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[later] I don't get why our pizza slices have such terrible reviews; the geotextile-infused sauce gives the toppings incredible slope stability!

https://explainxkcd.com/3073/

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[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 112 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That middle row is perfect - you could easily just have that, and the point he's making would be crystal clear.

Trump's actions don't even make sense, let alone meet any standard of fairness or intelligence.

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trump’s actions don’t even make sense, let alone meet any standard of fairness or intelligence.

They do if you look at him like a foreign agent, working to take down the US.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Ah true :-)

I meant they don't make sense on their own terms (which themselves are deeply questionable)

[–] jungle@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that middle row works incredibly well on its own, but he needed to add some geek angle or it wouldn't be xkcd. :)

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

"Does not meet any standard of fairness or intelligence" was trump's APGAR score

[–] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 78 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] archonet@lemy.lol 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

hey now, if those pineapple pizza lovers could read, they'd be very upset with you right now!

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 28 points 1 year ago

It was first done in Canada, so there's probably a tariff on it.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

I don’t understand all the pineapple pizza hate. Sweet and savory bro. SWEET AN SAVORY!!!

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I imagine all the pineapple on pizza outrage would swiftly quiet down if people learned that the swedes put banana and curry on their pizzas.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

…honestly, throw some ham on that and I think it wouldn't be half bad.

[–] DireTech@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That sounds so weird that I want to try it.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's better than you'd think (which admittedly doesn't say much).

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[–] supernicepojo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Corn and mayonaise pizza. Good luck with that information

[–] y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol this is like the Chinese idea of American food.

They put corn on almost all of the pizzas they fed me there and "American breakfast" was just a hard boiled egg and a cold hot dog.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like japan as well. Corn and mayo (often with either canned tuna or potato salad), and the coffee shops used to have a "breakfast special" deal with a coffee plus hot dog.

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[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I admit it, that joke was low-hanging fruit.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But... pineapples don't hang? Unless you were referring to the diodes. I'm not sure how those grow in the wild.

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[–] cavtroop@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago (4 children)

this comic uses big words, maga types won't be able to understand this.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They probably don't read xkcd to begin with.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Maga types won't read it. This is just making fun of them, not trying to explain things.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

I didn't think that MAGA is the target audience. And if you were at all familiar with xkcd, you wouldn't either.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

There aren't words small enough to get the deliberately ignorant to understand.

[–] CircuitSpells@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

It's a shame the people that need this the most can't read

[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 41 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] accideath@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes and it’s the exact same film as Avatar 1, just with water instead of jungle.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Following Legend of Zelda protocol that means the fire/lava world is next

[–] BenReilly97@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No fucking way, I was joking lmao

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[–] OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It also has an antifa whale and a girl Jesus

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

Joking aside, antifa-whale was a really interesting character in an otherwise predictable film.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they called it The Legend of Korra.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Steam punk avatar!

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yup, can't wait for the third one to make a kajillion dollars and have all the cultural influence of a fart in a hurricane.

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[–] deus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yes, it exists and it's getting a sequel in December. You'll have to wait until 2029 for Avatar 4 though.

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[–] Magister@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw Avatar 1 in theater, a long time ago, it was ok, never saw it again. I started avatar 2 on Disney+ or something, stopped after less than 10 minutes.

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Get out of my head!!!

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 year ago

It doesn't really explain the part where artificially making the pizza more expensive is somehow a payback.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Someone just wanted to slip "lidar" into the conversation

[–] annette_runner@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

If pizza cost more, at what point does it start actually being a reward equivalent of a bonus?

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