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2026-07-20 19:46:01 UTC

XKCD/3274: Arthurian Connector
Most coffee shops have a descendant of Sophia of Hanover on staff for this, but just as I was about to ask for help, a previously unknown heir of Uther Pendragon who was ordering a muffin tripped on my laptop cord.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/arthurian_connector.png
( https://xkcd.com/3274 )

2026-07-16 08:18:08 UTC

XKCD/3272: Time Change
All discussions of daylight saving time policy are doomed by a mix of contradictory, inconsistent, and impossible preferences, which is why I think the only thing we can really hope to do is to make it worse.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/time_change.png
( https://xkcd.com/3272 )

2026-06-17 18:57:10 UTC

XKCD/3260: Messi
Commentators agree that this will probably be the last World Cup in which Messi faces serious competition.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/messi.png
( https://xkcd.com/3260 )

2026-05-23 07:02:32 UTC

XKCD/3249: Neutrino Project
We definitely put the pool in a mine for shielding. It was absolutely not to hide it from the funding people.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/neutrino_project.png
( https://xkcd.com/3249 )

2026-05-21 07:26:33 UTC

XKCD/3248: 182.8 Meters
They rounded down to 182.8 instead of rounding up to 182.9 because 182.9 might make the statement incorrect.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/182_8_meters.png
( https://xkcd.com/3248 )

2026-04-07 06:37:46 UTC

XKCD/3229: Grammar
Communication is one of the most popular ways to transmit information, ahead of rivals such as
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/grammar.png
( https://xkcd.com/3229 )

2026-04-03 12:20:39 UTC

XKCD/3228: Day Counter
It has been −2,147,483,648 days since our last integer overflow.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/day_counter.png
( https://xkcd.com/3228 )

2026-04-02 06:33:35 UTC

XKCD/3227: Creation
This xkcd.com update introduces a variety of new reading modes which can be activated through the menu below the comic.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/creation.png
( https://xkcd.com/3227 )

2026-03-31 06:36:00 UTC

XKCD/3226: Home Solar
"While I try to do my part to destroy the environment, I try not to focus too much on individual responsibility. By pushing for broad policy changes, we can collectively do far more damage to the biosphere than any of us could on our own."
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/home_solar.png
( https://xkcd.com/3226 )

2026-03-28 12:16:32 UTC

XKCD/3225: Satellite Pollution
We're working to make sure the images are as up-to-date and accurate as possible, with a minimum number of sponsored galaxies.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/satellite_pollution.png
( https://xkcd.com/3225 )

2026-03-26 12:26:36 UTC

XKCD/3224: Centimeter Wavelengths
Yes, the cosmic microwave background is great, but what about the earthly microwave foreground?
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/centimeter_wavelengths.png
( https://xkcd.com/3224 )

2026-03-24 12:23:46 UTC

XKCD/3223: Inflation Timeline
Depending what corners of the internet you hang out on, 'regular' may at times awkwardly coexist with 'sexy.'
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/inflation_timeline.png
( https://xkcd.com/3223 )

2026-03-21 06:18:09 UTC

XKCD/3222: Star Formation
It's ok, I still have some nice, cool gas clouds that aren't collapsing. As long as nothing ionizes them, I can continue to enjoy their ... HEY! NO!!!
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/star_formation.png
( https://xkcd.com/3222 )

2026-03-19 06:27:14 UTC

XKCD/3221: Landscape Features
'Well, there's speculation that it's due to a mantle hotspot.' --a geologist who's trying to cover up the fact that they didn't hear your question
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landscape_features.png
( https://xkcd.com/3221 )

2026-03-17 06:29:01 UTC

XKCD/3220: Rotational Gravity
I don't get it. The peak acceleration for passengers was WAY lower than in the giant-waterslide-loop-the-loop incident the other cruise line fired me for.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rotational_gravity.png
( https://xkcd.com/3220 )

