❌

Reading view

EPIRBs

xkcd.com

16 November 2025 at 19:00

'Oh no, the box is drifting out into the harbor!' 'Yeah, I wouldn't worry about losing it.'

Beam Dump

xkcd.com

13 November 2025 at 19:00

We're adding some industrial flypaper to minimize reflection or scattering of customers who might complain.

Car Size

xkcd.com

11 November 2025 at 19:00

'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.'

Big and Little Spoons

xkcd.com

9 November 2025 at 19:00

Are you the annoying spoon or the sleepy spoon?

Earthquake Prediction Flowchart

xkcd.com

6 November 2025 at 19:00

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?'

Metric Tip

xkcd.com

4 November 2025 at 19:00

The package weighs 7 kg 9 oz.

Repair Video

xkcd.com

2 November 2025 at 19:00

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.

Heart Mountain

xkcd.com

30 October 2025 at 19:00

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..."

Airspeed

xkcd.com

28 October 2025 at 19:00

Carefully maneuvering the balloon down a mineshaft in an effort to break the OTHER altitude record

Document Forgery

xkcd.com

26 October 2025 at 19:00

It comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a...

Continents

xkcd.com

23 October 2025 at 19:00

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.

Shielding Chart

xkcd.com

21 October 2025 at 19:00

Sharks can occasionally travel short distances through air when pursuing prey, but their attenuation coefficient is pretty high.

Emperor Palpatine

xkcd.com

19 October 2025 at 19:00

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.

Planetary Rings

xkcd.com

16 October 2025 at 19:00

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.

Physics Paths

xkcd.com

14 October 2025 at 19:00

If nothing else, that reasoning definitely overturns syllogisms.

Physics Insight

xkcd.com

12 October 2025 at 19:00

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.'

Hot Water Balloon

xkcd.com

9 October 2025 at 19:00

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.

Skateboard

xkcd.com

7 October 2025 at 19:00

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.

Window Screen

xkcd.com

5 October 2025 at 19:00

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Home Improvement or DIY

Ping

xkcd.com

2 October 2025 at 19:00

Progress on getting shipwrecked sailors to adopt ICMPv6 has been slow.