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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/40029032

xkcd #3179: Fishing

Title text:

'That's definitely above the catch-and-release size minimum for planetesimals.' 'I'm going to throw it back anyway.'

Transcript:

Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com

Source: https://xkcd.com/3179/

explainxkcd for #3179

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[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

He would only feel his own Buoyancy...

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

And he does, because that's yo momma on the boat

[–] notreallyhere@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 8 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

doesn't sound more likely that it's a big rock floating in space

[–] fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 1 points 12 hours ago

Mount it my khal

[–] notreallyhere@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago
[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

If they manage to reel it in, what happens? Does Earth get a new orientation?

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 7 points 10 hours ago