Persephone!

I was making a reference to a book/movie called "The Sphere" where they send those six professionals to the bottom of the Pacific ocean floor to inspect what they believe to be an alien spacecraft, but in reality yes, we would need those too!

With a blender and a funnel.

I hope she hangs it in her bedroom.

We need:

Yes!

If by magic you mean cheap Chinese labour then they have plenty.

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I think I've seen other sites post the scroll-over text along with the comic, though.

I need this.

You guys should include the scroll-over text when you post xkcd comics.

The pattern in the second picture reminds me of a housefly.

Huzzah!

No, it was called "Urrrrghhurghurghuuhhrruuhhh"

It was Mostly Harmless. Four-leaf clovers were the norm because of some mutation far in its evolutionary history.

Yep, I'm using Chrome on Mac. It took a few refreshes for it to work for me. And you have to wait for the progress bar on the tab to stop.

Also, turn off Flashblock if you have it on.

Wait for around half a minute, it takes a while

How about saving the Earth under the guise of giving better lives for our children and compassion for your fellow man? Sure, life will find its way back if we are dumb and end up destroying 90% of Earth's species, but it will take several million years. I don't know about you, but I find animal and plant life on…

Indeed!