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| titletext = I liked the idea, suggested by h00k on bash.org, of a Twitter bot that messages promine ...e user's Twitter handle (15 characters max). Randall is poking fun at both the stereotypical Senator and at teenagers supporting [[Ron Paul]].

...he cosmic background radiation, you can pick up lingering echoes of 'I Got You Babe'. ...nd the groundhog can see its own shadow, the winter is assumed to continue for six more weeks.

| titletext = Although the Markov chain-style text model is still rudimentary; it recently gave me "Ma ...t believes is the most likely words you would use in a sentence containing the previous word(s).

...one knows that makes it impossible for a few persistent voices to dominate the discussion.' ...hronological order. This puts the oldest comments at the top and newest at the bottom.

...k figure]]s. New comics are posted every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and are accompanied by a [[Title text|title text]], serving as Randall's commentary ...these comics. In 2012, Randall revived the blue grid as a background image for ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]''.

...ball. However, the word he says, ''Commented!'', does not seem to fit with the shorter {{w|%46uck#Modern_usage|four letter word}} usually combined with su ...t slashes, Cueball, and anything he says in the color for ignored parts of the program (or real world in this case).

...or having some of the most ridiculous, hateful, mean-spirited, nonsensical comments of any mainstream website (a reputation touched upon earlier in [[202: YouT ...s read aloud to them, they will realize the stupidity of it and not submit the comment. YouTube later made this a real feature, although it has since been

| titletext = Thank you for making me feel less alone. ...cking the image at xkcd.com which can as always be accessed by clicking on the comic number above. It can also be found here: [[Media:1000 comics.png|1000

...xt = Or if you replace your car, we'll be happy to set it on fire again so you can take another crack at getting that shot. ...hat the car is on fire, as they suggest she uses the insurance money (from the car) to buy this better camera.

| titletext = We have met the enemy and he is us. {{w|Stephenie Meyer}} is the author of the {{w|Twilight (novel series)|Twilight novels}}, a series of {{w|vampire}} no

| title = xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel | titletext = I love the title-text!

...or a good movie are tornados and scientists. Actually, that's all you need for anything. ...und closer to the equator, where the ground freezes in winter and thaws in the spring.

| titletext = 'ARE YOU TURNED ON YET?' 'I DON'T THINK SO--ARE YOU?' 'MAYBE A LITTLE!' 'OK, FIVE MORE MINUTES.' ...edia res}}, leaving readers confused or concerned until the silly cause of the situation is revealed.

...g will probably reach its endgame sometime in the next decade or so. These are very exciting times. ...he is part of this comic series, and thus also this comic, as he narrates the epilogue.

| titletext = Coconuts are so far down to the left they couldn't be fit on the chart. Ever spent half an hour trying to open a coconut with a rock? Fuck c ...at the bottom. The X-axis goes from "easy" on the right to "difficult" on the left.

...tes on your reddit comments to become president of the world. Please be at the UN tomorrow at 8:00 sharp.}} ...n the book these two kids write their opinions on their world's version of the internet to gain extreme political influence. Below is a synopsis:

*To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|1110|original comic}}. ...hanging from a balloon, which brings to mind the expanded perspective over the landscape attained by early experimenters in overland flight.

| title = The Corliss Resolution ...er develops space travel because it's impossible to focus on calculus when you could be outside flying.

...hts sometimes have additional signals such as arrows indicating go or stop for a specific direction such as left or right turns. ...that applies only to public transit like streetcars that run on tracks on the city streets.

...emember to constantly bring up how cool it is that birds are dinosaurs and you'll be set. ...ne else is so geeky that they would answer like that. Cueball, dismayed at the fact that his geekery has become a defining characteristic of his and also

...the first panel of this comic. [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] is demonstrating the problem with making such statements, many of which simply come down to coin ...ecome more and more nested and complicated, and then brought by Randall to the point of absurdity by pointing out very trivial things, such as "No Democra

...xt = This was an actual mock conversation between me and a friend at TGIF. The waitress walked up around panel 5 and was somewhat put off. ...dness of the end conversation, with both characters standing awkwardly for the last 2 panels.

| titletext = You can do this one in every 30 times and still have 97% positive feedback. ...ie=UTF8&ASIN=0544272994&nodeID=283155&store=books a popular Amazon review] for Randall Munroe's book, What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypoth

...of his attempted courtship. It turns out in the fifth and last panel that the first four panels was just one large thought bubble on how Cueball fantasiz ...n to her. Therefore, Cueball's fears are unfounded and are even preventing the two from meeting and possibly forming a relationship. Megan could of course

...seem. But I've been realizing lately that there's an easier way to handle these situations, and it involves zero internet arguments. ...f you take this feeling away, many people stop donating, which is shown on the third panel.

