[789] Showdown

Title Text:The tumbleweed then tried to roll off into the sunset, but due to the Old West’s placement north of the subtropical ridge, the prevailing winds were in the wrong direction. Origin:https://xkcd.com/789/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/789:_Showdown https://app-xkcd-cn.appspot.com/ 在许多西方老片中,枪战很常见,最着名的是意大利西部片。通常,为了突出战斗前场景的沉默和沉闷,风滚草将滚过战斗机。在这部漫画中,按照陈词滥调,两名枪手静… Read more

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[788] The Carriage

Title Text:I learned from Achewood that since this poem is in ballad meter, it can be sung to the tune of Gilligan’s Island. Since then, try as I might, I haven’t ONCE been able to read it normally. Origin:https://xkcd.com/788/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/788:_The_Carriage…

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[787] Orbiter

Title Text:Normally, the Shuttle can’t quite safely reach the orbital inclination required to pass over both those points from a Canaveral launch, but this is an alternate history in which either it launches from Vandenberg or everyone hates the Outer…

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