#1742 Will It Work'Copy and paste from a random thread on a website' is the hardest to predict, and depends on the specific website, programming language, tone of the description, and current phase of the moon.
#1743 CoffeeRemind me to order another pack of coffee filters from Dyson. Man, these things are EXPENSIVE.
#1744 MetabolismI have this weird thing where if I don't drink enough water, I start feeling bad and then die of dehydration.
#1745 Record ScratchThe 78-rpm era was closer to the Civil War than to today.
#1746 Making Friends"This seems more like a way to attract turkey vultures." "My mom always told me a turkey vulture is just a friend you haven't met yet, usually because you don't smell enough like decaying meat."
#1747 Spider PaleontologyWhenever you see a video of birds doing something weird, remember: Birds are a small subset of dinosaurs, so the weirdness of birds is a small subset of the weirdness of dinosaurs.
#1748 Future Archaeology"The only link we've found between the two documents is that a fragment of the Noah one mentions Aaron's brother Moses parting an ocean. Is that right?" "... yes. Yes, exactly."
#1749 MushroomsEvolutionarily speaking, mushrooms are technically a type of ghost.
#1750 Life GoalsI got to check off 'Make something called xkcd' early.
#1751 Movie FolderThat's actually the original Japanese version of A Million Random Digits, which is much better than the American remake the book was based on.
#1752 Interplanetary ExperienceBut instead of hitting the ocean, you should land in an overheating hot tub on a sinking cruise ship, sending it crashing through the floor into the burning engine room as the ship goes under.
#1753 Thumb War"Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty--" / "Can't we just read Pat the Bunny?"
#1754 Tornado Safety TipsIt's a myth that you can never cross mountains safely, but be sure you understand how the climatic situation there will affect your parent thunderstorm.
#1755 Old DaysLot of drama in those days, including constant efforts to force the "Reflections on Trusting Trust" guy into retirement so we could stop being so paranoid about compilers.
#1756 I'm With HerWe can do this.
#1757 November 2016Once you've done this, make a note of how old they were. Then, when their age reaches double that, show them this chart again.
#1758 AstrophysicsDEPARTMENT OF NEUROSCIENCE / Motto: "If I hear the phrase 'mirror neurons' I swear to God I will flip this table."
#1759 British MapWest Norsussex is east of East Norwessex, but they're both far north of Middlesex and West Norwex.
#1760 TV ProblemsCertified skydiving instructors know way more about safely falling from planes than I do, and are way more likely to die that way.
#1761 BlameI bet if I yell at my scared friends I will feel better.
#1762 Moving BoxesLater, when I remember that I'm calling movers, I frantically scribble over the labels and write 'NORMAL HOUSE STUFF' on all of them, which actually makes things worse.
#1764 XKCDE4. They unplug the root machine but the thousands of leaf VMs scatter in the wind and start spinning up new instances wherever they land
#1765 Baby Post[bzzzt] "REMEMBER TO CHECK IN FOR YOUR FLIGHT TO LONDON." "My wha-" [bzzzt] "YOUR UBER WILL ARRIVE IN FOUR MINUTES."
#1766 Apple SpectrumIf I were trapped on a desert island, and could have an unlimited supply of any one type of apple, I'd be like, "How did this situation happen?"
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