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1. 2 months ago on Off the Mark

   Horses and bicycles are notoriously two of the most difficult things for artists to draw. Hence, he invented an entire art style where realistic depictions don’t matter.

2. about 1 year ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   “Koyle prophesied that the mine would provide financial support for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) just before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

   …

   Koyle died in 1949 and work on the Dream Mine ended in the 1960s, and the mine has not produced any valuable metals. However, Koyle’s followers, known as “Dream Miners,” have continued to maintain the mine and to trade stock in it. They believe that the mine will produce gold before the Second Coming and that Koyle’s other prophecies will be fulfilled."

3. about 1 year ago on Phoebe and Her Unicorn

   Easy. Count the number of times you left a comment complaining about this arc, cut it in half, cut it in half again, and you’ll have the number of days it’s been running.

4. about 1 year ago on Brevity

   Hall monitors are students who volunteer to patrol the hallways of a school and make sure kids are following the rules. Monitor lizards are a large variety of reptile, the biggest of which is the Komodo dragon.

5. over 2 years ago on Frank and Ernest

   …what?

   I swear, there are people in these comments sections who will just jump into any random conversation, throw out a bunch of buzzwords, and then jump out. I feel like quoting Billy Madison here:

   “…what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.”

6. almost 3 years ago on Wizard of Id

   In the words of Randall Munroe, so does a handgun. https://xkcd.com/1217/

7. over 3 years ago on Over the Hedge

   It sure is. 我勒个去 (Wǒ lēi gè qù) translates to, “What the hell” if you plug it into Google Translate.

8. about 8 years ago on Phoebe and Her Unicorn

   That’s her other ear, not her horn.

9. over 8 years ago on Wizard of Id

   Apparently the cartoonist doesn’t know the difference between movies and television, as the proper punchline would be “TV-MA”.

10. over 8 years ago on Frank and Ernest

    Hades is not the devil, the underworld is not Hell, and Narcissus is not a god. Anything else?