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xkcd #3084: Unstoppable Force and Immovable Object (lemmynsfw.com)

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Title text:

Unstoppable force-carrying particles can't interact with immovable matter by definition.

Transcript:

[An arrow pointing to the right and a trapezoid are labeled as 'Unstoppable Force' and 'Immovable Object' respectively.]
[The arrow is shown as entering the trapezoid from the left and the part of it in said trapezoid is coloured gray.]
[The arrow is shown as leaving the trapezoid to the right and is coloured black.]
[Caption below the panel:] I don't see why people find this scenario to be tricky.

Source: https://xkcd.com/3084/

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (5 children)

This is soo politically charged that can't be seen as political anymore.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don't see the political charge. How do you mean?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

(I think this is a reference to the recent "a grad student was grabbed off the street in my town last month" entry into the series and the "ooh XKCD gone political" response to same)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I have seen the current US sitiatuation be described many times as a unstoppable force (Trump) going against every law and institution, but they are characterized as unmovable, because they refuse to exert resistance to Trump advances.

Edit: a random blog using this metaphor before the election. https://yaschamounk.substack.com/p/the-danger-to-american-democracy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Given how inaccurate that metaphor is, I can say with near certainty that has nothing to do with this comic.

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