altitude record"
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3161#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3161#Transcript
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Title text: "Carefully maneuvering the balloon down a mineshaft in an effort to break the OTHER altitude record"
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3161#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3161#Transcript
Title text: "It comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a..."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3160#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3160#Transcript
October 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Title text: "It comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a..."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3160#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3160#Transcript
Title text: "The inflection point was probably in late 1966 or 1967, so when Neil Armstrong flew to space on Gemini 8, plate tectonics was not widely accepted, but when he landed on the Moon three years later it was the mainstream consensus."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3159#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3159#Transcript
October 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Title text: "The inflection point was probably in late 1966 or 1967, so when Neil Armstrong flew to space on Gemini 8, plate tectonics was not widely accepted, but when he landed on the Moon three years later it was the mainstream consensus."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3159#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3159#Transcript
Title text: "Sharks can occasionally travel short distances through air when pursuing prey, but their attenuation coefficient is pretty high."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3158#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3158#Transcript
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Title text: "Sharks can occasionally travel short distances through air when pursuing prey, but their attenuation coefficient is pretty high."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3158#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3158#Transcript
Title text: "Many things about Star Wars were not well planned out, but having a 37-year-old in old-age makeup play the Emperor in Return of the Jedi was such an incredible call."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3157#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3157#Transcript
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Title text: "Many things about Star Wars were not well planned out, but having a 37-year-old in old-age makeup play the Emperor in Return of the Jedi was such an incredible call."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3157#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3157#Transcript
Title text: "If you don't know where you are on Earth, the angle of satellite dishes can help constrain your latitude. If some of them are pointing straight up, you're probably near the Equator, right under the ring."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3156#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3156#Transcript
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Title text: "If you don't know where you are on Earth, the angle of satellite dishes can help constrain your latitude. If some of them are pointing straight up, you're probably near the Equator, right under the ring."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3156#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3156#Transcript
Title text: "If nothing else, that reasoning definitely overturns syllogisms."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3155#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3155#Transcript
October 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Title text: "If nothing else, that reasoning definitely overturns syllogisms."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3155#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3155#Transcript
Title text: "When Galileo dropped two weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, they put him in the history books. But when I do it, I get 'detained by security' for 'injuring several tourists.'"
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3154#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3154#Transcript
October 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Title text: "When Galileo dropped two weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, they put him in the history books. But when I do it, I get 'detained by security' for 'injuring several tourists.'"
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3154#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3154#Transcript
Title text: "Despite a reputation for safety, the temperatures and surprisingly high pressures make them even more dangerous than the air kind, but the NTSB refuses to investigate accidents because they insist there is no 'transportation' involved."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3153#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3153#Transcript
October 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Title text: "Despite a reputation for safety, the temperatures and surprisingly high pressures make them even more dangerous than the air kind, but the NTSB refuses to investigate accidents because they insist there is no 'transportation' involved."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3153#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3153#Transcript
Title text: "I understand it's hard to do more than 300 feet on these 90-second rush jobs, but with a smaller ramp I'm worried the gee forces will be too high for me to do any tricks."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3152#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3152#Transcript
October 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Title text: "I understand it's hard to do more than 300 feet on these 90-second rush jobs, but with a smaller ramp I'm worried the gee forces will be too high for me to do any tricks."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3152#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3152#Transcript
Title text: "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Home Improvement or DIY"
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3151#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3151#Transcript
October 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Title text: "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Home Improvement or DIY"
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3151#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3151#Transcript
Title text: "Progress on getting shipwrecked sailors to adopt ICMPv6 has been slow."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3150#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3150#Transcript
October 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Title text: "Progress on getting shipwrecked sailors to adopt ICMPv6 has been slow."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3150#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3150#Transcript
Title text: ""Measure zero times, cut zero times." --carpenter who has achieved enlightenment and realized the wood is fine where it is"
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3149#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3149#Transcript
October 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Title text: ""Measure zero times, cut zero times." --carpenter who has achieved enlightenment and realized the wood is fine where it is"
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3149#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3149#Transcript
Title text: "I'm trying to share my footage of the full run to prove it's not tool-assisted, but the uploader has problems with video lengths of more than a decade."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3148#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3148#Transcript
October 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Title text: "I'm trying to share my footage of the full run to prove it's not tool-assisted, but the uploader has problems with video lengths of more than a decade."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3148#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3148#Transcript
Title text: "Every downhill walk is a waterslide that might have been."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3147#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3147#Transcript
September 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Title text: "Every downhill walk is a waterslide that might have been."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3147#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3147#Transcript
Title text: "One perk of being born at 0.88c is that your birthday is over two days long."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3146#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3146#Transcript
September 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Title text: "One perk of being born at 0.88c is that your birthday is over two days long."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3146#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3146#Transcript
Title text: "Some lava around the piercing site is normal, but keep an eye out for spreading earthquakes and eruptive activity that might indicate rifting."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3145#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3145#Transcript
September 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Title text: "Some lava around the piercing site is normal, but keep an eye out for spreading earthquakes and eruptive activity that might indicate rifting."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3145#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3145#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3144#Transcript
September 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3144#Transcript
Title text: "People looking for the gaps in our understanding where the meaning of consciousness or free will might hide often turn to quantum uncertainty or infinite cosmologies, as if we don't have breathtakingly complex emergent phenomena right there in our freezers."
September 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Title text: "People looking for the gaps in our understanding where the meaning of consciousness or free will might hide often turn to quantum uncertainty or infinite cosmologies, as if we don't have breathtakingly complex emergent phenomena right there in our freezers."