...ins roughly the stored energy of a hand grenade, and if shorted it... hey! You can't arrest me if I prove your rules inconsistent! ...operties of lithium ion is not common knowledge, this instead simply makes the security team additionally suspicious why he would know that.

| titletext = Guys? The Town is supposed to be good, and I thou--' 'PHYSICIST STEPHEN HAWKING DECLA ...bolic tones, vastly exaggerating and misinterpreting his actual intent. In the final panel, Hawking is shown hanging his head in sadness since all he want

| titletext = Of course, the assert doesn't work. ...f how {{w|String literal|string literals}} are treated by the interpreter, the assertion will be true.

| titletext = And what about all the people who won't be able to join the community because they're terrible at making helpful and constructive co-- ...sulted in an arms race of sorts between spammers and communities, in which the spammers try to bypass increasingly difficult spam-prevention methods.

| titletext = The misguided search for a perpetual motion machine has run substantially longer than any attempted ...would contradict the laws of thermodynamics, so perpetual motion machines are known to be impossible.

| titletext = <nowiki>RFC 1149.5</nowiki> specifies 4 as the standard IEEE-vetted random number. ...rent, i.e., random, results). In other words, the results over time would not be random at all, but completely predictable and deterministic.

...' is a fantastic book, and should be required reading for anyone in either the sciences or graphic design. ...e to describe the collective of blogs. This comic proposes a new structure for defining all blogs by a {{w|fractal}} of blogs.

...d social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take. ...cd.com/802_large/ larger version] of this picture can be found by clicking the comic on xkcd.

This comic deals with two linked themes, which both come under the umbrella of {{w|Existentialism|existentialism}}, a branch of philosophy. ...sts that, rather than continuously worrying, we should enjoy the thrill of the unknown.

...ge, for better or for worse. Technology's going to be so cool. All in all, the future will be okay! Except climate; we fucked that one up. ...ts a character who 'misinterprets' this, to say that those with a lower IQ are believed to be more likely to reproduce thus more readily pass on their gen

...into account the energy imparted by orbital motion (or gravity assists or the Oberth effect), all of which can make it easier to reach outer planets. * The xkcd page links to [http://xkcd.com/681_large/ a much larger version].

| titletext = Hurricane forums are full of excited comments about central pressure and wind speed and comparisons to Camille and 1931 a ...ated by the spectacle, most people also feel a sense of shame and guilt at the same time, unsure of whether it is morally wrong to be entertained by other

...andall. Randall is therefore annoyed with the common terms "the West" and "the East" referring to locations east and west of him respectively. ...ties to make a {{w|sextant}} work as a tool to calculate accurate position for map making.

...o the details as you wake up. With TCMP you can bring back any information you want. ...age from inside his dream, but his friends, [[Megan]] and another Cueball, are disappointed when that first message is a {{w|troll (Internet)|trollish}} "

...it should be set at 25,000 mph, which would likely have prevented 1,000 of the intersection's 3,000 serious accidents last month.' ...opinionated diatribe compounding all the many sore-points that have turned the relationship sour, or at least have been perceived as such.

...xt = Fun game: try to post a YouTube comment so stupid that people realize you must be joking. (Hint: this is impossible) ...urth lines. Almost anyone can instantly recognize a limerick after hearing the first line.

...til unjinxed by some specific action (usually somebody saying their name). For a similar children’s game, see [[392: Making Rules]]. ...rately modified into evil. However, Orcs do bear a startling similarity to the worst Mongol stereotypes.)

...wn, which is a major looming problem for web infrastructure and definitely not a thing I just made up. ...it will still be sitting there, gathering friends' statuses, opinions and comments.

