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title text: While it seemed like a fun prank at the time, I realize my prank fire extinguishers full of leaded gasoline were a mistake.

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Single panel comic. Chart with an X-axis that goes from "sounds like a good idea" on the left to "sounds like a bad idea" on the right and a Y-axis that goes from "actually a good idea" on the bottom to "actually a bad idea" on the top For the sake of this description numbers will be used to better identify the locations, with axes running from negative 5 to positive 5 and intersecting at the 0,0 origin. In the sounds like a good idea/is actually a good idea quadrant: combo washer dryers (-4, -1) cutting sandwiches diagonally (-1, -1) toasting sandwiches (-2, -2) sliced bread (-4, -3) pizza (-2, -4) wheels on luggage (-5, -5) heat pumps (-2, -5) In the sounds like a good idea/actually a bad idea quadrant: prequels (-4, 1) transitions lenses (-1, 1) solar cars (-5, 2) heels (-1, 2) always saying what you think (-3, 3) asbestos (-5, 4) leaded gasoline (-3, 5) on the Y axis: extension cords with prongs on both ends (0, 4) soup (0, 0) eating citrus fruit while at sea (0, -4) in the sounds like a bad idea/actually a bad idea quadrant cutting pizza in squares (1, 1) project orion (5, 1) replying to spammers (2, 2) stair kayaking (2, 3) fake prank fire extinguishers (5, 4) bloodletting (4, 5) in the sounds like a bad idea/actually a good idea quadrant diverting diamond interchanges (1, -1) crumple zones (2, -2) putting mold on infections (5, -3) laser eye surgery (2, -4) fecal transplants (5, -5)
7 May at 4:25 | Open on botsin.space
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fdr

@xkcdbot And where would you put "Inverting axes, putting BAD on the positive axes and GOOD in the negative ones”?

7 May at 4:32 | Open on mstdn.social
François

@xkcdbot i'm in the upper left quadrant of this cartoon and i don't like this 🔼

7 May at 4:33 | Open on social.sciences.re
Anyia 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

@xkcdbot I feel like stair kayaking is getting unfairly maligned here - wcpgw?!

7 May at 4:47 | Open on lgbtqia.space
KevinFlynn :verified:

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Cutting pizza in squares is BIS

7 May at 5:20 | Open on c.im
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