2026-03-14 06:21:07 UTC

XKCD/3219: Planets and Bright Stars
An old astronomer trick for distinguishing the Sun from other stars is to take multiple photos a few minutes apart and overlay them, making the Sun stand out due to its high proper motion.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/planets_and_bright_stars.png
( https://xkcd.com/3219 )

2026-03-12 06:23:44 UTC

XKCD/3218: Subduction Retrieval
Aww, the oceanic crust and the continental crust are getting married!
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/subduction_retrieval.png
( https://xkcd.com/3218 )

2026-03-10 12:18:28 UTC

XKCD/3217: Home Remedies
As always, you are permitted to call one person for guidance, but that person must be a grandparent.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/home_remedies.png
( https://xkcd.com/3217 )

2026-03-06 18:17:15 UTC

XKCD/3216: Bazookasaurus
In contrast to the deep booming sound associated with the cannon in pop culture depictions, recent studies show it actually made more of a 'toot toot!' noise.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/bazookasaurus.png
( https://xkcd.com/3216 )

2026-03-04 18:18:55 UTC

XKCD/3215: Solar Warning
This replaces the previous solar activity watch, which was issued last month when the sun took off its sunglasses.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/solar_warning.png
( https://xkcd.com/3215 )

2026-03-03 06:22:23 UTC

XKCD/3214: Electric Vehicles
Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/electric_vehicles.png
( https://xkcd.com/3214 )

2026-02-28 06:13:18 UTC

XKCD/3213: Dental Formulas
I mean, half of these are undefined. And your multiplication dots are too low; they look like decimal points.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/dental_formulas.png
( https://xkcd.com/3213 )

2026-02-26 06:26:40 UTC

XKCD/3212: Little Red Dots
After a lot of analysis, I've determined that they're actually big red dots; they're just very far away.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/little_red_dots.png
( https://xkcd.com/3212 )

2026-02-24 06:27:29 UTC

XKCD/3211: Amperage
Oh, and do you have any tips on how to vacuum up copper that's melted into your carpet?
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/amperage.png
( https://xkcd.com/3211 )

2026-02-21 06:17:53 UTC

XKCD/3210: Eliminating the Impossible
'If you've eliminated a few possibilities and you can't think of any others, your weird theory is proven right' isn't quite as rhetorically compelling.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/eliminating_the_impossible.png
( https://xkcd.com/3210 )

2026-02-19 06:28:08 UTC

XKCD/3209: Plums
My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/plums.png
( https://xkcd.com/3209 )

2026-02-17 06:26:21 UTC

XKCD/3208: SNEWS
People say setting of fireworks indoors is dangerous, but I looked at their energy release and it's like 10^-40 foe; totally negligible.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/snews.png
( https://xkcd.com/3208 )

2026-02-14 06:19:05 UTC

XKCD/3207: Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination
'The zero line in WMM2025 passes through a lot of population centers; I wonder what year the largest share of the population lived in a zone of less than 5° of declination,' he thought, derailing all other tasks for the rest of the day.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/bad_map_projection_zero_declination.png
( https://xkcd.com/3207 )

2026-02-12 06:30:38 UTC

XKCD/3206: Installation
Do YOU remember the skylight being this big?
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/installation.png
( https://xkcd.com/3206 )

2026-02-10 06:31:07 UTC

XKCD/3205: Carbon Dating
This dating is corroborated by the presence of stone tools at the site, rather than earlier and less effective helium ones.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/carbon_dating.png
( https://xkcd.com/3205 )

2026-02-07 06:17:41 UTC

XKCD/3204: Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs
Staplers are actually in Pseudosuchia, making them more closely related to crocodiles than to dinosaurs.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/dinosaurs_and_non_dinosaurs.png
( https://xkcd.com/3204 )

2026-02-05 06:26:07 UTC

XKCD/3203: Binary Star
The discovery of a fully typographical star system comes with a big asterisk.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/binary_star.png
( https://xkcd.com/3203 )

