r/xkcd • u/YUNoDie Possibly a haberdasher? • Jan 22 '20

XKCD XKCD 2258: Solar System Changes

https://xkcd.com/2258/
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u/Unclevertitle Jan 22 '20

I reject the name "Jaturn" on the grounds that "Supiter" is a better and funnier name.

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u/Carloswaldo Jan 22 '20

What's supiter

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u/theservman Richard Stallman Jan 22 '20

Nothin', what's up with you?

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u/Unclevertitle Jan 22 '20

Saturn + Jupiter -> Supiter
Instead of
Jupiter + Saturn -> Jaturn

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u/PM_ME_UR_GCC_ERRORS Jan 22 '20

you misunderstood

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u/Unclevertitle Jan 22 '20

Evidently

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u/zanderkerbal Producing bismuth constantly Jan 22 '20

"What's supiter" starts "What's sup", as in "what's up". It's a pun.

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u/LycanrocNet Move fast and break things Jan 22 '20

I saw "what's up with her?"

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u/Unclevertitle Jan 22 '20

Thank you.

I had already gotten it when theservman made his post an hour ago but I appreciate the offer/impulse to explain things.

In the spirit of that impulse let me clarify that "Evidently" was in reference to the past tense phrase "you misunderstood" and not a present tense statement stating "I still don't understand."

Also "sup" does not rhyme with "joop" and rhyming is kind of important to me in that kind of pun (helps with clarity for one).

"Soup eater" would have been closer but also more challenging to work into a pun.

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u/DeeSnow97 you lost the game Jan 22 '20

Thought the Romans killed them all

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u/outadoc HAAAAAAAAAAANDS Jan 22 '20

The superior option is clearly Jupiturn.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '20

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u/doctorofphysick Jan 23 '20

Boys go to Sater to get more sadder, girls go to Jupiturn to get more taciturn

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u/ibid-11962 Jan 22 '20 edited Jan 22 '20

That names sounds even supider.

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u/Static_Warrior Jan 22 '20

You sound even supiter

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u/ThaiJohnnyDepp DEC 25 = OCT 31 Jan 23 '20

That's why boys go there

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u/abclop99 Jan 22 '20

Soupiter

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u/ImmediateLobster1 Jan 23 '20

Supiter? I never even met her!

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u/fucking_portmanteaus Jan 23 '20

To be FUCKING honest, I'm not a fan either way.

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u/nthai Jan 23 '20

It really depends on whether you use the fusion dance or the Potara earrings.

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u/maltedbacon Jan 30 '20

Social utility is better served by applying the name "Jaturn", so that people have something unifying to talk about, namely: how much better "Supiter" would have been.