3145: Piercing

2025-09-22T23:51:13Z

2603:8080:BD00:5703:5D12:B63F:B410:BE97: Formatted the transcript.

{{comic
| number = 3145
| date = September 22, 2025
| title = Piercing
| image = piercing_2x.png
| imagesize = 272x391px
| noexpand = true
| titletext = Some lava around the piercing site is normal, but keep an eye out for spreading earthquakes and eruptive activity that might indicate rifting.
}}

==Explanation==
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The comic shows a directional drilling rig which will drill a hole through the lithosphere to create a borehole with a constant curvature.

However instead of using it for scientific study, the comic suggests that this borehole will actually be so that the Earth can get a piercing like a giant ring.

The title text plays on the normal warnings about piercings, with some lava around the piercing, but watch out for earthquakes, similar to instructions that some redness is normal, but watch out for infection.

==Transcript==
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:[One large panel, overlaid by two smaller ones in the corners shows the Earth with an upward opening curve through its crust and mantle.]

:Small panel 1: [Arrow pointing to a machine on tracks with an arm and a tube into the ground, with Cueball, Megan, and Ponytail nearby] directional drilling rig

:(Label on curve) Constant curvature borehole

:Small panel 2: [Earth with a ring embedded onto it]

:(lower title) GOOD NEWS: GEOLOGISTS HAVE DECIDED THAT EARTH IS FINALLY OLD ENOUGH TO GET ITS FIRST LITHOSPHERE PIERCING!
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3145: Piercing