Bay 12 Games Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

Author Topic: Again, I don't understand XKCD  (Read 8271 times)

Jude

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Again, I don't understand XKCD
« on: April 03, 2009, 08:54:42 am »
Today's XKCD. Crossbows? Higgs excitation? What?
Logged
Quote from: Raphite1
I once started with a dwarf that was "belarded by great hanging sacks of fat."

Oh Jesus

Kogan Loloklam

  • Bay Watcher
  • I'm suffering from an acute case of Hominini Terravitae Biologis. Keep your distance!
    • View Profile
Re: Again, I don't understand XKCD
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2009, 10:13:17 am »
Something about having potential to produce Raptors I think.
Logged
Quote from: Aspgren on August 04, 2010, 01:28:49 am
... if someone dies TOUGH LUCK. YOU SHOULD HAVE PAYED ATTENTION DURING ALL THE DAMNED DODGING DEMONSTRATIONS!

Yanlin

  • Bay Watcher
  • Legendary comedian.
    • View Profile
Re: Again, I don't understand XKCD
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2009, 10:17:36 am »
Hey, when in doubt, blame Raptors.
Logged
WE NEED A SLOGAN!

Ampersand

  • Bay Watcher
  • ☭
    • View Profile
Re: Again, I don't understand XKCD
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2009, 12:53:46 pm »
It doesn't intend to make sense.
Logged
!!&!!

Sean Mirrsen

  • Bay Watcher
  • Bearer of the Psionic Flame
    • View Profile
Re: Again, I don't understand XKCD
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2009, 02:47:25 pm »
Might it have anything to do with, I don't know, the 01.04.2009?
Logged
Multiworld Madness Archive:
Game One, Discontinued at World 3.
Game Two, Discontinued at World 1.
"Europe has to grow out of the mindset that Europe's problems are the world's problems, but the world's problems are not Europe's problems."
- Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, India

Karlito

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Re: Again, I don't understand XKCD
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2009, 05:23:54 pm »
Well, maybe if you guys weren't so slow with the math...
Logged
This sentence contains exactly threee erors.

Tahin

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Re: Again, I don't understand XKCD
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2009, 11:42:47 pm »
I have to think the joke is that there is no joke. That or I'm just really, really slow.

Apparently some guy said something about finding the higgs something or other within the year, a year ago this coming Tuesday, hence the bit about him having until Tuesday to figure it out.

Also, potential for raptors/zombies/raptor-zombies.
Logged

Yanlin

  • Bay Watcher
  • Legendary comedian.
    • View Profile
Re: Again, I don't understand XKCD
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2009, 12:56:17 pm »
It's the higgs bow zone.
Logged
WE NEED A SLOGAN!

Sean Mirrsen

  • Bay Watcher
  • Bearer of the Psionic Flame
    • View Profile
Re: Again, I don't understand XKCD
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2009, 01:16:17 pm »
Hmm, never heard of the bow zone. Why are they using crossbows then, and not, say, shortbows? I understand the implications of storing one in your desk, but at least it'd fit the theme.
Logged
Multiworld Madness Archive:
Game One, Discontinued at World 3.
Game Two, Discontinued at World 1.
"Europe has to grow out of the mindset that Europe's problems are the world's problems, but the world's problems are not Europe's problems."
- Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, India

Kagus

  • Bay Watcher
  • Olive oil. Don't you?
    • View Profile
Re: Again, I don't understand XKCD
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2009, 02:07:18 pm »
Higgs boson

And there's really not much difference between him using a crossbow or a shortbow.  The joke is so unbelievably obscure that if you can manage to figure out the main deal, then the crossbow/shortbow distinction would mean practically nothing.
Logged

woose1

  • Bay Watcher
  • Yay for bandwagons!
    • View Profile
Re: Again, I don't understand XKCD
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2009, 02:08:00 pm »
Well that's stupid.
Logged

Cheeetar

  • Bay Watcher
  • Spaceghost Perpetrator
    • View Profile
Re: Again, I don't understand XKCD
« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2009, 10:15:58 pm »
Logged
I've played some mafia.

Quote from: mainiac on October 14, 2016, 11:55:54 am
Most of the time when someone is described as politically correct they are simply correct.

Virex

  • Bay Watcher
  • Subjects interest attracted. Annalyses pending...
    • View Profile
Re: Again, I don't understand XKCD
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2009, 12:49:50 pm »
Quote from: Yanlin on April 04, 2009, 12:56:17 pm
It's the higgs bow zone.

Which is another pretty bad pun, considering the circumstances...
Logged