...inently displayed at the top, while the newest comments would be buried at the bottom. ...ents that are not coming. Cueball might actually have mixed feelings about the practice slowly dying out. However, someone offscreen is worried he will ji

...ortantly, it allows members of the development team to find key changes in the history, later. Git has been discussed in [[1597: Git]] as well. ...l standpoint (e.g. "fix the thing that's making the site not work") or for the benefit of others who want to know which commits they should be paying atte

...'My parents are at their house; you visited last--' 'No, no, explain like you're five.' ...ear-old child would be able to understand. Megan sarcastically (or perhaps not) treats Cueball as if he is an actual 5-year-old without his parents, expre

...the likelihood of {{w|extraterrestial life}} and the fact that no evidence for it has thus far been found. ...e stars - homing in on radio signals and destroying young civilizations in the cradle...

...cript of the [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/money_huge.png huge version] of the comic [[980: Money]]. ...as well. If there is a title, it will be written in '''bold''' letters in the transcript.

| title = People are Stupid ...han most people. It is absurd to denounce the majority of mankind as below the average of mankind."

| titletext = I mean, it's not like we could just demand to see the code that's governing our lives. What right do we have to poke around in Fa ...news feed and recording the users' comments to see if the change affected the positivity or negativity of their posts. Further experiments have since bee

...urnament began, he promptly became the first member of said club, and over the years it accumulated a large and illustrious roster. ...e image at xkcd.com - the comic's page can also be accessed by clicking on the comic number above.

...e past can be viewed as a distinct entity from who you are now, as well as the predictability of future events relating to your future actions. ...elief that the parsing function could not be easily "re-kludged" to handle the new situation but instead would need to be re-written.

...an activity of {{w|pareidolia}}, or spotting apparent patterns where there are none (particularly in clouds). ...al intelligence}} with respect to human imagination. (Then again, there is not anything tailored to this on image search.)

| titletext = Hey guys! What's eating you? Ha ha ha it's me! Oh, what fun we have. ...insists they've created an even more terrifying, smarter ''Tyrannosaurus'' for this new park.

| titletext = He probably just poops over the side of the sleigh. .... This comic combines some basic {{w|physiology}} with the physical law of the {{w|conservation of mass}}.

*To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|1506|original comic}}. ...Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]]. The previous fools comic was

| titletext = I honestly didn't think you could even USE emoji in variable names. Or that there were so many differen This comic is the first in the [[:Category:Code Quality|Code Quality]] series:

*26733 permalinks have been found so far for [[1506: xkcloud]]. ...a list of all discovered permalinks, which reuse different combinations of the same pictures and captions.

| titletext = WHY DON'T YOU COME HANG OUT INSIDE MY HOUSE. WE CAN COOK BREAD AND CHAT ABOUT OUR INTERNA ...has imprisoned him in a web and is talking to Cueball, which explains how the keyboard mashing "White Hat" did was strange.

...rth America, it's illegal for Americans to keep them in their houses under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. ...nd to humanize them in the same way that others humanize their pets. There are [[:Category:Roomba|several other comics]] related to a Roomba.

...warms of robots when Elon Musk has promised to ruin Mars for a FRACTION of the cost? ...sted before the NASA press conference was held, although speculation about the announcement had already occurred.

...serious Fleshlight enthusiasts, and it turns out their highest-end models are ALSO capable of setting trees on fire. They're impossible to use without se ...to older flashlights as dim and finnicky, this gives reason to assume that the flashlight he is holding is going to be ridiculously overengineered.

| titletext = You know what they say--if you don't like the weather here in the Solar System, just wait five billion years. A different user-made version for the picture using Celsius instead of Fahrenheit can be found here: [[:File:five

*Below, you will find a '''complete transcript''' for [[1608: Hoverboard]]. *The transcript will be based on what can be experienced by moving through the game without any cheating.

<!--DO NOT ADD the title text: Return to the play area. This is not shown in the comic. See trivia--> *To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|1608|original comic}}.

...letext = It also occasionally replies with 'Comment of the year', 'Are you for real', and 'I'm taking a screenshot so I can remember this moment forever'. ...with "woosh" at random would be very confusing, as people would search for the nonexistent joke they missed. This is similar to [[559: No Pun Intended]].

