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Sticks and Stones [24 May 2013|04:00am]
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http://xkcd.com/1216/

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I deserved it.
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Insight [22 May 2013|04:00am]
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http://xkcd.com/1215/

The great thing is, the sentence is really just a reminder to the listener to worry about whatever aspects of the technology they're already feeling alarmist about, which in their mind gives you credit for addressing their biggest anxieties.
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Geoguessr [20 May 2013|04:00am]
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http://xkcd.com/1214/

I'm not sure if you can get Epcot, but my friend just got LegoLand. He guessed California but it was the one in Denmark. Meanwhile, I'm rapidly becoming a connoisseur of unmarked dirt roads over flat, barren landscapes.
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Combination Vision Test [17 May 2013|04:00am]
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http://xkcd.com/1213/

If you see two numbers but they're both the same and you have to squint to read them, you have synesthesia, colorblindness, diplopia, and myopia.
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Interstellar Memes [15 May 2013|04:00am]
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http://xkcd.com/1212/

The strongest incentive we have to develop faster-than-light travel is that it would let us apologize in advance.
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Birds and Dinosaurs [13 May 2013|04:00am]
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http://xkcd.com/1211/

Sure, T. rex is closer in height to Stegosaurus than a sparrow. But that doesn't tell you much; 'Dinosaur Comics' author Ryan North is closer in height to certain dinosaurs than to the average human.
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