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[later] I don't get why our pizza slices have such terrible reviews; the geotextile-infused sauce gives the toppings incredible slope stability!

https://explainxkcd.com/3073/

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Dilatant sauce is terrible. I prefer my pizza sauce thixotropic.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 110 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That middle row is perfect - you could easily just have that, and the point he's making would be crystal clear.

Trump's actions don't even make sense, let alone meet any standard of fairness or intelligence.

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trump’s actions don’t even make sense, let alone meet any standard of fairness or intelligence.

They do if you look at him like a foreign agent, working to take down the US.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Ah true :-)

I meant they don't make sense on their own terms (which themselves are deeply questionable)

[–] jungle@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that middle row works incredibly well on its own, but he needed to add some geek angle or it wouldn't be xkcd. :)

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

"Does not meet any standard of fairness or intelligence" was trump's APGAR score

[–] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 78 points 1 month ago (5 children)
[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I imagine all the pineapple on pizza outrage would swiftly quiet down if people learned that the swedes put banana and curry on their pizzas.

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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Senal@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago
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[–] DireTech@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That sounds so weird that I want to try it.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's better than you'd think (which admittedly doesn't say much).

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[–] archonet@lemy.lol 24 points 1 month ago (4 children)

hey now, if those pineapple pizza lovers could read, they'd be very upset with you right now!

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 27 points 1 month ago

It was first done in Canada, so there's probably a tariff on it.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

I don’t understand all the pineapple pizza hate. Sweet and savory bro. SWEET AN SAVORY!!!

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[–] supernicepojo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Corn and mayonaise pizza. Good luck with that information

[–] y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol this is like the Chinese idea of American food.

They put corn on almost all of the pizzas they fed me there and "American breakfast" was just a hard boiled egg and a cold hot dog.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds like japan as well. Corn and mayo (often with either canned tuna or potato salad), and the coffee shops used to have a "breakfast special" deal with a coffee plus hot dog.

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[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I admit it, that joke was low-hanging fruit.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But... pineapples don't hang? Unless you were referring to the diodes. I'm not sure how those grow in the wild.

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[–] cavtroop@lemmy.world 56 points 1 month ago (4 children)

this comic uses big words, maga types won't be able to understand this.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They probably don't read xkcd to begin with.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Maga types won't read it. This is just making fun of them, not trying to explain things.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

I didn't think that MAGA is the target audience. And if you were at all familiar with xkcd, you wouldn't either.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

There aren't words small enough to get the deliberately ignorant to understand.

[–] CircuitSpells@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

It's a shame the people that need this the most can't read

[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 41 points 1 month ago (6 children)
[–] accideath@lemmy.world 59 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yes and it’s the exact same film as Avatar 1, just with water instead of jungle.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Following Legend of Zelda protocol that means the fire/lava world is next

[–] BenReilly97@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No fucking way, I was joking lmao

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[–] OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It also has an antifa whale and a girl Jesus

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

Joking aside, antifa-whale was a really interesting character in an otherwise predictable film.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think they called it The Legend of Korra.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Steam punk avatar!

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yup, can't wait for the third one to make a kajillion dollars and have all the cultural influence of a fart in a hurricane.

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[–] deus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Yes, it exists and it's getting a sequel in December. You'll have to wait until 2029 for Avatar 4 though.

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Get out of my head!!!

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 month ago

It doesn't really explain the part where artificially making the pizza more expensive is somehow a payback.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Someone just wanted to slip "lidar" into the conversation

[–] annette_runner@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

If pizza cost more, at what point does it start actually being a reward equivalent of a bonus?

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