5/9/2023 0 Comments Randall munroe comics![]() ![]() A common representative of the genre runs "Yo mama so fat, scientists have declared her the 10th planet." Those kind of jokes are a recurring theme on xkcd. ![]() The title text about Randall's ban from the IAU conference is a reference to the popular maternal insults called "yo momma" jokes. On the list are other conferences from all sorts of fields, including every American furry convention. In the last panel, the TED conference is another item to add to his list of conferences from which he has been banned. ![]() ![]() This question is of little practical consequence, although it received a lot of attention after publication of the comic. Randall's presentation, however, reduces the purpose of the conference to absurdity: The topic he wishes to point out to his listeners, is that of how to put an emoticon at the end of a parenthetical statement. Every talk has a length of at most 20 minutes and is supposed to be as captivating as possible. The conference is regarded as a forum for digerati. The illustrious list of former presenters includes amongst others Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Larry Page, Richard Dawkins and Gordon Brown. The comics shows Randall as a presenter at the highly prestigious TED conference, a symposium about technology, entertainment and design. Title text: The IAU ban came after the 'redefinition of the 'planet' to include the IAU president's mom' incident. ![]()
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