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** With the collective media madness over the alleged russian interference in the US 2016 pres. election and the subsequent push for a more agressive anti-russian foreign policy, the escalation of the military conflictS in the middle east, the far right swing in Europe and the (still pretty much ignored) fact that all the financial bubbles that exploded in 2007/08 are now bigger tan before, this comic has turned into horrifying, (hopefully) unintentional foreshadowing. And there're plenty of regions where screaming in sheer terror is alredy too common. Happy 2017.
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Uh...Cretaceous Hothouse was +2 IAU, not +2°C:.


** And the second one, which makes the first a true nightmare for anyone under 60, is that while it took over 11000 years for the average temperature to rise 4 degrees and reach 0°C, it'll take humanity a little more than a century to achieve the same effect and get to 4°C.

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** And the second one, which makes the first a true nightmare for anyone under 60, is that while it took over 11000 years for the average temperature to rise 4 degrees and reach 0°C, it'll take humanity a little more less than a century to achieve the same effect and get to 4°C.



---> "[+2°C:] Cretaceous hothouse. +200m sea level rise. No glaciers. Palm trees at the poles."
** What is worse is that unlike previous entries on this list, this is real, and according to projections that "Cretaceous hothouse" is now our optimistic scenario.

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---> "[+2°C:] "[+2 IAU[[note]]+9°C:[[/note]]] Cretaceous hothouse. +200m sea level rise. No glaciers. Palm trees at the poles."
** What is worse is that unlike previous entries on this list, this is real, and according to projections that "Cretaceous hothouse" is now our optimistic scenario.may be a reality if the current path continues.
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* [[http://xkcd.com/751/ This]] is a true nightmare depending on your own views on morality, culture and progress.
** Also, it perfectly illustrates a nightmare many parents have now: you can't know (and by extention, controll) what your kids will find on the internet and when. Your child may "learn" some grown-up stuff online and try it out not knowing what they're really doing.
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* [[https://xkcd.com/1732/ Xkcd's comic 1732]] for two main reasons.

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* [[https://xkcd.com/1732/ Xkcd's comic 1732]] Earth Temperature]] for two main reasons.
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* [[https://xkcd.com/944/ Your local forecast tomorrow is "Steve"]]

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* [[https://xkcd.com/944/ Your local forecast tomorrow is "Steve"]]"Steve"]]
* [[https://xkcd.com/1732/ Xkcd's comic 1732]] for two main reasons.
** The first one is the implication that despite all the existing overwhelming evidence, non-scientific arguments AGAINST the theories of man-made global warming are proliferating and causing severe obstacles to efforts towards solving the problem.
** And the second one, which makes the first a true nightmare for anyone under 60, is that while it took over 11000 years for the average temperature to rise 4 degrees and reach 0°C, it'll take humanity a little more than a century to achieve the same effect and get to 4°C.
*** [[http://www.xkcd.com/1321/ These]] [[http://www.xkcd.com/1379/ two]] comics illustrate what that means.
---> "We haven't had a day like that since the nineties. (...) What used to be normal now feels too cold."
---> "[+2°C:] Cretaceous hothouse. +200m sea level rise. No glaciers. Palm trees at the poles."
** What is worse is that unlike previous entries on this list, this is real, and according to projections that "Cretaceous hothouse" is now our optimistic scenario.
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* * [[https://xkcd.com/944/ Your local forecast tomorrow is "Steve"]]

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* * [[https://xkcd.com/944/ Your local forecast tomorrow is "Steve"]]
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-->[[spoiler:"The staaaaart of my haunting is now further away than your deaaaths!"]]

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-->[[spoiler:"The staaaaart of my haunting is now further away than your deaaaths!"]]deaaaths!"]]
* * [[https://xkcd.com/944/ Your local forecast tomorrow is "Steve"]]
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* "[[http://xkcd.com/1139/ I'm rubber, you're glue]].

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* "[[http://xkcd.[[http://xkcd.com/1139/ I'm "I'm rubber, you're glue]].glue."]]



** What makes it worse is that the mouseover text for this strip is very similar to the one from "Keyboard Mash." Could [[spoiler: those giant spiders]] be ''spreading?''

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** What makes it worse is that the mouseover text for this strip is very similar to the one from "Keyboard Mash." Mash". Could [[spoiler: those giant spiders]] be ''spreading?''



* "[[http://xkcd.com/1393 Timeghost]]" might not seem scary, but then you read the last panel...

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* "[[http://xkcd.[[http://xkcd.com/1393 Timeghost]]" "Timeghost"]] might not seem scary, but then you read the last panel...

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** [[spoiler: TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY]]

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** [[spoiler: -->[[spoiler: TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY]]



* [[http://xkcd.com/652/ The alt text on this one]] points out that [[spoiler: we've already invented unstoppable robot assassins.]]

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* [[http://xkcd.com/652/ The alt text on this one]] points out that [[spoiler: we've already invented unstoppable robot assassins.]]]]
* "[[http://xkcd.com/1393 Timeghost]]" might not seem scary, but then you read the last panel...
-->[[spoiler:"The staaaaart of my haunting is now further away than your deaaaths!"]]
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* [[http://xkcd.com/1541/ Voice.]] I can only control my voice every six years, AndIMustScream.

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* [[http://xkcd.com/1541/ Voice.]] I can only control my voice once every six years, AndIMustScream.

