RaeVynn Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 The What If? at XKCDGet your geek on! RaeVynn Revs it Up Link to comment
signalguy Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 That was fantastic! Daily Mile My BJJ Life Link to comment
leadchipmunk Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 There are also 2 other ones already posted on his site in case anyone missed out on them thinking Yoda was the only one so far. Level 1 Woodwose STR 5 | DEX 2 | STA 1 | CON 2 | WIS 5 | CHA 4 WAR 0 | RNG 0 | SCT 0 | ASN 0 | MON 0 | DRU 0 | ADV 1 Current Challenge: Specialization is for Insects Previous Chapters: 1 Link to comment
erawka Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 The baseball one... so much <3. A careful reading of official Major League Baseball Rule 6.08( suggests that in this situation, the batter would be considered "hit by pitch", and would be eligible to advance to first base.Warms my nerdy little heart. Battle Log"Either you take care of business and give yourself the best chance of survival (while accepting the inherent fuckedupitude and randomness of life), or you relinquish all hope entirely." -- Krista Scott-Dixon Link to comment
Raincloak Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Hmm, so to make a nuclear weapon I need only accelerate the ball to 90% of lightspeed! Igor, please return that plutonium. Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Hylian Assassin 5'5", 143 lbs. Half-marathon: 3:02It is pitch dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. Link to comment
leadchipmunk Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 New post yesterday: A Mole of MolesFavorite line from it:I can pick up a mole (animal) and throw it.[Citation needed] Anything I can throw weighs one pound. One pound is one kilogram. The number 602,214,129,000,000,000,000,000 looks about twice as long as a trillion, which means it’s about a trillion trillion. I happen to know that a trillion trillion kilograms is how much a planet weighs. Level 1 Woodwose STR 5 | DEX 2 | STA 1 | CON 2 | WIS 5 | CHA 4 WAR 0 | RNG 0 | SCT 0 | ASN 0 | MON 0 | DRU 0 | ADV 1 Current Challenge: Specialization is for Insects Previous Chapters: 1 Link to comment
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 I like the part after that:If anyone asks, I did NOT tell you it is ok to do math like this. Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to comment
Raincloak Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 I wonder how many of these questions are ultimately going to be answered with, "it will destroy the Earth"... Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Hylian Assassin 5'5", 143 lbs. Half-marathon: 3:02It is pitch dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. Link to comment
Lukup Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Probably most of them. XD I love this. Lukup Level 1 Gnome Ranger STR: 1 DEX: 3 STA: 2 CON: 4 WIS: 4 CHA: 1 Link to comment
weirdquark Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 When I was in high school, one of my classmates did a presentation in our chemistry class on a mole of moles and among other things, calculated how many trucks you would need to carry them all. I forget why we were putting them in trucks. We may have been spreading them over the surface of the Earth -- I think he also calculated how many miles deep in moles we'd be.... I lift heavy things. Current Challenge Between Challenges Workout Log Sassafrass: a capella folk fantasy mythology Link to comment
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Anyone notice that the thought process that lead him to do mol of moles was probably the end of the previous What If? he figures out we'd need a shit ton of yodas to power the earth, then probably started thinking what the mass consequences of a shit ton of yodas would be. Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to comment
azsf Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 the 'mole of moles' was brilliant, thanks for the link! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] AZSF - lvl 4 assassin STR - 9 | DEX - 12 | STA - 10.5 | CON - 7 | WIS - 8.5 | CHA - 1 Link to comment
RaeVynn Posted July 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Truly nerdy humor. It makes me happy. RaeVynn Revs it Up Link to comment
Raincloak Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Anyone notice that the thought process that lead him to do mol of moles was probably the end of the previous What If? he figures out we'd need a shit ton of yodas to power the earth, then probably started thinking what the mass consequences of a shit ton of yodas would be.I doubt it... 100 million Yodas is not really that many, considering the Earth has 7 billion people living on it and there are still many areas completely empty of humanity. That's just ten cities the size of New York. Trillions of moles = a mass larger than Pluto. Big difference. Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Hylian Assassin 5'5", 143 lbs. Half-marathon: 3:02It is pitch dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. Link to comment
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm just saying that it probably got his mind moving in that direction. Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to comment
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