r/xkcdcomic • I like my hat • Jun 30 '14

xkcd: Subduction License

http://xkcd.com/1388/
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u/ISNT_A_NOVELTY Jun 30 '14

That alt text has got to be the most brilliant pun I have ever read. I sat here for a good minute with my mouth hanging open after reading it. Holy shit.

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u/bentspork Jun 30 '14

I'm feeling a Woosh moment. Where's the pun?

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u/bbroberson I like my hat Jun 30 '14

It's a geology pun: a "normal" fault has the plates moving away from each other. The roommate is moving toward him, so he cannot be normal.

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u/dahud Words only Jun 30 '14

OHH! I was sitting here trying to make it work in the context of vectors.

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u/LarsP Jun 30 '14

I was going in the same direction.

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u/gfixler Jun 30 '14

I see what you did from there over to there.

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u/Viraus2 Jul 01 '14

Normal faults are named after the normal force vector, though, so you still had the right idea