2026-02-03 06:23:07 UTC

XKCD/3202: Groundhog Day Meaning
Originally, the ceremony used a variety of rodents and mustelids, but over time most people agreed it made sense to standardize on a specific individual ground squirrel in Pennsylvania.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/groundhog_day_meaning.png
( https://xkcd.com/3202 )

2026-01-30 18:15:05 UTC

XKCD/3201: Proof Without Content
There's also a proof without content of a conjecture without content, but it's left as an exercise for the reader.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/proof_without_content.png
( https://xkcd.com/3201 )

2026-01-29 06:20:17 UTC

XKCD/3200: Chemical Formula
Some of the atoms in the molecule are very weakly bound.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/chemical_formula.png
(https://xkcd.com/3200)

2026-01-27 06:11:20 UTC

XKCD/3199: Early Arthropods
'Ugh, I'm never going to be like spiders. My descendants will all just be normal arthropods who mind their own busines and don't do anything weird.' --The ancestor of a bunch of eusocial insects
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/early_arthropods.png
(https://xkcd.com/3199)

2026-01-24 06:09:29 UTC

XKCD/3198: Double-Pronged Extension Cord
'Oh, and can I borrow 50 sacks of loose flour, a pile of lithium-ion batteries, a bucket of bleach, and a bucket of vinega--' 'NO!!!!!!'
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/double_pronged_extension_cord.png
(https://xkcd.com/3198)

2026-01-22 06:11:31 UTC

XKCD/3197: Cost Savings
Unfortunately, my scheme to trick NASA has now taken over a decade longer than planned and has run way over budget.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cost_savings.png
(https://xkcd.com/3197)

2026-01-20 06:12:16 UTC

XKCD/3196: Aurora Coolness
I've had countless nights where the line never left the bottom zone of the graph, but the few moments where it's climbed all the way to the top have made up for them all.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/aurora_coolness.png
(https://xkcd.com/3196)

2026-01-16 18:10:25 UTC

XKCD/3195: International Station
Welcome to the International Space Station Exclamation Point!
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/international_station.png
(https://xkcd.com/3195)

2026-01-15 06:10:50 UTC

XKCD/3194: 16-Part Epoxy
Some surfaces may seem difficult to glue. But if you research the materials, find tables of what adhesives work on them, and prepare your surfaces carefully, you can fail to glue them in a fun NEW way that fills your house with dangerous vapors.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/16_part_epoxy.png
(https://xkcd.com/3194)

2026-01-13 06:10:49 UTC

XKCD/3193: Sailing Rigs
I wanted to make the world's fastest yawl, so I made the aft sail bigger, but apparently that means it's not a yawl anymore! It's a real ketch-22.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sailing_rigs.png
(https://xkcd.com/3193)

2026-01-10 06:09:17 UTC

XKCD/3192: Planetary Alignment
We're going to need to modify the surface to mount it on the test stand. Which ocean basin do you like the least?
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/planetary_alignment.png
(https://xkcd.com/3192)

2026-01-08 06:10:56 UTC

XKCD/3191: Superstition
It's important to teach yourself to feel responsible for random events, because with great responsibility comes great power. That's what my wise Uncle Ben told me right before he died; he might still be alive today if only I'd said rabbit rabbit that year!
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/superstition.png
(https://xkcd.com/3191)

2026-01-06 06:10:56 UTC

XKCD/3190: Tensegrity
Some people argue that the tension and compression in the human skeleton is technically tensegrity, but it's missing the defining characteristic: making people say 'wtf, how is that thing floating?' when they see it.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tensegrity.png
(https://xkcd.com/3190)

2026-01-03 06:09:25 UTC

XKCD/3189: Conic Sections
They're not generally used for crewed spacecraft because astronauts HATE going around the corners.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/conic_sections.png
(https://xkcd.com/3189)