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* To some, [[spoiler: how frigging BIG the 4th panel of [[http://xkcd.com/1110/ Click and Drag]]]] counts.

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* To some, [[spoiler: how [[spoiler:how frigging BIG the 4th panel of [[http://xkcd.com/1110/ Click and Drag]]]] counts.counts.
** [[spoiler:Then they must fucking ''hate'' [[http://xkcd.com/1608/ Hoverboard]]...]]
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** What makes it worse is that the mouseover text for this strip is very similar to the one from "Keyboard Mash." Could [[spoiler: those giant spiders]] be ''spreading?''

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** What makes it worse is that the mouseover text for this strip is very similar to the one from "Keyboard Mash." Could [[spoiler: those giant spiders]] be ''spreading?''''spreading?''
* [[http://xkcd.com/652/ The alt text on this one]] points out that [[spoiler: we've already invented unstoppable robot assassins.]]
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* [[http://xkcd.com/1541/ Voice.]]

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* [[http://xkcd.com/1541/ Voice.]]]] I can only control my voice every six years, AndIMustScream.
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* [[http://xkcd.com/1530/ Keyboard Mash.]]

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* [[http://xkcd.com/1530/ Keyboard Mash.]]]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/1541/ Voice.]]
** What makes it worse is that the mouseover text for this strip is very similar to the one from "Keyboard Mash." Could [[spoiler: those giant spiders]] be ''spreading?''
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* [[http://xkcd.com/1377/ Fish.]]

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* [[http://xkcd.com/1377/ Fish.]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/1530/ Keyboard Mash.
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* "[[http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=99004 I'm rubber, you're glue]].

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* "[[http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=99004 "[[http://xkcd.com/1139/ I'm rubber, you're glue]].
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** [[spoiler: TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY]]
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* [[ http://xkcd.com/1377/ Fish.]]

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* [[ http://xkcd.[[http://xkcd.com/1377/ Fish.]]
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* "[[http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=99004 I'm rubber, you're glue]].

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* "[[http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=99004 I'm rubber, you're glue]].glue]].
* [[ http://xkcd.com/1377/ Fish.]]
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** The fact that it's a pitch-perfect [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of the [[EntitledToHaveYou "nice guy"]] persona might help to illustrate why many people find the stereotype so creepy and manipulative.

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** The fact that it's a pitch-perfect [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] DeconstructedCharacterArchetype of the [[EntitledToHaveYou "nice guy"]] persona might help to illustrate why many people find the stereotype so creepy and manipulative.
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** The fact that it's a pitch-perfect [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of the [[EntitledToHaveYou "nice guy"]] persona might help to illustrate why many people find the stereotype so creepy and manipulative.
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* [[http://xkcd.com/1245/ 10-Day Forecast.]]

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* [[http://xkcd.com/1245/ 10-Day Forecast.]]]]
* "[[http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=99004 I'm rubber, you're glue]].
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* [[http://xkcd.com/1245/ 10-Day Forecase.]]

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* [[http://xkcd.com/1245/ 10-Day Forecase.Forecast.]]
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* [[http://xkcd.com/513/ "Friends."]] It may seem like a typical, kind of sad comic about dating, until the line "Bit by bit, I'll make you depend on me."

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* [[http://xkcd.com/513/ "Friends."]] It may seem like a typical, kind of sad comic about dating, until the line "Bit by bit, I'll make you depend on me.""
* [[http://xkcd.com/1245/ 10-Day Forecase.]]
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* [[http://xkcd.com/1115/ "I looked up."]]

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* [[http://xkcd.com/1115/ "I looked up.down."]]
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* To some, [[spoiler: how frigging BIG the 4th panel of [[http://xkcd.com/1110/ Click and Drag]]]] counts.

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* To some, [[spoiler: how frigging BIG the 4th panel of [[http://xkcd.com/1110/ Click and Drag]]]] counts.counts.
* [[http://xkcd.com/513/ "Friends."]] It may seem like a typical, kind of sad comic about dating, until the line "Bit by bit, I'll make you depend on me."
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* [[http://xkcd.com/1115/ "I looked up."]]

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* [[http://xkcd.com/1115/ "I looked up."]]"]]
* To some, [[spoiler: how frigging BIG the 4th panel of [[http://xkcd.com/1110/ Click and Drag]]]] counts.
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* [[http://xkcd.com/1013/ Sheeple.]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/1099/ Endless wings.]]
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[[quoteright:350:[[http://xkcd.com/505/ http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eternity_5274.jpg]]]]
* That goddamn [[http://xkcd.com/78/ Garfield]] comic.
* [[http://xkcd.com/82/ Frame]]
* A little FridgeHorror: imagine the day [[http://xkcd.com/294/ this]] becomes reality.
* [[http://xkcd.com/390/ When I got used to the regular nightmares, my subconscious got creative.]]
* The isolation in the [[http://xkcd.com/505/ "A Bunch of Rocks"]] strip.
* [[http://xkcd.com/597/ The alt text]]. Because it might be ''true''.
* The aptly-named [[http://xkcd.com/647/ #647: "Scary"]]
* The [[http://xkcd.com/777/ "Pore Strips"]] strip.
* The mouseover text on [[http://xkcd.com/875/ this strip.]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/883/ "One."]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/926/ Time Vultures.]]
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*[[http://xkcd.com/1115/ "I looked up."]]

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