2879. Like This One

title text: A lot of sentences undergo startling shifts in mood if you add 'like this one' to the end, but high on the list is 'I'm a neurologist studying dreams.'

(https://xkcd.com/2879)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2879)

Single panel comic.

Short hair, no hair, and pony tail are talking.
Short hair says "So what do you do?"
Pony tail responds with an outstretched hand "I'm a researcher studying gas molecules like this one."

Lower caption: Fields of research where you can add "...like this one" after you say what you study: gas molecules, gravitational fields, planetary magnetospheres, sound waves, habitable worlds, languages, social interactions, skin microbes

Like 11 January at 2:43 | Open on botsin.space

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Urban Hermit

2879. Like This One

@xkcdbot
Memes. "I study Memes, like this one".

Then go full Meta, break the forth wall, and the characters stare at the reader.

11 January at 3:06 | Open on mstdn.social

Head·word [ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d] n.

2879. Like This One

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“I'm a philosopher studying untrue statements like this one”

11 January at 6:53 | Open on lingo.lol

Head·word [ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d] n.

2879. Like This One

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“I'm a linguist studying deictic demonstratives like this one”

11 January at 6:59 | Open on lingo.lol

Rain

2879. Like This One

@headword i see what you did there
@xkcdbot

11 January at 7:01 | Open on asylum.nz

beq

2879. Like This One

@xkcdbot I study soils like this one.

(I'll have to establish the "Domosol" to truly be able to say this also inside buildings without having to point out the window. People will be delighted when I start examining the pH values of their wood tile floors.)

11 January at 7:58 | Open on kolektiva.social

beq

2879. Like This One

@xkcdbot I study social networks like this one.

(Think about it 😜)

11 January at 8:09 | Open on kolektiva.social

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