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Okay, the most powerful super in the setting is one SQUIRREL GIRL!

I don't know the background and I don't know if you're being sarcastic, but on the off chance you're not, "Squirrel girl" is about the least bad-ass name since Pillow Man.

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No problem.

Here ya go.
2008-11-04 "We had a lot of fun with James after he died at the party."

Calvin&Hobbes. Heh!

Calvin&Hobbes. Heh!

I bought the poster of your The First Human strip, and stuck it on the door of my kid's room. Just thought you'd like to know.

Why do you think Calvin and Hobbes is funny? It's like Garfield without Jon.

And nothing's funnier than early circumcision anyway.

It's a reference to this old comic of his. Hint: click on the red button.

Do you have any extra wisdom to share with us that's you know, like... woah?

(For those less familiar with SMBC, this is one of my all time favourites http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id...)

Nerds have too much self esteem to be suicidal. They're put on genocide watch instead.

"For most of eternity, I won't exist. That leaves two options: live forever or destroy the universe."

And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.

Obligatory SMBC

SMBC

I sympathize. Many groups have overzealous individuals, and seeing them wave your banner is a bit of a drag, a phenomenon frequent enough that I want a word or phrase to refer to it. But at least some people indulge the benefit of the doubt - I'm willing to believe in the existence of prudent bronies and good dubstep, out there somewhere.

Somewhat relevant

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id...

Poor Noah

How internet fighting works:

http://www.smbc-comics.com/ind...

Parents often are complicit in this: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id... The recent "Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer" book farce is another good example.

I mention this because what if we went to another planet in search of intelligent life and found something like an octopus? How would we communicate with them? My guess is by cooking them, and then eating them.

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1733

SMBC

That's what I was thinking, reminds me of this:
http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id...

This year alone, Weiner may produce up to infinity papers!

Spiral on, science! Your drill will be the drill that conquers the heavens!

God: "The humans aren't observant enough! To punish them, I'm eliminating sex!"

Seems like this is what happened, http://www.smbc-comics.com/ind...

or there's a huge number of people who interview really terribly.

I wonder how many of these people have an autism spectrum disorder. An interviewer might get so put off by a candidate's lack of superficial social skills that he or she cannot adequately judge the candidate's competency for the job itself.

An extremely relevant comic comes to mind. People with real ASDs are often barely functional and wouldn't make it past the phone screen.

Fuck you. Both my girlfriend and I have real ASDs. I just got laid off from a major government contractor one month ago, and I have already had three phone screenings for two separate jobs. I am currently waiting to hear back from at least one of them and get an on site interview. Not all ASDs are low functioning, and there are a lot of us that are high functioning that have to WORK OUR ASSES OFF to get by in an interview panel. I had several interviews where I bombed out on the social interaction part, but the technical part I aced. My girlfriend is also pretty good when it comes to the technical aspect and prefers to be out of sight of people. She would rather be back in the lab vs. talking to the marketing department/managers about their golf game. We had to LEARN quite a bit on the social interaction scale vs. most neurotypical people.

or there's a huge number of people who interview really terribly.

I wonder how many of these people have an autism spectrum disorder. An interviewer might get so put off by a candidate's lack of superficial social skills that he or she cannot adequately judge the candidate's competency for the job itself.

An extremely relevant comic comes to mind. People with real ASDs are often barely functional and wouldn't make it past the phone screen.

it's the most elegant language ever created! Everyone's using it!

And after all that, the original source is http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id... (don't forget to click the red button).

A society full of geeks. How bad could it be?

OH SHIT! It'll be like the local hackerspace's mailing list ALL THE TIME. Dear god no.

Also, Gregarious Man would be a thing.

We still have Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Well, the good news is that we found out Jesus is worshiped on other planets.

Jews believe that God created the universe, and that includes life or possibility of living elsewhere than on this planet.

Please define "doing right" in a universe that does not have a god.

It means maximizing human happiness, whether God(s) exist or not.

obligatory Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.
http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id...

Well, the good news is that we found out Jesus is worshiped on other planets.

"Why?" is still a valid question

If you want answer to "why", go take a philosophy class!

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id...

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id...

*cough*

one of Discoveries smarter shows

See, you're just interpreting the name of the channels incorrectly!

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id...

He was making the point that lithium is not heavy. Other than that, it's hard to know what else he was trying to say, because the article doesn't give much context.

I know it's not XKCD, but there's relevant SMBC and PHD comics.

Roughly speaking, outside of very dedicated science reporting channels by the time you go from the scientist's representative trying to dumb it down, to the reporter trying to dumb it down, to the editor doing it yet again, accuracy sucks.

Maybe they're trying for a hydrogen battery?

Proof that cables exist in 4-dimensional space:
http://www.smbc-comics.com/ind...

I haven't heard of this 'football' sport. I think they're referring to Head-Brick: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id...

That's why the US is called "The Land of the Free".

Ah, but they submit to all that authoritarian harrassment because, you know, this kind of letting yourself get screwed by unsympathetic strangers is supposed to keep the bad guys away.

Which is why the US is not just called "The Land of the Free" but also "The Home of the Brave". What do you think your grandparents went to war for?

I'm sorry this isn't xkcd.

Along those lines, the Obligatory XKCD....and SMBC's Lifecycle of a Physicist

http://xkcd.com/793/
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Basically your entire post is bullshit.

I was actually conducting an experiment to see if people would mod-up a factually incorrect post that sounded plausible.

I really hope you weren't conducing an experiment to see if people would rescind their moderation based on new information, because if you were ...

It's all part of the lifecycle of the physicist.

That just inocent lobbying, companies showing their support for democracy. I hope you're not implying that it's something like bribery, are you?

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id...

gasp! he may even attend a non-atheist church!

That raises the question: what is an atheist church?

One where we all worship Athe?

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If you don't want Google to track you, Google provides tools you can use to ensure you're not tracked. In the process you'll have to give up some (not all, but some) use of Google's services, because the targeted advertising is the fee you pay for those services.

Ob "trading up privacy for services": http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id... ;-)