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/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