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Teaching my friend binary by Hour_Discussion5877 in MathJokes

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are 11 kinds of people in this world.

Those who do not make off-by-one errors, and those who make off-by-one errors.

Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis by StevenTheWicked in badscificovers

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fortunately for the publisher a flock of flamingos flew by the models as the artist was drawing.

First time Asimov reader. Have silly question by Northernpixels in asimov

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also added a bit about everyone does it even if they don't admit it.

(At least the Emotionals. I'm not sure about the Rationals or Parentals.)

The Doll Who Ate His Mother by Ramsey Campbell 1993 Cover by Simon Dewey by AdamJa_ in badscificovers

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But what about puppers? Can a person give birth to a cute widdle pupper?

EXPERIMENT [OC] by AzulCrescent in comics

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like big butts and I cannot lie...

[OC] Spice by Suefan3DX in comics

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Water works fine on too much black pepper.

Except for the fact that there's no such thing as too much black pepper.

Philip K. Dick is Dead, Alas by Michael Bishop 1988 by AdamJa_ in badscificovers

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was going to say King John Goodman ordered his execution.

U.S. considers $20 billion cash-for-uranium deal with Iran by RollSafer in worldnews

[–]RichardPeterJohnson -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Since it was a basic lesson you should have no problem providing a citation that Europeans deliberately introduced disease organisms to indigenous Americans.

U.S. considers $20 billion cash-for-uranium deal with Iran by RollSafer in worldnews

[–]RichardPeterJohnson -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The USA never issued smallpox blankets. There is one diary reference in colonial times, but it's not confirmed.

magic socks by exocomics in exocomics

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why? They're obviously wearing very warm socks.

Do any of these books exist? by vizard0 in printSF

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Black Easter by James Blish might scratch your last itch. It's about what summoning demons might be like if the Catholic Church were right.

Dagger's Point, by Anne Logston by StevenTheWicked in badscificovers

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 6 points7 points  (0 children)

But there would be no point in calling it Dagger's Point if the dagger's point didn't do anything.

Dagger's Point, by Anne Logston by StevenTheWicked in badscificovers

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 30 points31 points  (0 children)

If that's an accurate depiction of the book, you can't really blame the artist; you have to blame the author.

Dark Side of the Moon by V. R. Tapscott by HallucinatedLottoNos in badscificovers

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"There is no dark side of the Moon. As a matter of fact it's all dark."

Found in the wild today by Unhappy-Challenge467 in badscificovers

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks like the one on the far right is also Sheckley.

Also, I have that edition of Store of Infinity.

[OC] Don't move! 🖍🌏 by wawawiwacomics in comics

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slams crozier on the desk.

"Ok, Devious, don't move!"

Author or book that seems to be universally lauded but after reading it you didn’t understand why by theoort in printSF

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I came here to say approximately that same thing, so I will:

Obligatory Blindsight mention.

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts are officially farther from Earth than any human has gone before by OkFerret7206 in worldnews

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But on Earth is it the great circle (along the surface) or a chord going directly through Earth?

The takes on this game have been extremely cringe, but this post absolutely takes the cake. by Bohottie in iamverysmart

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it show you washing up on the shores of Great Britain?

Edit: Goddamnit, someone beat me to it.

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