2026-01-01 06:10:53 UTC

XKCD/3188: Anyone Else Here
Anyone else watching this Youtube video in 1954? If so, my last trip definitely messed with the timeline.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/anyone_else_here.png
(https://xkcd.com/3188)

2025-12-30 06:10:42 UTC

XKCD/3187: High Altitude Cooking Instructions
1,300,000-1,400,000 ft: Ask a crew member to show you how to use the ISS food warmer.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/high_altitude_cooking_instructions.png
(https://xkcd.com/3187)

2025-12-26 18:09:21 UTC

XKCD/3186: Truly Universal Outlet
Building Inspectors HATE This One Weird Trick
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/truly_universal_outlet.png
(https://xkcd.com/3186)

2025-12-25 06:10:38 UTC

XKCD/3185: Sauropods
Vertebrae Georg
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sauropods.png
(https://xkcd.com/3185)

2025-12-23 06:10:43 UTC

XKCD/3184: Funny Numbers
In 1899, people were walking around shouting '23' at each other and laughing, and confused reporters were writing articles trying to figure out what it meant.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/funny_numbers.png
(https://xkcd.com/3184)

2025-12-20 06:08:55 UTC

XKCD/3183: Pole Vault Pole
My goal in life is to be personally responsible for at least one sports rule change.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/pole_vault_pole.png
(https://xkcd.com/3183)

2025-12-18 06:10:40 UTC

XKCD/3182: Telescope Types
I'm trying to buy a gravitational lens for my camera, but I can't tell if the manufacturers are listing comoving focal length or proper focal length.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/telescope_types.png
(https://xkcd.com/3182)

2025-12-16 06:10:47 UTC

XKCD/3181: Jumping Frog Radius
Earth's r_jf is approximately 1.5 light-days, leading to general relativity's successful prediction that all the frogs in the Solar System should be found collected on the surface of the Earth.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/jumping_frog_radius.png
(https://xkcd.com/3181)

2025-12-13 06:09:13 UTC

XKCD/3180: Apples
The experimental math department's budget is under scrutiny for how much they've been spending on trains leaving Chicago at 9:00pm traveling at 45 mph.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/apples.png
(https://xkcd.com/3180)

2025-12-11 06:11:00 UTC

XKCD/3179: Fishing
'That's definitely above the catch-and-release size minimum for planetesimals.' 'I'm going to throw it back anyway.'
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fishing.png
(https://xkcd.com/3179)

2025-12-09 06:10:31 UTC

XKCD/3178: Hyperacute Interdynamics
Our models fall apart where the three theories overlap; we're unable to predict what happens when a nanometer-sized squirrel eats a grapefruit with the mass of the sun.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/hyperacute_interdynamics.png
(https://xkcd.com/3178)

2025-12-06 06:08:55 UTC

XKCD/3177: Chessboard Alignment
Luckily, the range is limited by the fact that the square boundary lines follow great circles.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/chessboard_alignment.png
(https://xkcd.com/3177)

2025-12-04 06:10:19 UTC

XKCD/3176: Inverted Catenaries
Some tires are marketed as 'all-shape tires,' but if driven in a climate with both inverted catenary falls and triangle falls, they wear out really fast.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/inverted_catenaries.png
(https://xkcd.com/3176)

2025-12-02 06:10:25 UTC

XKCD/3175: Website Task Flowchart
Tired of waiting on hold? Use our website to chat with one of our live agents, who are available to produce words at you 24/7!
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/website_task_flowchart.png
(https://xkcd.com/3175)

2025-11-29 06:09:02 UTC

XKCD/3174: Bridge Clearance
A lot of the highway department's budget goes to adjusting the sign whenever the moon passes directly overhead.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/bridge_clearance.png
(https://xkcd.com/3174)

2025-11-27 06:10:10 UTC

XKCD/3173: Satellite Imagery
Every weekend I take an ATV out into the desert and spend a day tracing a faint "(C) GOOGLE 2009" watermark across the landscape.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/satellite_imagery.png
(https://xkcd.com/3173)

