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It was great until my thumb slipped and I accidentally launched my telescope into the air at Mach 8.

https://explainxkcd.com/3047/

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[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Stupid question… are these RPMs true??

[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Everything in XKCD is based on truth. That's what makes it so funny... to geeks, at least.

Edit: God damn it, he put 72 instead of 78 RPM. I guess he does make mistakes after all...

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

He also put 33 instead of 33 and ⅓. Get the pitchforks!