...of possible conversations spread out before us, I think that's definitely the most promising branch. This is the first comic in the [[:Category:Stargazing|Stargazing]] series. It was followed by [[2017: Star

...is the starting point and should be used here. Other images need to go in the explanation --> *To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|1663|original comic}}.

...to define a formal grammar based on fragments of a raw database dump from the QuickBooks file of a company that's about to collapse in an accounting scan This comic is the second in the [[:Category:Code Quality|Code Quality]] series:

| titletext = "The name wasn't a tip-off?" "Honestly, at first I thought you were saying 'Juneau'. A gravity assist seemed like a weird way to get to Al ...sted, when it fired its engines and successfully entered into orbit around the planet {{w|Jupiter}}.

| titletext = I don't care what the research says. Everybody knows you should drink 3,000 glasses of water a day and change your oil every 8 miles ...of so-called 'optimum' liquid consumption 'rule-of-thumb'. Implied here is the variety of health-related books, articles, blogs or other literature publis

...ldhood spent walking while reading books has prepared me unexpectedly well for today's world. ...o bump into something while looking at a book, at his phone, or staring at the sky (something [[Randall]] does a lot with his interests in astronomy, opti

...under the pyramids, but this conspiracy goes all the way to the TOP, where the GIANT EYE is! ...which is a much stronger claim which would not necessarily be supported by the assertion even assuming it is true.

...eclipsed by one of those Independence Day ships and interpret the rest of the image in light of that. ...oon often appears in works of art in ways that are very dramatic and would not be realistically possible. It may be done out of ignorance, or knowingly by

..."The only link we've found between the two documents is that a fragment of the Noah one mentions Aaron's brother Moses parting an ocean. Is that right?" " ...747: Spider Paleontology]] for a more complete explanation of this part of the joke. This [[:Category:Time traveling Sphere|series]] ended with this comic

..., Y and Z), often using several of them in the same words, even several of the same rare letter in a row. (See [[#Table of life goals|Table of life goals] ...a musician. All later entries have at least three of these letters, which are most often used in very strange, often difficult-to-pronounce, words.

...of A Million Random Digits, which is much better than the American remake the book was based on. ...ll]] is looking through [[Black Hat|Black Hat's]] downloaded movies, which are all adaptations of non-literary works, improbable sequels, and/or crossover

| titletext = Lot of drama in those days, including constant efforts to force the "Reflections on Trusting Trust" guy into retirement so we could stop being ...f years later. While her initial agreement that code needed to be compiled for multiple architectures is correct, Hairbun's claims rapidly grow ridiculous

| title = Things You Learn ...rescue a kitten that ran under his car at a stoplight and climbed up into the engine compartment? And, thanks to antibiotics, will continue having two th

| titletext = With the right 90-degree rotation, any effect is a side effect. ...grown more common and often more hyperbolic, regardless of the quality of the candidate.

...alk is often seen as a way to relax from all the daily stress, as it takes the walkers away from work and chores. ...istance communication (ostensibly the primary function of a smartphone) is not listed. This may be a sign that Cueball is {{w|Mobile phone overuse|addicte

...ews of the Mariana Trench, the Chernobyl reactor core, the jet stream, and the equator. ...lueless people and lots of self-styled comedians leaving less-than-helpful comments on such review pages.

...s to calm down, it's fine--I put a screen on the front. I just want to get the birds a little closer. ...s. Usually this is done at a distance, as birds are flying in the air, and are far away. It is thus helpful to use {{w|binoculars}}.

...sses Flood remained the deadliest confectionery containment accident until the Canadian Space Agency's 2031 orbital maple syrup delivery disaster. ...supervillain's scheme to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBkT19uH2RQ rule the world].

| titletext = NO DRAMA ZONE -> If I've made you sad, you'd better not tell me, because I am TERRIFIED of that situation and have NO IDEA how to h ...y time and so their profile description is a way for them to justify their comments.

| titletext = IATA stands for International AirporT Abbreviation. ...ntsville International Airport|Huntsville}} (HSV), {{w|San Diego}} (one of the instances of SAN) and {{w|Toronto Pearson International Airport|Toronto Pea

| title = The End of the Rainbow ...he exposed surface of the brain, so if you think about a pot of gold while looking at a rainbow, then there's one at BOTH ends.

| titletext = The establishment doesn't take us seriously. You know who else they didn't take seriously? Hitler. I'll be like him, but a G ...r example, the last one combines a request for campaign contributions with the infamous 'Nigerian prince' {{w|advance-fee scam}} emails.

