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[XKCD] 3085 About 20 Pounds (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 5 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

At the first three panels I thought this was a conversation with a stochastic parrot

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 hours ago

The Good Place gang pleads their case to a burrito

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 hours ago

Alt-text:

In addition to gravity, burritos interact through the strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces, which is believed to be a major contributor to their popularity.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Dark matter is the computer running the simulation.
They blacklisted all simulated forces from interacting with it, but one of the devs commented out gravitation for a test and forgot to put it back in.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 hours ago

Dont forget, it's also a fuckton of ghosts.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

And it's imperial?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Actually, it's a little under 9.1 kilograms, but "about 20 pounds" has less syllables.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Fair enough

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

What is "is"? Doesn't matter, burrito time. 🌯 🌯 🌯 🌯 🌯 🌯 🌯 🌯