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* [[https://xkcd.com/944/ As a result of there being too many hurricanes and the naming convention being exhausted,]] all of the hurricanes are named "Steve". [[OhCrap Your forecast tomorrow is "Steve".]]

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* [[https://xkcd.com/944/ As "Hurricane Names"]] takes place in a result of there being too scenario where so many hurricanes happen in a single season that the meteorologists exhaust both the yearly list of standard names and the naming convention being exhausted,]] Greek letter backups, resulting in them deciding to name storms with random dictionary words instead. The alt text makes things worse, as they run out of words in the Oxford English Dictionary (implying that hundreds of thousands of hurricanes have formed) and start numbering them, only to be foiled by hurricanes somehow appearing on every possible point on the Earth's surface and making it impossible to assign numbers to all of them. At this point, the meteorologists give up and decide to name all of the hurricanes are named "Steve". [[OhCrap [[FluffyTheTerrible "Steve"]].
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Your local forecast tomorrow is "Steve".]]"Steve". Good luck.]]
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not very horrifying


* [[http://xkcd.com/1099/ Endless wings.]] They could wrap around the earth.
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corrected a grammar mistake


* [[http://xkcd.com/1530/ Keyboard Mash.]] Imagine thinking your chatting with a friend, unaware that something has taken their place.

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* [[http://xkcd.com/1530/ Keyboard Mash.]] Imagine thinking your you're chatting with a friend, unaware that something has taken their place.
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%%* The aptly-named [[http://xkcd.com/647/ #647: "Scary"]], in which a child uses AdultFear to beat his uncle's ghost story.

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%%* The aptly-named [[http://xkcd.com/647/ #647: "Scary"]], in which a child uses AdultFear uses to beat his uncle's ghost story.
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Capitalization was fixed from Nightmare Fuel.XKCD to Nightmare Fuel.Xkcd. Null edit to update page.
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Ghost wick was fixed on Nightmare Fuel.Xkcd.

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%%* [[https://xkcd.com/1619/ Watson Medical Algorithm]]. The AltText cranks it up to AndIMustScream levels.

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%%* ** Given the title and that clicking on the image leads to the Amazon listing for it, it's a clear ShoutOut to Literature/HouseOfLeaves.
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[[https://xkcd.com/1619/ Watson Medical Algorithm]]. The AltText cranks it up to AndIMustScream levels.
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'''Moments subpages are Administrivia/SpoilersOff pages. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.'''

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'''Moments !Moments subpages are Administrivia/SpoilersOff pages. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.'''Administrivia/SpoilersOff. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!

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* [[https://xkcd.com/1242/ Scary Names]], which plots the scariness of a name versus the actual scariness of what is describes, mentions that somewhere far off to the right of the chart lies the benign-sounding [[Series/LookAroundYou Helvetica Scenario.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y-yKmzP-4U Which involves]] a man's eyes, mouth and nose somehow being blocked off by his own skin.

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* [[https://xkcd.com/1242/ Scary Names]], which plots the scariness of a name versus the actual scariness of what is describes, mentions that somewhere far off to the right of the chart lies the benign-sounding [[Series/LookAroundYou Helvetica Scenario.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y-yKmzP-4U Which involves]] a man's eyes, mouth and nose somehow being blocked off by his own skin.skin.
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