...text = Don't be nervous about the robots, be nervous about the people with the resources to build them. ...door. It holds the door open for the first robot, then follows it through the doorway.

...ame=CVE-2017-5754 CVE-2017-5754]. CVEs also contain a short description of the issue. ...dentifier is given as "CVE-2018-?????", reflecting the fact that they have not yet happened so we don't know exactly what their CVE identifier will be.

...Golf. I've been playing for years all across the country and I'm still on the first hole. ...econd ''[[:Category:Fun fact|Fun fact]]'' comic in the same month, [[1959: The Simpsons]], after more than two years break from that series. It seems that

...business by flying around with a banner showing a &lt;div&gt; tag, waiting for a web developer to get frustrated enough to order a matching &lt;/div&gt;. .... Ultimately, whether or not you should close your apps depends on whether you prioritize battery lifetime or performance. (In [[Randall|Randall's]] case,

| titletext = I take it Narnia doesn't have Cinnabons? Because if you can magic up a plate of those, I'll betray whoever. ...ed by the White Witch to make the eater want them the more they eat them. Not a full mind control, but more of a strong urge to get more.

...sometimes have to retake the test if your drivers license has expired, so the "just because I took a twenty minute test in high school" part is partially ...ne of the top five most common causes of death, yet many (most?) people do not think of driving as an especially "scary" or "dangerous" activity.

...he scenes where Jeff Goldblum tries to convince a bunch of executives that the park is a bad idea." This comic is the first in the [[:Category:Horror Movies|Horror Movies]] series, which was followed by [[2

...le promised witches they'd win, creating some kind of a ... squeeze? Gosh, you could make a lot of–" "Don't be silly! That probably never happens." ...y by large amounts), the seller then must pay that higher price to fulfill the contract.

| titletext = Thanks for bringing us along. ...ta request] to the rover, in hopes that it would respond. When it did not, the rover was declared to be officially lost.

| titletext = Thank you to the xkcd April 1st volunteers/commentators, including @Chromakode, Kevin, @Aiia ...nk to a [https://xkcd.com/2131/emojidome_bracket_round_of_128.png image of the results].

| title = Comments | image = comments.png

[[File:xkcd_header.png|thumb|right|250px|The header segment on [[xkcd|xkcd.com]]]] ...[Randall]] has news to share. However, after the novelty of the news ends, the page usually goes back to its default header text, which states:

| titletext = The keys to successfully throwing a party are location, planning, and one of those aircraft carrier steam catapults. *To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|2198|original comic}}.

| titletext = The astro-ph.SR arXiv servers are simultaneously being overwhelmed by electronic requests and actual electric ...olecules' energy. Those molecules subsequently release the added energy in the form of light, which is observed as an aurora.

...o be gaining the upper hand until Darth Juul manages to flip the switch on the car wash control panel from 'REGULAR' to 'PREMIUM.' ...e doesn't actually want to spoil it for us), all of the so-called spoilers are nonsensical.

...coronavirus: Slack react emoji you just added was public domain or whether you should have put a Creative Commons credit somewhere ...e eighth comic in a row in a [[:Category:COVID-19|series of comics]] about the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.

...Category:Tribute|memorial comic]]. It is the 6th memorial comic, but it is the first released in almost 5 years, since [[1560: Bubblegum]]. ...ast and various, but he is perhaps best known in the field for discovering the {{w|surreal numbers}}, which inspired [[Donald Knuth]] to write a novel whi

...uphill decide to try the rolling strategy, they can make the decision for you. ...c is another comic in a [[:Category:COVID-19|series of comics]] related to the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.

| titletext = Living in the southern hemisphere was nice because I could jump extra high, but I like it ...are used to it being dark out. [[Beret Guy]] comments that he fell off of the wall this morning, a seemingly unconnected topic.

| titletext = We need some grub to munch--I'll go slouch over to the kitchen. ...ail thinks word games aren't too bad, and she would be right if it weren't for Megan's unsettling use of them.

