The bot appears to be down, so it’s now up to me again like in the old days to post new xkcd comics here. :D

As always, you are permitted to call one person for guidance, but that person must be a grandparent.

https://explainxkcd.com/3217/

  • marcos@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    You don’t have a home remedy for removing skunk smell, removing gum from hair or curing a hangover?

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      15 hours ago

      No… I know of skunks from the cartoon Pépé the Skunk, but I never really reconnected that with reality, as in, they smell bad IRL, that’s not just a cartoon thing. So that prevented me from identifying the xkcd being about grandma’s remedies.

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        14 hours ago

        they smell bad IRL

        They smell about as bad as a feral cat. What they do is they make you smell bad if you scare them.

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          6 hours ago

          Not just bad either, vomit-inducing, appetite-destroying-bad. It’s their defense mechanism from large things with sharp teeth that haven’t eaten in 24h. The smell stays on you and anything the liquid touches for weeks. Burn the clothes, wait for new skin cells to replace the existing ones. Pray it isn’t on something like your car or place of residence.