1750: Life Goals

2016-10-24T14:55:57Z

Senork: Muzquizopteryx is a pterosaur, not a dinosaur. Archosaur is the inclusive term for members of the clade that includes both orders.

{{comic
| number = 1750
| date = October 24, 2016
| title = Life Goals
| image = life_goals.png
| titletext = I got to check off 'Make something called xkcd' early.
}}

==Explanation==
This index of goals features many words containing an excess of the letters X and Z, most of which are fictional, obscure, or proper nouns. The punchline climax expresses that the writer (presumably Randall) often uses these unexpected and bizarre words in Scrabble games, which exasperates his opponents to a great extent, to the point of him getting punched.

All of these words would theoretically earn a player the prize of many points, provided there are enough blocks in a set to spell them out. However, most of them would not be found in {{w|SOWPODS}}, the combined list of all words valid in either British or North American Scrabble tournaments.

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skrillex Skrillex] is a musician,
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zymology Zymurgy] is the study of fermentation.
* An [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axolotl Axolotl] is a kind of water-breathing salamander which lives on the bottom of lakes.
* [http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus Hexxus] is an evil spirit from the animated movie [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest FernGully]
* A [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygy_(astronomy) Syzygy] is an astronomical event where three planets form a straight line.
* Zzyzx is a city mentioned in [http://what-if.xkcd.com/152/ this what-if] which was quite recent.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzyzzyxx Zzyzzyx] is a 1982 arcade video game about navigating a labyrinth
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xexyz XEXYZ] is a 1988 game for the Nintendo Entertainment System with platformer and shoot-em-up gameplay.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox Xbox] is a series of home video game consoles developed by Microsoft.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzzax Zzzax] is a Marvel comic book villain. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Mxyzptlk Mister Mxyzptlk] is a DC Comics villain. So a crossover story involving them both might run into license problems.
* The distance between [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Xhafzotaj,+Albanien/@41.3420999,19.538176,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x134fd7eb6257dec7:0xc0c17ea9f1d4ef05!8m2!3d41.3442157!4d19.547883 Xhafzotaj] in Albania and [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gazakhbayly,+Aserbaidschan/@41.1604329,45.3040337,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4041307bb83f5793:0x30f6c3728844806e!8m2!3d41.1606486!4d45.3147936 Qazaxbəyli (Kazakhbeyli)] in Azerbaijan is about 2800km. Doing this trip by bike would be challenging, but possible.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeopteryx Archeopteryx] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzquizopteryx Muzquizopteryx] are small, bird-like archosaurs. Unfortunately they lived in different time periods, so we can only speculate which one would win a fight.

The ultimate goal of finishing a game of Scrabble is (literally) the punch line to the enumeration.

The title text explains naming [http://www.xkcd.com xkcd] "xkcd" was also a goal.

==Transcript==
:[A list entitled "Life Goals", where each item has an empty box, like a to-do list.]
:Meet Skrillex in Phoenix
:Study Zymurgy
:Get a pet Axolotl named Hexxus
:Observe a syzygy from Zzyzx, California
:Port the games Zzyzzyxx and Xexyz to Xbox
:Publish a Zzzax/Mister Mxyzptlk crossover
:Bike from Xhafzotaj, Albania to Qazaxbəyli, Azerbaijan
:Paint an archaeopteryx fighting a muzquizopteryx
:Finish a game of scrabble without getting punched

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1750: Life Goals