2025-11-25 06:10:05 UTC

XKCD/3172: Fifteen Years
"Want to feel old?" "Yes."
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fifteen_years.png
(https://xkcd.com/3172)

2025-11-22 06:08:32 UTC

XKCD/3171: Geologic Core Sample
If you drill at the right angle and time things perfectly, your core sample can include a section of a rival team's coring equipment.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/geologic_core_sample.png
(https://xkcd.com/3171)

2025-11-20 06:09:46 UTC

XKCD/3170: Service Outage
Now, if it were the *Canon* wiki, it's possible to imagine someone with a productivity-related reason for consulting it, but no one's job requires them to read that much about Admiral Daala.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/service_outage.png
(https://xkcd.com/3170)

2025-11-18 06:09:31 UTC

XKCD/3169: EPIRBs
'Oh no, the box is drifting out into the harbor!' 'Yeah, I wouldn't worry about losing it.'
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/epirbs.png
(https://xkcd.com/3169)

2025-11-15 06:08:48 UTC

XKCD/3168: Beam Dump
We're adding some industrial flypaper to minimize reflection or scattering of customers who might complain.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/beam_dump.png
(https://xkcd.com/3168)

2025-11-13 06:09:35 UTC

XKCD/3167: Car Size
'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.'
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/car_size.png
(https://xkcd.com/3167)

2025-11-11 06:09:55 UTC

XKCD/3166: Big and Little Spoons
Are you the annoying spoon or the sleepy spoon?
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/big_and_little_spoons.png
(https://xkcd.com/3166)

2025-11-08 06:08:40 UTC

XKCD/3165: Earthquake Prediction Flowchart
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?'
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/earthquake_prediction_flowchart.png
(https://xkcd.com/3165)

2025-11-06 06:09:28 UTC

XKCD/3164: Metric Tip
The package weighs 7 kg 9 oz.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/metric_tip.png
(https://xkcd.com/3164)

2025-11-04 06:09:47 UTC

XKCD/3163: Repair Video
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.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/repair_video.png
(https://xkcd.com/3163)

2025-11-01 06:08:32 UTC

XKCD/3162: Heart Mountain
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..."
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/heart_mountain.png
(https://xkcd.com/3162)

2025-10-30 06:09:25 UTC

XKCD/3161: Airspeed
Carefully maneuvering the balloon down a mineshaft in an effort to break the OTHER altitude record
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/airspeed.png
(https://xkcd.com/3161)

2025-10-28 06:09:39 UTC

XKCD/3160: Document Forgery
It comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a...
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/document_forgery.png
(https://xkcd.com/3160)

2025-10-24 18:08:53 UTC

XKCD/3159: Continents
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.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/continents.png
(https://xkcd.com/3159)

2025-10-23 06:09:38 UTC

XKCD/3158: Shielding Chart
Sharks can occasionally travel short distances through air when pursuing prey, but their attenuation coefficient is pretty high.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/shielding_chart.png
(https://xkcd.com/3158)

2025-10-21 06:09:46 UTC

XKCD/3157: Emperor Palpatine
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.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/emperor_palpatine.png
(https://xkcd.com/3157)

2025-10-17 18:07:55 UTC

XKCD/3156: Planetary Rings
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.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/planetary_rings.png
(https://xkcd.com/3156)

2025-10-16 06:09:41 UTC

XKCD/3155: Physics Paths
If nothing else, that reasoning definitely overturns syllogisms.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/physics_paths.png
(https://xkcd.com/3155)

2025-10-13 18:08:20 UTC

XKCD/3154: Physics Insight
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.'
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/physics_insight.png
(https://xkcd.com/3154)

2025-10-11 06:08:24 UTC

XKCD/3153: Hot Water Balloon
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.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/hot_water_balloon.png
(https://xkcd.com/3153)

2025-10-09 06:09:27 UTC

XKCD/3152: Skateboard
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.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/skateboard.png
(https://xkcd.com/3152)

