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Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

http://blag.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/

Hilarious.

Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :

Agreed. My favorite part was the male and female outlier labels and the random lengthy descriptions at the end.

Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :

I have a theory about why men were able to identify salmon and women just lumped it in with pink.

Posted by 0Megabyte (Member # 8624) on :

*grin* now that you mention it, that is kinda funny... but yes, there are definitely some good arguments to be made about that!

Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :

I don't know if it was just the kind of week I've had, but when I read the "creative" name results, I actually laughed until I cried.

Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :

quote:
Originally posted by AvidReader:
I don't know if it was just the kind of week I've had, but when I read the "creative" name results, I actually laughed until I cried.

I'm still wiping the tears off my face. [Smile]

Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :

I laughed way too hard at the names popular among men.

Posted by AchillesHeel (Member # 11736) on :

Rather than make anothe XKCD thread I thought I would add this here.

XKCD: Sickness or Atheism Eloquence.

Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :

Darth Rule of life #12:

Science works. If somebody tells you differently they are selling you something.

Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :

It's all the more poignant when you know that he HAS been dealing with difficult sickness-related issues in the recent past.

Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :

As a scientist who has been involved in medical research and who is religious, all I can say is

[Roll Eyes]

Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :

[Roll Eyes]

quote:
Originally posted by Raymond Arnold:
It's all the more poignant when you know that he HAS been dealing with difficult sickness-related issues in the recent past.

Oh, didn't think of that.
I half-thought it was referring to Hitchen's struggle with cancer. Makes more sense your way.

But nice either way.

Posted by Tarrsk (Member # 332) on :

quote:
Originally posted by The Rabbit:
As a scientist who has been involved in medical research and who is religious, all I can say is

Did you miss the part where he says, "I begrudge nobody their sources of solace"?

This strip isn't a blanket condemnation of religion, but a rebuttal to the idea that "even atheists believe in God in times of trouble/ sadness/ sickness." This is a rather pervasive idea in our society - and one that you must be able to see can be deeply offensive to non-believers.