XKCD webcomic

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1. I sincerely regard Zach Weinersmith (and also separately Randall Munroe) as two of the most pertinent voices in modern philosophy.

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “The End of an Era”

2. I like that I can fling a block vertically up off the top of the frame and it reappears even 5+ seconds later.

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “The Xkcd thing, now interactive”

3. I love that the thing of itself is completely unstable once you click somewhere to start the simulation

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “The Xkcd thing, now interactive”

4. I still feel plenty of seeds would get planted along the way for more critical thinking later in life.

   Recommends · Jul 2026 · in “Does creatine make you smarter?”

5. The cartoon is criticizing the same operation the article is doing.

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Engineers will do anything to avoid learning from history”

6. Too delightful. Like a reverse jenga tower you like to topple over.

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “The Xkcd thing, now interactive”

7. the weird physics are mildly infuriating. still funny though

   Mixed · Mar 2026 · in “The Xkcd thing, now interactive”

8. it wouldn't collapse by itself after clicking anywhere

   Mixed · Mar 2026 · in “The Xkcd thing, now interactive”

9. Also that XKCD comic is a classic. Love it.

   Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “Internet centralization and the original sin of NAT”

10. He's right up there with XKCD in my mind.

    Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Size of Life”

11. it times out after 1 minute and gives up

    Mixed · Mar 2026 · in “The Xkcd thing, now interactive”

12. This is oddly fun to play with.

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “The Xkcd thing, now interactive”

13. poorly coded because there's not friction coefficient it seems - just clicking into the applet, everything eventually just falls over

    Criticizes · Mar 2026 · in “The Xkcd thing, now interactive”

14. I did experience jankyness when trying to use the back button on Safari on iOS.

    Criticizes · Mar 2026 · in “The Xkcd thing, now interactive”

15. until around 2016 when they stopped being objectively good

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting”

16. I’m not sure the color extrapolation to pus is justified.

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “What's Earth's dominant species by mass?”

17. that xkcd is "not funny" to me in that sense

    Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools”

18. The math on the xkcd is just wrong tbh.

    Criticizes · Jun 2026 · in “Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics, Atlas humanoid to be used at vehicle plant by 2028”

19. the desktop site is way too zoomed out

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “Unifying our mobile and desktop domains”

20. For xkcd the alt text is much easier to access on mobile at the m.xkcd.com variant of the URLs

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Bugs Apple Loves”

21. I'd probably find myself booted out of those orgs if I accepted that

    Mixed · Mar 2026 · in “The Xkcd thing, now interactive”

22. The only acceptable humorous take about the dark mode onslaught

    Recommends · Jul 2026 · in “Dark Mode with Web Standards”

23. the raw emotion of the milestone comics makes me cry every time

    Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “Fifteen Years”

24. I've been using it so long, I forgot that it is not official.

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “The Xkcd thing, now interactive”

25. one example that I actually find useful

    Mixed · Nov 2025 · in “Unifying our mobile and desktop domains”

26. It’s worth checking out regularly.

    Recommends · May 2026 · in “Searching for 'Disregard' Breaks Google”

27. No title text, No respect...

    Criticizes · Mar 2026 · in “The Xkcd thing, now interactive”