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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 3179<br />
| date = December 10, 2025<br />
| title = Fishing<br />
| image = fishing_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 317x500px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = 'That's definitely above the catch-and-release size minimum for planetesimals.' 'I'm going to throw it back anyway.'<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|This page was created BY A FISH WITH THE MASS OF THE SUN. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br />
This comic depicts [[Ponytail]] and [[Beret Guy]] fishing in the middle of a body of water. Beret Guy has hooked a rock, which he believes to be a fish, and comments that he has hooked something. He states that it must be 'at least 10^24 kilograms'. The joke here comes from the fact that Beret Guy has caught the Earth in its entirety, whose weight can be estimated at approximately 6.0x10^24 kilograms (~13.1x10^24 pounds).<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br />
:[Ponytail and Beret Guy are sitting on a boat in the ocean. Fish are seen swimming in the water. Megan has a fishing rod that is about halfway down to the ocean floor. Beret Guy's fishing hook is hooked onto the sea floor.]<br />
:Beret Guy: It feels like a big one! At least 10<sup>24</sup> kilograms!<br />
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