#the Wrong Stuff

[todays-xkcd]

The phantom found Edward Everett Hale a century too early; by the time we invented satellites, the specifics of his 'brick moon' proposal were dismissed as science fiction.

The Wrong Stuff [Explained]

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[A ghost is approaching Cueball in a workshop. They are surrounded by shop equipment, such as a table with a press on it, and a small pile of what appears to be lumber. Cueball is backing away from the ghost, holding his hands up defensively.] Ghost: oooOOOOOOoooo [The "ooooo"s of the ghost are written in wavy letters of varying sizes] Ghost: Build a spaceship out of bricks! Ghost: oooooOOOOOOOOoo Cueball: No! Go away!

[Caption below the panel:] The Spruce Goose, the Project Habakkuk Ice Ship, and the Trojan Horse were all work of the Material Phantom, a ghost that wanders the Earth convincing engineers to make giant vehicles out of the wrong stuff.

[detective-jane-rizzoli]

[deadpresidents]

I'm only about halfway through John Strausbaugh's book The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO), but it's already one of the best books I've read this year. It's a fascinating history of the Soviet Union's space program and Strausbaugh obviously researched the book intensely, but it's also very funny at times. It also has the perfect title for a book on this subject. I highly recommend it! It's available now from PublicAffairs and the Hachette Book Group.

[renegadesstuff]

“And I am guessing that, uh, before too long, there's gonna be a few more little castles creating havoc around here.” 🥹

S7E16, “The Wrong Stuff” aired 9 years ago (February 23, 2015) 🧡

[yeepof]

I understand that tall men are our POV characters, but surely being like a foot taller than everyone around them would have some occasional consequences

[unsung-idiot]

don't show him modern technology; it won't end well

bonus under the cut:

[artistic-cocoon]

Saw someone on twt say they wanted to see Percy drawn like Yusuf Dikec and I couldn't help myself

[ayatheav]

Silesian Miku

[o0kawaii0o]

ROMANCE DAWN TRIO

[clay-pidgeon]

“we need more evil female characters” you guys cant even handle a traumatized teenage girl making a mistake

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

*displays textbook symptomatic behavior of my own disorder that I am well educated on* what’s my deal why am I like this

[officialspec]

can i say something. for years i thought the joke of the song short skirt/long jacket by cake was that he wanted a woman who was hung like a horse. like i thought when he says jacket it was a last-second fakeout because he very obviously meant to say cock. and the rest of the things in the song were just her personality and interests. which were secondary to her awesome penis

[karmelarts]

this isn’t normal. this isn’t how life is supposed to feel. if you don’t think about it it can’t hurt you. I found our hearts and they were still beating. there is still time.

[kyofloral]

[renegadesstuff]

I love that 🥹🫠

[spaceistheplaceart]

was gonna use terrible comic day to post this but its an idea thats been bonking around in my head for a min. if i knew how to program and the songs wouldnt all be copyrighted i would totally make this game.

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A grayscale sketchy comic.

Caption at the top: "A video game wherein you're driving alone and have to listen to the radio's clues to survive"

POV from the driver, hands on wheel with the radio to the right. It's night in a forest on a dirt road. The driver is approaching a fork in the road, indicated by a sign that points right and left. The radio plays the lyrics: "you better run, better leave this place- get lost and go a different way! go left! go left! go left! go, go!

The next panel we see the driver, who has long hair tied messily up in a bun, wearing a hoodie, a collared shirt, glasses, and has black nails. Two realistic hands reach from the darkness of the car behind them- one grabbing their arm. The radio plays: "Don't turn around 'cause you're gonna see my heart breaking-- don't turn around i don't want you seeing me cry--"

Underneath the panels are song credit. the first song is Radiant Children's "Go Left" and the second is Ace of Base's "Don't turn around"

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