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makonero

Member
Oct 27, 2017
9,664
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One of my favorite comics of theirs in recent times. Pasta me if old.
 

Mariolee

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
10,310
Good alt text too: "We're not trapped in here with the coronavirus. The coronavirus is trapped in here with us."
 

Tavernade

Tavernade
Moderator
Sep 18, 2018
8,633
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.
 

Relic

Member
Oct 28, 2017
631
This is the most normie, chicken soup for the soul bullshit. A low point for XKCD.
 

Toxi

The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
17,550
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.

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?
 
Oct 25, 2017
746
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.
 

Qwark

Member
Oct 27, 2017
8,030
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?
 

adj_noun

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
17,217
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

Member
Oct 28, 2017
8,750
welcome, nowhere
I've never heard "___ is a balm" before.


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.