Today's XKCD comic is a balm

makonero · Mar 31, 2020

Pathogen Resistance

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One of my favorite comics of theirs in recent times. Pasta me if old.

Mariolee · Mar 31, 2020

Good alt text too: "We're not trapped in here with the coronavirus. The coronavirus is trapped in here with us."

Deleted member 8861 · Mar 31, 2020

I love the way you put that title, OP. :)

Hella · Mar 31, 2020

Mariolee said:
Good alt text too: "We're not trapped in here with the coronavirus. The coronavirus is trapped in here with us."

Stinkles · Mar 31, 2020

julian · Mar 31, 2020

We do have a lot of pasta

JeTmAn · Mar 31, 2020

Mariolee said:
Good alt text too: "We're not trapped in here with the coronavirus. The coronavirus is trapped in here with us."

Human beings are definitely the Rorschachs of life.

Tavernade · Mar 31, 2020

This is good. I like this.

I also like that no one else likes the veggie spaghetti my local grocery store had, because it was all they had left over the weekend and if I didn't love it I'd be sad.

WedgeX · Mar 31, 2020

We can rally around XKCD.

RedStep · Mar 31, 2020

Tavernade said:
This is good. I like this.

I also like that no one else likes the veggie spaghetti my local grocery store had, because it was all they had left over the weekend and if I didn't love it I'd be sad.

Veggie Spaghetti for life.

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Deleted member 64609 · Mar 31, 2020

"I wondered what those were for!"

Khanimus · Mar 31, 2020

XKCD is always reliably good

Relic · Mar 31, 2020

This is the most normie, chicken soup for the soul bullshit. A low point for XKCD.

SapientWolf · Mar 31, 2020

Relic said:
This is the most normie, chicken soup for the soul bullshit. A low point for XKCD.

Yeah, it's kinda glurgy but even cynicism is getting exhausting these days.

Prototype Viktor · Mar 31, 2020

SapientWolf said:
Yeah, it's kinda glurgy but even cynicism is getting exhausting these days.

click their name and do some deductions

Deleted member 12790 · Mar 31, 2020

that rules

Watchtower · Mar 31, 2020

What we see:

What the virus sees:

Hella said:

makonero · Mar 31, 2020

Relic said:
This is the most normie, chicken soup for the soul bullshit. A low point for XKCD.

Sorry we have human emotion, but please go edgelord elsewhere please

-COOLIO- · Mar 31, 2020

god i love xkcd

Deleted member 12790 · Mar 31, 2020

Relic said:
This is the most normie, chicken soup for the soul bullshit. A low point for XKCD.

this post is cringe

FnordChan · Mar 31, 2020

Huuuggg

Wracu · Mar 31, 2020

Relic said:
This is the most normie, chicken soup for the soul bullshit. A low point for XKCD.

I'm pretty sure any definition of "low point" has to include casually using 4chan terminology in a serious manner.

davepoobond · Mar 31, 2020

im not really sure i find this funny at all, even if the message is good.

maybe if there was a toilet paper joke or something in there.

Kalentan · Mar 31, 2020

Krejlooc said:
this post is cringe

I hate the word cringe. But yeah that post is cringe.

Deleted member 12790 · Mar 31, 2020

Kalentan said:
I hate the word cringe. But yeah that post is cringe.

I don't like it either. I was putting it in terms that someone who uses the word "normie" would understand.

Toxi · Mar 31, 2020

Eh. The concept is funny and inspiring, execution was too long-winded.

Also, this is a nitpick, but that's a bacteriophage virus. They don't attack human cells.

Relic said:
This is the most normie, chicken soup for the soul bullshit. A low point for XKCD.

...Why is it that every time I see the word "normie", it makes my skin crawl?

Sign My Guestbook! · Mar 31, 2020

Toxi said:
Eh. The concept is funny and inspiring, execution was too long-winded.

Also, this is a nitpick, but that's a bacteriophage virus. They don't attack human cells.

...Why is it that every time I see the word "normie", it makes my skin crawl?

Words derived from antipathy to others. Like 'femoid'.