...ole, versus when you refer to the events later after you get out? Assuming you get out." ...person out, she instead asks whether the trapped person's chosen phrasing for their predicament – "fell down a hole" – is equivalent to "fell in a ho

| titletext = The best part of crashing a Mars briefing is you can get in a full 11 minutes of questions before they can start to respond. ...everance (rover)|''Perseverance''}}, on Mars. This was also the subject of the previous comic [[2427: Perseverance Microphones]].

| titletext = I've lived in the present for my whole life and I'm not about to move now. [[Cueball]], checking his phone, comments on how fast time goes, saying it is already March. (This comic was posted o

...weird spacing and diacritics in the methodology description are apparently the key to good research; luckily, we've developed an AI tool to help us figure ...experience similar unreliability. For an introduction to machine learning, you can visit https://fast.ai/ .

...sorry, I'm being reminded I very much care whether you win or lose. I need you to win, that's very important. This is another comic in a [[:Category:COVID-19|series]] related to the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.

...ve a woman who's basically part of our fellowship. She lives in Rivendell, you wouldn't know her. *The comic is a link to a YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt2qCjL6-n4 v

...ted out of the historical transcripts. The comic imagines the places where the slide breaks might have been, and inserts that request. ...ee details in the [[#Table of quotes|table]] below, including the quote in the title text.

...k by was a linguist back in the 80s, but she just spent a while dissecting the phrase 'help me down' before getting distracted by a squirrel and wandering ...owning it. Nevertheless, he walks here every day, and from the context of the comic, it seems pretty much no one else comes here.

| titletext = I'm so glad NASA let you take your phone to Mars! ...the role of the rover.{{Citation needed}} While the exact post shown does not exist, it has posted a [https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/status/1433334279

| titletext = CVS's pharmacies are fine, but I much prefer their [censored]s. ...of comics]] related to the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}, specifically regarding the [[:Category:COVID-19 vaccine|COVID-19 vaccine]].

| titletext = You will live on forever in our hearts, pushing a little extra blood toward our ...devices used without practiced expertise - it is unlikely he has strapped the measuring device tight enough onto his wrist to give scientifically consist

...a capital xi in an equation, just observe them quietly to learn as much as you can before they return to their home planet. ...ally using {{w|Greek letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering|the same letter consistently}} to represent a particular constant or type of va

...a copy of What If? 2 when it comes out 9/13, assuming we all make it past the spider situation(?) on Tuesday(?). ...s comic is another [[:Category:Book promotion|promotion]] of the book, and the entire comic is a link to his [https://xkcd.com/what-if-2/ what if? 2] page

...tions for various {{w|unicode symbols}} with obscure or no known uses, see the [[#Table of symbols|table]] below. ...f it mentioning one of the symbols of the comic, Larry Potter. This caused the blogger to update his post with a [[33: Self-reference|reference]] to both

...waterslides, and store entrances that have double doors with a divider in the middle. ...e. [[Randall]]'s caption indicates he is interested in the quantified self for unusual quantities.

...traffic, then it should at LEAST be legal to do the Snow Crash thing where you use a hook-shot-style harpoon to catch free rides from cars. ...ely from a conventional car-first view of urban planning, then questioning the wisdom of car-centered policies, then favoring pedestrian-centered design,

...this advice, which is generally accepted as a reasonable view: two people are always going to have at least some difference in opinions, desires and need ...Cueball and Ponytail correspondingly agree with him less, and instead {{w|The lady doth protest too much, methinks|begin to worry about him}}.

| title = Presents for Biologists ...them for. If you pause the crane for a sec I can give you some ID pointers for next time!

| title = Label the States | titletext = Even with a blank map, a lot of people can only name 45-50 of the 64 states.

<noinclude>:''For other instances of this title, see [[What If (disambiguation)]].</noinclude ...re publishing the first ''what if?'' book, articles were posted weekly. On the blog, [[Randall Munroe]] discusses hypothetical physics questions submitted

| titletext = If you want to bowl a strike, the optimal place is almost certainly inside a bowling alley, although with a l ...are on {{w|logarithmic scale}}s, leading up to values that are impossible for a human to achieve.{{Citation needed}}

...inside. There are also services and events such as fund-raisers where cars are hand-washed. ...a huge, loud robot, and some of the brushes are like big tongues that lick the car.