this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2026
1040 points (99.6% liked)

xkcd

16098 readers
698 users here now

A community for a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

xkcd #3232: Countdown Standard

Title text:

Anyone who is caught counting 'three ... two ... one ... zero ... GO!' will be punished with a lifetime of eating only ISO standard food samples.

Transcript:

Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com

Source: https://xkcd.com/3232/

explainxkcd for #3232

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Playing Let’s Go Eevee with my 6yo niece the other day, and when I counted trying to time our pokeball throws she would demand to be the one who counts. Her method was to try and surprise me, it seems. She would change the timing between each number independently every time, like “3, … ….. 21GO!” Sometimes, she would just throw on 1 but keep counting. Realized it was easier just to watch her arm.