Arnold Zwicky's Blog

Three recent xkcd cartoons: #1767 “US State Names” (goofy play on the names of the states), #1770 “UI Change” (on arbitrary and unannounced changes in user interfaces … and on aging), and #1771 “It Was I” (on pronoun case).

(#1)

Familiarity allows for really distant puns. I have lived in Pencilmania, Nude Juggalos (see this Wikipedia page), Masseuses, Sk8rbois, Oh Hi, and Cafeteria.

(#2)

This speaks to me in both ways, since I suffer from ever-changing UIs and the insults of aging.

(#3)

Adventures in Sithitive case.

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