XKCD: It's more than a comic

Birds are 7 pairs no matter their kosher status.(if it even applies)

The rest of the animals are dependent on said status..

As a Catholic, I enjoy the fact that the Church has officially accepted evolution as part of the Creator's toolkit for over half a century, and didn't really make a big deal of it prior to then. Personally, I believe that there's a good chance that things got nudged along, but that it's evident that other aspects evolved. It's that central issue of how omnipotence and omniscience are very hard to reconcile with Free Will.

Honestly, I don't get why someone would believe in Creationism at all.

Once upon a time, it made more sense with the facts available. Or it was a tale told in metaphors that somewhere along the way people forgot not to take literally.

I believe there may be a thread for discussing Christianity and it's beliefs.

This one certainly isn't it, however.

edited 20th Nov '15 12:21:48 AM by Nohbody

Okay, let's talk about the five-day forecast.

The interesting thing is that as you increase the time, weather forecast becomes less and less accurate. Then on the billion-level scale, it suddenly becomes more accurate.

I think there was a bit of a missed opportunity for some jokes on the hundred-year and thousand-year scale.

The weather doesn't change all that much over a hundred years (the climate is a different story). It would just be a repeat of the alien joke.

Thinking about it, in some ways it only seems more accurate because we've decreased the absolute level of accuracy required (which in turn is because of the magnitude of the changes). I mean, in a five-day forecast we want something accurate to a couple of degrees, but in the 5-billion year forecast we're just hoping for something in the right order of magnitude. (That's probably not even the same relative level of accuracy, for that matter.)

Huh. I guess that one is instantly hilarious to American readers, but the fact that I had to use explainxkcd to understand what it was supposed to be about dulled its impact for me. But yeah, the paradox is fun otherwise.

Heh. I wonder if "impersonating a Supreme Court justice on the bench" is an actual crime anywhere in our legal code. It would probably fall under more generic laws like trespass.

edited 23rd Nov '15 4:08:44 AM by Fighteer

The alt-text is hilarious.

Was it Black Hat Man or White Beret Guy? XD

More likely the latter.

Black Hat has the compelling but unconvincing argument, while it's Beret Guy that's impersonating a justice of the Supreme Court.

My mind immediately went to Black Hat Guy. White Beret Guy is more the type to wander in and start making small talk with the justices in the middle of a court case, but he wouldn't know the names of everyone on the Supreme Court or try to make any kind of argument.

I think White Beret Guy would be the kind of person to report the results of ten persons voting while knowing full well that only 9 should be voting and personally knowing them.

edited 24th Nov '15 4:01:31 AM by C105

If White Beret Guy was a real person, he'd be my best friend. :)

Thing Explainer releases today! Is that comic supposed to be interactive?

Yup. Select the comic, use the arrow keys, get coins, deposit the coins in that little box. Rinse and repeat.

You can leave the play area... >_>

Oh right. Thanks for noticing.

EDIT: While exploring, I found a character singing this:

edited 24th Nov '15 2:37:12 PM by Quag15

Biiiiig

It's like Click and Drag, only now you move with the arrow keys. Neat.

Also, this comic came way early. It's not even Wednesday here in Europe.

edited 24th Nov '15 2:26:47 PM by petersohn