Ovaryactor · Mar 31, 2020

Krejlooc said:
I don't like it either. I was putting it in terms that someone who uses the word "normie" would understand.

Lol

good OP, makes me chipper:)

The Boat · Mar 31, 2020

Relic said:
This is the most normie, chicken soup for the soul bullshit. A low point for XKCD.

Oh no! It's normie! [gasps in 4chan]

Deleted member 45414 · Mar 31, 2020

Relic said:
This is the most normie, chicken soup for the soul bullshit. A low point for XKCD.

Way to suck all the positivity out of something... jeez.

Tarot Deck · Mar 31, 2020

Relic said:
This is the most normie, chicken soup for the soul bullshit. A low point for XKCD.

kek

I though it was fine

deimosmasque · Mar 31, 2020

The Boat said:
Oh no! It's normie! [gasps in 4chan]

Yeah how wonderful that the edge lords have shown up.

trioptimum24601 · Mar 31, 2020

I'm not a fan of the vaguely self-impressed tone of xkcd in general, and I think it works for me even less when applied to a straightforward message of optimism. I'm not going to think less of anyone who appreciated it, though; I know I'm an internet outlier for disliking xkcd.

Contramann · Mar 31, 2020

The Boat said:
Oh no! It's normie! [gasps in 4chan]

Is normie a 4chan term? I've seen friends who most definitely don't go on 4chan use that term all the damn time.

jdmc13 · Mar 31, 2020

I'm on Keto still. Am I going to die?

mattiewheels · Mar 31, 2020

Constructive criticism, but this one is way too long.

Z-Beat · Mar 31, 2020

Relic said:
This is the most normie, chicken soup for the soul bullshit. A low point for XKCD.

This is the most delusional, Pickle Rick Intellect bullshit. A low point for posts.

BlueTsunami · Mar 31, 2020

RatskyWatsky · Mar 31, 2020

fuck yeah :^)

backpropaganda · Mar 31, 2020

Relic said:
This is the most normie, chicken soup for the soul bullshit. A low point for XKCD.

Not to dogpile, but I'm always amazed/repulsed at seeing "normie" used with a straight face. Never heard it in person though

jman2050 · Apr 1, 2020

Relic said:
This is the most normie, chicken soup for the soul bullshit. A low point for XKCD.

This post is kino.

Wait, no it isn't. It isn't at all.

Qwark · Apr 1, 2020

Am I out of the loop? Is pasta big right now? I knew rice, and water, and soup and shit were flying off the shelves, but I didn't think pasta was going faster than others. Granted, I haven't been to the grocery store in a couple weeks.

Or am I overthinking it and it's just an example of something people can easily make at home?

Daysean · Apr 1, 2020

words

adj_noun · Apr 1, 2020

Qwark said:
Am I out of the loop? Is pasta big right now? I knew rice, and water, and soup and shit were flying off the shelves, but I didn't think pasta was going faster than others. Granted, I haven't been to the grocery store in a couple weeks.

Or am I overthinking it and it's just an example of something people can easily make at home?

Both.

hateradio · Apr 1, 2020

I've never heard "___ is a balm" before.

Qwark said:
Am I out of the loop? Is pasta big right now? I knew rice, and water, and soup and shit were flying off the shelves, but I didn't think pasta was going faster than others. Granted, I haven't been to the grocery store in a couple weeks.

Or am I overthinking it and it's just an example of something people can easily make at home?

Pasta is a shelf stable food, so people can buy lots of it and keep it for a long while. So it's usually out at most grocery stores.

lvl 99 Pixel · Apr 1, 2020

brevity is not the soul of this comic

apocat · Apr 1, 2020

Relic said:
This is the most normie, chicken soup for the soul bullshit. A low point for XKCD.

"Normie?"

Get over yourself.

KeRaSh · Apr 1, 2020

BlueTsunami said:

Damn, now I really want some Spaghetti Carbonara...

cakely · Apr 1, 2020

Thanks for the link, I enjoyed it.

Who wants a huggggg

Mivey · Apr 1, 2020

Relic said:
This is the most normie, chicken soup for the soul bullshit. A low point for XKCD.

Hey look, I think you dropped your avatar:

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