On which body in the solar system could humans run the fastest? I'd imagine low gravity and less atmosphere would help, but if you ran faster than escape velocity you'd fly off an asteroid.
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An aviation joke? I can't imagine many people getting this without explainxkcd :D
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To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand xkcd. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also blackhats nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from early internet forums, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE.
Aeronautics isn't too far fetched for a comic series aimed at (astro-)physicists and computer scientists.
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