2209

OK, the trick with this one is to remember that Beret Guy is there to do wacky things. Technically there isn't anything on a vending machine promising that you will get what you paid for within any particular length of time. Actually, this would be the only way to get "fresh" pears from a machine, since any other arrangement would require them to have been previously grown, transported, and stored.

2208

Randall probably doesn't even own a drone.

2207

Oh, those quirky mathematicians! They're so goofy and approachable! If you really think about it, efficiency is just the best way to be lazy!

2205

Why doesn't Randall think women can be physicists?

2206

Oh no, Randall discovered LaTeX

2204

"I used to work at NASA, let me know if you need me to explain what a launch window is"

"Scientists and engineers are just regular people like you (not me though, I used to work at NASA)!"

2203

What a curious choice of phrasing. Not "it doesn't affect the outcome" or even "there is no evidence it affects the outcome" but "I don't believe it affects the outcome". But if he's not an idiot for merely not believing it affects the outcome, surely his interlocutor isn't an idiot for apparently believing it?

2202

Did you know that "Earth-like" doesn't necessarily mean "habitable for humans"? This subtle loophole is an inexhaustible source of comedy gold. It really helps to have an offscreen crowd telling us how we're supposed to feel at each stage of the presentation-- I especially like how the crowd is down to one person by the end, indicating that everyone else already left.

An earlier version of this comic had some wildly bad spacing in the alt text, but it looks like it's fixed now and I forgot to screenshot.

2201

Remember those Troll Physics memes from like 2007? Randall does.

2199

Way too many words in the service of a newspaper-quality joke.


2200

The aging millennial is overcome by ennui.

2198

How long do you think it took Randall to decide whether or not George Washington should be able to throw Thor's hammer?

More importantly, why was this published on Tuesday?

2197

why

2196

Randall Munroe is 34 years old.