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xkcd #3285: Accretionary Arc

Title text:

The late Triassic rifting was caused by a dinosaur trying to use the control panel to escape a predator, but it was eaten before the continent could fully separate.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3285/

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[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Xkcd with yet another brilliant sci-fi concept. My buddy got super mad when he got his console, a Ps2 or Ps3, online, and I wanted to test with xkcd in the URL bar. "Stop typing random letters!"

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As a New Englander, I approve this message.

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

As ~~a New Englander~~ an Avalonian, I approve this message

FTFY. We'd best call ourselves what we are. And given that England itself is part of it, would we not now lay mutual claim to the title "Older England"?

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depends on what part of New England you’re from, according to that map

Indeed! And a lot of things which are NOT new England are in it.

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Same. I’m going to spend a lot of time looking for a control panel now.

[–] MrOtingocni@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I'm so dumb that whenever a xkcd strip can make me laugh it brightens my day.

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Lol at the LI whale tail