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| − | In this comic, [[Randall]] is giving reason 58 why he should not have children. We see fictitious "father [[Cueball]]" talking about the Wikipedia entry for the list of fatal cougar attacks in North America. {{w|List of fatal cougar attacks in North America|Here's}} the link so you can look for yourself. | + | In this comic, [[Randall]] is giving reason number 58 why he should not have children. We see fictitious "father [[Cueball]]" talking about the Wikipedia entry for the list of fatal cougar attacks in North America. {{w|List of fatal cougar attacks in North America|Here's}} the link so you can look for yourself. |
| − | And the reason he should not have children is the fact that he can't resist himself when learning and sharing knowledge about the world (from Wikipedia). | + | And the reason he should not have children is the fact that he can't resist himself when learning and sharing knowledge about the world (from Wikipedia). |
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| + | When you have kids and you learn scary things, you should not share it with them. | ||
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Revision as of 09:24, 26 December 2012
| Cougars |
 Title text: If you're lying in bed tonight and you see yellow eyes glinting in your window, are you being stalked by a puma, a mountain lion, a panther, a catamount, or a cougar? Trick question--in North America, they're all names for the same species, Puma concolor! Isn't learning fun? Anyway, sleep tight! |
Explanation
In this comic, Randall is giving reason number 58 why he should not have children. We see fictitious "father Cueball" talking about the Wikipedia entry for the list of fatal cougar attacks in North America. Here's the link so you can look for yourself.
And the reason he should not have children is the fact that he can't resist himself when learning and sharing knowledge about the world (from Wikipedia).
When you have kids and you learn scary things, you should not share it with them.
Transcript
[Parent is sitting at a computer; child is standing behind.]
Parent: Whoa, ever seen Wikipedia's list of people who were attacked and killed by cougars?
Parent: Crazy how many of them were kids who were just playing outside their houses.
Reason #58 I should never have children: My love of learning and sharing knowledge about the world.
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Lesson on sometimes flawed logic: It may seem obvious to you, but if XKCD thought about this a little more I hope he would recognize that we would make the greatest father any child could hope for. XKCD could teach his child something that no school or university ever could: to simply be inquisitive and curious about the world around him just as much as XKCD is himself, that and make sure that there are no cougars and raptors in 100 mile radius of his child. - e-inspired 98.211.199.84 15:26, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
- That said, he probably doesn't have a filter. Which would be disastrous in other ways besides horror. Anonymous 16:08, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
In the UK '999' is the emergency services number, i.e. our version of 911. Could that be deliberate/relevant? 172.71.242.207 02:54, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
Oh god it really is mostly children, I just checked. Well that sucks. RG (talk) 02:17, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
- Or, perhaps it's a good think? The alternative is that they're preferentially going after (and being successful at attacking) full-sized humans.
- A problem for the children, who like to play outside, but something like "they mostly attack people binge-watching shows on Netflix" would suggest a far more sinister situation. And "victims are most often those trying to fill in their tax" would raise some odd questions. As would such injuries/fatalities overwhelmingly happening to commuters about to alight from their bus/tram/train first thing in the morning, or sitting down to eat their own lunch in the local McBurgerJoint. :P 82.132.238.68 16:23, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
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