2025-10-07 06:09:09 UTC

XKCD/3151: Window Screen
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Home Improvement or DIY
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/window_screen.png
(https://xkcd.com/3151)

2025-10-03 18:08:16 UTC

XKCD/3150: Ping
Progress on getting shipwrecked sailors to adopt ICMPv6 has been slow.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ping.png
(https://xkcd.com/3150)

2025-10-02 06:08:53 UTC

XKCD/3149: Measure Twice, Cut Once
"Measure zero times, cut zero times." --carpenter who has achieved enlightenment and realized the wood is fine where it is
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/measure_twice_cut_once.png
(https://xkcd.com/3149)

2025-09-30 06:09:32 UTC

XKCD/3148: 100% All Achievements
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.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/100_all_achievements.png
(https://xkcd.com/3148)

2025-09-27 06:07:35 UTC

XKCD/3147: Hiking
Every downhill walk is a waterslide that might have been.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/hiking.png
(https://xkcd.com/3147)

2025-09-25 06:09:32 UTC

XKCD/3146: Fantastic Four
One perk of being born at 0.88c is that your birthday is over two days long.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fantastic_four.png
(https://xkcd.com/3146)

2025-09-23 06:09:37 UTC

XKCD/3145: Piercing
Some lava around the piercing site is normal, but keep an eye out for spreading earthquakes and eruptive activity that might indicate rifting.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/piercing.png
(https://xkcd.com/3145)

2025-09-19 18:08:28 UTC

XKCD/3144: Phase Changes
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.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/phase_changes.png
(https://xkcd.com/3144)

2025-09-18 06:09:17 UTC

XKCD/3143: Question Mark
Although now people will realize three-per-em space that all this time I've been using weird medium mathematical space whitespace characters in my hair space hair space hair space speech dot dot dot...
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/question_mark.png
(https://xkcd.com/3143)

2025-09-16 06:09:21 UTC

XKCD/3142: <City>-Style Pizza
If you want to see true audacity, do an image search for 'Altoona-style pizza.'
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/city_style_pizza.png
(https://xkcd.com/3142)

2025-09-13 06:07:30 UTC

XKCD/3141: Mantle Model
Mantle plumes explain Hawaii, Yellowstone, Iceland, the East African Rift, the Adirondack uplift, the Permian extinction, the decline of Rome, the DB Cooper hijacking, and the balrog in Moria. Those little hills of sand in your yard are caused by antle plumes.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/mantle_model.png
(https://xkcd.com/3141)

2025-09-10 18:08:18 UTC

XKCD/3140: Biology Department
Welcome to the Linguistics Department - It has been [2] [DAYS] since someone noticed that the Biology Department sign has a one-day-long singular/plural disagreement after it resets.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/biology_department.png
(https://xkcd.com/3140)

2025-09-09 06:09:41 UTC

XKCD/3139: Chess Variant
The draw-by-repetition rule does a good job of keeping players from sliding a tile back and forth repeatedly, but the tiles definitely introduce some weird en passant and castling edge cases.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/chess_variant.png
(https://xkcd.com/3139)

2025-09-06 06:07:46 UTC

XKCD/3138: Dimensional Lumber Tape Measure
A person with two watches is never sure what time it is, especially if I got them one of the watches.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/dimensional_lumber_tape_measure.png
(https://xkcd.com/3138)

2025-09-04 06:09:08 UTC

XKCD/3137: Cursed Number
Another group of mathematicians is working to put an upper bound on the number, although everyone keeps begging them to stop.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cursed_number.png
(https://xkcd.com/3137)

2025-09-02 06:09:36 UTC

XKCD/3136: Pull
Be careful fighting gravity. If you win, it's a long way down.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/pull.png
(https://xkcd.com/3136)

2025-08-30 06:07:51 UTC

XKCD/3135: Sea Level
They're up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sea_level.png
(https://xkcd.com/3135)