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Title text: "Concealed mostly beneath the surface, sharks are the icebergs of the sea." Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/2923#Transcript
If sharks are the icebergs of the sea, what are icebergs the icebergs of?
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Fortunately, unlike icebergs, these submerged sea triangles pose no significant risk to ships. Orcas, on the other hand, are the largest threat to boats known to man.
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I'd imagine the average coastline to be larger than most orcas?
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This is true, but coastlines are officially neutral (if not cruelly indifferent) to boats and the seas on which they sail, whereas orcas are the sworn enemies of boats everywhere.
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There are stories that some coastlines have developed lures, similar to anglerfish, that draw prey in to their doom. These luminescent organs are usually called "lighthouses".
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aah it's an alignment issue, makes sense... shoulda dealt with the chaotic stupid whalers ourselves first i guess :/
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All Harpooners Are Bastards
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The orca relationship with boats is not as black and white as that
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Reminds me of that Far Side joke... "Wait, are our dorsal fins sticking out? How long has THAT been going on?!"
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And they are very smooth.
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And are very generous by giving almost anybody a loan.
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wait until they find out about the scalene whale
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That’s only for saltwater triangles. Freshwater triangle means it’s a hippopotenuse.
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Well at least someone made a bot since xkcd can’t be bothered 😕
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xkcd would like you to actually visit their site. Because, y'know, money.
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xkcd is making a bad assumption that i'd go to their website if they can't even bother with alt-text here
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explainxkcd.com is not xkcd.com. They are run by different people. Please calm down and stop assuming the worst without any evidence.
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Except their website doesn’t use alt text either.
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The "Jaws" Da-Dums, but as rimshots.
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Spooky scary triangles, hidden below the sea. Silently swimming to eat, seals are food tonight.
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The 90% is comprised of MULTIPLE scary triangles
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And did you know that there’s an ENTIRE UNDERWATER SHIP below those metal spy-tubes sticking up?
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I can't help but read this as a joke about how long it took to understand the basic structure of the clitoris.
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Sent this directly to my marine scientist girlfriend, it got a good chuckle 😊
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“Scary Triangles” was the name of my math athletics team in high school.
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As a shork i agree, this is true
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Science trying to fool us again.
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A shark is kinda like society I guess. Constantly drowning while only less than 10% is at the surface, only sometimes, and as long as it keeps moving forward.
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So does the triangle above water, that is the source of the forbidding "duuuuh duh" music? I watched a documentary about a triangle off the east coast and it was very clear that the music always happened when the triangle was present.
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Aghagble! When I read this one on the site, I noted the mouseover text. Nodded, moved on to my next webcomic to read. ...Then the joke from the mouseover text finally hit me and I started chortling uncontrollably.
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At the beach, whenever a sea demon touches me (seaweed!) I screamingly relinquish myself to fate and the inevitable: death by triangle.
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"and you'd better hope it stays that way, Brody."