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Fishing

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Title text: 'That's definitely above the catch-and-release size minimum for planetesimals.' 'I'm going to throw it back anyway.'

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This comic depicts Ponytail and Beret Guy fishing in the middle of a body of water. Beret Guy has hooked a rock, which he believes to be a fish, and comments that he has hooked something. He states that it must be 'at least 10^24 kilograms'. The joke here comes from the fact that Beret Guy has caught the Earth in its entirety, whose weight can be estimated at approximately 6.0x10^24 kilograms (~13.1x10^17 pounds).

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[ Ponytail and Beret Guy are sitting on a boat in the ocean. Fish are seen swimming in the water. Megan has a fishing rod that is about halfway down to the ocean floor. Beret Guy's fishing hook is hooked onto the sea floor. ]

Beret Guy: It feels like a big one! At least 10^24 kilograms!

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